Best Prevention Early Detection Paper – 1st place

Winner: Helmi Khadra, MD
Institution: Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine
Manuscript Title: “Superior Detection of Metastatic Cystic Lymphadenopathy in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer by Utilization of Thyroglobulin Washout”

Best Prevention Early Detection Paper – 2nd place

Winner: Matt Lechner, MD
Institution: Cancer Institute, University College London
Manuscript Title: “Field testing of an innovative data collection tool in India reveals that over 40% of individuals chew betel nut – data from an AHNS funded project and awareness campaign”

Robert Maxwell Byers Award

Winner:Kendall K Tasche, MD
Institution: Department Of Otolaryngology, University of Iowa
Manuscript Title: “Margin Assessment in Oral Cancer Surgery: Relationship between close margin distance and local recurrence”

Best Resident Clinical Award

Winner: John Pang, MD
Institution: Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Manuscript Title: “Chronic opioid use following surgery for oral cavity cancer”