American Head & Neck Society

Advancing Education, Research, and Quality of Care for the Head and Neck oncology patient.

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American College of Surgeons (ACS)/Commission on Cancer (CoC) – Approved Quality Metric for HNC

Dear AHNS Members,

We are extremely excited to announce that the American College of Surgeons (ACS)/Commission on Cancer (CoC) recently approved the first quality metric for head and neck oncology: time to initiation of postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) < 6 weeks for patients with surgically managed head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

In light of this momentous first, the American Head and Neck Society Value and Quality of Care Service, in collaboration with the American Society for Radiation Oncology, is launching a national quality improvement initiative to decrease delays starting adjuvant radiation therapy for patients with HNSCC. If you are interested in finding out more about how to participate in this initiative, please email Vasu Divi at [email protected] or Evan Graboyes at [email protected] by June 1.

AHNS Value & Quality of Care Service Chair and Vice-Chair

Vasu Divi, MD and Evan Graboyes, MD, MPH

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Congratulations to Our AHNS Award Winners

The AHNS is pleased to announce the AHNS Award Winners during the AHNS Annual Meeting during the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM):

Margaret F. Butler Outstanding Mentor of Women in Head and Neck Surgery Award

2022 Winner Dr. Amy Y. Chen

#BeLikeButler

AHNS Myers’ Family Diversity Summer Travel Fellowship in Otolaryngology
Award

Awardee Symone V. Jordan
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. M.D. Candidate Class of 2024.
Entitled Work: Parathyroid Carcinoma: An NCDB Analysis to Understand Diagnostic Challenges and Outcomes of a Rare Endocrine Tumor

AHNS Manuscript Awards

Robert Maxwell Byers Paper Award
Balaji Sadhasivam, PhD; Jimmy Manyanga, PhD; Vengatesh Ganapathy, PhD; Célia Bouharati, PharmD; Pawan Acharya, MS; Toral Mehta PhD; Basil Mathews, MD; Samuel Castles, MD; David A. Rubenstein, PhD; Alayna P. Tackett, PhD; Daniel Zhao, PhD; and Lurdes Queimado MD, PhD
Entitled work: Exposure to secondhand smoke extract increases cisplatin resistance in head and neck cancer cells.

Randal Weber, MD Award for Quality, Safety and Value in Head and Neck Oncology Paper Award
Nathan Farrokhian BS, Andrew J. Holcomb MD, Erin Dimon BS, Omar Karadaghy MD, Christina Ward BS, Erin Whiteford MS, Claire Tolan BA, Elyse K. Hanly MD, Marisa R. Buchakjian MD PhD, Brette Harding MD, Laura Dooley MD, Justin Shinn MD, C. Burton Wood MD, Sarah Rohde MD, Sobia Khaja MD, Anuraag Parikh MD, Mustafa G. Bulbul MD, Joseph Penn BS, Sara Goodwin BS, and Andrés M. Bur MD
Entitled work: Multi-institutional insight into the prognostic significance of quantitative measures neck dissection quality in clinically node negative oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma.

Best Resident Basic Science Research Paper Award
Liyona Kampel MD PhD, Sara Davidova MD, Shlomo Tsuriel PhD, Narin Carmel-Neiderman MD MsC, Victoria Hannes MsC, Galya Lerman PhD, Moran Penn MsC, Inna Ospovat MD, Orit Gutfeld MD, Leonor Leider-Trejo MD, Dov Hershkovitz MD PhD, and Nidal Muhanna MD PhD
Entitled work: Utilizing Circulating Tumor DNA for Risk Level Stratification of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Best Resident Clinical Paper Award
Sallie M. Long, MD, Amy L. Tin, MA, Annu Singh, BDS, Bridget O’Hara, BSN, RN; Marc A. Cohen, MD, MPH, Nancy Lee, MD, David G. Pfister, MD, Tony Hung, MD, MBA, MSCR, Richard J. Wong, MD, Andrew J. Vickers, PhD, Cherry L. Estilo, DMD, Jennifer R. Cracchiolo, MD
Entitled work: Comparison of objective measures of trismus and salivation with patient-reported outcomes following treatment for head and neck cancer.

Best Prevention and Early Detection Paper Award
Brette C. Harding, MD, MS, Danielle Mintzlaff, Tabitha L. Galloway, MD
Entitled work: Targeting the Rebellion: Cancer Prevention through Human Papilloma Virus 2 Vaccine Education of College Students

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2022 AHNS Annual Meeting at COSM – Meeting Evaluation and CME Instructions

Dear AHNS Annual Meeting Attendee,

Thank you for attending the 2022 AHNS Annual Meeting at COSM.

To complete your meeting evaluation and claim your CME credits, please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/92QJNTR by Friday, May 27, 2022.

All attendees who need CME MUST fill out the evaluation first. Once the evaluation is completed, attendees will be directed to an online form to request their CME certificate or certificate of attendance.

This year, we will also offer a majority of the meeting as an enduring material for CME credit. The recorded meeting content will be made available as a separate activity and released as soon as COSM makes it available.

The 2022 AHNS Annual Meeting at COSM has been designated for continuing medical education credits. Nurses may submit their certificate of attendance to their state nursing board and get it qualified for credit. AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(tm) translate to 1 credit = 1 hour. Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn their required annual part II self-assessment credit in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s Continuing Certification program (formerly known as MOC).

Please contact [email protected] for any questions.

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Happening Now! AHNS Hayes Martin Lecture!

Dr. Weinstein is delivering this year’s AHNS Hayes Martin Lecture! We ❤️ what a leader in our field is sharing his experience pushing otolaryngology into its next frontier.
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