Dear AHNS Members,

We are writing to request your participation in a survey on palliative care utilization for patients with Head and Neck Cancers (HNCs). With this study, our goal is to better understand the indications and situations for which practitioners use palliative care services for their patients with HNCs. Please see your email to submit answers on the survey. The survey contains 10 short questions and should take no more than 5 minutes.

Your participation is voluntary, and all responses will be anonymous. No personally identifiable information will be associated with your responses or to any reports of these data. We do not anticipate any risks from participating in this study. Your participation in this study infers informed consent. We greatly appreciate your input.

Thank you in advance for your time,

Avanti Verma, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Otolaryngology
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Hemali Shah, MD
Resident Physician, Otolaryngology
Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C.

AHNS Young Members Podcast 

Listen Today!

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 of your hosts, Dr. Andrés Bur, Dr. Larissa Sweeny, Dr. Arvind Badhey, Dr. Andrew Holcomb, and Dr. Brian Cervenka, 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.

The third episode of the AHNS Young Member’s Corner features Dr. Gina Jefferson, Professor and Chief, on Diversity within H&N Surgery – Pearls from a Female Head and Neck Cancer Surgeon at The University of Mississippi Medical Center.

The fourth episode of the AHNS Young Member’s Corner features Dr. Carole Fakhry, Director, Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Cancer Center, Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.

NEW  The fifth episode of the AHNS Young Member’s Corner features Dr. James Netterville, Mark C. Smith Professor of Otolaryncology Department of Otolaryncology, Director Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery and Associate Director of Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences at Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH).

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)

PARENTING THROUGH
A HEAD & NECK CANCER DIAGNOSIS

Monday, January 22nd, beginning at 7:00pm Eastern

Dear AHNS Members, 

Parenting through a cancer journey impacts the whole family and can profoundly affect children. Parenting Through A Head and Neck Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment and into Survivorship webinar will provide guidance on how to have simple and open communication with children.

You will learn from a Child Life Specialist and three parents on how to maintain a sense of connection and provide opportunities for sharing and self-expression to help your child throughout this experience. Children are resilient and can learn to cope with challenging situations when provided with individualized support.

MODERATOR:
Beverly Garber,NP, CORLN, Nurse Practitioner III, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, UC Davis

FAMILY SYSTEMS AND COPING SPECIALIST:
Emily McDaniel, MA, CCLS Certified Child Life Specialist, Children of Adult Patients, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

ALLIANCE AMBASSADORS & SURVIVORS:
Jessica Dagley – Proud mom and loving wife, Case Manager for the Medicaid Waiver through Unity of Indiana, Greenwood, Indiana, Survivor of Salivary Duct Carcinoma (also an Alliance Ambassador)

Michael Murphy – Husband and Father, Neuroscientist and Psychiatrist, Harvard Medical School, HPV-Attributed Tonsil Cancer Survivor; Boston, MA (also an Alliance Ambassador)

Willie Pelote – Husband and proud father of twin girls, Survivor of HPV-Attributed Tonsil Cancer, Sacramento, CA|

Click or Scan the QR code below to register