American Head & Neck Society

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

Published on by Danny Enepekides

Danny Enepekides – Toronto, Ontario

Practice Contact Information

University of Toronto, Odette Cancer Centre
2075 Bayview Avenue, Room M1-102

Toronto
Ontario
M3N 4M5
Canada

Phone:
Email:
Web Site: https://sunnybrook.ca/content/?page=otolaryngology-head-neck-surgery

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 Enepekides has dedicated his career to the treatment of complex malignancies of the head, neck and skull base and to the reconstruction of complex deformities of the head and neck. He completed his undergraduate degree, medical degree, and residency at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Following his residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery he went on to complete two fellowships, one at Hahnemann University Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (microvascular reconstructive surgery); and another at the University of California – Davis in Sacramento California (Head and Neck Oncology/Skull Base Surgery). He subsequently joined the department of Otolaryngology at UC Davis Medical Center where he was an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, co-director of Head and Neck Oncology, and Chief of Otolaryngology at the Northern California VA Medical Center. He then returned to Canada where he joined the University of Toronto’s department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Enepekides is currently an associate professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is the Chief of the Department of Otolaryngology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Chief of the division of Surgical Oncology at the Odette Cancer Centre. He is also a Surgical Oncology Regional Lead for Cancer Care Ontario.

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Published on by Brendan Stack

Brendan Stack, Jr. – Springfield, IL

Practice Contact Information

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
720 N. Bond St.
P.O. Box 19662
Springfield
IL
62794
United States

Phone: 217-545-3833
Email:
Web Site:

Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Head and Neck Surgeon

Biography/Statement

Dr. Brendan C. Stack, Jr., M.D., FACS, FACE attended Brigham Young University and graduated with AOA and Sigma Xi honor societies from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA in 1989.  Dr. Stack was trained in Surgery for two years and then Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for four years at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.  Dr. Stack completed a Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction accredited by the Joint Council for Approval of Advanced training in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery in 1997 at the University of Washington, Seattle.  While in Seattle, Dr. Stack also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in molecular biology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle and served as an Instructor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and on the medical staff of the Seattle VA Medical Center.

 

 

Currently, Dr. Stack is Professor of and Chairman of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL.  Dr. Stack has authored over 300 peer-reviewed papers, chapters, and internet articles.  Dr. Stack was co-editor of Medical and Surgical Treatment of Parathyroid Diseases – An evidence-based approach, Cham Switzerland:  Springer International Publishing 2016.  Dr. Stack was co-editor of Neck Dissection, Berlin, Germany:  Thieme, 2018.  He has presented at over 350 meetings regionally, nationally, and internationally.  He collaborates on grants from the NIH, NSF and other public and private organizations.  Dr. Stack has appeared on, or been cited by, local and national media numerous times.  He serves on the editorial boards of Head and Neck, Video Endocrinology, and the ENT journal.  Dr. Stack also reviews for several other journals.  He has served on review panels for the National Institutes of Health and review agencies for the nations of Singapore, Italy, and England.  Dr. Stack is listed in “Best Doctors” of America (since 2006), “Guide to America’s Top Surgeons” (since 2004), “Guide to America’s Top Physicians” (since 2009), Castle and Connolly Top Doctors and Cancer Specialists (since 2014), and “Top Thyroid Doctors” (since 2004).

 

Dr. Stack’s research interests include machine learning/artificial intelligence in healthcare informatics related to thyroid and parathyroid diseases and medical device development in the areas of radioguided surgery and free tissue transfer perfusion monitoring.  Dr. Stack’s clinical interests include endocrine surgery for the thyroid and parathyroid.

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Published on by Amy Chen, MD, MPH, FACS

Amy Chen – Atlanta, GA

Practice Contact Information

Emory
550 Peachtree St
Medical Office Tower 1135
Atlanta
GA
30308
United States

Phone: 404-778-0278
Email:
Web Site: https://winshipcancer.emory.edu/bios/faculty/chen-amy-y.html

Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgeon

Biography/Statement

Amy Y. Chen, MD, MPH, FACS, FACE is the William and Lillian Hackerman Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at The Emory University School of Medicine.  She serves as the Director of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery and was the Program Director for the Head and Neck Surgery Fellowship. Her expertise is in thyroid and parathyroid surgery. She has a joint appointment at Winship Cancer Institute and at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. She has also served as Director of Health Services Research in the Department of Surveillance and Health Policy Research of the American Cancer Society.

Dr. Chen has been instrumental in developing a team approach to patient care. She developed and currently leads the multidisciplinary thyroid and head and neck tumor conferences. Her primary focus of research is in measuring outcomes of oncology treatment as well as measuring determinants of successful outcomes of care.  Dr. Chen’s research agenda is to create a multi-disciplinary, multi-site center dedicated to health services research, outcomes, and quality of care.  Her secondary focus of research is directed toward translational research of head and neck and thyroid malignancies.

Dr. Chen joined the Emory faculty in 2001 after a fellowship in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Prior to that fellowship she was a resident in Otolaryngology and General Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, also in Houston.

She is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Texas School of Public Health. Dr. Chen has received numerous awards and honors, among them the Gussack Memorial Award for Teaching, Percy Memorial Research Award, the Rande Lazar Health Services Research Award, the American Head and Neck Society Scholarship Award, and The Women’s Fund for Health, Education and Research Grant. She has also been named as one of the Top Doctors by Atlanta Magazine since 2017.  She is married and has two adult daughters.

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Published on by Ryan Brown

Ryan Brown – Denver, Colorado

Practice Contact Information

Kaiser Permanente Colorado
2045 Franklin Street
6th floor, Head & Neck Surgery
Denver
Colorado
80205
United States

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Email:
Web Site:

Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Head and Neck Surgeon, Reconstructive Head & Neck Surgery

Biography/Statement

I grew up in upstate New York and have wanted to be a doctor since I was 3 years old. My grandpa died of cancer when I was 8 years old, and after that I vowed I would help fight cancer. I see helping others as the true meaning of life. I trained at Washington University in St. Louis for residency and I completed a one-year fellowship in Dallas/Fort Worth. I am an inducted member in the American Head & Neck Society, the largest organization of specialized head and neck cancer specialists in the world. I am also an inducted member of the American College of Surgeons. Along with my busy clinical practice, I started a nonprofit organization called Healing the Children Rocky Mountains, which leads a cleft lip and cleft palate volunteer surgical mission to Peru yearly to help disadvantaged children. I go on two to three cleft missions a year. I am happily married and have a son and a daughter. I love raising my family in Colorado.

About my practice

I love being able to see patients in clinic, operate and immediately help them with their problems. I also enjoy working with people of all ages. I am trained in both head and neck cancer surgery and in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. I am double board certified by the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and by the American Board of Facial Plastic Surgery. I am trained to treat head and neck cancer in minimally invasive techniques such as Da Vinci robotic surgery and in endoscopic CO2 laser surgery. I also enjoy all types of reconstructive and aesthetic procedures of the face and neck, such as rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, facial trauma repair and skin cancer repair. I have specialized training in microvascular free tissue transfer and in cleft surgery. I also have a special interest in endocrine surgery and surgically treating all disorders of the thyroid and parathyroid glands including cancer, adenomas, hyperplasia and goiters.

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Kadakia S, Mourad M, Hu S, Brown, R, Lee T, Ducic Y. Utility of intraoperative nerve monitoring
in thyroid surgery:20-year experience with 1418 cases. Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2017;21(3)335-339.

Brown R, Lozada K, Kadakia S, Gordin E, Ducic Y. Prophylactic Midface Lift in Midfacial Trauma.
Facial Plast Surg 2017;33:347-351.

Abraham MT, Rousso JJ, Hu S, Brown, RF, et al. Introduction of the American Academy of Facial
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery FACE TO FACE Database. Mourad M, Saman M, Stroman D,

Marad M, Saman M,Stroman D, Brown R, Ducic Y. Evaluating the role of embolization and
carotid artery sacrifice and reconstruction in the management of carotid body tumors. Laryngoscope
2016;126(10):2282-7.

Sawhney R, Ducic Y, Saman M, Brown R, Gordon E. Endoscopic Treatment of Subcondylar
Fractures. Current Otorhinolar Reports. 2015;Vol 3, Issue 4:226-232.

Brown RF, Ducic Y. Aggressive surgical resection of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma may provide
long-term survival in selected patients. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013;148(4):564-71.

Sawhney R, Brown R, Ducic Y. Condylar Fractures. Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2013;46(5):779-90

Brown RF, Ducic Y. Parapharyngeal space tumors. Chapter 175 in Atlas of Operative
Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 2013.

Brown RF, Hullar TE, Cadieux JH, Chole RA. Residual hearing preservation after pediatric cochlear implantation. Otol Neurotol 2010;31(8):1221-6.

Published on by Jeffery Wells

Jeffery Wells – Hamilton, Ontario

Practice Contact Information

McMaster University
50 Charlton Ave E

Hamilton
Ontario
L8N 4A6
Canada

Phone:
Email:
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Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

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

Biography/Statement

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