American Head & Neck Society

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

American Head & Neck Society | AHNS


The mission of the AHNS is to advance Education, Research, and Quality of Care for the head and neck oncology patient.

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Past AHNS Meetings

AHNS 2022 Annual Meeting at COSM
“Technology and Innovation”

April 27-28, 2022 |In-Person & Recorded On-Demand

  • AHNS 2022 Final Program Online
  • View all session recordings – To view recordings, please visit the COSM Platform. It is now available to view with your registration ID. If you have any issues accessing the platform, please contact [email protected] for assistance.

Virtual AHNS 10th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer
“Survivorship through Quality and Innovation”

Live Content Recorded on July 22-25, 2021 | Virtual

  • Virtual 2021 International Conference Agenda
  • Visit the AHNS 10th International Conference website for more information
    • Access to view the recordings are available only for registrants. Registration is no longer available.

AHNS 2021 Symposium at COSM
Coming Together in Crisis – The Conversations We Need to Have:  COVID, Disparity, Ethics, Education, our Future
April 7-8, 2021 |Virtual

  • 2021 Symposium Agenda
  • View all session recordings – AHNS MEMBERS ONLY
    • To view the recordings you must be a member and logged into the AHNS site.  If you need help accessing your account, please reach out to [email protected].

AHNS 2019 Annual Meeting at COSM
Value Based Health Care in Head and Neck Cancer
May 1 – 2, 2019
JW Marriott, Austin, Texas

AHNS Presidential Address
Ehab Hanna, MD

John Conley Lecture
Michael Porter, PhD

  • 2019 Final Program
  • 2019 Poster Archive (use code COSM2019)
  • 2019 Full Abstracts
  • Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Neck Ultrasound Course (Exported ACS Course) – April 30, 2019
  • AHNS Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Course for Residents and Fellows Course – April 30, 2019
  • Congrats to the AHNS 2019 Best Posters!
    • D009: NORMOCALCEMIC PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS ON LABORATORY VALUES – Blake R Hollowoa, MD; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    • D052: MULTIPLEXED IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING-BASED QUANTIFICATION OF TUMOR AND IMMUNE CELL POPULATIONS REVEALS SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN ORAL CAVITY SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA – Anuraag S Parikh, MD; Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
    • D062: OUTCOMES FOR THE TREATMENT OF RECURRENT NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND POOLED ANALYSIS – Ethan Newton, MD, BSc; University of British Columbia
    • D068: CANCER IN A DISH: ISOLATION, EXPANSION AND DRUG SCREENING OF HPV-POSITIVE OROPHARYNGEAL TUMORS IN CELL CULTURE – Wesley H Stepp, PhD; University of North Carolina
    • D094: PATTERNS AND OUTCOMES OF ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY IN SURGICALLY TREATED HPV-POSITIVE OROPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA WITH ADVERSE FEATURES – Farhoud Faraji, MD, PhD; University of California San Diego
    • D114: EVALUATION OF OLDER AGE AND FRAILTY AS PREDICTORS OF POST-OPERATIVE DECISION REGRET – Carissa M Thomas, MD, PhD; University of Toronto
    • D128: OUTCOMES OF HEROIC SALVAGE SURGERY IN RECURRENT HEAD AND NECK CANCER – Adeeba F Ghias, BS; Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
    • D135: COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK POST-TREATMENT SURVEILLANCE GUIDELINES IN PATIENTS WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCER – Samantha Tam; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    • D145: TREATMENT TRENDS IN HPV+ OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA: A STUDY OF THE NATIONAL CANCER DATABASE – Kevin Y Zhan, MD; The Ohio State University, James Cancer Center and Solove Research Institute
    • D148: USING MACHINE LEARNING TO PREDICT DELAYS IN ADJUVANT RADIATION FOLLOWING SURGERY FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER – Matthew Shew; University of Kansas Medical Center
    • D164: ROLE OF CONTINUOUS LOCAL INFUSION OF ROPIVACAINE FOR POST-OPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT IN PATIENTS RECEIVING OSSEOCUTANEOUS FREE FLAPS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL – Scott Roof, MD; Mount Sinai
    • D172: THE NUTRITION RELATED INDEX IS PREDICTIVE OF PERIOPERATIVE MORBIDITY FOLLOWING HEAD & NECK MICROVASCULAR SURGERY – Harman Parhar, MD, MPH; University of British Columbia
    • D177: THE ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FASCIA LATA RESCUE FLAP A NEW WEAPON IN THE BATTLE AGAINST OSTEORADIONECROSIS. – Joseph B Meleca, MD; The Cleveland Clinic
    • D189: CHANGING TO A MORE RESTRICTIVE TRANSFUSION THRESHOLD DOES NOT AFFECT FLAP OUTCOMES IN FREE TISSUE TRANSFER TO THE HEAD AND NECK – Samuel Altonji; University of Alabama at Birmingham
    • D192: A NOVEL PAROTID AND FACIAL NERVE SURGICAL SIMULATOR: DESIGN AND INITIAL VALIDATION. – Bharat B. Yarlagadda, MD; Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
    • D204: INHIBITION OF WNT/BETA-CATENIN PATHWAY AS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA – Hyun-su Kim; University of California San Francisco
    • D219: PREOPERATIVE DIRECT PUNCTURE EMBOLIZATION OF SINONASAL TUMORS: AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH – Margaret I Engelhardt, MD; University of Minnesota
    • D252: COST EFFECTIVENESS OF SALVAGE LARYNGECTOMY CLOSURE TECHNIQUES – Mirko Manojlovic Kolarski, MD; University of Toronto
    • D257: IS NEW ALWAYS BETTER? AN ETHICAL ANALYSIS OF ROBOTIC PARATHYROIDECTOMY – Andrew J Redmann, MD; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

AACR-AHNS Head and Neck Conference
Optimizing Survival and Quality of Life through Basic, Clinical, and Translational Research
April 29 – 30, 2019
Sheraton Austin Hotel at Capitol, Austin, TX

AHNS 2018 Annual Meeting at COSM
Elevating Head and Neck Cancer Care Through Evidence Based Medicine
April 18-19, 2018
Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD

  • 2018 Final Program
  • 2018 Poster Archive  (use code COSM2018 – AHNS posters begin with the letter “C”)
  • 2018 Full Abstracts
  • Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Neck Ultrasound Course (Exported ACS Course) – April 17, 2018
  • AHNS Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Course for Residents and Fellows Course – April 17, 2018

AHNS 2017 Annual Meeting at COSM
Strengthening the AHNS through Diversity and Global Outreach
April 26-27, 2017
Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA

  • 2017 Final Program
  • Transoral Robotic Surgery Course with Hands on Robotic Session – April 25, 2017
  • Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Neck Ultrasound Course (Exported ACS Course) – April 25, 2017
  • AHNS Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Course for Residents and Fellows Course – April 25, 2017

2017 AACR-AHNS Head and Neck Cancer Conference
Optimizing Survival and Quality of Life through Basic, Clinical, and Translational Research
April 23 – 25, 2017
Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA

AHNS 9th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer
Technology Transforming Head and Neck Cancer

July 16 – 20, 2016
Sheraton Seattle, Seattle, WA

  • 2016 Final Program
  • 2016 Meeting Photos
  • 2016 Meeting Videos

2015 AHNS Translational Research Meeting
Transforming Patient Care through Innovative Research
April 21 – 22, 2015
Sheraton Boston, Boston, MA

  • 2015 Final Program

AHNS 2015 Annual Meeting at COSM
April 22-23, 2015
Hynes Convention Center/Sheraton Boston, Boston, MA

  • 2015 Final Program

5th World Congress – IFHNOS and Annual Meeting of the AHNS
July 26-30, 2014
New York, NY, USA

  • For more information visit www.ahns2014.org
  • 2014 Final Program
  • Attendee Demographics

AHNS 2013 Annual Meeting at COSM
April 10 – 11, 2013
JW Marriott Grande Lakes, Orlando, FL

  • 2013 Final Program

8th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer
RIDGING THE GAP: Caring for the Head and Neck Cancer Patient


July 21-25, 2012
Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, ON, Canada

  • 2012 Final Program
  • 2012 Full Abstract Listing
  • Videos from the 2012 AHNS Meeting
    • Welcome and Opening Ceremonies
    • Presidential Address and Honors
    • Jatin P. Shah Symposium on Clinical Controversies in Head and Neck Cancer
    • John J. Conley Lecture: Clinical and Personal Comparative Effectiveness
    • Christoper O’Brien Lecture: Lymphatic Drainage from Cutaneous Malignancies of the Head and Neck: New Insights with Important Implications for Management
    • Keynote Lecture: Prevention of Cancers Caused by Infections
    • Keynote Lecture: Health Care in the New World: Quality as a Core Business Strategy
    • Milton J. Dance, Jr. Lecture: Optimizing Functional and Esthetic Results of Segmental Mandibular Defect
    • New York Head & Neck Society Lecture: Cancer Metabolism Back to the Future
    • Hayes Martin Lecture: Surgical Margins in the Genomic Era
    • Closing Ceremony and Remarks

AHNS 2011 Annual Meeting at COSM
April 27-28, 2011
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, Chicago, IL

  • 2011 Final Program

AHNS 2010 Research Workshop
on Biology, Prevention & Treatment of Head & Neck Cancer
October 28-30, 2010
Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA

  • 2021 Final Program

AHNS 2010 Annual Meeting at COSM
April 28-April 29, 2010
Paris / Bally’s Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

  • 2010 Final Program
  • 2010 AHNS Presentations

AHNS 2009 Annual Meeting at COSM
May 27-31, 2009 (AHNS meeting dates May 30-May 31)
JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort, Phoenix, AZ

  • 2009 Final Program

7th International Conference on Head & Neck Cancer
July 19-23, 2008
San Francisco Marriott, San Francisco, CA

  • 2008 Final Program
  • Click here to view Video Presentations
  • Download the 2008 Conference Proffered Papers
  • Download the 2008 Conference Poster Papers
  • Download the 2008 Conference Presentations

3rd Annual Head and Neck Oncology Resident Education Symposium

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  • A comprehensive review of the current standards of care, surgical techniques, and important study topics for head and neck oncology and surgery. Dr. Terry Day has been instrumental in organizing this popular course which is jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and The American Head and Neck Society.

 

AHNS 2007 Annual Meeting at COSM
April 26-29, 2007
Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA

  • 2007 Final Program

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