What We Support:
Ballantyne Resident Research Grant
Chris O’Brien Traveling Scholar Award
Myers Family Summer Diversity Fellowship
Young Investigator Award
Pilot Research Grant
Robert Maxwell Byers Award
Surgeon Scientist Career Development Award (with AAOHNS)
Translational Innovator Award
Ballantyne Resident Research Grant
For the best grant application by a resident, this award utilizes the same forms and guidelines as the Pilot Grant. This is a $10,000 award (maximum total costs) for one year, and it is non-renewable. One award is available per year.
Award Winners:
2018: Andrey Finegersh, MD, PhD
2017: Zain Rizvi, MD
2016: Paul Zolkind, MD
2015: Michael Chan-Wei Kao, MD
2014: Jennifer Wang, MD
2013: Michael Sim, MD
2012: Neerav Goyal, MD, MPH
2011: Johnathon R. George, MPH, MD
2010: Vlad Constantin Sandulache, MD, PhD
2009: Alec Vaezi, MD, PhD
2008: Rolando Rosas, MD, MSc
2007: Vivian Wu, MD
2006: Chad Galer, MD, PhDgf
2005: Seungwon Kim, MD
2004: Douglas Reh, MD
2003: Mark Jameson, MD, PhD
Chris O’Brien Traveling Scholar Award
Income generated through the Chris O’Brien Award will be used to support a lecture honoring Dr. O’Brien at the International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer held every four years and additionally will support the Chris O’Brien Traveling Scholar Award which allows for a young head and neck surgeon to visit the United States or Australia/New Zealand in order to further their education.
Dr. Chris O’Brien played a key role not only in the field of head and neck cancer, but in the AHNS as well, being a member since the society’s inception. One of Dr. O’Brien’s many accomplishments includes founding the Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute in 2002. In 2007, Dr. O’Brien was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and in early summer of 2009, after a brave fight against the cancer, Dr. O’Brien passed away. Please consider making a donation to the Dr. Chris O’Brien International Lecture and Traveling Scholar Award in memory of Dr. O’Brien.
Chris O’Brien Traveling Scholar Award Winners:
2022: William Ryan, MD
2018: Kevin Emerick, MD
2016: Martin Batstone, MD
2014: Michael Kupferman, MD
2012: Sandro Porceddu, MD
2010: Eric J. Moore, MD
2008: Carston Palme, MD
Myers Family Summer Diversity Fellowship:
The Diversity Summer Fellowship was founded by generous contributions from Drs. Eugene and Jeffrey Myers whose commitment to increasing diversity in the ranks of head and neck cancer surgeons is made manifest by this fellowship.
The Fellowship offers trainees from traditionally under-represented minority backgrounds the chance to work in a Department of Academic Excellence in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology that has an approved Fellowship Training Program from the Advanced Training Council of the AHNS. Awardees will be assigned to a clinical faculty mentor and will rotate on his or her clinical service. Summer fellows will also have the opportunity to perform basic, translational, clinical, or population based research under the guidance of a chosen/assigned research mentor.
Award Winners:
2020: Derrick Lewis
2019: Ezinne Urechukwu Agwaramgbo
2018: Frantzlee LeCrete
Open to fellows and assistant professors. Must be an AHNS member (may be candidate member). Goal is to support research in neoplastic disease of the head and neck. This is a $10,000 award per year for up to two years. One award is available per year.
Award Winners:
2018: Marcus M. Monroe, MD
2017: Andrew G. Shuman, MD
2016: Jessica Moskovitz, MD
2015: Clint Allen, MD
2014: Joseph Curry, MD
2013: Nicole Schmidt, MD
2012: Allen Szu Hao Ho, MD
2011: Natalya Chernichenko, MD
2011: Paul M. Weinberger, MD
2010: Yelizaveta Shnayder, MD
2010: Thomas J. Ow, MD
2009: Babak Givi, MD
2009: Rutherford Ongkeko, MD, PhD
2008: Brandon Bentz, MD
2008: Mark Jameson, MD, PhD
2007: Andrew Sokora, MD, PhD
2007: Mihir Patel, MD
2006: Michael Kupferman, MD, PhD
2005: Steven J. Wang, MD
2004: Jeffrey Wolf, MD
2003: Eben Rosenthal, MD
Pilot Research Grant
Open for residents, fellows, junior faculty for pilot research in head and neck related topics. This is a $10,000 award (maximum total costs) for one year, and it is non-renewable. One award is available per year.
Award Winners:
2018: Shethal Bearelly, MD
2017: Daniel Faden, MD
2016: Sufi Thomas, MD
2015: Narasimhan Rajaram, MD, Phd, BS
2014: Monika Freiser, BS
2013: Matthew Hedberg, MD
2012: Neerav Goyal, MD, MPH
2012: Daria Gaykalova, PhD
2011: Waleed M. Abuzeid, MD
2011: Sunshine M. Dwojak, MD
2010: Mihir K. Bhayani, MD
2010: Osamu Tetsu, MD, PhD
2009: Raewyn Seaberg, MD, PhD
2008: Daniel Schneider, MD
2008: Christopher Towe, MD
2007: Andres Lopez-Albaitero, MD
2006: Christine G. Gourin, MD
2005: Emiro Caicedo-Granados, MD
2004: Kepal Patel, MD
Award Winners:
2018: Caitlin P. McMullen, MD
2017: Kendall K Tasche, MD
2015: Brian Nussenbaum, MD
2014: Ardalan Ebrahimi, MPH, MD
Surgeon Scientist Career Development Award (with AAOHNS)
Open to surgeons beginning a clinician-scientist career track to support research in the pathogenesis, pathophysiology, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of head and neck neoplastic disease. This is a $70,000 award (maximum total costs) for two years, payable as $35,000 per year. One award is available per year.
Award Winners:
2009: Neil Gross, MD
2007: Maie St. John, MD, PhD
2005: Jeffrey Moyer, MD
Translational Innovator Award
Previous Award Winners
2018: Travis P. Schrank, MD, PhD
2016: Matthew Spector, MD
2015: Jose Zavallos, MD
2014: Seungwon Kim, MD
2013: Luc Morris, MD