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Mark K. Wax, M.D., FACS, FRCS

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  • Director of the Residency Program and Director of Facial Plastic and Microvascular Reconstruction Fellowship Program
  • Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine
  • Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine

Expertise

  • Cancer
  • Otolaryngology (ENT)

Special focus

  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Head and Neck Surgery
  • Melanoma
  • Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery
  • Sleep Apnea

Locations and contact

I see patients at

About me

Dr. Mark Wax is a surgeon who provides reconstruction and rehabilitation care for patients who have had surgery for head and neck cancers. He specializes in microvascular reconstructive surgery. 

As a faculty member in OHSU’s School of Medicine, Dr. Wax directs the:

Languages spoken

  • English

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 1980, University of Toronto

  • Residency

    • University of Toronto, Canada, 1985

  • Fellowship

    • Head and neck oncologic and reconstructive surgery, University of Toronto, Canada, 1990-1991

Memberships and associations:

  • American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Insurance

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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.8 out of 5 (58 Ratings, 28 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized NRC patient surveys.

  1. He was great! Explained things very well and offered hope and positivity for my medical situation. Very positive experience.

  2. Dr Wax is an impressive physician and has an engaging personality that puts me at ease and gives me confidence in his expertise and interest in his patients.

  3. He was very friendly and answered all my concerns. He showed me what they would do with my head. He said I would be notified as soon as they could take care of me. I highly recommend Doctor Wax as a gentleman and friendly and well qualified surgeon.

  4. Pleasant experience. Thank you for being there for us.

  5. No. Complaint. All. Satisfied

  6. I was very pleased with Dr. Wax. He explained a lot of things to me and what was going to happen. And he explained to me how he could do different things with the plastic surgeon surgery. And I was very pleased with him.

  7. Dr. Wax has his patients best interest in mind.

  8. Dr. Wax was great; he explained what will be happening during my surgery process and I appreciated the information.

  9. Yes, Mark Wax and his team are awesome. They've treated me very well and they've done great work on my head and wherever cancer I had, they'd take it out. So, I'm very, very pleased and appreciate them. Bye.

  10. Very informative. Dr Wax is very helpful to me. I am very thankful for his expertise in getting me successfully through a very difficult surgery. He has kept me completely informed all along.

  11. Dr. Mark Wax is a great doctor. He shows a lot of empathy and he explains procedures and your appointments extremely well and is a fantastic doctor.

  12. I'm very grateful that Dr. Wax is working with me to try and get rid of tjis unbearable pain I am experiencing. I don't agree with him as to what is causing the pain. I have a upcoming procedure coming up on AprIl 12th 2024 hopefully thats going to solve alot of the problem as I have terrible nerve pain .

  13. We had a good experience and it was ... the doctor was on time and treated me professionally.

  14. Love Dr wax been through so much with him .

  15. Dr Wax is knowledgeable, easy to talk to, professional, and personable.

  16. always a good experience plus everyone is so profesional and care!!!

  17. Always good, great people, and very professional

  18. Very characteristic And a great sense of humor i would recommend him to family members and friends it's been a true pleasure being under his care is one of the best experience will bring a client of OHSU.

  19. Very informative and comforting.

  20. I felt confident and secure

  21. He was unable to call me at our scheduled time, and called me 2 or 3 days later. It was a very brief pre-op phone appt. It went fine.