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Contact Details

Phone
64 3 474 0999 ext 58270
Email
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.

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. doi: 10.1177/000348941212100111 Journal - Research Article

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 Journal - Research Article

Chong, K., Rodrigues, E., Holmes, A. R., Cannon, R. D., Hodgkinson, A. J., Carpenter, L., Ruske, D., & Dawes, P. (2008). Overcoming Candida albicans adherence to silicone and the leakage of voice prosthesis valves. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society Microbiology Conference. (pp. 52). NZMS. Retrieved from http://www.nzmsconference08.org.nz/files/Oral-Abstracts-NZMS-2008.pdf Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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. Journal - Research Article

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 Journal - Research Article

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