The AHNS gratefully acknowledges generous support of the webinar from Coherus BioSciences

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 – 7:00 PM Eastern Time

This Joint presentation by the American Head & Neck Society and the Head & Neck Cancer Alliance is offered to increase awareness of approaches to nasopharyngeal cancer treatment and the importance of survivorship. This session will highlight common acute and chronic treatment-related side effects as well as the importance of clinical trials in managing cancer recurrence.

Moderator:

Alice Lin, MD, Kaiser Permanente

Panelists:

Hyu Kang, MD, MPH, FACP, UCSF – Medical Oncologist

Mark McDonald, MD, Emory University – Radiation Oncologist

Lisa Evangelista, CScD CCC-SLP BCS-S, UC Davis – Speech-Language Pathologist

Brad Johnson, 20-year cancer survivor

Dr. Michelle Wan, 3-year cancer survivor

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 Non-CME Course – Lunch Included

May 13, 2025

The symposium will be an introductory, all-day course designed for surgeons and academic physicians. It offers insights into entrepreneurship, covering key aspects such as intellectual property protection, capital raising, balancing clinical responsibilities, navigating technology transfer offices, patenting, commercialization, manufacturing, regulatory compliance, and conflict of interest management.

Course Directors: Jose P. Zevallos, MD, MPH FACS and Baran Sumer, MD FACS

Agenda:

0800-0805 Welcome and Introduction– Jose P. Zevallos, MD, MPH

0805-0825 The Creative Process for Surgeons- Carl Snyderman MD

0830-0900 Now That I Have a Good Idea, How Do I Develop It? Therapeutics and Medical Devices -Peter Santa Maria MD PhD and Mohit Singhala PhD

0900-0945 PANEL:  Protecting Your Idea, Disclosure and Intellectual Property Process: Alex Langerman MD (moderator), Brad Phelan (UT Southwestern), Scott Weston (Cooley)

0945-1000 AM BREAK

1000-1025 Creating Your Pitch Deck Peter Santa Maria, MD PhD

1030-1055 How to Raise Capital, from Seed to Series A and Beyond “Storytelling in Science”  Baran Sumer MD

1100-1200 PANEL: Leveraging University Resources Panel – Jose P. Zevallos MD MPH (moderator), Brad Phelan, Mohit Singhala PhD, Baran Sumer MD

1200-1245 LUNCH

1200-1255 Keynote Lecture in Entrepreneurship and Innovation – Stacey Ishman, MD
Title: “My Journey from Academia to Starting Two of My Own Companies: It’s a Wide World Out There”

1300-1345 PANEL: Venture Capital Panel: Working with Surgeon Founders
Baran Sumer, MD (moderator), Tony Natale, MD, Nader Elrashidy (Cooley)

BREAK 1345-1400

1400-1500 Case studies from start-up founders:

Droplet Biosciences (Zevallos), OncoNano (Sumer), Respair (Snyderman), Alex Chanin (VisionSense)

1500-1600 PANEL: Entrepreneurship While Keeping Your Day Job
Alex Langerman, MD (moderator) Peter Santa Maria MD PhD, Chris Holsinger, MD, Stacey Ishman, MD

1600 Closing Remarks – Jose P. Zevallos, MD, MPH

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