Dr. Eddie Méndez Fellowship Award
In honor of Dr. Eduardo “Eddie” Mendez, who was passionate about research and training the next generation of head and neck surgeon-scientists, this award is intended to expose an under-represented minority medical student to the field of Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery. The Dr. Eddie Mendez Fellowship awardees receive $10,000 and are expected to work for one year under a chosen research mentor.
About Eduardo Méndez, MD
Dr. Eduardo “Eddie” Méndez, a prominent physician-scientist who earned his MD with honors from the University of Maryland in 1999. He completed an Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery residency training program at the University of Washington followed by his Advanced Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Reconstructive fellowship training at the University of Washington. In 2006 he became faculty at the University of Washington. Eddie became the director of the Translational Research Program at the affiliated Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He led an NIH-funded laboratory examining the genetic expression of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma in effort to identify novel treatment pathways.