VISE Fall Seminar – Jared Weiss, MD and Michael Topf, MD November 18, 2021
VISE Fall Seminar
to be led by
Jared M. Weiss, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Oncology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and
Michael Topf, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date: November 18, 2021
Time: 11:50 am Lunch ticket distribution, Noon start
Location: Stevenson Center 5326
Title #1: Induction Chemotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
Speaker #1: Jared Weiss, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title #2: Pre-surgical Imaging Following Induction Chemotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
Speaker #2: Michael Topf, MD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, VUMC
Description: The use of systemic therapy prior to standard attempts at cure with surgery or radiation is an emerging experimental paradigm in head and neck cancer. Imaging predicts poorly for pathologic response, leading investigators to be unsure of response until surgery (in the case of surgery) or never (in the case of radiation).