American Head & Neck Society

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

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Call for Abstracts – Submissions Open Now

Call for Abstracts

AHNS Call for Abstracts

AHNS 10th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer
“Survivorship through Quality and Innovation” 
July 18-22, 2020
Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Submit Your Abstract Now

 

Submission Deadline:
Friday, December 6, 2019, 5:00 PM PT

Abstract Submission Supporting Documents:

NOTE: ALL content authors are required to disclose any financial relationship(s) with an ACCME-defined commercial interest (“industry”). AHNS considers the presenter of a proffered paper to be in control of the content. Thus, employees and owners of commercial interests may not be the presenter for abstracts submitted to AHNS meetings.

Authors are asked to choose the topic that best matches the content of their abstract: 

  • Cancer Biology
  • Education/Care Delivery
  • Endocrine Surgery
  • Functional Outcomes/Quality
  • Hypopharynx/Larynx
  • Imaging and Screening
  • Immunotherapy/Systemic Therapy
  • Nasopharynx/Paranasal Sinus/Skull Base
  • Oral Cavity
  • Oropharynx/HPV Related Disease
  • Radiation/Adjuvant Treatment
  • Reconstruction/Microvascular Surgery
  • Salivary Gland
  • Skin Cancers

More information here: https://www.ahns.info/meetings/abstracts/

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The 2019 Head & Neck Surgery Symposium for Residents and Fellows

You’re invited…

The American Head and Neck Society in conjunction with the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery are pleased to present the 2019 Head & Neck Surgery Symposium for Residents and Fellows.

Join us for this day-long symposium in New Orleans on Saturday, September 14, 2019. The symposium brings together leading head & neck surgeons, presenting informative lectures on head and neck surgical procedures and treatments. Previous lecture topics have included:

Oral Cancer
Head & Neck Reconstructive Surgery
Pharyngeal Cancer and HPV
Skin Cancer/Melanoma
Neck Dissection/Staging
Parathyroid Surgery
Thyroid Surgery
Salivary Gland
Neoplasm
Sinonasal/Skull Base
Trans Oral Laser Surgery for Head & Neck Cancer
Trans Oral Robotic Surgery
Laryngeal Cancer

The final agenda and faculty lecturers will be announced shortly. Attendees will also learn about fellowship opportunities available from AHNS-accredited programs as well as Society membership information.

The event is free to residents and fellows. A complimentary boxed lunch and a closing reception are included.

RSVP for this event by clicking HERE

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AHNS Journal Club – August 2019 issue

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 Issue of the AHNS Journal Club has been compiled and reviewed by  members of the AHNS Clinical Research Service: Eben Rosenthal, MD; Mark Prince, MD; Christopher Fundakowski, MD; Daniel Faden, MD

Click the links below to access the current issue of AHNS Journal Club – to review past issues – CLICK HERE

Multicenter Trial of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/ Computed Tomography Staging of Head and Neck Cancer and Negative Predictive Value and Surgical Impact in the N0 Neck: Results From ACRIN 6685.

Lowe VJ, Duan F, Subramaniam RM, Sicks JD, Romanoff J, Bartel T, Yu JQM, Nussenbaum B, Richmon J, Arnold CD, Cognetti D, Stack BC Jr.

 from The Journal of Clinical Oncology, July 2019

Systematic review on location and timing of distant progression in human papillomavirus-positive and human papillomavirus-negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas.

Tiedemann D, Jakobsen KK, von Buchwald C, Grønhøj C.

from Head & Neck, March 2019

Multimodality Treatment of Early-Stage Tonsil Cancer.

Roden DF, Schreiber D, Givi B.

from Otolaryngology – Head Neck Surgery, July 2017

Frameshift events predict anti–PD-1/L1 response in head and neck cancer

Glenn J. Hanna, Patrick Lizotte, Megan Cavanaugh, Frank C. Kuo, Priyanka Shivdasani, Alexander Frieden, Nicole G. Chau, Jonathan D. Schoenfeld, Jochen H. Lorch, Ravindra Uppaluri, Laura E. MacConaill, and Robert I. Haddad

from JCI Insight, February 2018

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Congratulations to the 2020 AHNS Fellows

The AHNS Advanced Training Council recently completed the Match process for the 2020 Fellowship year. A total of 48 AHNS-accredited programs and 55 applicants participated in the match, and we are pleased to announce the match results – congratulations to the applicants who will begin their fellowships in July of 2020:

Fellowship Programs 2020 Fellows
Beth Israel Medical Center Neil Mundi
Case Western /University Hospitals Cleveland Med Center S. Ahmed Ali
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Scott Roof
Duke University Anthony Ferrara
Emory University School of Medicine Christopher Nickle
Fox Chase Cancer Center Senthuran Tharmalingam
Henry Ford Health System Uthman Alamoudi
Icahn Mt Sinai School of Medicine Erica Jackson-Mayland
Indiana University School of Medicine Diane Chen
Johns Hopkins University Richard Harbison
Johns Hopkins University Brian Hondorp
Johns Hopkins University-Endocrine Pia Pace-Asciak
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Andrew Larson
Massachusetts Eye & Ear – Endocrine Ian Behr
MD Anderson Cancer Center Minhui “Laura” Kim
MD Anderson Cancer Center Evan Walgama
Medical University of South Carolina Joel Davies
Medical University of South Carolina Vilija Vaitaitis
Memorial Sloan Kettering Mohammed Hararah
Moffitt Cancer Center Andrew Agnew
Nebraska Methodist Hospital Tyson Nielsen
Northwestern University Camil Correia
Oregon Health & Science University Suparna Shah
Penn State Hershey Medical Center Jeffery Wells
Stanford University Medical Center Paul Zolkind
Stanford University Medical Center-Endocrine Cassandra Puccinelli
The Ohio State University Anuraag Parikh
Thomas Jefferson University Yamil Selman
University of Alabama-Birmingham Ayham Al Afif
University of Alberta Paul Tabet
University of California – Davis Joshua Kain
University of California – San Francisco Patrick Carpenter
University of Cincinnati Medical Center Arvind Badhey
University of Florida Dustin Conrad
University of Iowa Amy Bansal
University of Kansas School of Medicine Andrea Ziegler
University of Miami Patrick Morgan
University of Miami Matthew Ochsner
University of Michigan Allen Feng
University of Michigan Hassan Nasser
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Andrew Coniglio
University of Oklahoma Lindsey Stull
University of Pennsylvania Health System Leila Mady
University of Pennsylvania Health System Justin Shinn
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Marco Mascarella
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Varun Vendra
University of Toronto-Mt Sinai Mirko Manojlovic Kolarski
University of Toronto-Mt Sinai Susannah Orzell
University of Washington John Pang
University of Wisconsin Zachary Pflum
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Catherine Colaianni
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Kevin Kovatch
Washington University at St. Louis Carey Wood

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Call for Abstracts – 2020 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancers Symposium

Submit your abstract for the  Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancers Symposium: Expanding Treatment Horizons, taking place February 27-29, 2020, at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona.

This meeting focuses on the multidisciplinary management of all head and neck cancers, with the goal of bringing together radiation therapy, clinical oncology and surgical oncology to examine the latest clinical trial research and new treatment approaches.

The meeting is co-sponsored by the American Head and Neck Society, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, ASTRO and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer.

The abstract submission deadline is September 4, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time.   Click here to view the Abstract categories and guidelines.