AHNS/AAO-HNSF Translational Innovator Combined Award

PI:  Travis P. Schrank, MD, PhD
Institution:  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Proposal:  NRF2 Mediated Radiation Resistance in HNSCC

AHNS Eddie Mendez Memorial Pilot Grant

PI:  Hannan A. Qureshi, MD
Institution: University of Washington
Proposal:  Functional analysis of the immune microenvironment in head and neck cancer

AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant

PI:  Andrey Finegersh, MD, PhD 
Institution:  University of California, San Diego, CA
Proposal:  HPV regulation of microRNA in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

AHNS Pilot Research Grant

PI:  Shethal Bearelly, MD
Institution:  University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Proposal:  The Role of Oral Tactile Sensation in Dysphagia

 

Best Prevention Early Detection Paper 

Winner: Heidi Kletzien, MD
Institution: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Manuscript Title: “The Post-Thyroidectomy Voice: The Disconnect Between Patient-Perceived Voice Changes and Quantitative Voice Measures in the First Postoperative Year”

Best Resident Basic Science Paper 

Winner: Farshad Chowdury, MD
Institution: University of Colorado, Denver
Manuscript Title: “Invasive Front Or Tumor Core: Cancer Stem Cell Location And Correlations With Cellular Behavior And Patient Outcome”

Robert Maxwell Byers Award

Winner: Caitlin P. McMullen, MD
Institution: Moffitt Cancer Center
Manuscript Title: “Occult nodal disease and occult extranodal extension in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients undergoing primary TORS with neck dissection”

Best Resident Clinical Award

Winner: Patrick Carpenter, MD
Institution: The University of Utah School of Medicine
Manuscript Title: “Celecoxib Decreases Acute Postoperative Opioid Requirements after Head and Neck Reconstruction with Free Tissue Transfer: A Matched-Cohort Study”

Best Prevention Early Detection Paper Award 

Winner:  Chwee Ming Lim, MD
Institution: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National University Health System Singapore
Manuscript Title:  Real time near-infrared auto-fluorescence Raman spectroscopy system in the surveillance of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer

Robert Maxwell Byer Award

Winner:  Chang-Han Chen, PhD
Institution: Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Manuscript Title:  Angiotensin II type 1 receptor contributes to malignant progression in oral squamous cell carcinoma through modulation of FUI0540/S100A9 signaling

Best Resident Basic Science Award

Winner:  Moran Amit, MD
Institution: The Laboratory for Applied Cancer Research, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Manuscript Title:  Thyroid cancer response to radioiodine treatment is post-translationally regulated

Best Resident Clinical Award

Winner:  Michelle Chen, MD
Institution: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University
Manuscript Title:  Post-operative radiation therapy associated with improved survival in Nl oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer patients

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Position Statement on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination for Prevention of HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer

THE AMERICAN HEAD AND NECK SOCIETY PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THEIR 2016 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM MATCH RESULTS. CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE.

HEAD & NECK FELLOWSHIPS
Beth Israel Medical Center Cleveland Clinic Foundation Emory University Indiana University School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School MD Anderson Cancer Center     Medical University of South Carolina   Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center   Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Ohio State University Oregon Health & Science University Roswell Park Cancer Institute Stanford University Medical Center Thomas Jefferson University University of Alabama – Birmingham University of Alberta University of California – Davis University of California – San Francisco University of Cincinnati Medical Center University of Iowa University of Kansas School of Medicine University of Miami   University of Michigan   University of Nebraska Medical Center University of Oklahoma University of Pennsylvania Health System   University of Pittsburgh Medical Center     University of Toronto     University of Washington Vanderbilt University   Washington University at St. Louis	Ansley Roche Ryan Winters Andres Bur David Hernandez Christopher Britt Heather Osborn Ashley Mays Samantha Tam Marietta Tan Evan Graboyes Suhael Momin Julianna Pesce Zafar Sayed Daniel Kwon Antoine Eskandar Jay Ferrell Mariangela Rivera Ryan Orosco John Gleysteen Erin Partington Fawaz Makki Orly Coblens Jon Mallen St. Clair Hafiz Patwa Christopher Kandl Thomas O’Toole Deepa Danan Mark Swanson Tiffany Glazer Brittny Tillman Eugene Son Angela Osmolak Karthik Rajasekaran Punam Thakkar Daniel Faden Michael Persky Jessica Somerville Lenka Stankova Peter Vosler Han Zhang Richard Cannon Shethal Bearelly Alice Tang James Martin Jamie Segel
ENDOCRINE FELLOWSHIPS
Georgia Regents University Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School Pennsylvania State University	Seth Kay Bradley Lawson Elizabeth Cottrill