AHNS 2013 Annual Meeting - American Head and Neck Society

2013 Program ChairEben L. Rosenthal, MDDr. Eben L. Rosenthal received his undergraduatedegree from Haverford College in 1988 and graduatedwith honors from University of Michigan MedicalSchool, where he also completed his residency inOtolaryngology. After completing a fellowship in facialand plastic and reconstructive surgery at OregonHealth Sciences University, Dr. Rosenthal joined theDivision of Otolaryngology at UAB. Dr. Rosenthal iscertified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and is a Diplomate ofthe American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Hisclinical interest is in the reconstruction of head and neck defects usinglocal, regional and microvacular free flap techniques.In 2012, Dr. Rosenthal became Division Director of Otolaryngology –Head and Neck Surgery and the holder of the John S. Odess EndowedChair at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He serves as anAssociate Editor for Head & Neck and is a founding member of the NIHDevelopmental Therapeutics Study Section. He has published over 100peer-reviewed scientific and clinical manuscripts and co-authored manybook chapters.He has focused his career on translational research in head and neckcancer. He has received grant funding from the American CancerSociety, NIH/NCI and NIH/NIDCR to study the role of optical imagingin surgical resections. Translating this technology to treat a variety ofcancers has become a major focus of his laboratory. His laboratory alsofocuses on tumor stromal interactions in the promotion of head andneck cancer and the role of targeted therapy in head and neck cancer. Hehas received R01 funding from the NIH/NCI to study the role of CD147targeted therapy alone and in combination with conventional therapyto treat head and neck cancer. To facilitate clinical translation of targetedtherapy, he is principal investigator on multiple investigator-initiated andindustry sponsored clinical trials.He is married to Mary T. Hawn, MD, MPH, Professor of Surgery at UAB,with whom he has two children, Sarah and Walker.April 10 - 11, 2013 · www.ahns.info 13