Best Prevention Early Detection Paper 

Winner: Heidi Kletzien, MD
Institution: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Manuscript Title: “The Post-Thyroidectomy Voice: The Disconnect Between Patient-Perceived Voice Changes and Quantitative Voice Measures in the First Postoperative Year”

Best Resident Basic Science Paper 

Winner: Farshad Chowdury, MD
Institution: University of Colorado, Denver
Manuscript Title: “Invasive Front Or Tumor Core: Cancer Stem Cell Location And Correlations With Cellular Behavior And Patient Outcome”

Robert Maxwell Byers Award

Winner: Caitlin P. McMullen, MD
Institution: Moffitt Cancer Center
Manuscript Title: “Occult nodal disease and occult extranodal extension in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients undergoing primary TORS with neck dissection”

Best Resident Clinical Award

Winner: Patrick Carpenter, MD
Institution: The University of Utah School of Medicine
Manuscript Title: “Celecoxib Decreases Acute Postoperative Opioid Requirements after Head and Neck Reconstruction with Free Tissue Transfer: A Matched-Cohort Study”