THE HEAD AND NECK HOPE FOUNDATION PRESENTS:

3rd annual HEAD & NECK surgical oncology winter summit

IMPROVING THE LIVES OF ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY HEAD & NECK CANCER

The Head and Neck Hope Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by head and neck cancer. We support patients, families, and the clinicians who care for them by fostering education, connection, and community. Our mission is grounded in compassion, resilience, and hope for everyone walking this journey together.

overview

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  • Welcome Happy Hour: Friday, March 20, 7:00-9:00pm

    Meeting: Saturday, March 21, 2026, 6:30 AM - Sunday, March 22, 2026, 6:00 PM,

    Location: Big Sky Resort, Montana

  • Specialties – Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgical Oncology, Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology , Plastic Surgery, Oral Surgery

    Professions – MD, DO, RN, PA, NP, DMD/DDS

  • The 3rd Annual Head & Neck Surgical Oncology Winter Summit is a 2-day continuing medical education program intended for head & neck cancer surgeons, general otolaryngologists and related health care providers interested in an update in the field of head & neck oncology.  The course includes a review and update of recent advances in surgical oncology, medical oncology, microvascular reconstruction, and radiation treatment options.  The program also includes thought-provoking panel discussions on difficult cases and controversies in head & neck cancer care.

PLANNING COMMITTEE

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    JEFFREY J. HOULTON, MD

    Course Director

    Director, Head & Neck Quality and Patient Outcomes, Sarah Cannon Cancer Network, Head & Neck Specialists

    Charleston, SC

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    WILLIAM R. RYAN, MD

    Course Director

    Head & Neck Surgeon, Sutter Health

    San Francisco, CA

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    CHARLES COFFEY, MD

    Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego Health

    San Diego, CA

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    JOEL DAVIES, MD, MSc, FRCSC

    Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Sinai Health System

    Toronto, Ontario Canada

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    TERRY A. DAY, MD, FACS

    National Director, Head and Neck Oncology, Sarah Cannon Cancer Network, Head & Neck Specialists

    Charleston, SC

  • Elizabeth Anne Nicolli, MD

    Elizabeth Anne Nicolli, MD

    Associate Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami

    Miami, FL

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    RUSHA PATEL, MD

    Associate Professor, Fellowship Program Director, Head & Neck and Microvascular Surgery, OU Health College of Medicine

    Oklahoma City, OK

    1. Analyze the current developments in systemic therapeutic agents used in the treatment of head and neck cancer

    2. Apply the latest surgical advances in the treatment of head & neck tumors

    3. Implement the evolving reconstructive microvascular techniques for head and neck cancer defects

  • In Person Attendance with CME:

    Physicians:  $750
    Residents/Fellows/Med Students: Free
    Allied Health Professional: $400


    For questions, feel free to contact us at margaretann@headandneckhope.org

  • Reserve your room online here:  https://www.bigskyresort.com/booklodging?pid=44060&checkin=03/20/2026&checkout=03/23/2026#/room

    Resort Phone: (800) 548-4486

    Please mention you are with the Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Summit 2026 to receive the discounted room rate when making your reservation over the phone.

  • Accreditation Statement:

    Credit Designation Statement
    Southern Alliance for Physician Specialties https://www.sapscme.org/ designates this live activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for both live and virtual attendance.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Southern Alliance for Physician Specialties is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


    Non-Physician Attendance
    A certificate of participation will be provided to other health care professionals requesting credits. Participants should ensure in advance that their credentialing or licensing organization accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

  • Acknowledgements
    This symposium is supported in part by educational grants in accordance with ACCME Standards. At this time a complete listing of financial supporters was not available. Appropriate acknowledgement will be given to all supporters at the time of the symposium. 

  • Email us at margaretann@headandneckhope.org

  • In the event that a course is cancelled or postponed you will receive a full refund. If the course is postponed and you no longer wish to attend the course on the new date all cancellations must be submitted in writing. Notices of refund given 2 weeks prior to the course date are subject to an administrative charge of $50. Please e-mail cancellation requests to margaretann@headandneck.org. If you do not receive confirmation of your cancellation via e-mail, please call (843) 998-2780. 

    Head and Hope Foundation reserves the right to cancel or reschedule programs due to circumstances beyond its control, or to close registration when a program is at capacity.

Hotel Information

Big Sky Resort

50 Big Sky Resort Road
Big Sky, MT 59716
Resort Phone: (800) 548-4486

ROOM BLOCK RATE

Huntley Lodge 2 Queens:  $329++/night

Huntley Lodge 2 Queens Mountain View: $349++/night

Shoshone Condominium One Bedroom: $449++/night

 

The nightly rate fee includes the following benefits and resort amenities: Daily Breakfast in Huntley Dining Room, Walking Distance to Mountain Village, Access to Pool & Fitness Facilities, Slopeside

registration

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PHYSICIANS
$750

PHYSICIANS - $750

Flyer for the Head & Neck Winter Summit Surgical Oncology, organized by the Head & Neck Hope Foundation, featuring a silhouette of a head and mountains. 
Residents/Fellows/
Medical Students
FREE

RESIDENTS/FELLOWS/MEDICAL STUDENTS

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Allied Health Professionals
$400

ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL - $400

FACULTY

Brittany Barber, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Head & Neck Surgeon, UW Medicine

Seattle, WA

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Patrick Carpenter, MD, FACS
Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery and Microvascular Reconstruction

Sutter California Pacific Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

San Francisco, CA

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Harrison Cash, MD, MS
Head & Neck Surgeon, Banner Health

Gilbert, AZ

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Allen Feng, MD
Head & Neck Surgeon, Massachusetts Eye and Ear

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

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Jonathan Fowlkes, MD
Head & Neck Surgeon, Rocky Mountain ENT

Missoula, MT

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Sagar Girish Kansara, MD
Assistant Professor, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Head and Neck Center, LSU Health

Baton Rouge, LA

Amy Pittman, MD
Associate Professor - Otolaryngology, Facial Plastic Surgery

Loyola Medicine

Maywood, IL

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Mayuri Rajapurkar, MBBS, MS, MCh, UICC-ICRETT
Head & Neck Surgeon, Aster Medcity Kochi

Kochi, Kerala, India

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Jason T. Rich, MD, FACS
Professor
Associate Program Director
Head & Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction, Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

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Jeremy Richmon, MD
Director, Head and Neck Robotic Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

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Sara Yang, MD
Assistant Professor
Facial Plastics and Microvascular Reconstruction

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

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Marianne Abouyared, MD
Assistant Professor, UC Davis Health

Sacramento, CA

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Alana N. Aylward, MD
Head & Neck Surgeon, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Seattle WA

Robert M Brody, MD
Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center

Philadelphia, PA

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Luke O. Buchmann, MD
Professor of Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine

Salt lake City, UT

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J. Kenneth Byrd, MD
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College

of Georgia, Augusta University

Augusta, GA

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Steven B. Chinn, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Co-Director, Hillman Cancer Center Head & Neck Cancer Program

Director, Research and Clinical Operations, Computational Pathology & AI Center of Excellence (CPACE)

Division of Head & Neck Surgical Oncology/Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | Hillman Cancer Center

Pittsburgh, PA

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Charles Coffey, MD
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego Health

San Diego, CA

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Joel Davies, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Sinai Health System

Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Terry A. Day, MD, FACS
National Director, Head and Neck Oncology, Sarah Cannon Cancer Network, Head & Neck Specialists

Charleston, SC

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Jonathan Giurintano, MD, FACS
Head & Neck Surgeon, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Washington, DC

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Jennifer H. Gross, MD
Head & Neck Surgeon, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory Healthcare

Atlanta, GA

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Peter Horwich MED, MD, FRCSC
Director of Clinical Operations and Improvement – Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, HCA Healthcare Head and Neck Specialists

Charleston, SC

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Joshua Hornig, MD, FRCSC
HCA South Atlantic Division Director of Endocrine & Reconstructive Surgery, HCA Healthcare Head & Neck Specialists

Charleston, SC

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Joshua D. Horton, MD
Head and Neck Surgeon, Norton Cancer Institute

Louisville, KY

Jeffrey J. Houlton, MD
Director, Head & Neck Quality and Patient Outcomes, Sarah Cannon Cancer Network, Head & Neck Specialists

Charleston, SC

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Andrew Huang, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

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Arjun Joshi, MD, FACS, FRCS(C)
Professor and Chair

Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

The George Washington University

Washington, DC

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Azeem S. Kaka, MD
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Atlanta, GA

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Hilary McCrary, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

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David M Neskey, MD, MSCR, FACS
Director of Head and Neck Research, Director of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Fellowship, Sarah Cannon Cancer Network, HCA Healthcare Head and Neck Specialists

Charleston, SC

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Elizabeth Anne Nicolli, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami

Miami, FL

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John Pang, MD
Head & Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Summit Health

Bend, OR

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Rusha Patel, MD
Associate Professor, Fellowship Program Director, Head & Neck and Microvascular Surgery, OU Health College of Medicine

Oklahoma City, OK

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Matthew Lee Pierce, MD
Head & Neck Surgeon, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Division at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Washington, DC

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William R. Ryan, MD
Head & Neck Surgeon, Sutter Health

San Francisco, CA

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Mirabelle Sajisevi, MD
Program Director, Otolaryngology Residency

Associate Professor, Larner College of Medicine

Burlington, VT

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Shimrit Sharav, MD
Head and Neck Surgeon

Asheville, NC

Shimrit Sharav, MD

Dustin A. Silverman, MD

Assistant Professor, Assistant Program Director Fellowship in Head and Cancer

UC Health

Cincinnati, OH

Russell Smith, MD, FACS
Head & Neck Surgeon, HCA Florida Healthcare

Jacksonville, FL

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Shaum Sridharan, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Associate Director, Advanced Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

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Madeleine Strohl, MD
Head & Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Swedish Health

Seattle, WA

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Alice L. Tang, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Program Director Fellowship in Head and Cancer, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Cincinnati, OH

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships:

The Head & Neck Hope Foundation and Southern Alliance for Physician Specialties
CME adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

HOTEL

BIG SKY RESORT
50 Big Sky Resort Road
Big Sky, MT 59716

Reserve your room online here:  https://www.bigskyresort.com/booklodging?pid=44060&checkin=03/20/2026&checkout=03/23/2026#/room

Resort Phone: (800) 548-4486

Please mention you are with the Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Summit 2026 to receive the discounted room rate when making your reservation over the phone.

 

Deadline
In order to utilize hotel block participants must book their hotel room by Wednesday, February 18th. Early booking is greatly appreciated by the planning commitee and ensures that their will be enough rooms for all attendees.

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exhibitors

If you are interested in exhibiting at this course, and supporting our mission to: Improve  the lives of those affected by head and neck cancer through education, connection, and compassion contact margaretann@headandneckhope.org

Acera Surgical logo in green and blue on a white background
KLS Martin Group logo in black and red
Natera logo in blue text on a black background
Naveris logo with a blue abstract molecular design and the word 'NAVERIS' in dark blue.
Sutter Precision Electrosurgery logo with teal and black color scheme.
Black text saying 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' on a white background.

SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS FOR VENDORS

Help us ensure your event execution is seamless - we appreciate your attention to the following processfor sending your materials to Big Sky Resort.

ALL BOXES SENT BEFORE OR DURING THE CONFERENCE MUST BE LABELED WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

Name of Group, Name of Person Shipping Packages, Date of Event

C/O Conference Manager's Name

50 Big Sky Resort Rd

PO Box 160001 (USPS) or Ste 160001 (Fed Ex/UPS/Freight)

Big Sky, MT 59716

EXAMPLE:

Head & Neck Surgical Oncology Summit, VENDOR NAME, March 21-22

C/O Harlan Miller

50 Big Sky Resort Rd

PO Box 160001 (USPS) or Ste 160001 (Fed Ex/UPS/Freight)

Big Sky, MT 59716

We encourage shipping UPS and Fed Ex because they ship straight to the Resort. USPS has to go through the new official post office in Big Sky, may cause a few day delay.

$
3% Cover the Fee

sponsors

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ACERA Surgical logo in blue with stylized 'A' symbol

PLATINUM SPONSOR

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Natera logo in blue text on a black background.

bronze SPONSOR

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bronze SPONSOR

If you are interested in exhibiting at this course, and supporting our mission to: Improve  the lives of those affected by head and neck cancer through education, connection, and compassion through further sponsorship, please contact us to view or sponsorship opportunities

In addition, educational grant opportunities are available and critical to advancing our mission.  If you are interested in providing an educational grant or additional sponsorship, please contact margaretann@headandneckhope.org

Scholarships

scholarship opportunity: attend the 3rd annual head & neck surgical oncology winter summit!

agenda

Head - Neck Oncology Winter Summit Agenda 2026