AHNS Meetings and Events
2005
American Head & Neck Society Annual Meeting during the
Combined Otolaryngology Society Meetings (COSM)
May 15-16, 2005 in Boca Raton, FL
Program Chair: Jay O. Boyle, MD
President: Patrick Gullane, MD
[ Program Information | Objectives | Accreditation ]
[ Who
Should Attend | Supporters ]
[ Oral Program | Poster Program | Social
Program ]
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the Final Program.
Award Winners:
Byers Award - Thomas D. Shellenberger
"Headpin: a serpin with nuclear regulation of proliferation and angiogenesis"
Best Resident Paper - James Ridgeway
"In Vivo Optical Coherence Tomography of the Human Oral Cavity and Oropharynx"
Posters of Distinction:
Poster #80
Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Pattern of Neck Metastasis
According To The AHNS Neck Dissection Classifi cation
Update, H. Gonzalez
Poster #113
Effects of Preserving The Posterior Branch of The Greater
Auricular Nerve At Parotidectomy On Postoperative
Sensation, I. Park
Poster #114
Voice Quality of Early SCC Glottis Patients Treated With
External Beam Radiotherapy At The Royal Marsden
Hospital, London, R. Kazi
Poster #118
Interest of The Cervical Neck Dissection After Primary
Radiochemotherapy, P. Vedrine
Program Information Saturday May 14th
5:30-7:00pm Exhibit Hall Reception for all attendees
Sunday May 15th
9:00-3:00pm Food/coffee/lunch in exhibit hall – Poster viewing
1:00-1:20pm Welcome (Jay Boyle & Patrick Gullane), Guest of Honor – Douglas
Bryce, MD
Recognition of Brazil, Chile & Argentina; Introduction of foreign
attendees
1:20-2:10pm Scientific Session (5 talks)
2:10-2:50pm John Conley Lecture
Dr. James Battey, Director of the Stem Cell Research Program at the NIH
2:50-3:15pm Coffee in exhibit hall
3:15-4:15pm Panel: Thyroid Cancer - Chair: Jeremy Freeman, MD
Panelists:
- K. Heller, MD
- J. Shah, MD
- Greg Randolph, MD
- Ernie
Mazzaferri, MD
- Christopher O'Brien, MD
4:15-5:35pm Scientific Session (7 talks)
5:30-7:00pm Poster Viewing & reception in exhibit hall
5:45-6:30pm Fellowship Information Session (Jay O. Boyle,
MD & Carol Bradford,
MD)
6:30-7:00pm Poster Tours
- Basic Science Tour Guide: Bert O’Malley, MD
- Clinical Tour Guide: David Eisle, MD
- Endocrine Tour Guide: Ashok Shaha, MD
- Reconstruction Tour Guide: Ramon Esclamado, MD
7:15-8:30pm President’s Reception (cocktails, appetizers, etc.
in hotel for all AHNS attendees)
Monday May 16th
7:00-7:55am Symposium: The State of Evidence in H&N Surgery - Chair:
Bevan Yueh
- C Ron Cannon, MD, “The Importance of EBM in Clinical Practice”
- Bevan Yueh, MD, “Introduction and Methods for EBM”
- Ehab Hanna, MD, “Radiation vs. Surgery for T1 laryngeal cancers”
- Amy Chen, MD, “Selective neck dissections for N1 neck disease”
- John Werning, MD, “Surgery for well-differentiated thyroid
cancers”
- Discussion (All)
7:30-8:00am Breakfast/Coffee in exhibit hall
8:00-9:00am Scientific Session (6 talks)
9:00-9:40am Hayes Martin Lecture
Dr. Richard Reznick, Chair, Department of Surgery,
University of Toronto
“Training in 35 hours per week: Laudable
or Lunacy?”
9:40-10:10am Coffee in exhibit hall
10:10-11:00am Scientific Session (5 talks)
11:00-11:15am AACR/ASCO Update (Jeff Myers)
11:15-11:25am Awards Ceremony presenting the 2005 winners of the following
awards:
- AHNS Synthes Grant
- AHNS/AAOHNS Surgeon-Scientist Award
- AHNS
Pilot Award, Ballantyne Award
- and AHNS/AAO-HNSF Young Investigator
Award
11:25-12:00 Presidential Address & Presidential Citations (Patrick
Gullane)
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch on your own
AHNS Members: Business meeting & Box lunch
1:00-1:45pm Translational Progress Seminar – Chair: Jay Boyle,
MD
- Joseph Califano, MD, “Biomarkers for Prognosis”
- David Terris, MD, “Robotics”
- Jennifer Grandis, MD, “Targeted Therapy for the Present State
of the Art”
1:45-2:45pm Panel: Management of Early (T1/T2) Laryngeal Cancer – Chair:Ehab
Hanna, MD
Moderator: Jonas Johnson, MD
- Wolfgang Steiner, MD, “Role of Endoscopic Resection”
- Olivier Leccourreye, MD, “Role of Open Partial Laryngeal Surgery”
- Brian O’Sullivan, MD, “Role of radiation therapy”
- Merrill Kies, MD, “Role of chemotherapy and chemoprevention”
2:45-3:00pm Coffee
3:00-4:40pm Scientific Session (10 talks)
4:40-4:50pm Closing Remarks (Boyle & Gullane)
AHNS Meeting Objectives
The conference is designed to facilitate discussion regarding the approaches
used in the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of head and neck neoplasms
throughout the world. Participants should accomplish the following at the
conclusion of this event:
- Identify important basic science advances in head and neck oncology
research;
- Develop an understanding of current issues in the diagnosis, evaluation,
and treatment of head and neck neoplasms;
- Improve treatment strategies for head and neck patients;
- Facilitate discussion regarding the approaches used in the diagnosis,
treatment, and rehabilitation of head and neck neoplasms;
- Recognize current research ideas in understanding the head and
neck neoplastic process.
Accreditation Statement
The American Head & Neck Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council
for Continuing Medical Education (A.C.C.M.E.) to sponsor Continuing Medical
Education for physicians. The American Head & Neck Society designates
this Continuing Medical Education Activity for:
12.0 credit hours
in Category 1 of the Physicians Recognition Awards for the American Medical
Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit
that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Who Should Attend
This meeting is designed for head & neck surgeons, otolaryngologists,
plastic surgeons, surgical and medical oncologists, radiation oncologists,
nurses, other physicians, scientists and health professionals interested
in the diagnosis, treatment, reconstruction, rehabilitation and basic science
related to or involved with the head & neck oncologic process.
AHNS
2005 Annual Meeting Support
PLATINUM LEVEL SUPPORT
Merck
SILVER LEVEL SUPPORT
IRX Therapeutics, Inc
Pentax Medical Company
Sanofi-Aventis
Stryker Leibinger
Synthes CMF
BRONZE LEVEL SUPPORT
Fanconi Anemia Research Fund, Inc.
Genzyme
Karl Storz Endoscopy
Medtronic/Xomed
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