AHNS 2008 Fellowships in Advanced Training in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery

Sponsored By The American Head & Neck Society

Advanced Training Council

Fellowship Program Descriptions

US/Canadian Applicant Instructions

International Applicant Instructions

ATC Trainee Evaluation Form

Personal Assessment Form

The Following are the 2008 Fellowship matches.

Johns Hopkins	Kavita Malhotra
MD Anderson Cancer Center	Genevieve Andrews, Carol Lewis & Yitzhak Weinstock
Memorial Sloan-Kettering	Nishant Agrawal, Babak Givi & Jeffrey Liu
Ohio State University	Matthew Miller
University of Alberta	Arjun Joshi
University of California-Davis	Joseph Brigance
University of Iowa	Justin Hill
University of Miami	Gina Jefferson & Miriam O'Leary
University of Michigan	Keith Casper & Shamir Chandarana
University of Oklahoma	Nathan Hales
University of Pennsylvania	Jason Diaz
University of Pittsburgh	Apostolos Christopoulos, Emiro Caicedo-Grandados & Steven Lee
University of Toronto	Sendia Kim & Perminder Parmer

Applications for 2010 fellowships will be available in November 2008.

These fellowships are available to candidates who are eligible to take the examination of the American Board of Surgery, Otolaryngology, or Plastic Surgery. All fellowships are for one or two years. Having a carefully structured evaluation system, these programs are site visited, reviewed and approved by the Executive Council of the American Head & Neck Society. A diploma is awarded by the Society to those candidates who follow the rigid criteria and successfully complete the fellowship. The applications and appointments for fellowship are processed through a central matching program.

Doctors who have received a D.O. are not eligible to participate in the AHNS match. However, applicants with a D.O. can contact the fellowship programs after the match occurs to see if a position is available and if their qualifications are a fit for the program.

The match will be performed on June 15, 2009, so all interviews and associated materials must be finalized prior to that date. It is the responsibility of the candidates to set up interviews and send all materials to the American Head and Neck Society in a timely manner. Interviews can not be set-up without all required material being submitted to the American Head and Neck Society.

Participating programs in 2010 include:

Johns Hopkins University (1 one-year position and a 1 two-year position that includes a research year followed by a clinical year)
MD Anderson Cancer Center (3 positions)
Medical University of South Carolina (1 position)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (3 positions)
Ohio State University (1 position)
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (1 position)
Stanford University (0 positions)
University of Alabama-Birmingham (1 position)
University of Alberta (1 position)
University of California, Davis (1 position)
University of Cincinnati (1 position)
University of Iowa (1 position)
University of Kansas (1 position)
University of Miami (I micro Fellowship position)
University of Michigan (2 positions)
University of Oklahoma (1 position)
University of Pennsylvania (1 position)
University of Pittsburgh (3 positions)
University of South Florida (1 position)
University of Toronto (3 positions)
University of Washington (1 position)
Wayne State University (1 position)

Central Matching

AHNS instituted a Centralized Matching Program to streamline the fellowship application process. For example, those candidates wishing to apply for a fellowship position beginning July 2010 should return their applications in the winter of 2008/spring of 2009.

Match application forms may be downloaded and returned to the American Head and Neck Society office in the winter and spring of the year preceding fellowship. Application forms will not be available until October-November 2008 for the 2010 match.

The Advanced Training Council Program guidelines are available here.

The New Advanced Training Council Endocrine Program guidelines are available here.

Information for Institutions

Each fellowship program approved by the Training Council undergoes site review at regular intervals. During these reviews, the Training Council analyzes the program's strengths and weaknesses, ensuring adherence to the core curriculum, adequate faculty participation, caseload, and overall quality is maintained. Programs may apply for approval by contacting Aaron Goodman at aaron@ahns.info and requesting an application.