American Head & Neck Society

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

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AHNS Receives Highest CME Designation

The American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) has been reviewed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) and awarded Accreditation with Commendation for six (6) years as a provider of continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. Accreditation in the ACCME System seeks to assure the medical community and the public that the AHNS delivers education that is relevant to clinicians’ needs, evidence-based, evaluated for its effectiveness, and independent of commercial influence.

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) accredits organizations that provide continuing medical education for physicians. The ACCME System employs a rigorous process for evaluating institutions’ CME programs according to standards that reflect the values of the educator community and aim to accelerate learning, inspire change, and champion improvement in healthcare. Through participation in accredited CME, clinicians and teams drive improvement in their practice and optimize the care, health, and wellness of their patients.

Learn more about our next medical education activity here: http://www.ahns2020.org

 

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LAST CALL to Submit an Outstanding Nominee

The Women in Head and Neck Surgery Service of the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) are accepting nominations for the Margaret F. Butler Outstanding Mentor of Women in Head and Neck Surgery Award.

Dr. Margaret Butler was the first female otolaryngology chairperson in the United States. In 1906, she was appointed Chair of Ear, Nose and Throat at Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. As a respected otolaryngologist and an ambassador of the specialty, Dr. Butler provided a blueprint for future generations of female otolaryngologists.

The purpose of this Award is to recognize individuals who have demonstrated leadership in promoting gender diversity in the field of Head and Neck Surgery and its related endeavors. A secondary goal is to encourage further training and mentorship of women leaders in our specialty.

The awardee will receive an honorarium and will be honored at the Women in Head and Neck Surgery Reception on Tuesday July 21, 2020.

Individuals nominated for this award will have the following qualities:

  1. Demonstrated leadership and consistent track record of promoting gender diversity and equity in head and neck surgery and its related fields.
  2. Consistent support and promotion of women in head and neck surgery and its related endeavors, including demonstrable mentoring of women career advancements and promise through merit-based career advancements and promotions.
  3. Measurable impact in the promotion of women in head and neck surgery, such as career advancement of mentees, mentorship in publications and research, etc.

Present or past member of the AHNS are preferred but not required. The application closes December 15, 2019 5PM EST.

#BeLikeButler

 

Please click here to submit your nomination application.

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AHNS Journal Club – December 2019 issue

AHNS Mucosal Malignancy Section Edition

The AHNS Journal Club regularly reviews the leading head and neck cancer-related journals, sharing with AHNS members some of the most relevant and important manuscripts, and providing summaries and critiques of the work.

This month’s issue of the AHNS Journal Club has been compiled and reviewed by members of the AHNS Mucosal Malignancy Section (Karen Pitman, Chair; Joe Califano, Co-Chair): 

Jeffson Chung
Stephen Lai
Vikas Mehta
Arun Sharma
Meghan Turner

Radiotherapy versus transoral robotic surgery and neck dissection for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (ORATOR): an open-label, phase 2, randomised trial

Anthony C Nichols, Julie Theurer, Eitan Prisman, Nancy Read, Eric Berthelet, Eric Tran, Kevin Fung, John R de Almeida, Andrew Bayley, David P Goldstein, Michael Hier, Khalil Sultanem, Keith Richardson, Alex Mlynarek, Suren Krishnan, Hien Le, John Yoo, S Danielle MacNeil, Eric Winquist, J Alex Hammond, Varagur Venkatesan, Sara Kuruvilla, Andrew Warner, Sylvia Mitchell, Jeff Chen, Martin Corsten, Stephanie Johnson-Obaseki, Libni Eapen, Michael Odell, Christina Parker, Bret Wehrli, Keith Kwan, David A Palma

from The Lancet, August 2019

 

Phase II Trial of De-Intensified Chemoradiotherapy for Human Papillomavirus–Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Chera BS, Amdur RJ, Green R, Shen C, Gupta G, Tan X, Knowles M, Fried D, Hayes N, Weiss J, Grilley-Olson J, Patel S, Zanation A, Hackman T, Zevallos J, Blumberg J, Patel S, Kasibhatla M, Sheets N, Weissler M, Yarbrough W, Mendenhall W.

 from The Journal of Clinical Oncology, August 2019

 

Assessment of the Rate of Skip Metastasis to Neck Level IV in Patients With Clinically Node-Negative Neck Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Anton Warshavsky, MD; Roni Rosen, BS; Narin Nard-Carmel, MD; Sara Abu-Ghanem, MD; Yael Oestreicher-Kedem, MD; Avraham Abergel, MD; DanM. Fliss, MD; Gilad Horowitz, MD

From JAMA Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, June 2019

 

Prognostic Role of p16 in Nonoropharyngeal Head and Neck Cancer.

Bryant AK, Sojourner EJ, Vitzthum LK, Zakeri K, Shen H, Nguyen C, Murphy JD, Califano JA, Cohen EEW, Mell LK.

from Journal of the National Cancer Institute, December 2018

 

Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Induction Chemotherapy in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Zhang Y, Chen L, Hu GQ, Zhang N, Zhu XD, Yang KY, Jin F, Shi M, Chen YP, Hu WH, Cheng ZB, Wang SY, Tian Y, Wang XC, Sun Y, Li JG, Li WF, Li YH, Tang LL, Mao YP, Zhou GQ, Sun R, Liu X, Guo R, Long GX, Liang SQ, Li L, Huang J, Long JH, Zang J, Liu QD, Zou L, Su QF, Zheng BM, Xiao Y, Guo Y, Han F, Mo HY, Lv JW, Du XJ, Xu C, Liu N, Li YQ, Chua MLK, Xie FY, Sun Y, Ma J

from The New England Journal of Medicine, September 2019

 

Eliminating Postoperative Radiation to the Pathologically Node-Negative Neck: Long-Term Results of a Prospective Phase II Study

Contreras JA, Spencer C, DeWees T, Haughey B, Henke LE, Chin RI, Paniello R, Rich J, Jackson R, Oppelt P, Pipkorn P, Zevallos J, Chernock R, Nussenbaum B, Daly M, Gay H, Adkins D, Thorstad W.

from the Journal of Clinical Oncology, October 2019

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AHNS Research and Education Foundation

The Research and Education Foundation is proud to support the AHNS’ research and education awards which provide opportunities for outstanding head and neck surgeons and surgeons in training.

Through the generous contributions of donors like you the Foundation is poised to build on our legacy of scientific excellence.

Please make your gift to the AHNS Foundation today and together we can continue to advance care for head and neck cancer patients.

This year, we encourage you to direct your donation to the Eduardo Méndez Diversity Fellowship or the area of greatest need.

Donations can be made online by clicking here or visiting the website:

 https://www.ahnsfoundation.info/donations/

Checks can be made out to the AHNS Foundation and mailed to: 11300 W. Olympic Blvd., Ste 600, Los Angeles, CA 90064

 

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

The Women in Head and Neck Surgery Service of the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) are now accepting nominations for the Margaret F. Butler Outstanding Mentor of Women in Head and Neck Surgery Award.

Dr. Margaret Butler was the first female otolaryngology chairperson in the United States. In 1906, she was appointed Chair of Ear, Nose and Throat at Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. As a respected otolaryngologist and an ambassador of the specialty, Dr. Butler provided a blueprint for future generations of female otolaryngologists.

The purpose of this Award is to recognize individuals who have demonstrated leadership in promoting gender diversity in the field of Head and Neck Surgery and its related endeavors. A secondary goal is to encourage further  training and mentorship of women leaders in our specialty.

The awardee will receive an honorarium and will be honored at the Women in Head and Neck Surgery Reception on Tuesday July 21, 2020. Individuals nominated for this award will have the following qualities:

  1. Demonstrated leadership and consistent track record of promoting gender diversity and equity in head and neck surgery and its related fields.
  2. Consistent support and promotion of women in head and neck surgery and its related endeavors, including demonstrable mentoring of women career advancements and promise through merit-based career advancements and promotions.
  3. Measurable impact in the promotion of women in head and neck surgery, such as career advancement of mentees, mentorship in publications and research, etc.

Present or past member of the AHNS are preferred but not required.

#BeLikeButler

 The application closes December 15, 2019 5PM EST.

Please click here to submit your nomination application.