Jason P. Hunt
( out of 86 reviews )

Jason P. Hunt, MD, FACS, MS

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Huntsman Cancer Institute - Cancer Hospital South

Salt Lake City
801-587-4566

  • Dr. Jason Hunt serves as the interim chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah. He has played a pivotal role in the department's evolution, overseeing its transition from a division within the Department of Surgery to a stand-alone department.

    Dr. Hunt joined the University in 2006 and has been integral in its growth and transformation. He primarily sees patients at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, where he has held key roles including Clinical Director of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Co-Leader of the Head and Neck Cancers Disease Center, and Medical Director of the Huntsman Cancer Hospital Operating Rooms.

    Dr. Hunt earned his MD from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology at Louisiana State University and his fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His clinical expertise includes the surgical management and reconstruction of tumors in the head and neck, with a particular interest in thyroid and parathyroid neoplasms.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Otolaryngology

    Patient Rating

    4.9 /5
    ( out of 86 reviews )

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    Patient Comments

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    June 07, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    Dr. Hunt is amazing!!!

    May 25, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    Professional, thorough, and considerate

    May 22, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    Dr Hunt took the time to explain and let me ask questions. I never felt rushed and I am very satisfied with my care.

    May 09, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    Dr. Jason P. Hunt was very professional and looks very presentable. He spoke clearly and easy to understand what he was saying. He was thorough with the explanations of the medical issues relative to my case and made me feel comfortable with the surgery procedure. I appreciated the attention I received during my visit. Thank you and may the good Lord continue to abide with you.

    May 06, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    Dr Hunt is an amazing doctor and I cannot recommend him enough. He¿s patient and kind and takes the time to make sure you understand what is going on and how the best course of treatment should go.

    May 01, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    I was so impressed with Dr. Jason Hunts skill level with my surgery that I have already recommended Dr. Hunt to a family member from Montana. He will be receiving a referral from a Billlings, MT provider for his patient with Medullary Thyroid Cancer within the next few days.

    April 19, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    Dr Hunt is very patient and attentive. I really feel that he cares about my health.

    April 18, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    I recommend Dr. Hunt most highly! He is extremely knowledgeable, efficient, and friendly. He explained things in terms I could understand.

    April 04, 2024
    HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTER

    Thank you Dr. Hunt!!!

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  • Dr. Jason Hunt serves as the interim chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah. He has played a pivotal role in the department's evolution, overseeing its transition from a division within the Department of Surgery to a stand-alone department.

    Dr. Hunt joined the University in 2006 and has been integral in its growth and transformation. He primarily sees patients at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, where he has held key roles including Clinical Director of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Co-Leader of the Head and Neck Cancers Disease Center, and Medical Director of the Huntsman Cancer Hospital Operating Rooms.

    Dr. Hunt earned his MD from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology at Louisiana State University and his fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His clinical expertise includes the surgical management and reconstruction of tumors in the head and neck, with a particular interest in thyroid and parathyroid neoplasms.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Otolaryngology -Primary
    Neurosurgery -Adjunct
    Board Certification
    American Board of Otolaryngology

    Education history

    Fellowship Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery and Microvascular Reconstruction - Vanderbilt University Medical Center Fellow
    Otolaryngology - Louisiana State University Resident
    Internship General Surgery - Louisiana State University Intern
    Medicine - University of Alabama - Birmingham M.D.
    Graduate Training Polymer and Textile Chemistry - Georgia Institute of Technology M.S.
    Polymer and Textile Chemistry - Georgia Institute of Technology B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Amann ES, Ose J, Hathaway CA, Oswald LB, Hardikar S, Himbert C, Chellam V, Lin T, Daniels B, Kirchhoff AC, Gigic B, Grossman D, Tward J, Varghese TK Jr, Shibata D, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Beck A, Scaife C, Barnes CA, Matsen C, Ma DS, Colman H, Hunt JP, Jones KB, Lee CJ, Larson M, Onega T, Akerley WL, Li CI, Grady WM, Schneider M, Dinkel A, Islam JY, Gonzalez BD, Otto AK, Penedo FJ, Siegel EM, Tworoger SS, Ulrich CM, Peoples AR (2024). Risk factors and health behaviors associated with loneliness among cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Behav Med, 47(3), 405-421. (Read full article)
    2. Bellamkonda N, Highland J, McCrary HC, Slattery L, King B, Teames C, LeBaron K, Wiggins RH, Abraham D, Hunt JP (2024). Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography for Parathyroid Adenoma Localization: A Pre-Operative Imaging Protocol. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 133(4), 441-448. (Read full article)
    3. Haddad RI, Bischoff L, Ball D, Bernet V, Blomain E, Busaidy NL, Campbell M, Dickson P, Duh QY, Ehya H, Goldner WS, Guo T, Haymart M, Holt S, Hunt JP, Iagaru A, Kandeel F, Lamonica DM, Mandel S, Markovina S, McIver B, Raeburn CD, Rezaee R, Ridge JA, Roth MY, Scheri RP, Shah JP, Sipos JA, Sippel R, Sturgeon C, Wang TN, Wirth LJ, Wong RJ, Yeh M, Cassara CJ, Darlow S (2022). Thyroid Carcinoma, Version 2.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 20(8), 925-951. (Read full article)
    4. Himbert C, Hathaway CA, Daniels B, Salas K, Ashworth A, Gigic B, Lin T, Viskochil R, Kirchhoff AC, Grossman D, Ose J, Tward J, Scaife C, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Beck A, Shibata D, Gonzalez BD, Matsen C, Christenson C, Ma DS, Colman H, Hunt JP, Jones KB, Lee CJ, Larson M, Onega T, Akerley WL, Li CI, Schneider M, Penedo FJ, Siegel EM, Tworoger SS, Ulrich CM, Peoples AR (2022). Factors associated with changes in exercise behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancer Causes Control, 33(7), 939-950. (Read full article)
    5. McCrary HC, Aoki J, Huang Y, Chadwick B, Kerrigan K, Witt B, Hunt JP, Abraham D (2022). Mutation based approaches to the treatment of anaplastic thyroid cancer. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf), 96(5), 734-742. (Read full article)
    6. Peoples AR, Oswald LB, Ose J, Daniels B, Himbert C, Hathaway CA, Gigic B, Kirchhoff AC, Lin T, Grossman D, Tward J, Varghese TK Jr, Figueiredo JC, Toriola AT, Beck A, Scaife C, Shibata D, LaStayo P, Gonzalez B, Salas K, Ashworth A, Matsen C, Christenson C, Ma DS, Colman H, Hunt JP, Jones KB, Lee CJ, Larson M, Onega T, Akerley WL, Li CI, Schneider M, Penedo FJ, Siegel EM, Tworoger SS, Ulrich CM (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions. J Rural Health, 38(4), 886-899. (Read full article)
    7. Harim Tavares dos SantosKihoon NamJason P HuntLuke O BuchmannMarcus M MonroeOlga J Baker (2021). SPM Receptor Expression and Localization in Irradiated Salivary Glands.
    8. Dos Santos HT, Nam K, Hunt JP, Buchmann LO, Monroe MM, Baker OJ (2022). SPM Receptor Expression and Localization in Irradiated Salivary Glands. J Histochem Cytochem, 69(8), 523-534. (Read full article)
    9. Carpenter P, McCrary HC, Aylward A, Cerrati E, Hunt JP, Buchmann LO, Cannon RB (2021). Penetrating Trauma Rapid Estimated Disability Scale: Assessing Facial Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wounds. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med, 23(6), 455-459. (Read full article)
    10. Aylward A, Park J, Abdelaziz S, Hunt JP, Buchmann LO, Cannon RB, Rowe K, Snyder J, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Wan Y, Fraser A, Smith K, Lloyd S, Hitchcock Y, Hashibe M, Monroe MM (2020). Individualized prediction of late-onset dysphagia in head and neck cancer survivors. Head Neck, 42(4), 708-718. (Read full article)
    11. Abou-Al-Shaar H, Gozal YM, Hunt JP, Couldwell WT (2018). Multidisciplinary Approach to Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Trigeminal Nerve: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 17(5), E205. (Read full article)
    12. Aylward A, Abdelaziz S, Hunt JP, Buchmann LO, Cannon RB, Lloyd S, Hitchcock Y, Hashibe M, Monroe MM (2019). Rates of Dysphagia-Related Diagnoses in Long-Term Survivors of Head and Neck Cancers. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 161(4), 643-651. (Read full article)
    13. McCrary HC, Babajanian E, Calquin M, Carpenter P, Casazza G, Naumer A, Greenberg S, Kohlmann W, Cannon R, Monroe MM, Hunt JP, Buchmann L (2019). Characterization of Malignant Head and Neck Paragangliomas at a Single Institution Across Multiple Decades. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 145(7), 641-646. (Read full article)
    14. Cannon RB, Kull AJ, Carpenter PS, Francis S, Buchmann LO, Monroe MM, Lloyd S, Hitchcock YJ, Cannon D, Weis JR, Houlton JJ, Hunt JP (2019). Adjuvant radiation for positive margins in adult head and neck sarcomas is associated with improved survival: Analysis of the National Cancer Database. Head Neck, 41(6), 1873-1879. (Read full article)
    15. Monroe MM, Hashibe M, Orb Q, Alt J, Buchmann L, Hunt J, Cannon-Albright LA (2017). Familial clustering of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in the Utah population. Head Neck, 40(2), 384-393. (Read full article)
    16. Jasperson KW, Kohlmann W, Gammon A, Slack H, Buchmann L, Hunt J, Kirchhoff AC, Baskin H, Shaaban A, Schiffman JD (2013). Role of rapid sequence whole-body MRI screening in SDH-associated hereditary paraganglioma families. Fam Cancer, 13(2), 257-65. (Read full article)
    17. Oakley GM, Curtin K, Pimentel R, Buchmann L, Hunt J (2013). Establishing a familial basis for papillary thyroid carcinoma using the Utah Population Database. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 139(11), 1171-4. (Read full article)
    18. Patel R, Buchmann LO, Hunt J (2013). The Use of the Temporoparietal Fascial Flap in Preventing CSF Leak after Lateral Skull Base Surgery. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base, 74(5), 311-6. (Read full article)
    19. Hashibe M, Hunt J, Wei M, Buys S, Gren L, Lee YC (2012). Tobacco, alcohol, body mass index, physical activity, and the risk of head and neck cancer in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian (PLCO) cohort. Head Neck, 35(7), 914-22. (Read full article)
    20. Buchmann L, Conlee J, Hunt J, Agarwal J, White S (2013). Psychosocial distress is prevalent in head and neck cancer patients. Laryngoscope, 123(6), 1424-9. (Read full article)
    21. Jarboe EA, Hunt JP, Layfield LJ (2012). Cytomorphologic diagnosis and HPV testing of metastatic and primary oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas: a review and summary of the literature. Diagn Cytopathol, 40(6), 491-7. (Read full article)
    22. Montejo ME, Shrieve DC, Bentz BG, Hunt JP, Buchman LO, Agarwal N, Hitchcock YJ (2010). IMRT with simultaneous integrated boost and concurrent chemotherapy for locoregionally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 81(5), e845-52. (Read full article)
    23. Warren FM, McCool RR, Hunt JP, Hu N, Ng PP, Buchmann L, Shelton C (2011). Preoperative Embolization of the Inferior Petrosal Sinus in Surgery for Glomus Jugulare Tumors. Otol Neurotol, 32(9), 1538-1541.
    24. Hunt JP, Wilson M, Buchmann LO (2011). Chylothorax associated with substernal goiter treated with transcervical thyroidectomy. Thyroid, 21(5), 551-3. (Read full article)
    25. Jarboe EA, Willis M, Bentz B, Buchmann L, Hunt J, Ellis G, Layfield L (2011). Detection of human papillomavirus using hybrid capture 2 in oral brushings from patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Am J Clin Pathol, 135(5), 766-9. (Read full article)
    26. McCool RR, Warren FM, Wiggins RH 3rd, Hunt JP (2010). Robotic surgery of the infratemporal fossa utilizing novel suprahyoid port. Laryngoscope, 120(9), 1738-43. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. McCrary HC, Dunklebarger MF, Fechter BJ, Drejet SM, Monroe MM, Buchmann LO, Hunt JP, Cannon RB (2024). Early ambulation after fibular free flap surgery is associated with reduced length of stay, increased mobility independence, and discharge to home. [Review]. Head Neck, 46(5), 1160-1167. (Read full article)
    2. Slattery L, Hunt JP (2022). Contemporary Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism. [Review]. Surg Clin North Am, 102(2), 251-265. (Read full article)

    Book Chapter

    1. Cannon RB, Hunt JP (2016). Chapter 22: Parathyroid Carcinoma. In Terris and Duke, (Eds.), Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases (Second). New York: Thieme Medical Publishers.

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