Contemporary Multidisciplinary Care of the Head and Neck Cancer Patient

November 20, 2026
InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center
Cleveland, OH

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Agenda

November 20, 2026
All times in Eastern Time
7:00- 7:50
 Registration / Breakfast / Exhibits
7:50-8:00
 Introduction
8:00 - 10:00
 Translational Advances in Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Care
Moderator: Eric Lamarre, MD
  • 8:00 - 8:40
    Keynote: The Future of Head and Neck Translational Research - Ted Teknos, MD
  • 8:40 - 9:00
    Role of Microbiome and Immunotherapy Resistance in Head and Neck Cancer - Natalie Silver, MD
  • 9:00 - 9:20
    The Next Generation of Clinical Trials in Head and Neck Cancer - Shlomo Koyfman, MD
  • 9:20 - 9:40
    Multi-Omic Longitudinal Annotation for Biomarker Discovery in Head and Neck Cancer - Jacob Miller, MD
  • 9:40 - 10:00
    QA - Panelists: Drs. Teknos, Silver, Ku, Miller, Casper
10:00- 10:10
 Break / Exhibits
10:10- 11:50
 Advanced Techniques in Head and Neck Reconstruction
Moderator: Sara Liu, MD
  • 10:10- 10:30
    Minimizing Complications in Osteocutaneous Reconstruction of the Head and Neck - Chad Zender, MD
  • 10:30-10:50
    Contemporary Surgical Management of Osteoradionecrosis: From Debridement to Reconstruction - Michael Fritz, MD
  • 10:50-11:10
    Mastering Local and Regional Reconstruction in the Era of Free Tissue Transfer - Peter Ciolek, MD
  • 11:10-11:30
    Considerations for Head and Neck Reconstruction in the Salvage Setting - Rod Rezaee, MD
  • 11:30-11:50
    Case Presentations - Panelists: Rezaee, Zender, Fritz, Ciolek
11:50 - 1:00
 Lunch / Exhibits
1:00 - 3:40
 When Standard Therapy Isn’t Enough: Neoadjuvant Treatment and Salvage Surgery
Moderator: Danielle Bottalico, MD
  • 1:00 - 1:30
    Keynote - Learning From Our Patients - Michael Moore, MD
  • 1:30 -1:50
    Salvage Systemic Therapy for Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer - Tamara Sussman, MD
  • 1:50 -2:10
    Recurrent Thyroid Cancer Treatment - Joseph Scharpf, MD
  • 2:10- 2:30
    Patient Selection and Optimizing Outcomes in Surgical Salvage for Head and Neck Cancer - Brandon Prendes, MD
  • 2:30- 3:00
    Reirradiation Patient Selection - IMRT vs. Protons - Neil Woody, MD and Jennifer Dorth, MD
  • 3:00-3:20
    Perioperative Quality: How Can Neoadjuvant Therapy Change Outcomes? - Keith Casper, MD
  • 3:20-3:40
    QA - Panelists: Drs. Moore, Geiger, Woody, Dorth, Geiger, Prendes
3:40-3:50
 Break
3:50-5:10
 Evolving Treatment Paradigms for Advanced Cutaneous Malignancies
Moderator: Emily Zhang, MD
  • 3:50-4:10
    Saving Face (and Function): The Strategic Shift to Neoadjuvant cSCC Care - Jessica Geiger, MD
  • 4:10- 4:30
    The Use of Definitive and Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer - Shauna Campbell, MD
  • 4:30-4:50
    Response-Adapted Surgical Strategies for Cutaneous Malignancies of the Head and Neck: A New Paradigm - Jamie Ku, MD
  • 4:50-5:10
    Case Presentations - Panelists: Yalamanchali, Geiger, Campbell, Ku
5:15- 7:00
 Networking Reception - InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center

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