Welcome to the American Head and Neck Society!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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.
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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 26, 2011
Free Head and Neck Surgery Course: The 6th Annual AHNS/AAO Resident and Fellow Review Course will be held on Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 11:30am-5:30pm, during the AAO-HNS meeting. The course will take place at the Moscone Center located at 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 in meeting room 250-262. A complete schedule is located here.
To RSVP for the course, please email Aaron Goodman at aaron@ahns.info.
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 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
- New conferences have been added to our related meetings page.
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
- The AHNS Research and Education Foundation is accepting pledges and donations online.
Read about the Foundation and send your pledge in here »
AHNS Council 2011-2012
| Executive Committee | Fellows-At-Large: |
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President |
Carol R. Bradford, MD |
Jay O. Boyle, MD |
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President-Elect |
Mark K. Wax, MD |
Brian B. Burkey, MD |
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Vice President |
Terry A. Day, MD |
Daniel G. Deschler, MD |
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Secretary |
Dennis H. Kraus, MD |
Ralph W. Gilbert, MD |
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Treasurer |
Ehab Hanna, MD |
Pierre Lavertu, MD |
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Past-Presidents |
David W. Eisele, MD |
Kerstin Stenson, MD |
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John A. Ridge, MD, PhD |
Erich M. Sturgis, MD |
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Wayne Koch, MD |
Ralph P. Tufano, MD |
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Marilene B. Wang, MD |
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To promote and advance the knowledge of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of neoplasms and other diseases of the head and neck