Contact Details
- Phone
- 64 3 474 0999 ext 58270
- dean.ruske@southerndhb.govt.nz
- Position
- Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Department
- Department of Surgical Sciences (Dunedin)
- Qualifications
- MB ChB FRACS Otolaryngology
- Research summary
- Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
- Teaching
- Registrars
- Medical students
- Memberships
- Southern Regional Training and Education Committee representative for ORL Head and Neck
- Clinical
- Head and neck oncology
- Facial skin cancer and reconstruction Thyroid surgery
- Nasal and endoscopic sinus surgery
- Snoring and sleep apnoea
- Paediatrics, including glue ear and tonsillitis
Research
Publications
Holmes, A. R., Chong, K., Rodrigues, E., Cannon, R. D., Carpenter, E., Ruske, D. R., & Dawes, P. J. D. (2012). Yeast colonization of voice prostheses: Pilot study investigating effect of a bovine milk product containing anti-Candida albicans immunoglobulin A antibodies on yeast colonization and valve leakage. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 121(1), 61-66.
Rodrigues, E., Chong, K., Holmes, A. R., Cannon, R. D., Ruske, D. R., & Dawes, P. J. D. (2009). An in-vitro device for the assessment of biofilm mediated voice prosthesis damage: How we do it [Letter to the editor]. Clinical Otolaryngology, 34(5), 481-484. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2009.01996.x
Holmes, A. R., van der Wielen, P., Cannon, R. D., Ruske, D., & Dawes, P. (2006). Candida albicans binds to saliva proteins selectively adsorbed to silicone. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, & Endodontology, 102(4), 488-494. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.10.052
Shetty, S., Dawes, P., Ruske, D., Al-qudah, M., & Lyons, B. (2006). Botulinum toxin type-A (Botox-A) injections for treatment of sialorrhoea in adults: A New Zealand study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 119(1240). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1240/2129/content.pdf
Ruske, D. R., Fields, M., & Blennerhassett, J. (2001). Benign osteoblastoma of the sinonasal tract. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology, 4(2), 123-126.
Ruske, D. R., Glassford, S., Costello, S. A., & Stewart, I. A. (1998). Laryngeal rhabdomyosarcoma in adults. Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 112, 670-672.