AHNS 2023

Program Overview

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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Instructional Courses (Concurrent Sessions)

Instructional Course 01: How to Improve the Patient Experience
Moderator: Carol Lewis MD, MPH

Instructional Course 02: Social Media in Head and Neck Practice              
Moderator: Arvind Krishna Badhey MD, B.A., B.S.
 
Instructional Course 03: Identifying Populations at Risk
Moderator: Thomas Julian Ow MD
 
Instructional Course 04: Decision Making in Advanced Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer
Moderator: Melonie Adia Nance MD
 
Instructional Course 05: Update in the Management of Biosphosphonate and Radiation Induced Osteonecrosis                        
Moderator: Brett Miles DDS, MD

Instructional Course 06: Update on Surgery for NMSC – Beyond WLE and Mohs
Moderator: Kevin Emerick MD

Instructional Course 07: Virtual Planning for Mandible and Maxillary Reconstruction                     
Moderator: Alexandra Kejner MD

Instructional Course 08: Management Update: Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Moderator: Ivan El-Sayed MD

Instructional Course 09: Practical Algorithm for Cutaneous Head and Neck Reconstruction
Moderator: Audrey H. Baker MD

10:45 AM  – 12:00 PM
Instructional Courses (Concurrent Sessions)

Instructional Course 10: Total Maxillectomy – Resection and Reconstruction Pearls
Moderator: Michael Fritz MD

Instructional Course 11: Challenges and Considerations for Building a Practice for the Young Head and Neck Surgeon            
Moderator: Tammara L. Watts MD, PhD

Instructional Course 12: How to Establish a Survivorship Program 
Moderator: Barbara A. Murphy MD

Instructional Course 13: Palliative Surgery in Pursuit of Health                   
Moderator: Alexander Langerman MD

Instructional Course 14: Sialendoscopy – Pearls to Proficiency                   
Moderator: Rohan Walvekar MD

Instructional Course 15: Update on Non-surgical Treatment of Advanced Cutaneous Cancer      
Moderator: Renata Ferraroto MD
 
Instructional Course 16: The Scapula Flap               
Moderator: Kevin Fung MD

Instructional Course 17: Carotid Management in Skull Base Surgery         
Moderator: Ricardo Carrau MD

Instructional Course 18: Update in Facial Nerve Reconstruction                 
Moderator: Philip Daniel Knott MD

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch (on own)

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Instructional Courses (Concurrent Sessions)

Instructional Course 19: Head and Neck Lymphedema and Fibrosis          
Moderator: Heather Starmer MA

Instructional Course 20: Radiation Oncology Update: Opportunities for De-escelation                  
Moderator: Beth Beadle MD

Instructional Course 21: What is the Current Role in Neoadjuvant Therapy           
Moderator: Eleni M. Rettig MD

Instructional Course 22: Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring – State of the Art
Moderator: Gregory Randolph MD

Instructional Course 23: The ‘How To’ of Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Oral Cavity Cancers
Moderator: Francisco J. Civantos MD

Instructional Course 24: Advances in the Management of Head and Neck Melanoma                  
Moderator: Howard Kaufman MD

Instructional Course 25: Local and Regional Flaps in Oral Cavity Reconstruction              
Moderator: Stephen W. Bayles MD

Instructional Course 26: State of the Art in Paraganglioma Management               
Moderator: Matthew Old MD

Instructional Course 27: Immunotherapy 101 – How it Works
Moderator: Nicole Schmitt MD

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Instructional Courses (Concurrent Sessions)

Instructional Course 28: Dysphagia Management with Oropharyngeal Cancer                  
Moderator: Katherine Hutcheson PhD

Instructional Course 29: Strategies for Successful Parathyroid Surgery                 
Moderator: Russell Smith MD, FACS

Instructional Course 30: Accelerate Your Clinical Research Program                     
Moderator: Joseph Curry MD

Instructional Course 31: Update on Quality Metrics and Initiatives in Head and Neck Cancer
Moderator: Evan Graboyes MD, MPH

Instructional Course 32: Management of Early-Stage Laryngeal Cancer                
Moderator: Dinesh Chhetri MD

Instructional Course 33: Surgical Salvage for High-Risk Cutaneous Cancer Patients                    
Moderator: Steven Wang MD, FACS

Instructional Course 34: Genetics of Head and Neck Cancer – What You Need to Know              
Moderator: Luc G.T. Morris MD MSc

Instructional Course 35: State of the Art in Management of Advanced Skull Base Malignancies   
Moderator: Shirley Su MBBS

Instructional Course 36: Immunotherapy 201 – What to Expect       
Moderator: Ezra E.W. Cohen MD

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
PM Break

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Instructional Courses (Concurrent Sessions)

Instructional Course 37: Optimizing Post-Laryngectomy Function  
Moderator: Julia Maclean MD

Instructional Course 38: Nuances of Pediatric Thyroid Cancer                    
Moderator: Ken Kazahaya MD, MBA

Instructional Course 39: Accelerate Your Clinical Research II: Running Clinical Trials      
Moderator: Stephen Lai MD, PhD, FACS

Instructional Course 40: Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction   
Moderator: Eric Genden MD, MHA

Instructional Course 41: Patient Selection for Salvage Surgery                  
Moderator: Gina D. Jefferson MD

Instructional Course 42: Circulating Tumor DNA: Where are We?              
Moderator: Chad Brenner MD

Instructional Course 43: Unusual But Very Useful Research Techniques – The Head and Neck Cancer Inter Group (HNCIG) Experience                    
Moderator: Hisham Mehanna PhD, MD

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Opening Ceremony

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM
John J. Conley Lecture
Introduction: Brian Burkey, MD, MEd, FACS

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
AM Break

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Controversies in Osseus Reconstruction
Moderator: Jonathan Clark, MBBS, BSc

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
New Concepts in HNC Epidemiology
Moderator: Carole Fakhry, MD, MPH

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Transoral Minimally Invasive Surgery: Controversies and Cases
Moderator: Chris Holsinger, MD

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Proferred Papers Sessions
1 – Cancer Biology (1)
2 – Endocrine (1)
3 – Radiation (1)
4 – Reconstruction (1)
5 – Oropharnyx (1)

12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
Lunch (on own)

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM
Laryngeal Preservation
Moderator: Cherie-Ann O. Nathan, MD, FACS

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM
Scary Cases – Managing Head and Neck Complications
Moderator: Mark K. Wax, MD

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM
Tumor Board Topics: Skin Cancer
Moderator: Kevin Emerick, MD

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM
Proferred Papers Sessions
6 – Cancer Biology (2)
7 – Oral Cavity (1)
8 – Skin (1) & Hot Topics (1)
9 – Reconstruction (1)
10 – Salivary (1)

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
PM Break

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Controversies in N0 neck
Moderator: Yelizaveta Shnayder, MD, FACS

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Impact of COVID-19 on Patient Care and Workforce – Update 2023
Moderator: Jonathan Irish, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Tumor Board Topics: Indications for Adjuvant Therapy
Moderator: Eric Genden, MD, MHA

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Video Session I
Moderators: Gina D. Jefferson, MD and Sandeep Samant, MS, FRCS, FACS

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Proferred Papers Sessions
11 – Nasopharynx (2)
12 – Oropharynx (1)
13 – Immunotherapy (1)
14 – Functional (1)
15 – Salivary (1)

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Women in AHNS Panel & Reception

5:15 PM – 6:45 PM
Welcome Reception (Exhibit Hall Opening)

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Jatin Shah Symposium: Circulating DNA – Clinical Applications
Moderator: Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD

8:30 AM – 9:15 AM
Global Medicine Keynote Introduction
Moderator: Eben Rosenthal, MD

8:30 AM – 9:15 AM
Global Medicine Keynote
Keynote: Anil K D’Cruz, MD

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM
Presidential Address Introduction
Introduction: Eben Rosenthal, MD
Keynote: Brian Burkey, MD, MEd, FACS

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Keynote Address
Introduction: Eben Rosenthal, MD
Keynote: Rebecca Richards-Kortum, MD

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Best of Basic Science
Moderators: Jose Zevallos, MD, MPH, FACS and Joseph Anthony Califano, MD, FACS
John Sunwoo, MD

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Global Outreach – How Do We Make an Impact?
Moderator: James Netterville, MD

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Oral Cavity Panel – Early Stage
Moderator: Mark Varvares, MD

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Update and Discussion of Robotic Trials
Moderator: John de Almeida, MD, MSc

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Proferred Papers Session
15 – Cancer Biology (3)
16 – Endocrine (2)
17 – Reconstruction (2)
18 – Oral Cavity (2)

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
New Member Induction Ceremont

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Global Education
Moderator: Johannes Fagan, MD

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Management of Skull Base Tumors
Moderator: Ehab Y. Hanna, MD

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Surgical Clinical Trials – Ongoing Innovations
Moderator: Erich Sturgis, MD

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Video Session II
Moderator: Giovana R. Thomas, MD

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Proferred Papers Sessions
1 9 – Radiation (2)
20 – Imaging (2)
21 – Immunotherapy (2)
22 – Oropharynx (2)

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Neo-adjuvant Immunotherapy
Moderator: Ravindra Uppaluri, MD, PhD

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Palliative Care – Opportunities
Moderator: Christine G. Gourin, MD

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Tumor Board Topics: Management of the (Un)resectable
Moderator: Jason Newman, MD, FACS
 
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Tumor Board Topics: Salivary Gland
Moderator: Daniel G. Deschler, MD, FACS

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Proferred Papers Sessions
23 – Hypopharynx (1)
24 – Oral Cavity (3)
25 – Functional (2)
26 – Education (1)

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Fellowship Information Session

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Milton J. Dance Symposium: Improving Outcomes Through Collaboration and Discovery for HNSCC
Moderator: Bevan Yueh, MD

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Hayes Martin Lecture Introduction
Introduction: Brian Burkey, MD, MEd, FACS
Keynote: Theodoros N. Teknos, MD

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Immunotherapy as Combined Modality Therapy
Moderator: Joseph Curry, MD

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Improving Quality in Head and Neck Cancer
Moderator: Bert O’Malley, MD

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Oral Cavity Panel: Advanced Stage
Moderator: Peter T. Dziegielewski, MD, FRCSC

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Salvage Surgery in 2023
Moderator: Sarah L. Rohde

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Proferred Papers Sessions
27 – Hypopharnyx (2)
28 – Imaging (3)
29 – Endocrine (3)
30 – Reconstruction (3)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Complexities in Staging Head and Neck Cancer
Moderator: William Lydiatt, MD

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Controversies in Early-Stage Thyroid Cancer
Moderator: Louise Davies, MD, MS

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Laryngeal Cancer – Late-Stage Controversies
Moderator: D. Gregory Farwell, MD, FACS

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Video Session III
Moderator: Matthew Old, MD

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Proferred Papers Sessions
31 – Cancer Biology (4)
32 – Oropharynx (4)
33 – Salivary (2)
34 – Immunotherapy (3)

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Controversial Topics in Thyroid Management
Moderator: Jeffrey M. Bumpous, MD

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Highlights from the Korean Head and Neck Society Symposium: The Cutting Edges – Minimally Invasive and Hidden Scar Surgery in Head and Neck
Moderators: Min-Sik Kim, MD, PhD and Kwang Jae Cho, MD, PhD

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Surgical Innovation in Imaging  
Moderator: Maie St John, M.D, Ph.D

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
What Data is There to Support De-escalation?
Moderator: Quynh-Thu Le, MD

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Proferred Papers Sessions
35 – Radiation (3)
36 – Oral Cavity (4)
37 – Functional (3)
38 – Education (2)

5:15 PM – 6:15 PM
Robotics Course: Shark Tank (non-CME)
Chair: Jeremy  Richmon, MD, FACS

7:30 AM – 8:15 AM
Awards Ceremony

8:15 AM – 8:30 AM
Closing Comments

8:30 AM – 9:15 AM
Christopher O’Brien Lecture
Introduction: Eben Rosenthal, MD
Keynote: Hisham Mehanna, PhD, MD

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
AHNS: Genesis Story
Moderator: Melonie Adia Nance, MD

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Do We have Consensus on Surgical Margins?
Moderator: Michael Topf, MD

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Making Sense
Moderator: Terry Day, MD, FACS

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Proferred Papers Sessions
39 – Biology (5)
40 – Reconstruction (4)
41 – Nasopharynx (2)
42 – Salivary (3)
43 – Hypopharynx (3)

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Cancer Screening
Moderator: Heather Edwards, MD

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
New Concepts in Management of NMSC
Moderator: Cecelia Schmalbach, MD, MSc, FACS

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Video Session IV: Thyroid
Moderator: Mark Zafereo, MD

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Proferred Papers Sessions
44 – Skin (2)
45 – Oral Cavity (5)
46 – Reconnstruction (5)
47 – Functional (4)
48 – Education (3)

Saturday Series

12:30 PM
Welcome
Danny Enepekides MD, MPH, FRCSC

12:35 PM
An Update on the WHO Classification of Salivary Neoplasia
Felix Nguyen PA

12:50 PM
State of the Art Imaging for Salivary Gland Pathology
Eugene Yu MD, FRCPC

1:05 PM
Extracapsular Resection: The How, When, and Why
Vincent Vander Poorten MD, PhD, MSc

1:25 PM
Panel Discussion: Management of Benign Salivary Neoplasia
Moderator: Kiran Kakarala MD
Panelists: Vincent Vander Poorten MD, PhD, MSc, Carol Lewis MD, Marie-Jo Olivier MD, Davud Sirjani MD

2:10 PM
Q&A

2:20 PM
Break

2:30 PM
Extent of Surgery: Malignant Tumors of the Major Salivary Glands
Mirabelle Sajisevi MD

2:50 PM
Adjuvant Therapy: Radiation
Khalil Sultanem MD, FRCP

3:10 PM
Novel Systemic Therapies for Salivary Gland Malignancy
Renata Ferraroto MD

3:30 PM
Break

3:40 PM
Panel: Management of Malignant Salivary Neoplasia
Moderator: Michael Hier MD
Panelists: Joel Davies, Larissa Sweeny MD, Eugene Yu MD, FRCPC, Mirabelle Sajisevi MD, Bruce Ashford MD, Irene Kim MD, MBA

4:20 PM
Q&A

10:00 AM
Devil in the Details: Patient Selection and Choosing patients for TORS
Moderator: Katie Van Abel MD
Panelists: Robert Brody MD, Brittany Barber MD, FRCSC, MSc, Ryan Jackson, Oluwafunmilola Okuyemi, Jeffrey Magnuson, Mirabelle Sajisevi

11:00 AM
Clinical Trials in Transoral Endoscopic H&N Surgery
Moderator: Philippe Gorphe MD

PATHOS – Progress
Mererid Evans MD

ECOG3311 – What Did We Learn? What has Changed?
Miriam Lango MD

MOSES – Unraveling the Unknown Primary
Vinidh Paleri MD

Trials for HPV-Negative Disease 
Deepa Nair MD

ORATOR
Anthony Nichols MD

FIND
John de Almeida MD

12:05 PM
Lunch

1:00 PM
Training and Simulation v2.0
Moderator: Anne Kane MD

TORS Simulator
Baran Summer MD

Novel Tech for TORS
Catherine Lumley MD

Bootcamp for TORS
Jonathan Morris MD

1:35 PM
Minimizing Complications through Swallowing Rehabilitation – Pre and Post-Op Care
Moderator: Rosemary Martino MD

Pearls: Pre-HABILITATION for TORS
Carly Barbon MD

Pearls: Optimizing Post-Op Rehabilitation
Justin Roe MD

Panel Discussion: Case
Ryan Li MD

Panel Discussion: Case
Jo Patterson MD

Panelists: David Cognetti MD, Mihir Patel MD

2:30 PM
Break

2:45 PM
To Ligate or Not? Management of Post-operative Bleeding Risk
Moderator: Meghan Turner MD
Panelists: Jeffrey Houlton MD, Jeffrey Jorgenson MD, Elizabeth Anne Nicolli MD, Georges Lawson MD, John Gleysteen MD

3:20 PM
Multidisciplinary Care of TORS Patients: Preop Selection, Post-op Adjuvant Tumor Board Case Presentations with the Multidisciplinary Team
Moderator: Neil Gross MD
Panelists: Will Ryan MD, Eleni Rettig MD, Michael Topf MD, Scharukh Jalisi MD, Nancy Lee MD, Beth Beadle MD

International Session on Autofluorescence and Fluorescent Angiography

10:00 AM
Introduction
Michael Singer MD

10:05 AM
Introduction and History of Autofluorescence Technology
Michael Singer MD

10:10 AM
Conventional Approach to Parathyroid Preservation
David Terris MD

10:20 AM
Autofluorescence vs. Fluorescence
Amanda Silver-Karcioglu MD

10:30 AM
Surgical Technique Using Autofluorescence
Gregory Randolph MD

10:40 AM
Outcomes Regarding Hypoparathyroidism and the Future Regarding Treatment of Hyperparathyroidism 
Frederic Triponez MD    
                                                        
10:55 AM
Break

11:05 AM
Case Presentations
Moderators:  Michael Singer MD, Frederic Triponez MD
Panelists:  David Shonka MD, Maie St. John MD, Amanda Silver-Karcioglu MD

Multidisciplinary Session: Advanced and/or Aggressive Thyroid Cancer – “New Hopes for Patients With Historically Limited Options”

12:00 PM
Introduction
Mark Zafereo MD

12:05 PM
Identification of Advanced Thyroid Cancer Populations, Molecular Markers and Genetic Testing
Joseph Scharpf MD
 
12:15 PM
History of Immunotherapy and Small Molecule Agents in Thyroid Cancer
Richard Harbison MD

12:25 PM
Surgical Options for Advanced Thyroid Cancers
Neil Tolley MD

12:35 PM
Neoadjuvant Chemo and Advanced Thyroid Cancers
Mark Zafereo MD

12:45 PM
Clinical Trial Results on Advanced Thyroid Cancer
Lori Wirth MD

1:00 PM
Break                    

1:10 PM
Case Presentations
Moderators: Mark Zafereo MD. Lori Wirth MD
Panelists: Michael Hier MD, Niel Tolley MD, Antoine Eskander MD, Maisie Shindo MD, Ian Witterick MD

Radiofrequency Ablation

2:05 PM
Introduction
Jon Russell MD

2:10 PM
Ablation: Adoption of a New Technology in the Thyroid Surgery Space
Erivelto Volpi MD

2:20 PM
Available Ablative Technologies
Marika Russell MD

2:30 PM
Ablation of Benign Thyroid Lesions
Jon Russell MD

2:40 PM
Ablation of Thyroid Malignancies and Recurrences
Erivelto Volpi MD

2:55 PM
Break

3:05 PM
Tumor Board 1: Benign Lesions
Moderator: Ralph Tufano MD
Panelists: Lisa Caulley MD, Catherine Sinclair MD, Elizabeth Cottrill MD, Marco Mascarella MD

3:30 PM
Tumor Board 2: Malignant Lesions
Moderator: Jon Russell MD
Panelists: Jonathan Irish MD, Marika Russell MD, Keith Richardson MD, Erivelto Volpi MD

8:00 AM
Welcome and Introductions
Deepa Shah PA-C, FNP

8:15 AM 
Post-operative Care in the Inpatient Setting
Christine Park

8:45 AM
Head and Neck Cancer Treatment Related Dysphagia
Tamara Wasserman

9:15 AM
Nuances of Working Up a H&N Patient
Jaqueline Dibble

9:45 AM
Head and Neck Radiology Cases
Stephanie Lam

10:15 AM
Break

10:30 AM
APP Practice in Head and Neck Surgery
Panelists: Beverly Garber, Arnaud Bewley, Martha Ryan, Mark El-Deiry, Katherine Mead, Matthew Old

11:15 AM
Diagnostic and Predictive Value / Thoughts for Utilization and Surveillance Tool
Michelle Ziebarth

11:30 AM
ERAS for Free Flap Patients
Amanda Selhorst

11:45 AM
Value of APP-performed Head & Neck Ultrasound
Trina Sheedy