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LISTEN TODAY! AHNS YOUNG MEMBERS CORNER PODCAST – EPISODE #6 is UP!

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A podcast brought to you by the American Head and Neck Society Featuring interviews with leaders in head and neck  surgery. Now available through at ahns.info and on Spotify or iTunes.

Each your hosts, Andrés Bur, Larissa Sweeny and Arvind Badhey, cover issues of general interest to the head and neck surgery community and topics related to career development for early-career members.

The first two episodes feature interviews with Dr. Douglas Girod, Chancellor of the University of Kansas, on the topic of leadership in academic medicine, and Dr. Stephen Lai, Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at MD Anderson, on sentinel lymph node biopsy for early oral cancer.

The third episode features Dr. Gina Jefferson, Professor and Chief, on Diversity within H&N Surgery – Pearls from a Female Head and Neck Cancer Surgeon at The University of Mississippi Medical Center.

The fourth episode features Dr. Carole Fakhry, Director, Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Cancer Center, Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.

The fifth episode features Dr. James Netterville, Mark C. Smith Professor of Otolaryncology Department of Otolaryncology, Director Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery and Associate Director of Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences at Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH).

NEW The sixth episode features Dr. William (Bill) Lydiatt, AHNS President-Elect (2023-2024), is a fellowship-trained head and neck surgical oncologist, specializing in the surgical treatment of thyroid and parathyroid disease, salivary gland tumors and cancers of the mouth at  Nebraska Methodist Health System. He is also very interested in how providers can decrease the rate of depression and improve quality of life for patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancers. 

Let’s connect virtually and come  together on the air! Tune in now and engage by submitting questions or topic suggestions via Twitter @AHNSinfo using the hashtag #YMCPodcast 

Young Members’ Corner Podcast – American Head & Neck Society (ahns.info)

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AHNS YMCP Episode 06 – William (Bill) Lydiatt, MD

The sixth episode features Dr. William (Bill) Lydiatt, AHNS President-Elect (2023-2024), discussing Clinical Decision-Making,  is a fellowship-trained head and neck surgical oncologist, specializing in the surgical treatment of thyroid and parathyroid disease, salivary gland tumors and cancers of the mouth at Nebraska Methodist Health System. He is also very interested in how providers can decrease the rate of depression and improve quality of life for patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancers.

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AHNS Women in Head Neck Surgery Reception and Panel at COSM

AHNS Women in Head Neck Surgery Reception and Panel

We are excited to welcome you to the AHNS Annual Meeting during COSM in Chicago and wanted to bring your attention to two important events being sponsored by the Women in AHNS Service.

Please join us for the AHNS Women in Head Neck Surgery Reception on Tuesday, May 14th from 6:00pm-7:30pm in room Michigan 3 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The reception is complimentary for all AHNS attendees and will include appetizers and beverages, while we celebrate and honor our 2024 Margaret Butler Award for Outstanding Mentor of Women in Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Carol Bradford.

We are also pleased to host this year’s panel entitled, “Women In Head and Neck Surgery Panel- How to Build Impactful Programs.” This panel will take place on Wednesday, May 15th from 4:00pm-5:00pm in the General Session Room. Please see below for the full outline.

Women In Head and Neck Surgery Panel- How to Build Impactful Programs

Moderators: Shirley Su, MBBS and Karen Y. Choi, MD

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At the conclusion of this session participants will be able to:

● Understand the steps in building a unique program, including key collaborations and strategies to advocate for your ideas and efforts in a highly competitive field.

● Identify strategies to increase the impact of and be known for your work.

● Recognize potential pit falls and how to overcome them.

1. Introduction and Overview – Shirley Su, MBBS

2. Building a Cutting Edge Research Program – Carole Fakhry, MD MPH

3. Building an Innovative Clinical Program – Jan Lewin, PhD

4. Following Your Own Path and Building Unique Programs – Susan McCammon, MD

Q&A – Karen Y. Choi, MD


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AHNS Women in Head Neck Surgery Reception and Panel at COSM

AHNS Women in Head Neck Surgery Reception and Panel

We are excited to welcome you to the AHNS Annual Meeting during COSM in Chicago and wanted to bring your attention to two important events being sponsored by the Women in AHNS Service.

Please join us for the AHNS Women in Head Neck Surgery Reception on Tuesday, May 14th from 6:00pm-7:30pm in room Michigan 3 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The reception is complimentary for all AHNS attendees and will include appetizers and beverages, while we celebrate and honor our 2024 Margaret Butler Award for Outstanding Mentor of Women in Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Carol Bradford.

We are also pleased to host this year’s panel entitled, “Women In Head and Neck Surgery Panel- How to Build Impactful Programs.” This panel will take place on Wednesday, May 15th from 4:00pm-5:00pm in the General Session Room. Please see below for the full outline.

Women In Head and Neck Surgery Panel- How to Build Impactful Programs

Moderators: Shirley Su, MBBS and Karen Y. Choi, MD

#AHNSWomen

At the conclusion of this session participants will be able to:

● Understand the steps in building a unique program, including key collaborations and strategies to advocate for your ideas and efforts in a highly competitive field.

● Identify strategies to increase the impact of and be known for your work.

● Recognize potential pit falls and how to overcome them.

1. Introduction and Overview – Shirley Su, MBBS

2. Building a Cutting Edge Research Program – Carole Fakhry, MD MPH

3. Building an Innovative Clinical Program – Jan Lewin, PhD

4. Following Your Own Path and Building Unique Programs – Susan McCammon, MD

Q&A – Karen Y. Choi, MD


Visit Our Website

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AHNS 2024 COSM – Special Keynote Lecturer & Additional Hotel Block!

Norman Wolmark, MD, FACS, FRCSC, is Chairman of the NSABP Foundation, a not-for-profit academic research organization with a nearly 60-year history of conducting ground-breaking research studies in breast and colorectal cancer.

Dr. Wolmark is also a Group Chair and Contact Principal Investigator of the NCI-funded NRG Oncology research organization, which combined the legacy National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), and Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG). He also serves as Professor and Chairman of Human Oncology at Drexel University School of Medicine and is Professor, Department of Surgery,

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center.

Dr. Wolmark has spent decades conducting groundbreaking research and early clinical trials in the treatment of breast and bowel cancers. Many of his early studies were conducted at the University of Pittsburgh alongside the late Dr. Bernard Fisher.

Dr. Wolmark specializes in general surgery, is certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, received his medical degree from McGill University of Montreal, and completed his residencies at the University of Pittsburgh and McGill. He served a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and later became a cancer expert at the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Wolmark belongs to numerous prestigious organizations including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association of Cancer Research, and the American Surgical Association.

During his near 45-year tenure as a cancer researcher, Dr. Wolmark’s research has been extensively published, with more than 400 scientific journal articles and book chapters in print.

He is a widely sought-after speaker and lecturer in his field and serves on editorial boards including publications such as the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the Journal of Surgical Oncology, and Clinical Breast Cancer, as well as having served as a reviewer for journals such as the Annals of Internal Medicine, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Cancer Research, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Wolmark has been honored with awards such as the William L. McGuire Memorial Award, the Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award, and the Susan G. Komen® Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Clinical Research.

Dr. Wolmark is on numerous advisory boards, and is an advisor to oncology programs, societies, and institutes throughout the United States and abroad.

Dr. Wolmark lectures internationally and has been recognized for his invaluable contributions to practice-changing research.