Welcome to the American Head and Neck Society!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

May 7, 2012

SAVE THE DATE!
2012 Sisson Symposium
Saturday, September 8, 2012
11:30am - 5:30pm
Washington, DC

Please save the date during the AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting in Washington, DC for the 2012 Sisson Symposium.  This half-day session will provide comprehensive review of the current standards of care, surgical techniques, and important study topics for head and neck oncology and surgery.  This free course is jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck (AAO-HNSF) and the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) and is open to residents and fellows.  Complimentary lunch will be provided.

Full agenda and location details coming soon!

April 4, 2012

Registration & Housing is Open for the 8th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer.

Early Bird Deadline for Registration is June 15, 2012.

Go to the conference website for more information.

March 16, 2012

In Memoriam: Loring Pratt, MD, Former AHNS President
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Loring Pratt, MD. Loring Pratt was born in Farmington, Maine. He graduated with an AB from Middlebury College in 1940 and three years later earned his MD from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Pratt completed his residency in otolaryngology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and served in the United States Air Force before entering into private practice in Waterville, Maine. He is a past president of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, the American Laryngological Association, the American Broncho-Esophagological Association, and the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery.

March 13, 2012

PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION 2012 COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS

Due to the great success of the American Head and Neck Society’s Prevention and Early Detection Committee’s Community Service grant in previous years and the high number of excellent submissions, the Committee has received AHNS Board approval to offer two (2) Community Service grants in support of a project related to Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week (OHANCAW) activities in a community setting. Each grant, in the amount of one thousand dollars, will be given to an individual, department, organization, or institution in support of a patient or community-oriented project during OHANCAW-2010. We are not only looking for projects from the United States, but are also accepting applications from worldwide.

An application letter should include a detailed description of the project, the targeted population, the methods, expected outcome, expected impact on community health and/or on our knowledge and understanding of head and neck cancer prevention and early detection, estimated/actual cost, and other available funding.

Please submit your application, limited to one or two printed pages, to:

Aaron Goodman
American Head and Neck Society
11300 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90064
E-mail: aaron@ahns.info
Telephone: 310-437-0559 ext 107
Fax: 310-437-0585

The closing date for receipt of applications is April 30, 2012. At the completion of your project, a report is required of how the funding was spent as well as the evaluation and results of the project. Please submit this report to Aaron Goodman at the AHNS office. For more information about this grant, please contact Aaron at aaron@ahns.info.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Blair, MD
Chairman
AHNS Prevention and Early Detection Committee Chair

March 2, 2012

Take Part in Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week ®
The 15th Annual Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week® (OHANCAW®) is scheduled for April 22-28, 2012. Sponsored by the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance, OHANCAW is a weeklong series of events promoting awareness of this life-threatening but treatable (if caught early) disease, highlighted by a day of free oral cancer screenings held at medical offices, centers and institutions throughout the country. All members can participate by conducting a free screening at their medical practice, clinic, hospital or university. The Alliance supports screening sites by providing free materials, including posters, T-shirts and media kits, to help set up and promote the activity. For more details, and to register to organize a free screening in your area, visit www.OHANCAW.com.

February 27, 2012

Dr. Uttam Sinha, a long standing member of the AHNS from USC has recently been recognized by the NCI for his work on nanotecnology. Members of the society continue to be active in all aspects of head and neck cancer research.  Please click here to read more.

January 6, 2012

Abstract Submission Site is Now Closed

All submitters will be notified of their abstract acceptance status by early-March 2012.

Only abstract reviewers will have access to the submission site.

December 20, 2011

Fellowship Program: The 2013 Fellowship Application is available here

Please contact Aaron Goodman at aaron@ahns.info for any questions regarding the Fellowship match. The dates for the fellowship application process are below:

New Earlier Fellowship Application Timeline For the 2013 Match.

Fellowships beginning: July 1, 2013
New Earlier Application Period: December 2011- June 1, 2012
Interview Period: January 2012-June 2012
Candidates & Program Directors Submit Match List by: June 15, 2012
Notification of Result: July 1, 2012

December 1, 2011

In Memoriam: Duane Sewell, MD, PhD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery.

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Duane Sewell, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, who passed away on November 27, 2011 following a battle with gastric cancer. He was only 44 years old.

http://somvweb.som.umaryland.edu/absolutenm/templates/?a=1687&z=41

August 24, 2011

AHNS 8th International Conference 2012

SAVE THE DATE!

The Exhibitor Prospectus is Available NOW!

Abstract Submissions will Open Monday, September 19, 2011
Deadline for Submissions Are Friday, December 16, 2011

July 1, 2011

The American Head and Neck Society proudly announce the
2012 Fellowship Program match results.  Congratulations to all!

Beth Israel Medical Center: Saral Mehra
Johns Hopkins Medical Center: Ryan H. Sobel
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: Steven S. Chang
Andrew T. Huang
Medical University of South Carolina: Arnaud F. Bewley
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Mina N. Le
Andres Lopez-Albaitero
William F. McNamara
Benjamin R. Roman
Ohio State University: Peter T. Dziegielewski
Roswell Park Cancer Institute: Ambujakshan Dildeep
University of Alabama-Birmingham: Joseph B. Golden
University of Alberta: Keith Richardson
University of California: Davis Jon N. Burton
University of Cincinnati: Julie A. Goddard
University of Iowa: Grace L. Nimmons
University of Kansas: Issam N. Eid
University of Miami: Joseph F. Goodman
Avinash V. Mantravadi
University of Michigan: Matthew E. Spector
University of Manitoba: Adebola O.E. Obayan
University of Nebraska: Aru Panwar
University of Pennsylvania: JK Rasamny
Andrew M. Terre
University of Pittsburgh: James K. Byrd
Yekaterina A. Koshkareva
University of Toronto: Hussain Ali A. Alsaffar
Dev P. Kamdar
Samip N. Patel
University of Washington: Chan (Richard) W. Park

May 19, 2011

Prevention and Early Detection 2011 Community Service Grants

The Prevention and Early Detection congratulates Nagashree Seetharamu, MD from the New York University School of Medicine as well as Ryan Winters, MD from Tulane University for winning the two 2011 Prevention and Early Detection Community Service Grants.  The committee would also like to present an Honorable Mention to the Tata Memorial Hospital and Vanderbilt Univesity.  Congratulations to all and look for information on the 2012 Prevention and Early Detection Community Grant early next year.

May 10, 2011

Centurion Club now up and running! Learn more about this new campaign to be a Centurion and support the Foundation.  Click here for more details.

April 25, 2011

As seen on Oprah: Contact the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance to arrange for a free screening for head and neck cancer.

January 3, 2011

For an update on the Treatment of Advanced Laryngeal Cancer protocol, please click here »

AHNS Quality of Care Statement

AHNS Quality of Care Article

AHNS Humanitarian Committee and Project

AHNS Council will establish a Humanitarian Committee with the following charge: The Humanitarian Committee will encourage and support the efforts of AHNS membership to assist underserved populations at home and abroad through volunteer activities and will seek to develop shared resources for communication, encouragement, development of resources and organization of activities. [AHNS does not endorse or encourage any particular faith, but recognizes that good work and opportunities are often accomplished by particular faith-based organizations. Individual members are free to work with such organizations, and the AHNS humanitarian committee will support their efforts in an ecumenical nonsectarian manner. For more information, click here »

July 1, 2010:

The University of Pittsburgh has filled all three of their 2010 fellowship positions. Wayne State has filled their 2010 fellowship position. These programs are no longer available to accept any candidates for their 2010 fellowship programs.

RESEARCH AWARDS

Congratulations to the 2011 AHNS Award Winners!

  • AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant:
    Jonathan R. George, MD, MPH, University of California: San Francisco "Case-control Study of a Novel Head & Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Biomarker".
  • AHNS Pilot Research Grant:
    Waleed M. Abuzeid, MD, University of Michigan "STAT3 Inhibition for the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer".
    Sunshine M. Dwojak, MD, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary "Outcomes Among American Indians in South Dakota with Squamous Cell Carcinoma".
  • AHNS Pilot Research Grant:
    Osamu Tetsu, MD, PHD, Regents of the University of California: San Francisco "Improvement of EGFR Targeted Therapy for Salivary Gland Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma".
  • AHNS/AAO-HNS Young Investigator Award:
    Natalya Chernichenko, MD, Yale University "The Role of Rho Family Proteins in Perineural Invasion by Cancer Cells".
    Paul M. Weinberger, MD, Medical College of Georgia "Minimally Invasive Multiplexed Assays for the Detection of Thyroid Cancer".
  • Robert Maxwell Byers Award:
    Parul Sinha, MBBS, MS, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri "Extracapsular Spread Is Neither a Strong Negative Prognosticator Nor a Useful Adjuvant Therapy Determining Factor in P16+ Surgically Treated Oropharynx Carcinoma".
  • Best Resident Basic Science Paper:
    Joseph A. Knowles, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham "Targeted Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Improves Detection of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Vitro and in Vivo".
  • Best Resident Clinical Paper:
    Lorien M. Paulson, MD, Oregon Health and Sciences University "The Role of Molecular Markers and Tumor Histology in Central Lymph Node Metastasis of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma".
  • Best Prevention & Early Detection Paper:
    Jan Gosepath, MD, PhD, Department of ORL-HNS HSK Wiesbaden, Germany
    "First Systematic Intraoperative Application of Confocal Endomicroscopy for Early Detection and Resection of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck".

Read all about the AHNS Award program here http://ahns.info/research/grants.php.
Read the Grant Reports http://ahns.info/research/reports.php, written by previous winners, including Dr. Wang's report on Hyaluronan Signaling in Head and Neck Cancer Progression.

The Prevention Committee has posted a position statement on Screening for Head and Neck Cancer located here.

FUTURE AND RELATED MEETINGS

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

  • Applications are now being accepted for consideration in 2013. The deadline for all required documents for 2013 is October 31, 2012. For more membership application information, please click here.
  • Members may order a membership certificate using this form (Active, Corresponding, and Associate members only).

ATTENTION: AHNS ACTIVE MEMBERS
2012 APPLICANT LIST FOR YOUR REVIEW »

Following is a list of AHNS applicants for the 2012 membership cycle. Active members of the Society may elect to comment on a particular applicant.
Comments may be provided in writing from January 9 - March 9, 2012.
Click here for 2012 list.

FOUNDATION AND CORPORATE INFORMATION

AHNS Council 2011-2012

Executive Committee  
Fellows-At-Large:
President
Carol R. Bradford, MD
  
Jay O. Boyle, MD
President-Elect
Mark K. Wax, MD
  
Brian B. Burkey, MD
Vice President
Terry A. Day, MD
  
Daniel G. Deschler, MD
Secretary
Dennis H. Kraus, MD
  
Ralph W. Gilbert, MD
Treasurer
Ehab Hanna, MD
  
Pierre Lavertu, MD
Past-Presidents
David W. Eisele, MD
  
Kerstin Stenson, MD
John A. Ridge, MD, PhD
  
Erich M. Sturgis, MD
Wayne Koch, MD
  
Ralph P. Tufano, MD
     
Marilene B. Wang, MD