American Head & Neck Society

Mission Statement: Advance Education, Research, and Quality of Care for the head and neck oncology patient.

American Head & Neck Society | AHNS

The mission of the AHNS is to advance Education, Research, and Quality of Care for the head and neck oncology patient.

AHNS Leadership

AHNS Council

President
Ehab Hanna, MD
(2018-2019)
 President-Elect
Cherie-Ann Nathan, MD
(2018-2019)		 Vice President
Bert O’Malley, MD
(2018-2019)
B Yueh
Secretary
Brian B. Burkey, MD, MEd
(2016-2019)		 Treasurer
Bevan Yueh, MD
(2016-2019)		 Immediate Past President
Jonathan Irish, MD, MSc, FRCSC
(2018-2021)
Dennis Kraus, MD
Past President
Jeffrey Myers, MD, PhD
(2017-2020)		 Past President
(2016-2019)
Foundation President
(2017-2020)
Dennis Kraus, MD

Division Chairs

Administration Division Chair
William Lydiatt, MD
(2018-2021)		 Education Division Chair
David Goldenberg, MD
(2018-2021)		 Patient Care Division Chair
Daniel Deschler, MD, FACS
(2015-2018)
Research Division Chair
James Rocco, MD, PhD
(2018-2021)

Section Chairs

   
Endocrine Section Chair
Greg Randolph, MD
(2018-2021)		 Mucosal (UAT) Section Chair
Karen Pitman, MD
(2018-2021)		 Reconstruction Section Chair
Urjeet Patel, MD, FACS
(2018-2021)
     
Salivary Gland Section Chair
Boyd Gillespie, MD, MS
(2018-2021)		 Skin Cancer and Melanoma Chair
Cecelia Schmalbach, MD, MS
(2018-2021)		 Skull Base Section Chair
Ivan El-Sayed, MD
(2018-2021)

Services of the AHNS 2017-2018

Other than as specifically stated below, The President shall appoint committee members to serve for three years. Initial appointments shall be staggered such that approximately one-third of committee members shall change each year (other than the Scientific Program Committee and Nominating Committee).

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Ad Hoc Young Members Service (Staff Person: JJ Jackman)

Vikas  Mehta, MD Co-Chair 2015-2018
Thomas Julian Ow, MD Co-Chair 2015-2018
Mihir Kiran Bhayani, MD, FACS Member 2015-2018
Steve S. Chang, MD Member 2017-2020
Charles Stuart Coffey, MD Member 2017-2020
Carole  Fakhry, MD, MPH Member 2015-2018
Kiran  Kakarala, MD Member 2015-2018
Ted  Leem Member 2015-2018
Carol  Lewis, MD, MPH Member 2015-2018
Jeffrey Chang-Jen Liu, MD Member 2015-2018
Luc G.T. Morris, MD MSc Member 2015-2018
Melonie Adia Nance, MD Member 2015-2018
Vivian Wu MD, MPH Member 2016-2018

Advanced Training Council Service (Staff Person: JJ Jackman)

This committee shall consist of ten Active Fellows, each to serve a five-year term, with appointments staggered so that two Active Fellows are appointed to membership on this committee each year. The President’s appointments to this committee shall be submitted for approval by the Council.
Ara A. Chalian, MD Chair 2014-2019
Donald T. Weed, MD Secretary 2014-2019
Amit  Agrawal, MD Member 2014-2019
William R. Carroll, MD Member 2013-2018
Amy Y. Chen, MD, MPH Member 2014-2019
Marc A. Cohen, MD, MPH Member 2015-2020
Danny  Enepekides, MD, FRCS Member 2015-2020
Douglas K. Frank, MD, FACS Member 2015-2020
Babak  Givi, MD, FACS Member 2014-2019
Amy  Hessel, MD Member 2017-2022
Robert Hart Lindau, MD Member 2015-2020
Maisie  Shindo, MD Member 2017-2022

Awards Service (Staff Person: Michael Fu)

This committee shall consist of at least six active fellows, including the Chair.  Committee members are appointed by the President of the AHNS.
Neal D. Futran, MD, DMD Chair 2016-2019
Nadir  Ahmad, MD Member 2016-2019
Jaimanti  Bakshi, MBBS, MD Member 2015-2018
Ricardo  Carrau, MD Member 2017-2020
Tamer  Ghanem, MD, PhD Member 2017-2020
David H. Hiltzik, MD Member 2017-2020
Daniel Philip Knott Member 2017-2020
Stephen Y. Lai, MD, PhD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Miriam  Lango, MD Member 2017-2020
Wojciech K. Mydlarz, MD Member 2017-2020
Jesse  Ryan, MD Member 2017-2020
William Russell Ryan, MD Member 2016-2019
Matthew Edward Spector, MD Member 2016-2019
Steven Joseph Wang, MD Member 2017-2020

CME Compliance & Measurement Service (Staff Person: Erin Schwarz)

This committee should consist of at least three Active Fellows
Paul L. Friedlander, MD Chair 2013-2019
Brian B. Burkey, MD, MEd, FACS Ex Officio 2016-2019
Ricardo  Carrau, MD Member 2017-2020
John Rukshan de Almeida, MD, MSc Member 2015-2018
Jason Anthony  Diaz, MD, FACS Member 2015-2018
Robert A. Frankenthaler, MD Member 2016-2019
Vikas  Mehta, MD Member 2016-2019
Oleg  Militsakh, MD Member 2015-2018
J. Trad Wadsworth, MD Member 2015-2018
Steven  Wang, MD Member 2017-2020

Constitution & Bylaws Service (Staff Person: Christina Kasendorf)

This committee shall consist of at least five Active Fellows, with the Secretary serving ex-officio.
Marilene B. Wang, MD Chair 2016-2019
Brian B. Burkey, MD, MEd, FACS Ex Officio 2016-2020
William R. Carroll, MD Member 2016-2021
Ivan  El-Sayed, MD Member 2016-2022
Babak  Givi, MD Member 2016-2023
Ellie  Maghami, MD Member 2016-2024
Kristen B. Pytynia, MD, MPH Member 2016-2025
Michael F. Spafford, MD Member 2016-2026
Steven  Wang, MD Member 2016-2027
John  Yoo, MD, FRCSC Member 2016-2028

Credentials Service (Staff Person: Carla Bryant)

This committee shall be chaired by the President and shall additionally consist of the two immediate Past Presidents plus two Active Fellows appointed by the President. In addition, the Secretary shall be a member, Ex Officio.
Jonathan  Irish, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS Chair 2017-2018
Brian B. Burkey, MD, MEd, FACS Member 2016-2019
Charles Stuart Coffey, MD Member 2016-2019
Dennis H. Kraus, MD, FACS Member 2016-2018
Jeffrey N. Myers, MD, PhD Member 2017-2019
Jeremy  Richmon, MD Member 2015-2018

Development Committee (Staff Person: Colleen Elkins)

This committee shall consist of at least six active fellows including: the Chair of the committee, the program chair for meetings for the next two years, and three members appointed by the president for a three year term each (in staggered fashion).  All AHNS program chairs, conference chairs nominated for meetings(including joint meetings, cosponsored meetings, etc) occurring beyond the forthcoming two years will become non-voting members of this committee and review any and all support or sponsorship activities to the committee in advance. The chair of the committee is appointed by the president for a three year term. The current chair of the Foundation shall be an Ex Officio member.
Bert W. O’Malley, MD Chair 2016-2019
Ricardo L. Carrau, MD Member 2016-2019
Umamaheswar  Duvvuri, MD, PhD Member 2016-2019
David W. Eisele, MD Member 2016-2019
D. Gregory Farwell, MD Member 2017-2020
David  Goldenberg, MD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Patrick Kyongmin Ha, MD FACS Member 2016-2019
Alexandra  Kejner, MD Member 2017-2020
Derrick  Lin, MD Member 2016-2019
Scott  Magnuson, MD Member 2017-2020
Vikas  Mehta, MD Member 2017-2020
Eric Jason Moore, MD, FACS Member 2015-2018
Daniel W. Nuss, MD Member 2016-2019
Urjeet A. Patel, MD Member 2017-2020
Phil  Pirgousis, MD, DMD Member 2017-2020
Anna Maria Pou, MD Member 2015-2018
Ralph P. Tufano, MD Member 2015-2018
John W. Werning, MD, DMD Member 2015-2018
Wendell Gray Yarbrough, MD, MMHC, FACS Member 2015-2018
Bevan  Yueh, MD Member 2016-2019

 

Diversity Task Force Service (Staff Person: Christina Kasendorf)

The AHNS Diversity Task Force seeks to recognize, utilize, and celebrate differences, and to cultivate the careers of women, minorities and members of the LGBT community of the AHNS while promoting the retention and advancement for all members.
Keith M. Wilson MD, FACS Chair 2016-2018
Jimmy James Brown MD Member 2016-2018
Trinitia Y. Cannon MD Member 2016-2018
Amy Y. Chen MD, MPH Member 2016-2018
Gina D. Jefferson MD Member 2016-2018
Ellie Maghami, MD Member 2016-2018
Eduardo  Mendez MD Co-Chair 2016-2018
Larry L. Myers MD Member 2016-2018
Melonie Adia Nance MD Member 2016-2018
Vicente  Resto MD, PhD Member 2016-2018
Clementino Arturo Solares MD Member 2016-2018
Tammara L. Watts MD, PhD Member 2016-2018
Jose Pedro Zevallos MD, MPH Member 2016-2018

Education Service (Staff Person: JJ Jackman)

This committee shall consist of at least three Active Fellows.
Babak  Givi, MD, FACS Chair 2016-2019
Arnaud Fassett Bewley, MD Member 2016-2019
J. Kenneth  Byrd, MD Member 2016-2019
Ricardo  Carrau, MD Member 2017-2020
Raymond  Chai, MD Member 2017-2020
Amy Y. Chen, MD, MPH Member 2016-2019
Vasu  Divi, MD Member 2017-2020
Mark  El-Deiry, MD Member 2017-2020
Ivan  El-Sayed, MD Member 2015-2018
Antoine  Eskander, MD, ScM, FRCSC Member 2017-2020
Tanya  Fancy, MD Member 2017-2020
D. Gregory Farwell, MD Member 2017-2020
Ian  Ganly, MD, PhD Member 2016-2019
Tamer  Ghanem, MD, PhD Member 2017-2020
Laureano  Giraldez-Rodriguez Member 2017-2020
Zhen  Gooi, MBBS Member 2016-2019
Christine G. Gourin, MD Member 2016-2019
Neil Dwayne Gross, MD, FACS Member 2017-2020
Greg Karl Hartig, MD Member 2017-2020
Chase  Heaton Member 2017-2020
Amy C. Hessel, MD Member 2016-2019
Mark J. Jameson, MD, PhD, FACS Member 2015-2018
Benjamin  Judson, MD Member 2016-2019
Russel Roy Kahmke, MD Member 2017-2020
Stephen  Kang, MD Member 2017-2020
Jason  Kass, MD, PhD Member 2017-2020
Luiz P Kowalski, MD, PhD Member 2015-2018
Levi G. Ledgerwood, MD Member 2017-2020
William M. Lydiatt, MD Member 2016-2019
Scott  Magnuson, MD Member 2017-2020
Kelly Michele Malloy, MD Member 2016-2019
Avinash  Mantravadi Member 2016-2019
Abie  Mendelsohn, MD Member 2017-2020
Michael Geoffrey Moore, MD Member 2016-2019
Wojciech K. Mydlarz, MD Member 2017-2020
David Michael  Neskey, MD Member 2017-2020
Elizabeth Anne Nicolli, MD Member 2016-2019
Daniel A. O’Connell Member 2017-2020
Aru  Panwar, MD Member 2017-2020
Rusha  Patel Member 2017-2020
Kumar Alok  Pathak, MD, FRCSEd, FRCS(Glasg.), FRCSC Member 2016-2019
Yash Jagdish Patil Member 2016-2019
Kavita  Pattani, MD, MS Member 2017-2020
A. Daniel Pinheiro, MD, PhD Member 2016-2019
Phil  Pirgousis, MD, DMD Member 2017-2020
Liana  Puscas, MD Member 2017-2020
Jesse  Ryan, MD Member 2017-2020
Zoukaa B. Sargi, MD, MPH Member 2016-2019
Cecelia  Schmalbach, MD, MS Member 2015-2018
Merry E. Sebelik, MD Member 2017-2020
Yelizaveta Lisa Shnayder, MD Member 2017-2020
Russell B. Smith, MD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Carl H. Snyderman, MD, MBA Member 2016-2019
Michael F. Spafford, MD Member 2017-2020
Marita Shan-Shan Teng, MD, FACS Member 2015-2018
Giovana R. Thomas, MD Member 2017-2020
Anthony P. Tufaro, DDS, MD Member 2015-2018
Harold J. Wanebo, MD Member 2016-2019
Steven  Wang, MD Member 2017-2020
Bharat Bhushan Yarlagadda Member 2016-2019
Chad  Zender, MD Member 2015-2018

Endocrine Section Council (Staff Person: Betty Mulugeta)

David Terris, MD, FACS, FACE Chair 2016-2019
Maisie Shindo, MD Secretary 2016-2019
Dennis H Kraus, MD, FACS Member 2015-2018
Lisa Orloff, MD Member 2016-2019
Russell Smith, MD, FACS Member 2015-2018
Brendan C. Stack, Jr. MD Member 2016-2019
David Steward, MD Member 2017-2020
Ralph P. Tufano, MD Member 2017-2020

Ethics & Professionalism Service (Staff Person: Colleen Elkins)

This committee shall consist of six Active Fellows appointed by the President.  Members shall serve for three years.  The Committee shall be chaired by one member chosen by the President for a three year term.
Bruce  Campbell, MD Chair 2016-2019
Nishant  Agrawal, MD, FACS Member 2017-2020
Samer  Al-khudari, MD Member 2017-2020
Kevin  Emerick, MD Member 2016-2019
Chad  Galer, MD, MA Member 2016-2019
Trevor G. Hackman, MD Member 2016-2019
Greg  Hartig, MD Member 2017-2020
Jeffrey B. Jorgensen, MD Member 2016-2019
Robert M. Kellman, MD Member 2016-2019
Robert  Lindau, MD Member 2017-2020
Kyle  Mannion, MD Member 2017-2020
Shawn D. Newlands, MD, PhD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Sara  Pai, MD, PhD Member 2015-2018
Aru  Panwar, MD Member 2017-2020
Liana  Puscas, MD Member 2017-2020
Merry E. Sebelik, MD Member 2017-2020
Andrew G. Shuman, MD Member 2017-2020
Alfred A. Simental, MD, FACS Member 2017-2020
William Charles Spanos, MD Member 2017-2020
Shaum S. Sridharan Member 2017-2020
Kerstin M. Stenson, MD Member 2017-2020
Marita Shan-Shan Teng, MD, FACS Member 2015-2018
Jeremiah C. Tracy, MD Member 2017-2020
Mark A.S. Varvares, MD Member 2016-2019
John W. Werning, MD, DMD Member 2017-2020

Finance Service (Staff Person: Christina Kasendorf)

This committee shall consist of three Active Fellows elected at the business meeting to serve three year terms so that one member is elected each year. The Treasurer shall be an ex officio member.
Eben L. Rosenthal, MD Chair 2017-2018
Bevan  Yueh, MD Ex Officio 2016-2019
Bill  Armstrong, MD Member 2017-2020
Karen T. Pitman, MD Member 2016-2019

Global Outreach Service (Staff Person: JJ Jackman)

This committee shall consist of at least three Active Fellows.
Mark  Zafereo, MD Chair 2016-2019
Nadir  Ahmad, MD Member 2016-2019
Samer  Al-khudari, MD Member 2017-2020
Rizwan  Aslam, DO Member 2017-2020
Arnaud  Bewley, MD Member 2017-2020
Bruce H. Campbell, MD Member 2015-2018
Andrew M. Coughlin Member 2016-2019
Tamer  Ghanem, MD, PhD Member 2017-2020
Joseph Blake Golden, MD Member 2015-2018
Gregory  Grillone, MD Member 2017-2020
Kunal Sudhir Jain, MD Member 2016-2019
Arjun S. Joshi, MD Member 2015-2018
Dev Prakash Kamdar Member 2016-2019
Alexandra  Kejner, MD Member 2017-2020
Christopher  Klem, MD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Wayne M. Koch, MD Member 2016-2019
Steve C. Lee, MD, PhD Member 2016-2019
Walter  Lee, MD Member 2017-2020
Ilya  Likhterov Member 2017-2020
Adam  Luginbuhl, MD Member 2015-2018
Kyle  Mannion, MD Member 2017-2020
James L. Netterville, MD Member 2016-2019
Enver  Ozer, MD Member 2017-2020
Rusha  Patel Member 2017-2020
Phillip  Pirgousis, MD, DMD Member 2015-2018
Mark E.P. Prince, MD, FRCS Member 2016-2019
Jason Thomas Rich, MD Member 2015-2018
Merry E. Sebelik, MD Member 2016-2019
Yelizaveta Lisa Shnayder, MD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Robert J. Sinard, MD Member 2017-2020
Shaum S. Sridharan Member 2017-2020
Kerstin M. Stenson, MD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Jeremiah C. Tracy, MD Member 2017-2020
Chad  Zender, MD Member 2015-2018

 

Head & Neck Reconstructive Service (Staff Person: Michael Fu)

This committee should be composed of at least six active fellows.  Two members are to be appointed annually for a 3 year term by the president of the society. The chairman of the committee will be appointed by the president of the society for a three year term.
Urjeet A. Patel, MD, FACS Chair 2016-2019
Samer  Al-khudari, MD Member 2017-2020
Rizwan  Aslam, DO Member 2017-2020
Rodrigo  Bayon, MD Member 2016-2019
Arnaud  Bewley, MD Member 2017-2020
Mark Steven Burke, MD Member 2016-2019
Steven B. Cannady Member 2016-2019
Shamir  Chandarana, Md, MSc, FRCSC Member 2017-2020
Douglas B. Chepeha, MD Member 2016-2019
Peter T. Dziegielewski, MD, FRCSC Member 2016-2019
Mark  El-Deiry, MD Member 2017-2020
Kevin  Emerick, MD Member 2016-2019
Tanya  Fancy, MD Member 2016-2019
Rui  Fernandes, MD, DMD Member 2016-2019
Michael  Fritz Member 2017-2020
Neal D. Futran, MD, DMD Member 2016-2019
Edward  Gabalski, MD Member 2017-2020
Tamer  Ghanem, MD, PhD Member 2017-2020
Laureano  Giraldez-Rodriguez Member 2017-2020
Babak  Givi, MD Member 2017-2020
Richard  Goldman, MD Member 2017-2020
Joseph  Goodman Member 2017-2020
Evan  Graboyes, MD Member 2017-2020
Benjamin  Greene, MD Member 2017-2020
Trevor G. Hackman, MD Member 2016-2019
Matthew M. Hanasono, MD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Chase  Heaton Member 2017-2020
Kevin McLoughlin Patrick Higgins, MD, FRCSC Member 2015-2018
Andrew Tsao Huang, MD Member 2016-2019
Brian  Hughley Member 2017-2020
Jason Patrick Hunt, MD Member 2016-2019
Adam S. Jacobson, MD Member 2016-2019
Kunal Sudhir Jain, MD Member 2017-2020
Russel Roy Kahmke, MD Member 2017-2020
Dev Prakash Kamdar Member 2016-2019
Stephen Y. Kang, MD Member 2016-2019
Jason  Kass, MD, PhD Member 2017-2020
Sobia  Khaja, MD Member 2017-2020
Samir  Khariwala, MD Member 2016-2019
Daniel Philip Knott Member 2017-2020
Levi  Ledgerwood, MD Member 2017-2020
Ryan  Li Member 2017-2020
Ilya  Likhterov Member 2017-2020
Robert  Lindau, MD Member 2017-2020
Joshua E. Lubek, MD, DDS Member 2016-2019
Kyle  Mannion, MD Member 2017-2020
Avinash  Mantravadi Member 2016-2019
Jonathan  Mark, MD Member 2016-2019
Caitlin  McMullen Member 2017-2020
Matthew Christopher Miller, MD Member 2017-2020
Michael Geoffrey Moore, MD Member 2017-2020
Eric Jason Moore, MD Member 2017-2020
Mauricio Alejandro Moreno, MD Member 2016-2019
Enver  Ozer, MD Member 2016-2019
Samip Natvarlal Patel Member 2016-2019
Sameer A. Patel, MD Member 2016-2019
Rusha  Patel Member 2016-2019
Phil  Pirgousis, MD, DMD Member 2017-2020
Rod   Rezaee, MD Member 2017-2020
Jason Thomas Rich, MD Member 2015-2018
Jeremy  Richmon, MD Member 2015-2018
Jesse  Ryan, MD Member 2017-2020
Yelizaveta Lisa Shnayder, MD Member 2017-2020
Shaum S. Sridharan Member 2017-2020
Jeremiah C. Tracy, MD Member 2017-2020
Paul C. Walker Member 2017-2020
Mark K. Wax, MD Member 2016-2019
John  Yoo, MD, FRCSC Member 2017-2020
Matthew  Old, MD Member 2017-2020
Vasu  Divi, MD Member 2017-2020

 

History Service (Staff Person: Christina Kasendorf)

This committee shall consist of at least three Active Fellows.
Jeffrey D. Spiro, MD Chair 2016-2019
Nadir  Ahmad, MD Member 2016-2019
Antonio E. Alfonso, MD, FACS Member 2017-2020
Bruce H. Campbell, MD Member 2015-2018
Lanny G. Close, MD Member 2016-2019
Edward  Damrose, MD Member 2017-2020
Issam Naim Eid, MD Member 2016-2019
Joseph  Goodman Member 2017-2020
Gregory  Grillone, MD Member 2017-2020
Daniel Philip Knott Member 2017-2020
Perminder  Parmar, MD Member 2017-2020
Liana  Puscas, MD Member 2016-2019
James  Rocco, MD, PhD Member 2016-2019
Michael F. Spafford, MD Member 2017-2020
Paul C. Walker Member 2017-2020
John W. Werning, MD, DMD Member 2017-2020

International Advisory Service (Staff Person: Christina Kasendorf)

Dennis H. Kraus,MD, FACS Chair 2016-2019
Marlinda Adham, MD Member 2016-2019
Chung-Hwan  Baek,MD Member 2016-2019
Brian B. Burkey,MD, MEd, FACS Member 2016-2019
Claudio R. Cernea,MD Member 2016-2019
Jason Ying Kuen Chan, Member 2016-2019
Pankaj  Chaturvedi,MBBS, MS Member 2016-2019
June Corry, MD Member 2016-2019
Johannes J. Fagan,MD Member 2016-2019
Dan M. Fliss,MD Member 2016-2019
Ralph W. Gilbert,MD Member 2016-2019
Hernan E. Gonzalez,MD Member 2016-2019
N. Gopalakrishna  Iyer,MD, PhD Member 2016-2019
Mumtaz J Khan,MD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Luiz P Kowalski,MD, PhD Member 2016-2019
Innocent Kundiona, MD Member 2016-2019
René C Leemans,MD, PhD Member 2016-2019
Hisham  Mehanna,PhD, MD Member 2016-2019
Jeffrey N. Myers,MD, PhD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Piero  Nicolai,MD Member 2016-2019
Alain N. Sabri,MD Member 2016-2019
Richard Shaw, BDS,FDS,MBChB,FRCS Member 2016-2019
Sandro J. Stoeckli,MD Member 2016-2019
Barbara Wollenberg, MD Member 2016-2019

 

Nominating Service (Staff Person: Christina Kasendorf)

The Nominating Committee shall consist of the three immediate past presidents and two Active Fellows elected at the business meeting.  The Nominating Committee shall be chaired by the immediate past President.
Jeffrey N. Myers, MD, PhD, FACS Chair 2017-2018
Boyd M. Gillespie, MD, MS Member 2017-2018
Douglas A. Girod, MD Member 2016-2018
Christine G. Gourin, MD Member 2017-2018
Dennis H. Kraus, MD, FACS Member 2017-2019

Prevention and Early DetectionService (Staff Person: JJ Jackman)

This committee shall consist of at least six Active Fellows. 
Cherie-Ann O. Nathan, MD, FACS Chair 2016-2019
Nishant  Agrawal, MD, FACS Member 2017-2020
Genevieve Ann Andrews, MD Member 2016-2019
Mihir  Bhayani, MD, FACS Member 2017-2020
Todd  Brickman, PhD, MD Member 2016-2019
Lanceford  Chong, MD, MPH Member 2016-2019
David M. Cognetti, MD Member 2015-2018
Chad  Galer, MD, MA Member 2016-2019
Ann M. Gillenwater, MD Member 2016-2019
Zhen  Gooi, MD Member 2017-2020
Gregory  Grillone, MD, FACS Member 2017-2020
Bradley Tyler Johnson, MD Member 2017-2020
Deepak  Kademani, DMD, MD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Adedoyin  Kalejaiye, MD Member 2017-2020
Wojciech K. Mydlarz, MD Member 2017-2020
Andrew  Nemechek, MD Member 2017-2020
Kavita  Pattani, MD, MS Member 2017-2020
Vicente  Resto, MD, PhD Member 2016-2019
Ryan H. Sobel, MD Member 2016-2019
William Charles Spanos, MD Member 2017-2020
Andrew B. Tassler, MD Member 2017-2020
Steven Joseph Wang, MD, FACS Member 2017-2020

Scientific Program/Resident Courses Service (Staff Person: Christine Sass)

Gregory Farwell, MD, FACS Program Chair 2017-2018
Danny Enepekides, MD, FRCS Co-Chair 2017-2018
Bruce Davidson, MD Local Arrangements Co-Chair 2017-2018
Caitlin McMullen Local Arrangements Co-Chair 2017-2018
Amit Agrawal, MD Member 2017-2018
Arnaud Bewley, MD Member 2017-2018
Jimmy Brown, MD Member 2017-2018
Kevin Brumund, MD Member 2017-2018
Trinitia Cannon, MD, MD Member 2017-2018
Amy Chen, MD, MPH Member 2017-2018
John de Almeida, MD, MSc Member 2017-2018
Jason Diaz, MD, FACS Member 2017-2018
Kevin Emerick, MD Member 2017-2018
Antoine Eskander, MD, ScM, FRCSC Member 2017-2018
Carole Fakhry, MD, MPH Member 2017-2018
Tanya Fancy, MD Member 2017-2018
Babak Givi, MD, FACS Member 2017-2018
David Goldstein, MD, FRCSC Member 2017-2018
Christine Gourin, MD Member 2017-2018
Irish Jonathan, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS Member 2017-2018
Samir Khariwala, MD Member 2017-2018
Carol Lewis, MD, MPH Member 2017-2018
Ellie Maghami, MD Member 2017-2018
Kelly Malloy, MD Member 2017-2018
Becky Massey, MD Member 2017-2018
Vikas Mehta, MD Member 2017-2018
Eduardo Mendez, MD Member 2017-2018
Michael Moore, MD Member 2017-2018
Larry Myers, MD Member 2017-2018
Shawn Newlands, MD, PhD, FACS Member 2017-2018
Nitin Pagedar, MD Member 2017-2018
Liana Puscas, MD Member 2017-2018
Rahul Seth Member 2017-2018
Russell Smith, MD, FACS Member 2017-2018
Matthew Spector, MD Member 2017-2018
Brendan Stack, MD Member 2017-2018
Marita Teng, MD, FACS Member 2017-2018
John Yoo, MD, FRCSC, FACS Member 2017-2018
Jose Zevallos, MD, MPH Member 2017-2018

Publications Service (Staff Person: Michael Fu)

This committee should consist of at least three Active Fellows appointed by the President. This committee shall be chaired by the Associate Editor for the Head and Neck Section of the Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. In addition, the Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Editor, if a member of the Society, shall be a member of this committee, ex-officio. The Secretary and President will be members of this committee.
Neal D. Futran, MD, DMD Chair 2016-2019
Rizwan  Aslam, DO Member 2017-2020
Kenneth  Byrd, MD Member 2017-2020
Ricardo  Carrau, MD Member 2017-2020
Raymond  Chai, MD Member 2017-2020
Amy Y. Chen, MD, MPH Member 2016-2019
Marc  Cohen, MD, MPH Member 2017-2020
Ivan  El-Sayed, MD Member 2016-2019
Thomas  Gal, MD, MPH Member 2016-2019
Ian  Ganly, MD, PhD Member 2016-2019
Eric  Genden, MD Member 2017-2020
Matthew M. Hanasono, MD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Stephen  Kang, MD Member 2017-2020
Amy Anne Donatelli Lassig, MD, BA Member 2015-2018
Abie  Mendelsohn, MD Member 2017-2020
Wojciech K. Mydlarz, MD Member 2017-2020
Daniel W. Nuss, MD Member 2016-2019
Aru  Panwar, MD Member 2016-2019
Snehal G. Patel, MD, FRCS Member 2016-2019
Eben L. Rosenthal, MD Member 2016-2019
William Russell Ryan, MD Member 2016-2019
Arun  Sharma, MD, MS Member 2017-2020
William Charles Spanos, MD Member 2017-2020
Shirley Y. Su, MBBS Member 2017-2020
Ozlem Emine Tulunay, MD Member 2016-2019
Jeffrey S. Wolf, MD Member 2016-2019
Mark  Zafereo, MD Member 2016-2019

 

Quality of Care Service (Staff Person: JJ Jackman)

This committee should consist of at least three Active Fellows.
John A. Ridge, MD, PhD Chair 2015-2018
Nishant  Agrawal, MD, FACS Member 2017-2020
Arnaud  Bewley, MD Member 2017-2020
Mihir  Bhayani, MD Member 2017-2020
Carol  Bier-Laning, MD Member 2017-2020
Robert O. Brown, MD, FACS Member 2015-2018
Steve S Chang, MD Member 2015-2018
Charles Stuart Coffey, MD Member 2016-2019
Marc  Cohen, MD, MPH Member 2017-2020
Edward  Damrose, MD Member 2017-2020
Vasu  Divi, MD Member 2016-2019
Joseph  Dort, BSc, MD, MSc Member 2016-2019
Marcia  Eustaquio Member 2017-2020
Douglas K. Frank, MD, FACS Member 2015-2018
Eric  Genden, MD Member 2015-2018
Tamer  Ghanem, MD, PhD Member 2017-2020
Richard  Goldman, MD Member 2017-2020
Zhen  Gooi, MD Member 2017-2020
Christine G. Gourin, MD Member 2016-2019
Evan  Graboyes, MD Member 2017-2020
Gary  Groot, MD, PhD Member 2015-2018
Amy C. Hessel, MD Ex Officio 2016-2019
Scharukh  Jalisi, MD Member 2017-2020
Bradley Tyler Johnson, MD Member 2017-2020
Kiran  Kakarala, MD Member 2015-2018
Jason  Kass, MD, PhD Member 2017-2020
Sobia  Khaja, MD Member 2016-2019
Christopher  Klem, MD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Eric D. Lamarre Member 2015-2018
Miriam  Lango, MD Member 2017-2020
Jason M. Leibowitz, MD Member 2015-2018
Carol  Lewis, MD, MPH Member 2016-2019
Ryan  Li Member 2017-2020
Eustorgio A. Lopez, DDS, MD Member 2015-2018
Ellie  Maghami, MD Member 2016-2019
Scott  Magnuson, MD Member 2017-2020
Marcus Matthew Monroe Member 2016-2019
David Michael  Neskey, MD Member 2017-2020
Daniel A. O’Connell Member 2017-2020
Nitin A. Pagedar, MD Member 2015-2018
Aru  Panwar, MD Member 2017-2020
A. Daniel Pinheiro, MD, PhD Member 2015-2018
Karen T. Pitman, MD Member 2016-2019
Cecelia  Schmalbach, MD, MS Member 2015-2018
Rahul  Seth Member 2016-2019
Arun  Sharma, MD, MS Member 2017-2020
William Charles Spanos, MD Member 2017-2020
Baran Devrim Sumer, MD Member 2016-2019
Andrew B. Tassler, MD Member 2016-2019
Terry T. Tsue, MD Member 2017-2020
Victoria Meucci Villaflor, MD Member 2015-2018
Emre  Vural, MD Member 2016-2019
Ron  Walker, MD Member 2017-2020
Paul C. Walker Member 2017-2020
Steven  Wang, MD Member 2017-2020
Randal S. Weber, MD Member 2015-2018
John W. Werning, MD, DMD Member 2017-2020

REGENT Task Force (Staff Person: Christina Kasendorf)

 

Randal  Weber, MD Chair 2016-2019
John A.  Ridge, MD, PhD Co-Chair 2016-2019
Brian   Burkey, MD, MEd, FACS Member 2016-2019
Terry Day, MD Member 2016-2019
Eric  Genden, MD Member 2016-2019
Doug A.  Girod, MD Member 2016-2019
Amy  Hessel, MD Member 2016-2019
Dennis  Kraus, MD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Carol  Lewis, MD, MPH Member 2016-2019
Jeffrey N. Myers, MD, PhD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Brian  Nussenbaum, MD Member 2016-2019
Cecilia  Schmalbach, MD, MS Member 2016-2019
Ralph  Tufano, MD Member 2016-2019

Research Service (Staff Person: Betty Mulugeta)

This committee shall consist of at least six Active Fellows.
James  Rocco, MD, PhD Chair 2016-2019
Babak  Givi, MD, FACS Ex Officio 2016-2019
Bryan  Bell, MD, DDS, FACS Member 2017-2020
John Rukshan de Almeida, MD, MSc Member 2015-2018
Vasu  Divi, MD Member 2017-2020
David  Goldenberg, MD Member 2017-2020
Patrick Kyongmin Ha, MD FACS Member 2016-2019
Chris  Holsinger, MD Member 2017-2020
Mark J. Jameson, MD, PhD, FACS Member 2015-2018
Deepak  Kademani, DMD, MD, FACS Member 2016-2019
Jason  Kass, MD, PhD Member 2017-2020
Seungwon  Kim, MD Member 2015-2018
Young  Kim, MD, PhD Member 2015-2018
Amy Anne Donatelli  Lassig, MD, BA Member 2017-2020
Jeffrey Chang-Jen Liu, MD Member 2016-2019
Jessica Hooton Maxwell, MD, MPH Member 2017-2020
Abie  Mendelsohn, MD Member 2017-2020
Marcus Matthew Monroe Member 2016-2019
David  Myssiorek, MD Member 2015-2018
David Michael Neskey, MD Member 2016-2019
Thomas Julian Ow, MD Member 2017-2020
Mihir  Patel Member 2017-2020
Phillip  Pirgousis, MD, DMD Member 2015-2018
Mark E.P. Prince, MD, FRCS Member 2017-2020
Jesse  Ryan, MD Member 2017-2020
Nader  Sadeghi, MD Member 2015-2018
Nicole C. Schmitt, MD Member 2017-2020
Arun  Sharma, MD, MS Member 2017-2020
Yelizaveta Lisa Shnayder, MD Member 2017-2020
Andrew G. Sikora, MD, PhD Member 2017-2020
William Charles Spanos, MD Member 2017-2020
Matthew Edward Spector, MD Member 2015-2018
Paul M. Spring, MD Member 2015-2018
Baran Devrim Sumer, MD Member 2016-2019
Giovana R. Thomas, MD Member 2017-2020
Geoffrey  Young, MD, PhD Member 2017-2020
Jose Pedro Zevallos, MD, MPH Member 2016-2019

Survivorship Service (Staff Person: Michael Fu)

Carole  Fakhry, MD, MPH Chair 2016-2019
Nishant  Agrawal, MD, FACS Member 2017-2020
Genevieve Ann Andrews, MD Member 2016-2019
Mihir  Bhayani, MD Member 2017-2020
Steven B. Cannady Member 2016-2019
Steve S Chang, MD Member 2016-2019
David M. Cognetti, MD Member 2016-2019
Andrew M. Coughlin Member 2016-2019
Joseph  Goodman Member 2017-2020
Evan  Graboyes, MD Member 2017-2020
Benjamin  Greene, MD Member 2017-2020
Scharukh  Jalisi, MD Member 2017-2020
Bradley  Johnson, MD Member 2017-2020
Russel Roy Kahmke, MD Member 2017-2020
Carol  Lewis, MD, MPH Member 2016-2019
Ilya  Likhterov Member 2017-2020
Robert  Lindau, MD Member 2017-2020
Matthew Christopher Miller, MD Member 2016-2019
Marcus Matthew Monroe Member 2016-2019
Michael Geoffrey  Moore, MD Member 2017-2020
Mauricio Alejandro Moreno, MD Member 2017-2020
David Michael  Neskey, MD Member 2017-2020
Nitin A. Pagedar, MD Member 2016-2019
Aru  Panwar, MD Member 2016-2019
Perminder  Parmar, MD Member 2017-2020
Jeremy  Richmon, MD Member 2017-2020
Benjamin R. Roman, MD Member 2016-2019
William Charles Spanos, MD Member 2017-2020
Kerstin M. Stenson, MD Member 2017-2020
Victoria Meucci Villaflor, MD Member 2016-2018
Joshua  Waltonen, MD Member 2015-2018
John W. Werning, MD, DMD Member 2015-2018
Mark  Zafereo, MD Member 2015-2018

Fellowship Training, Accreditation and Credentialing Task Force Service (TAC) (Staff Person: Christina Kasendorf)

Terry A. Day, MD Chair 2016-2018
Ara A. Chalian, MD Member 2016-2018
Neal D. Futran, MD, DMD Member 2016-2018
Douglas A. Girod, MD Member 2016-2018
Cherie-Ann O. Nathan, MD, FACS Member 2016-2018
Randal S. Weber, MD Member 2016-2018
Donald T. Weed, MD Member 2016-2018

Website Committee (Staff Person: JJ Jackman)

This committee shall consist of at least three Active Fellow
Snehal G. Patel, MD, FRCS Chair 2013-2018
Karen T. Pitman, MD Ex Officio 2016-2019
Rizwan  Aslam, DO Member 2017-2020
Joseph M. Curry, MD Member 2016-2019
Ivan  El-Sayed, MD Member 2015-2018
Robert A. Frankenthaler, MD Member 2016-2019
Joseph Blake Golden, MD Member 2015-2018
David  Goldenberg, MD Member 2017-2020
David  Goldstein, MD, FRCSC Member 2017-2020
Mark J. Jameson, MD, PhD, FACS Member 2015-2018
Arjun  Joshi, MD Member 2016-2019
Wojciech K. Mydlarz, MD Member 2017-2020
Karen T. Pitman, MD Ex Officio 2016-2019
Rahul  Seth Member 2016-2019
Mark G. Shrime, MD, MPH, PhD Member 2016-2019
William Charles Spanos, MD Member 2017-2020
Paul C. Walker Member 2017-2020
Jeffrey S. Wolf, MD Member 2016-2019
Mike  Yao, MD Member 2015-2018

Women in HNS Service (Staff Person: Christina Kasendorf)

Amy Y. Chen, MD, MPH Chair 2014-2020
Trinitia Y. Cannon, MD Member 2016-2019
Carole  Fakhry, MD, MPH Member 2015-2018
Tanya  Fancy, MD Member 2017-2020
Pardis  Javadi Member 2017-2020
Alexandra  Kejner, MD Member 2017-2020
Sobia  Khaja, MD Member 2017-2020
Yekaterina A. Koshkareva, Member 2016-2019
Miriam  Lango, MD Member 2017-2020
Amy Anne Donatelli Lassig, MD, BA Member 2015-2018
Kelly Michele Malloy, MD Member 2016-2019
Becky Lynn Massey, MD Member 2015-2018
Jessica Hooton Maxwell, MD, MPH Member 2017-2020
Caitlin  McMullen Member 2017-2020
Melonie Adia Nance, MD Member 2017-2020
Elizabeth Anne Nicolli, MD Member 2016-2019
Miriam A. O’Leary Member 2017-2020
Kavita  Pattani, MD, MS Member 2017-2020
Eileen  Raynor, MD Member 2015-2018
Nicole  Schmitt, MD Member 2017-2020
Merry E. Sebelik, MD Member 2017-2020
Catherine Fiona Sinclair, MD, FRACS Member 2015-2018
Shirley Y. Su, MBBS Member 2017-2020
Giovana R. Thomas, MD Member 2017-2020
Ozlem Emine Tulunay, MD Member 2015-2018
Victoria Meucci Villaflor, MD Member 2015-2018

REPRESENTATIVES

AAO-HNSF Board of Governors

Ehab Y. Hanna, MD 2017-2020

 

AAO-HNSF Legislative Liaison

Jeffery Scott Magnuson, MD, FACS 2015-2018

 

AAO-HNSF BOG Socioeconomic & Grassroots Representative

Scharukh Jalisi, MD, FACS 2017-2020

 

American College of Surgeons Board of Governors

Theodoros N. Teknos, MD 2015-2018

 

ASC Board of Governors  – Advisory Council for Otolaryngology

Ellie Maghami, MD 2015-2018
Theodoros N. Teknos, MD 2015-2018

 

American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer

Brian Andrew Moore, MD, FACS 2017-2020

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