AHNS 2013 Annual Meeting - American Head and Neck Society

Jatin P. Shah Symposium & BiographyProfessor Jatin P. Shah graduated from the MedicalCollege of MS University in Baroda, India, and receivedhis training in Surgical Oncology and Head and NeckSurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Heis Professor of Surgery, at the Weil Medical College ofCornell University, and Chief of the Head and NeckService, Leader of the Head and Neck DiseaseManagement Team, and holds The Elliott W. StrongChair in Head and Neck Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering CancerCenter in New York City.Dr. Shah is a national and international leader in the field of head and necksurgery, having served as President of The New York Cancer Society, TheNew York Head and Neck Society, The Society of Head and Neck Surgeons,The North American Skull Base Society and the International Academy ofOral Oncology. He is Founder of The International Federation of Head andNeck Oncologic Societies, in 1986. He currently serves as Chairman of theAJCC task force on Head and Neck. He was Chairman of the Joint Councilfor advanced training in head and neck oncologic surgery in the USA. Hewas also Chairman of the 4th International Conference on Head and NeckCancer in Toronto in 1996. He has served in varying capacities for TheAmerican Board of Surgery, and the American College of Surgeons.Professor Shah has been the recipient of numerous awards from variousparts of the world, and is the recipient of honorary fellowships fromThe Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, London and Australia. Heholds Honorary PhD, degrees from the Catholic University of Louvain,in Belgium and the University of Athens, in Greece. He is recipient ofthe Blokhin Gold medal, the highest Honor in Oncology in Russia. Hehas been elected as an honorary member of several head and necksocieties in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and Latin America. He hasbeen continuously listed in the “Best Doctors in America” directoriesfor several years. He serves on the Editorial and Review Boards of 18scientific journals and has published over 300 peerreviewed articles, 50book chapters and 7 books. His textbook of Head and Neck Surgery andOncology won First Prize from The British Medical Association and TheRoyal Society of Medicine and was awarded the George Davey HowellsPrize from the University of London, for the best published book inotolaryngology in the preceding five years.He is a much sought after speaker who has delivered over 1,000 scientificpresentations including, 59 eponymous lectures and keynote addresses,and visiting professorships in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom,Scotland, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Russia,Croatia, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan, HongKong, Taiwan, Singapore, Phillipines, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile,Peru, Equador, Venezula, Panama, and Mexico.In recognition of his outstanding contributions, and World Leadershipin Head and Neck Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,has established The “Jatin Shah Chair in Head and Neck Surgery andOncology”, The International Federation of Head and Neck OncologicSocieties has established “The Jatin Shah Lecture”, at its worldcongresses, and the American Head and Neck Society has established the“Jatin Shah Symposium” at its annual meeting.April 10 - 11, 2013 · www.ahns.info 19