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American Head & Neck Society

American Head & Neck Society

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

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Johannes Fagan

Dr. Johannes Fagan is the Leon Goldman Professor and Chair of the Division of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. A major interest has been to advance head and neck surgery in Africa and the Developing World. He maintains an educational website for ENT surgeons in the Developing World (http://www.entdev.uct.ac.za/), and self-publishes two free textbooks, The Open Access Atlas of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Operative Surgery and the Open Access Guide to Audiology and Hearing Aids. (http://www.entdev.uct.ac.za/guides/open-access-guide-to-audiology-and-hearing-aids-for-otolaryngologists). For his international contributions to otolaryngology he received the Nikhil Bhatt International Public Service Award from the AAOHNS in 2019, and a gold medal from IFOS in 2017 .

African Head and Neck Society (AfHNS) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Head and Neck Cancers in Developing Countries and Limited Resource Settings

October 16, 2019 by Johannes Fagan

Members of the African Head and Neck Society and of the AHNS have been collaborating closely to promulgate resource appropriate clinical practice guidelines for cancers of the head and neck. Head and neck cancers are principally a developing world problem, with developing countries accounting for 75% of head and neck cancers, and 80% of deaths from head and neck …

Read moreAfrican Head and Neck Society (AfHNS) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Head and Neck Cancers in Developing Countries and Limited Resource Settings

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