ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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AHNS 2010 Research Workshop on the Biology, Prevention & Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer Registration is NOW OPEN!

Download the Advance Program for more details

We hope you and your colleagues will join us this October for the future of head and neck cancer research.

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The American Head and Neck Society proudly announce the
2011 Fellowship Program match results.  Congratulations to all!

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FREE HEAD AND NECK SURGERY COURSE!

Review Course for Residents & Fellows
Saturday, September 25, 2010
11:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Washington, DC

We are pleased to announce the schedule for the 5th Annual George A. Sisson Head and Neck Oncology Resident Education Symposium to be held during the AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting in Boston MA, on Saturday, September 25, from 11:30 AM to 5:30 PM. It will be held at the  Convention Center just prior to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery.

This half-day session will provide a comprehensive review of the current standards of care, surgical techniques, and important study topics for head and neck oncology and surgery. This popular course is jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and The American Head and Neck Society.  We hope your residents and fellows will attend.

For the detailed agenda please click here!

Sincerely,
Marion Everett Couch, MD PhD, Chair
Peter Andersen, MD, Co-Chair

For more information and to RSVP, please refer to:
admin@ahns.info
www.anhs.info

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Grant Writing Workshop with Mock Study Session
Thursday, Oct 28, 2010 from 6:00pm-8:00pm

Please plan on attending this exciting session during the AHNS Research Workshop. This is the first time that the AHNS has offered a session on grant writing and it promises to be highly educational. At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to be knowledgeable in grantsmanship and grant writing issues and understand the review process and how to revise unfunded grants for resubmission. You can register for this workshop right now, at www.signup4.net.

For more information, please contact Jennifer Clark at jennifer@ahns.info,
Aaron Goodman aaron@ahns.info or the AHNS Registration department at registration@ahns.info.

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PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION 2010 COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS

The Prevention and Early Detection congratulates Michael Moore, MD from the Indiana University School of Medicine as well as Brian L. Schmidt, DDS, MD, PhD from the University of California: San Francisco for winning the two 2010 Prevention and Early Detection Community Service Grants. The committee would also like to present an Honorable Mention to Louisiana State University - Health Sciences Center and to the Wockhardt Hospital in India. Congratulations to all.

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AHNS Quality of Care Statement

AHNS Quality of Care Article

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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.

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Significant Gifts

A special thank you goes to Dr. Jatin P. Shah, Chief of the Head and Neck Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, for his incredibly generous gift of $100,000 to the AHNS Research and Education Foundation. A panel on Clinical Controversies in Head and Neck Surgery, to be held as part of the AHNS annual meeting, will be named in honor of Dr. Shah. Make sure to attend this at the meeting next year.

Learn more about the Foundation here.

We have posted links to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology in our Clinical Resources Section.

OUR MISSION

The purpose of the American Head and Neck Society is:

To promote and advance the knowledge of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of neoplasms and other diseases of the head and neck

To promote and advance research in diseases of the head and neck, and

To promote and advance the highest professional and ethical standards

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