Title of Fellowship
MD Anderson Cancer Center Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Contact Name for Applications
This fellowship is through the American Head and Neck Society Match at www.ahns.info/residentfellow/. Kelley Mikeska ([email protected]) is the MDACC fellowship coordinator.
Fellowship Type
Head and Neck Oncology
Location
MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1445 Houston, TX 77030-4009
Year Fellowship Established
1980
Fellowship Director
Amy C. Hessel, MD
Duration
1-3 years
Encounter Year Fellowship
Applications due fall of PGY-4 year through the American Head and Neck Society Match.
Required Prior Training Program
Otolaryngology
Required Prior Training Program Other
Accept Foreign Medical Graduates
Yes
Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements
Individuals applying for admissions into any of the MD Anderson residency and fellowship programs must hold either a M.D./D.O. degree or its foreign equivalent, along with a valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). Additionally, applicants must have passed each step/part/level of a licensure examination (i.e. USMLE or COMPLEXii) within three (3) attempts.
Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base
10-20%
Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year
3
Annual Stipend
$60,000-$65,000
Night and Weekend Call
Yes
Estimated Nights Per Month
7 nights
Estimated Weekends Per Month
1-2
Clinical Work
Total potential operative skull base cases per year
100
Open Cranial Base
Anterior
0
Anterolateral/ Infratemporal
0
Lateral (temporal bone)
20
Posterior
0
Endonasal Cranial Base
Pituitary/Sella
0
Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary)
0
Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane
0
Temporal Bone
Transtemporal/ Transcochlear
12
Middle fossa
6
Retrosigmoid
10
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
0
Trauma
Trauma
0
Craniocervical
Transcervical
0
Transoral
0
Endonasal
0
Reconstruction
Cranioplasty
0
Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair
0
Free Flap Repair
0
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Gammaknife
0
Cyberknife
0
Other
0
Cerebral Vascular Surgery
Transcranial
0
Endovascular
0
Additional Information
Anatomical Dissection Laboratory
Laboratory Research Opportunities
Prerequisite Training Required
US Residency Required:
No
US Residency Required In:
USMLE
Step 1, Step 2, Step 3
Application Deadline
June 1, 2013
Decision Deadline
July 1, 2013
Fellowship Institution Web Site
http://www.mdanderson.org/education-and-research/education-and-training/schools-and-programs/graduate-medical-education/residency-and-fellowship-programs/advanced-head-neck-surgerical-oncology-fellowship.html
Previous Fellows
Fellowship Years Fellow’s Name
1973-74 James Y. Suen
1974-75 William D. Johnston
1978-79 Edward C. Weisberger
1978-79 Richard E. Hayden
1978-79 Agnes K. Yue
1979-80 Richard K. Newman
1979-80 W. Jarrard Goodwin
1977, 80-81 R. Anders Rosendahl
1980-81 Jesus E. Medina
1980-81 Robert J. Piorkowski
1981-82 Douglas G. Finn
1981-82 Raouf A. Mikhail
1982-84 Daniel J. Remmler
1982-83 John F. Teichgraeber
1982-83 Edward M. Lane
1982-84 Stimson P. Schantz
1983-84 Jay Chavda
1984-85 Hector M. Santini
1984-85 James I. Cohen
1984-85 Robert C. Wang
1984-85 Randal S. Weber
1985-86 Peter D. Scholl
1985-87 Bruce H. Campbell
1986-87 Kenneth M. Hodge
1986-87 James R. Spires
1987-89 Robert A. Frankenthaler
1987-88 Samuel W. Beenken
1988-89 Norris K. Lee
1988-89 William I. Kuhel
1989-90 David Sloan
1989-91 Scott J. Stern
1990-91 Daniel D. Lydiatt
1990-92 David L. Callender
1991-92 Gary L. Clayman
1991-92 John R. Austin
1992-93 Warwick J. S. Nettle
1992-94 Ann M. Gillenwater
1993-94 Elizabeth A. Blair
1993-94 Kitirat Ungkanont
1993-95 Russell N. Beckhardt
1994-95 Eduardo M. Diaz, Jr.
1994-96 Susan A. Eicher
1995-96 Merry Sebelik
1995-97 Randall Breau
1996-97 Jeffrey N. Myers
1997-98 James O. Fordice
1997-98 John W. Werning
1996-99 Douglas Frank
1997-99 Andrew Nemechek
1998-99 Douglas Sorensen
1997-00 Erich M. Sturgis
1998-00 Paul M. Spring
1999-00 Amy Hessel
1998-01 Amy Y. Chen
1999-01 Mike Yao
1999-01 Eric J. Lentsch
2001-03 F. Christopher Holsinger
2001-03 Bryan Potter
2001-03 Hernan E. Gonzalez
2002-03 Christian Simon
2002-04 Kristen B. Pytynia
2002-04 Bradley A. Schiff
2003-05 Brian A. Moore
2004-05 Kenneth Newkirk
2004-05 William J. Harb
2003-06 Seungwon Kim
2003-06 Thomas D. Shellenberger
2004-06 Michael E. Kupferman
2004-06 Christopher Klem
2005-07 Fernando Gomez-Rivera
2006-07 Allison Lupinetti
2005-08 Andrew G. Sikora
2006-09 Chad E. Galer
2006-09 Mauricio A. Moreno
2007-08 Gabriel Calzada
2007-08 Umamaheswar Duvvuri
2007-10 Zvonimir L. Milas
2008-09 Yitzchak E. Weinstock
2008-11 Genevieve A. Andrews
2008-10 Carl M. Lewis
2009-10 David G. Grant
2009-11 Mihir K. Bhayani
2009-12 Thomas J. Ow
2010-11 Charles S. Coffey
2010-11 Mark E. Zafereo
2010-12 Rafael O. Toro-Serra
2011-12 Shirley Y. Su
2012-13 Steven Chang
2012-13 Constance Teo
Participating Faculty
Randal S. Weber, M.D., F.A.C.S., Chairman
Gary L. Clayman, D.M.D., M.D., F.A.C.S.
Eduardo M. Diaz, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S.
Paul W. Gidley, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Ann M. Gillenwater, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Ehab Y. Hanna, M.D., F.A.C.S., Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Amy C. Hessel, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Michael E. Kupferman, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Carol M. Lewis, M.D., M.P.H.
Jeffrey N. Myers, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., Deputy Chair for Academic Programs
Kristen Pytynia, MD
Erich Madison Sturgis, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
Mark Zafereo, M.D.
Additional Features of the Fellowship
The Department of Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is accepting applications for fellowship training in head and neck surgical oncology. Fellows are trained as academic head and neck surgeons who will provide leadership in the clinical practice and science of head and neck surgical oncology, while gaining a wealth of clinical experience in a department that annually evaluates more than 1,600 new patients with head and neck tumors. One-, two-, and three-year programs are available and are funded positions. All programs have been reviewed and approved by the Advanced Training Council of the American Head & Neck Society.
The primary goals of the fellowship are as follows:
• to train individuals to provide state-of-the-art interdisciplinary cancer management, reconstruction, and rehabilitation for patients with head and neck cancer:
• to develop leaders in the field of head and neck oncologic surgery;
• to provide a rigorous academic experience in which fellows can participate in clinical, translational, or basic science research under the guidance of experienced mentors, with the ultimate goal of attaining support for future research endeavors upon the completion of training.
Each fellow participates in the care of approximately 350 newly referred patients annually. Fellows actively participate with staff in all decisions related to the treatment and rehabilitation of head and neck surgical patients. Each fellow’s operative responsibility is assigned commensurate with his or her ability. Surgeons in residency and medical students are also assigned to teams, giving fellows in head and neck surgery the opportunity to teach.
The multidisciplinary Skull Base Tumor Program, led by experienced academic surgeons from the departments of head and neck surgery and neurosurgery, provides the fellows exposure to and experience with advanced skull base surgical techniques that emphasize application of new image-guidance modalities and limited-access approaches to this anatomic region.
There is direct interaction with the Department of Neurosurgery for skull base surgery as well as for lateral temporal bone tumors. The skull base team is made up of neurosurgeons, head and neck surgeons and a neurotologist. The breadth of the experience includes open and endoscopic procedures for the central skull base tumors, as well as the lateral approaches for temporal bone tumors.
Fellows may enroll in the one-, two-, or three-year program. For those who enroll in the two- and three-year programs, the Department of Head and Neck Surgery offers alternative combined clinical and research pathways.
• The one-year fellowship involves clinical training that emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to the management of head and neck cancer. Surgical instruction involves all aspects of head and neck surgical oncology, including cranial base surgery.
• The two-year fellowship provides one year of dedicated basic science, translational, or clinical research and one year of clinical training.
• The three-year fellowship provides two years of research and one year of clinical training.
How to Apply
Candidates for the Advanced Head and Neck Surgery Fellowship must have completed a residency program in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, general surgery or plastic surgery. The duration of such a residency program must be equivalent to that required to become, at a minimum, chief resident and, preferably, the candidate should have attained board eligibility. Candidates must have completed at least the PGY 5 level of surgical education. All candidates must be licensed in the state of Texas or be eligible for an institutional premit to practice medicine.
Participants are selected through a process that involves review of a written application, including letters of reference from past mentors and program directors and a personal interview. Final selections are made at least six months before the scheduled starting date.
To be considered for a two- or three-year fellowship, applicants must be registered with the match program of the Advanced Training Council for Approval of Training in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery (sponsored by The American Head and Neck Society). All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, sexual orientation or veteran status.
Requests to register for the Match Program should be sent to:
Aaron Goodman
Coordinator, Advanced Training Council
American Head & Neck Society
11300 W. Olympic Boulevard, #600
Los Angeles, CA 90064
E-mail: [email protected]
Curricula vitae and requests for applications should be sent to:
Amy C. Hessel, M.D.
Director, Fellowship Program
Department of Head and Neck Surgery
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1445
Houston, TX 77030-4009
E-mail: [email protected]