American Head & Neck Society

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

Published on by Jonathan Shum

Jonathan Shum – Houston, Texas

Practice Contact Information

UT Health
6560 Fannin St. Suite 1900

Houston
Texas
77030
United States

Phone:
Email:
Web Site: https://med.uth.edu/surgery/faculty/jonathan-shum-d-d-s-m-d/

Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Head and Neck Surgeon, Oral Surgeon, Reconstructive Head & Neck Surgery

Biography/Statement

Dr. Jonathan Shum was born in London, Ontario, Canada. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, in 2001 and a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from the University of Toronto, Canada in 2005. He completed an integrated OMS residency and medical doctoral program at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, where he earned an MD and OMS residency in 2011. Subsequently, Dr. Shum furthered his training and experience by completing two clinical surgical fellowships in oral, head and neck oncology and microvascular reconstruction at Providence Portland Medical Center, in Portland, Ore. from 2011-2012 and at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore from 2012-2013. He is certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons,  and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

In July 2013, Dr. Shum joined the faculty of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Dentistry with a primary focus on the management of pathology and reconstruction.

His interests include the management of oral cavity cancers, salivary gland tumors and microvascular reconstruction of the head, neck and face. He maintains an active practice that uses facilities within the Texas Medical Center, including Houston Methodist Hospital, Memorial Herman Hospital, and Ben Taub General Hospital.

Clinical Trials

Bibliography

Published on by Nader Sadeghi

Nader Sadeghi – Montréal, Québec

Practice Contact Information

McGill University Health Centre
1001 Decarie Boulevard, Montreal, QC, Canada
D05-5704
Montréal
Québec
H4A 3J1
Canada

Phone: 514-934-1934 Ext: 34974
Email:
Web Site: https://muhc.ca/

Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Research, Head and Neck Surgeon, Reconstructive Head & Neck Surgery

Biography/Statement

Dr. Sadeghi presently serves as the Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at McGill University. He is also the Chief of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the MUHC, and Director of McGill Head and Neck Cancer Program.

Dr. Sadeghi is a graduate of McGill Medicine in 1991. He completed his residency at McGill, followed by a research fellowship. He then completed a fellowship training in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago, U.S.A.

Following his early career at McGill University, he moved to the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he served as Professor of Surgery and Director of Head and Neck Surgery from 2002 to 2017. He then returned to McGill in 2017 to lead the department.

Dr. Sadeghi has lectured internationally in the field of head and neck surgery and minimally invasive surgery. His clinical interest include head and neck surgery; oral, oropharyngeal, and laryngeal cancer; salivary gland surgery; thyroid and parathyroid surgery.

His research is focused on head and neck cancers. He has pioneered a novel therapeutic and personalized approach to oropharyngeal cancer with Transoral Robotic Surgery and Transoral Laser Microsurgery coupled with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. He has contributed to the development of endoscopic surgical techniques for sinonasal tumors. His other areas of research include Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and head and neck cancer, thyroid and parathyroid , quality of life and outcome research after head and neck cancer treatment.

Clinical Trials

NECTORS trial: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Transoral Robotic Surgery for HPV Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer

Bibliography

Published on by TAKAHIRO FUKUHARA

Takahiro Fukuhara – Yonago-shi, Tottori-ken

Practice Contact Information

Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
36-1 Nishicho

Yonago-shi
Tottori-ken
683-8504
Japan

Phone:
Email:
Web Site: https://www.med.tottori-u.ac.jp/otolary/general/staff/hukuhara.html

Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgeon, Medical Oncologist

Biography/Statement

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENTS:

2003 Resident, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan

2005 Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Kusatsu General Hospital, Shiga, Japan

2007 Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan

2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan

2018 Senior Lecturer, Vice-chairperson of Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan

 

EDUCATION: Degrees

M.D.: 2003. Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan

Ph.D.: 2012. Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan

Clinical Trials

Bibliography

  1. New Method for In-Office Secondary Voice Prosthesis Insertion Under Local Anesthesia by Reverse Puncture From Esophageal Lumen. Fukuhara T, Fujiwara K, Nomura K, Miyake N, Kitano H. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 2013, 122(3): 163–168.
  2. Phantom Experiment and Clinical Utility of Quantitative Shear Wave Elastography for Differentiating Thyroid Nodules. Fukuhara T, Matsuda E, Fujiwara F, Tanimura C, Izawa S, Kataoka H, Kitano H. Endocr J, 2014, 61(6): 615–621.
  3. Infiltration of The Thyroid Gland by T-cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia. Fujiwara K, Fukuhara T, Kitano H, Okazaki T. Thyroid, 2014, 24(8): 1314–1318.
  4. Usefulness of Chest CT Scan for Head and Neck Cancer. Fukuhara T, Fujiwara K, Fujii T, Takeda K, Matsuda E, Hasegawa K, Nomura K, Kitano H. Auris Nasus Larynx, 2014, 42(1): 49–52.
  5. Correlation Between Quantitative Shear Wave Elastography and Pathologic Structures of Thyroid. Fukuhara F, Matsuda E, Endo Y, Takenobu M, Izawa S, Fujiwara K, Kitano H. Ultrasound Med Biol, 2015, 41(9), 2326–2332.
  6. Treatment Outcomes of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma in The Elderly: A Retrospective Study Over 7 Years (2003–2009). Hasegawa Y, Fukuhara T, Fujiwara K, Takeuchi E, Kitano H. Yonago Acta Med, 2015, 58(1), 9–13.
  7. Utility of Shear Wave Elastography for Diagnosing Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis. Fukuhara T, Matsuda E, Izawa S, Fujiwara K, Kitano H. J Thyroid Res, 2015, doi: 10.1155/2015/164548.
  8. Relationship between Quality of Life Instruments and Phonatory Function in Tracheoesophageal Speech with Voice Prosthesis. Miyoshi M, Fukuhara T, Kataoka H, Hagino H. Int J Clin Oncol, 2015, 21(2): 402–8.
  9. Novel inventions added to a fenestration approach for arytenoid adduction under local anesthesia. Fukuhara T, Kataoka H, Morisaki T, Miyoshi M, Kitano H. 11th Pan-European voice conference Abstract Book: 72, 2015
  10. Load evaluation of the da Vinci surgical system for transoral robotic surgery. Fujiwara K, Fukuhara T, Niimi K, Sato T, Kitano H. J Robot Surg, 2015, 9(4): 315-9.
  11. Mechanical evaluation of newly developed mouthpiece using polyethylene terephthalate plycol for robotic surgery. Fujiwara K, Fukuhara T, Niimi K, Sato T, Kitano H, Takeuchi H. J Robot Surg, 2015, 9(4): 347-54.
  12. Preliminary study of transoral robotic surgery for pharyngeal cancer in Japan. Fujiwara K, Fukuhara T, Kitano H, Fujii T, Koyama S, Yamasaki A, Kataoka H, Takeuchi T. J Robot Surg, 2015, 10(1): 11-7.
  13. Impact of fibrotic tissue on shear wave velocity in thyroid: an ex vivo study with fresh thyroid specimens. Fukuhara T, Matsuda E, Endo Y, Donishi R, Izawa S, Fujiwara K, Kitano H, Takeuchi H. BioMed Res Int, 2015:569367. Doi: 10.1155/2015/569367. Epub 2015
  14. Post-laryngectomy voice rehabilitation with a voce prosthesis in a young girl with advanced thyroid cancer. Fukuhara T, Miyoshi M, Fujii T, Miyake N, Taira K, Koyama S, Taguchi D, Fujiwara K, Kataoka H, Kitano H, Takeuchi H. Auris Nasus Larynx, 2015, 43(5): 579–83.
  15. PITX1 is a novel predictor of the response to chemotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Takenobu M, Osaki M, Fujiwara K, Fukuhara T, Kitano H, Kugoh H, Okada F. Mol Clin Oncol, 2016, 5(1): 89–94.
  16. Angiomyolipoma at the base of tongue: A type of mucocutaneous angiolipoma. Morisaki T, Moritani S, Takenobu M, Kashu I, Koyama S, Fukuhara T, Kitano H, Takeuchi H. Case Report Pathol, 2016, in press
  17. Submucosal abscess of the esophagus caused by piriform sinus fistula treated with transoral video laryngoscopic surgery. Koyama S, Fujiwara K, Morisaki T, Fukuhara T, Kawamoto K, Kitano H, Takeuchi H. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec, 78(5): 252-258, 2016
  18. Assessment of artifacts in the measurement of shear wave velocity in the thyroid by comparing in vivo and ex vivo results. Fukuhara T, Matsuda E, Kitano H, Takeuchi H. Thyroid, 86th Annual Meeting of The American Thyroid Association, 2016
  19. Optimal measurement of shear wave velocity in the thyroid: axial versus sagittal direction. Matsuda E, Fukuhara T, Kitano H, Takeuchi H. Thyroid, 86th Annual Meeting of The American Thyroid Association, 2016
  20. Analysis of direct simultaneous measurement of glottal airflow velocity, subglottal pressure, and high-speed imaging using flexible transnasal endoscope in a human subject.. Kataoka H, Arii S, Fukuhara T, Fujiwara K, Kunimoto Y, Takeuchi H. Yonago Acta Med, 59(3):241-247, 2016
  21. Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma arising in an inverted papilloma in the nasal cavity: A case report and review. Koyama S, Nakamura Y, Yokoyama Y, Morisaki T,Fukuhara T, Fujiwara K, Kitano H, Takeuchi H. Auris Nasus Larynx, 44(5):624–628, 2016
  22. Modifications to the fenestration approach for arytenoid adduction under local anesthesia. Fukuhara T, Morisaki T, Kataoka H, Miyake N, Taira K, Koyama S, Fujiwara K, Kitano H, Takeuchi H. Journal of Voice, (Epub ahead of print), 2016
  23. A novel reflex cough testing device. Fujiwara K, Kawamoto K, Shimizu Y, Fukuhara T, Koyama S, Kataoka H, Kitano H, Takeuchi H. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 17(1):19, 2017
  24. Significant amelioration of tracheal stenosis following Lenvatinib in a patient who has anaplastic thyroid carcinoma with bronchomediastinal infiltration: A case report. Fukuhara T, Donishi R, Koyama S, Miyake N, Matsuda E, Fujiwara K, Kitano H, Takeuchi H. Case Reports in Oncology, 10(1):175–181, 2017
  25. A novel lateral approach to the assessment of vocal cord movement by ultrasonography. Fukuhara T, Donishi R, Matsuda E, Koyama S, Fujiwara K, Takeuchi H. World Journal of Surgery, 42(1):130–136, 2017
  26. Ultrasound-Guided transoral videolaryngoscopic surgery for retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid cancer. Fujiwara K, Fukuhara T, Koyama S, Donishi R, Kataoka H, Kitano H, Takeuchi H. Case Report in Oncology, 10(2):649–655, 2017
  27. Examination of selective low-pressure fine needle aspiration cytology under ultrasound guidance. Simode Y, Tsuji H, Fukuhara T, Kawakami O, Tsutsumiuchi T, Noda T, Yamada K, Kishimoto K, Nakata S, Terauchi R, Nakano M, Nojima T, Takeuchi H. Yonago Acta Medica, 60(3):209–212, 2017
  28. Suitable ultrasound approach to assessing vocal cord movement: Reply. Fukuhara T. World Journal of Surgery, doi: 10.1007/s00268-017-4350-7. 2017
  29. Usefulness of ultrasound for assessing the primary tumor of hypopharyngeal carcinoma. Fukuhara T, Matsuda E, Hattori Y, Donishi R, Ehara H, Fujiwara K, Takeuchi H. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2(6):390–394, 2017
  30. Usefulness of a novel ultrasonographic classification based on anechoic area patterns for differentiating Warthin tumors from pleomorphic adenomas of the parotid gland. Matsuda E, Fukuhara T, Donishi R, Kawamoto K, Hirooka Y, Takeuchi H. Yonago Acta Medica, 60(4):220–226, 2018
  31. Clinical efficacy of novel elastography using Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) for diagnosing of malignant thyroid nodules. Fukuhara T, Matsuda E, Donishi R, Koyama S, Miyake N, Fujiwara K, Takeuchi H. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, accepted, 2018

Published on by Yamil Castillo-Beauchamp

Yamil Castillo Beauchamp – Manati, PR

Practice Contact Information

The Voice and Head & Neck Surgery Institute, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Dept of Oto HNS, UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center
Manati Medical Center Professional Plaza
Suite 504
Manati
PR
00674
United States

Phone: 787 369 6900
Email: [email protected]
Web Site:

Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgeon

Biography/Statement

Bachelors Degree (1998-2002) – University of Puerto Rico

Medical School (2002-2006) –  University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

General Surgery Residency (2006-2011) – University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Fellowship (2013-2014) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

 

University of PR Comprehensive Cancer Center – Clinical Director of Head and Neck Cancer

University of PR School of Medicine – Associate Professor and Academic faculty

The Voice and Head and Neck Surgery Institute – President and Medical Director

Clinical Trials

Bibliography

Published on by Snehal Patel

Snehal Patel – New York, New York

Practice Contact Information

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
Room C-1076B
New York
New York
10065
United States

Phone: 212-639-3412
Email:
Web Site: https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/snehal-patel

Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Research, Head and Neck Surgeon

Biography/Statement

Dr. Snehal G. Patel is an Attending Surgeon in the Head and Neck Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Otolaryngology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York. He went to Medical School in Baroda followed by residency in General Surgery at the SSG Hospital, Baroda, India. He has formal training in head and neck surgical oncology and plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Tata Memorial Hospital (Bombay, India), Royal Marsden Hospital (London) and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York).

Dr. Patel has particular expertise in the multidisciplinary treatment of all tumors located in the head and neck area. He is especially interested in minimally invasive treatment with the goal of preserving the patient’s quality of life including the ability to speak and swallow.

Dr. Patel has a special interest in developing novel technology for the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer. The overall goal of his research is to improve outcomes of treatment, patient satisfaction and post-therapy quality of life. He is working to achieve this goal based on a multi-pronged research program that includes development of new technology for in vivo imaging and minimally invasive treatment of tumors, evaluation of patient expectations and development of novel patient education techniques, development of statistical methods for predicting individualized outcomes, and assessment of quality of care, post-therapy patient satisfaction and quality of life. He holds a US patent for a novel image-guided endoscopic laser-surgery device that is currently being developed for minimally invasive surgical applications. His research efforts have been funded by competitive peer-reviewed intra and extramural grants. He is a member of several national and international societies and serves on scientific committees including the American Joint Committee on Cancer Head and Neck Staging Task Force. His clinical research has resulted in over 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications in addition to numerous book chapters and three textbooks on head and neck cancer.

Clinical Trials

 

  1. Targeted Silica Nanoparticles for Real-Time Image-Guided Intraoperative Mapping of Nodal Metastases.
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02106598
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02106598?term=NCT02106598&rank=1
  2. A Dye for the Detection of Cancer of the Tongue and Mouth.
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03085147
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03085147?term=NCT03085147&rank=1
  3. Reflectance Confocal Microscopy of Oral Cancers in Vivo: a Preliminary Trial Comparing Intra-oral Imaging With Pathology
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02507141?term=NCT02507141&rank=1

Bibliography

 

Selected publications (out of more than 200 total):

Head and Neck Cancers-Major Changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer Eighth Edition Cancer Staging Manual.
Lydiatt, William M.; Patel, Snehal G.; O’Sullivan, Brian; et al.
CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS. Mar-Apr 2017 Vol  67, Issue 2. Pages: 122-137.

The recently released eighth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging Manual, Head and Neck Section, introduces significant modifications from the prior seventh edition. This article details several of the most significant modifications, and the rationale for the revisions, to alert the reader to evolution of the field.

Significance/Importance
Evidence based analysis was used to create a separate staging algorithm for high-risk human papillomavirus-associated cancer of the oropharynx, distinguishing it from oropharyngeal cancer with other causes. Other modifications include: the reorganizing of skin cancer (other than melanoma and Merkel cell carcinoma) from a general chapter for the entire body to a head and neck-specific cutaneous malignancies chapter; division of cancer of the pharynx into 3 separate chapters; changes to the tumor (T) categories for oral cavity, skin, and nasopharynx; and addition of extranodal cancer extension to lymph node category (N) in all but viral-related cancers and mucosal melanoma.
This article has been cited 21 times since publication in March 2017.
(from Web of Science, Dec 11, 2017).
5-year Impact factor: 160.239 
Influence of extracapsular nodal spread extent on prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Wreesmann VB, Katabi N, Palmer FL, Montero PH, Migliacci JC, Gönen M, Carlson D, Ganly I, Shah JP, Ghossein R, Patel SG.

Head Neck. 2016 Apr;38 Suppl 1:E1192-9.

Extracapsular nodal spread (ECS) has been recognized as a powerful prognostic predictor in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). However, an objective definition of clinically relevant ECS was not available.

Significance/Importance
The study showed that ECS is clinically relevant in oral cavity SCC when it has extended more than 1.7 mm beyond the nodal capsule.

This article has been cited 10 times since publication in 2016.
(from Web of Science, Dec 11, 2017).
5-year Impact factor: 3.19
Lymph node density is a significant predictor of outcome in patients with oral cancer.

Gil Z, Carlson DL, Boyle JO, Kraus DH, Shah JP, Shaha AR, Singh B, Wong RJ, Patel SG.
Cancer. 2009 Dec 15;115(24):5700-10.

The impact of lymph node metastases on prognosis in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has been well recognized. However, accurate stratification of risk for recurrence among patients with lymph node metastases is difficult based on the existing staging systems. This study evaluated the utility of lymph node density (LND) as an alternative method for predicting survival.

Significance/Importance
This was the first study that reported the use of lymph node density for identifying patients with poor outcomes and this finding was later validated in a larger multi-institutional international study published in 2013.

This article has been cited 82 times since publication in 2009.
(from Web of Science, Dec 11, 2017).
5-year Impact factor: 5.517
The role of pectoralis major muscle flap in salvage total laryngectomy.
Gil Z, Gupta A, Kummer B, Cordeiro PG, Kraus DH, Shah JP, Patel SG. Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Oct 2009; 135:1019-1023.

Pharyngocutaneous fistula is a major complication after total laryngectomy and can result in tremendous morbidity and even mortality. The risk of fistula is significantly higher for patients who have had previous radiation or chemoradiation therapy. We showed that the pectoralis major muscle flap is helpful in reducing the sequelae of this major postoperative complication.

Significance/Importance
The report highlighted the utility of a relatively simple vascularized pedicled flap in reducing the risk of a dreaded complication after total laryngectomy.

This article has been cited 53 times since publication in 2009.
(from Web of Science, Dec 11, 2017).
5-year Impact factor: 2.305
Clinically-translated silica nanoparticles as dual-modality cancer-targeted probes for image-guided surgery and interventions.

Bradbury MS, Phillips E, Montero PH, Cheal SM, Stambuk H, Durack JC, Sofocleous CT, Meester RJ, Wiesner U, Patel S.

Integr Biol (Camb). 2013 Jan;5(1):74-86.

 

Sentinel lymph node mapping procedures for detection of melanoma metastases are limited by a lack of intraoperative visualization tools that are capable of accurate determination of disease and discriminating it from adjacent normal critical neural and vascular structures. We have developed a nanoparticle platform with these attributes for image-guided sentinel node identification.

Significance/Importance
This publication was the initial description of our experience in nanoparticle based imaging for melanoma that has recently led to FDA approval and has paved the way for the technology to be trialed in humans.
This article has been cited 56 times since publication in 2013.
(from Web of Science, Dec 11, 2017).
5-year Impact factor: 3.652