American Head & Neck Society

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

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#AHNS2021 JOIN TODAY’S SATELLITE SYMPOSIA!

JOIN! Today’s Satellite Symposia!

Sunday, July 25
11:30AM – 12:30 PM CST

Merck – Personalizing Your Approach with First-Line Treatment Options in R/M HNSCC
https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3301991/E55EE94176E60D5B1375664565CFC75F

Naveris – Detection of HPV-Driven Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Clinical Evidence of an Innovative Blood Test and Implications of Multidisciplinary Management
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MZgPEjZSQr6FkCDBfeBfPQ

Karl Storz – Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing Instructional Video
https://www.ahns.info/flexible-endoscopic-evaluation-of-swallowing-instructional-video/

 

 

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Congratulations to Our 2021 AHNS Award Winners

AHNS is pleased to announce the 2021 AHNS Award Winners during AHNS 10th International Virtual Conference on Head and Neck Cancer:

Theresa Guo, (AHNS/AAO-HNSF Young Investigator Combined Award)
Entitled work: Establishing immunogenicity of splice variant derived neoantigens in HNSCC

Sarah Dermody, (AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant)
Entitled work: Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) Urine Kinetics in HPV-related Head and Neck Cancer

Tom Barrett, AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant sponsored by AHNS Endocrine Section and EISAI Pharmaceuticals.
Entitled work: Spatial Architecture of Immune Evasion in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Rebecca Gao, AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant sponsored by AHNS Presidential Request for Application Pilot Award on Basic and Translational Research
Entitled work: Nanopore Sequencing for the Real-Time Detection of Melanoma-Involved Lymph Nodes

Ryan Carey, (AHNS Pilot Grant)
Entitled work: Targeting T2Rs to activate apoptosis in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Albert Han, (AHNS Presidential Request for Application Pilot Award on Mucosal Head and Neck Cancer Research).
Entitled work: The microbiome of oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma in young patients

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

2021 Winner Dr. Lisa Orloff

2020 Winner Dr. Cherie-Ann Nathan

#BeLikeButler

AHNS Myers’ Family Diversity Summer Travel Fellowship in Otolaryngology Award

2021 Winner Symone V. Jordan
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. M.D. Candidate Class of 2024.

2020 Winner Derrick B. Lewis
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN May 2023 M.D. Candidate.

AHNS Research Awards

Robert Maxwell Byers Award
Grace L. Banik, MD, Maisie L. Shindo, MD, Kristen L. Kraimer, MD, Katherine Manzione, Abhita Reddy, MD, Ken Kazahaya, MD, MBA, Andrew J. Bauer, MD, Jeffrey C. Rastatter, MD, Mark E. Zafereo, MD, Steven G. Waguespack, MD, Daniel C. Chelius, Jr., MD, Lourdes Quintanilla-Dieck, MD
Entitled work: Prevalence and Risk Factors for Multifocality in Pediatric Thyroid Cancer: A Multicenter Study

Best Resident Clinical Paper
Brendan Coutu, MD, Dallin Christensen, MD, Evan Ryan, BS, Elizabeth Bradford Bell, MD, Weining Zhen, MD, and Zafar Sayed, MD
Entitled Work: Systemic Inflammation is Associated with Disease Extent and Survival in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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LISTEN NOW! AHNS YOUNG MEMBERS CORNER PODCAST – EPISODE #1

AHNS Young Members Podcast 

Please click this link here to LISTEN NOW!

A podcast brought to you by the American Head and Neck Society Featuring interviews with leaders in head and neck  surgery. Now available through at ahns.info and on Spotify or iTunes.

Each your hosts, Andrés Bur, Larissa Sweeny and Arvind Badhey, cover issues of general interest to the head and neck surgery community and topics related to career development for early-career members.

The first two episodes feature interviews with Dr. Douglas Girod, Chancellor of the University of Kansas, on the topic of leadership in academic medicine, and Dr. Stephen Lai, Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at MD Anderson, on sentinel lymph node biopsy for early oral cancer.

Let’s connect virtually and come  together on the air! Tune in now and engage by submitting questions or topic suggestions via Twitter @AHNSinfo using the hashtag #YMCPodcast 

Young Members’ Corner Podcast – American Head & Neck Society (ahns.info)

 

 

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Congratulations to our AHNS 2022 Fellows

The Advanced Training Council of the AHNS is pleased to announce the results of our Fellowship Year 2022 Match. Congratulations to these applicants and best of luck for your 2022 Fellowship year!

2022 Fellow AHNS-Accredited Program
Michael Berger Icahn Mt Sinai School of Medicine
Michael Bobian MD Anderson Cancer Center
Danielle Bottalico Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Ryan Carey University of Miami Hospital and Clinics
Harrison Cash University of Washington
Stephanie Chen Emory University School of Medicine
Kate Clancy University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Jared Crothers University of Florida
Steven Dennis University of California – Davis
Dipan Desai Johns Hopkins University-Endocrine
Gabriela DeVries University of Pennsylvania Health System
Prashanthi Divakar Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Aaron Domack University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Janice Farlow The Ohio State University
Samuel Frasier Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Mica Glaun MD Anderson Cancer Center
Michael Hajek University of Toronto-Mt Sinai
Tyler Halle University of Pennsylvania Health System
Chelsea Hamill University of Kansas Medical Center
Albert Han MD Anderson Cancer Center
Curtis Hanba Medical University of South Carolina
Brette Harding UT Southwestern Medical Center
Neal Molly Heft Washington University at St. Louis
Melanie Hicks Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Adam Howard Oregon Health & Science University
Kia Jones Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Emily Kamen Northwestern University
Andrew Katz Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nayel Khan Thomas Jefferson University
Maxwell Kligerman Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Natalia Kyriazidis Massachusetts Eye & Ear – Endocrine
Ciaran Lane Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Hilary McCrary The Ohio State University
Charles Meyer Massachusetts Eye & Ear
Taha Mur University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Akash Naik Indiana University School of Medicine
Samih Nassif AdventHealth
Lindsay Olinde Case Western Reserve /University Hospitals/Cleveland Med Ctr
Seerat Poonia University of Miami Hospital and Clinics
Pablo Quadri Moffitt Cancer Center
Jesse Qualliotine University of California – San Francisco
Samuel Rubin Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Kristen Seligman University of Wisconsin
Awni Shahait Augusta University – Endocrine
Andrew Skillington Henry Ford Health System
Blaine Smith University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Jessica Tang Johns Hopkins University
Arielle Thal Medical University of South Carolina
Kiranya Tipirneni University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Katherine Wai Stanford University Medical Center
Ray Wang Washington University at St. Louis
Forest Weir University of Alabama-Birmingham
Melina Windon University of Michigan
Linda Yin University of Michigan

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AHNS Business Meeting JULY 21 4:00 PM PST

AHNS Business Meeting

Dear AHNS Members,

Please plan on attending the AHNS Business Meeting, which will take place the day before the Virtual International Conference. All members, regardless if you have registered to attend the Virtual Conference, are able to attend. During this meeting, you will hear updates on all the great work this society has been doing the last two years. In addition, important votes on bylaws changes and the nominating slate will take place. We will also be inducting all the new members since our last business meeting in 2019! This is a great way to stay connected in the AHNS and we hope you will join the AHNS leadership during this important meeting.

No Registration Required!

Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Time: 4:00-5:30 PM PT / 6:00-7:30 PM CT / 7:00-8:30 PM ET

Zoom Information: Sent via email

International numbers available: Sent via email

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