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Organ Preservation and Survival in Head and Neck Cancer
Chicago, IL US
March 6, 2026
Redefine the Future of Head and Neck Cancer Care!
Join top experts for an engaging, case-driven symposium designed to sharpen your clinical edge across the full spectrum of head and neck malignancies. Dive into the latest in organ-preserving strategies for laryngeal, oropharyngeal, and oral cavity cancers, plus emerging treatments for other tumors like salivary gland, thyroid, and cutaneous cancers.
Explore breakthrough topics including chemoimmunotherapy, novel surgical and reconstructive techniques, precision radiation, AI, ctDNA, and adaptive treatment planning. Walk away with practical insights you can apply immediately to improve outcomes, reduce toxicity, and lead multidisciplinary care with confidence.
Don’t miss this opportunity to recharge your expertise, rethink your approach, and connect with innovators shaping the future of head and neck cancer care.
Don’t miss this opportunity to recharge your expertise, rethink your approach, and connect with innovators shaping the future of head and neck cancer care.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for medical oncologists, head and neck surgeons, radiation oncologists, as well as nurses, advanced practice practitioners, and supportive services engaged in treating patients with head and neck cancer.
Learning Objectives
After this activity, participants will be able to:
- Recognize key diagnostic and treatment considerations for rare non-squamous head and neck cancers to support multidisciplinary care planning;
- Describe emerging technologies used in the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck malignancies to enhance precision and reduce treatment-related toxicity;
- Summarize key therapeutic and diagnostic developments in head and neck cancer over the past two decades to contextualize current organ preservation strategies;
- Interpret current biological and therapeutic findings to optimize multimodal treatment planning for advanced oral cavity cancer;
- Compare emerging organ-preserving strategies for laryngeal cancer based on efficacy and functional outcomes to guide personalized treatment planning;
- Evaluate de-escalation strategies and response-adaptive therapies for HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer to reduce treatment-related morbidity without compromising survival.
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| Time | Session | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM | Registration & Breakfast | |
| 8:00 AM | Welcome | Everett Vokes, MD |
| 8:10 AM | Key Developments in SCHNC Over the Last Two Decades | Everett Vokes, MD |
| Organ Preservation Larynx Session (Chair: Everett Vokes, MD) | ||
| 8:30 AM | Immuno-Chemotherapy for Larynx Preservation | Renata Ferrarotto, MD |
| 8:45 AM | Radiation Approaches in Laryngeal Cancer | Rohan Katipally, MD |
| 9:00 AM | Larynx-Preserving Surgical Techniques | William Gao, MD |
| 9:15 AM | Session Q&A | Renata Ferrarotto, MD; William Gao, MD; Rohan Katipally, MD |
| Organ Preservation HPV Session (Chair: Nishant Agrawal, MD) | ||
| 9:30 AM | Transoral Robotic Surgery and the Role of the Surgeon in Organ Preservation Planning | Ryan Li, MD, MBA |
| 9:50 AM | Combined Modality Response Adaptive De-Escalation | Ari Rosenberg, MD |
| 10:10 AM | Functional Outcomes in HPV+ Disease | Faith Abodunrin, MD |
| 10:20 AM | Session Q&A | Faith Abodunrin, MD; Ryan Li, MD, MBA; Ari Rosenberg, MD |
| 10:35 AM | Break | |
| Organ Preservation Oral Cavity and Others Session (Chair: Aditya Juloori, MD) | ||
| 10:55 AM | Novel Insights Into HPV-Negative Biology | Barbara Burtness, MD |
| 11:15 AM | Chemoradiation for Advanced Oral Cavity Cancer | Aditya Juloori, MD |
| 11:35 AM | Novel Surgical & Reconstructive Approaches for the Oral Cavity | Jamie Ku, MD |
| 11:55 AM | Novel Approaches in Treatment of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Shlomo Koyfman, MD |
| 12:15 PM | Session Q&A | Barbara Burtness, MD; Aditya Juloori, MD; Shlomo Koyfman, MD; Jamie Ku, MD |
| 12:20 PM | Lunch | |
| New Approaches Session (Chair: Alex Pearson, MD, PhD) | ||
| 1:20 PM | Surgical Approaches in the Immunotherapy Era | Ravi Uppaluri, MD |
| 1:40 PM | Novel Therapeutics Going Beyond Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors | Noura Choudhury, MD |
| 2:00 PM | AI Applications in Head and Neck Cancer | Alex Pearson, MD, PhD |
| 2:20 PM | ctDNA and Adaptive Therapy | Glenn Hanna, MD |
| 2:40 PM | Session Q&A | Noura Choudhury, MD; Glenn Hanna, MD; Alex Pearson, MD, PhD; Ravi Uppaluri, MD, PhD |
| 2:50 PM | Break | |
| Innovation in Rare HN Tumors Session (Chair: Ari Rosenberg, MD) | ||
| 3:10 PM | Thyroid Cancer Updates | Jochen Lorch, MD |
| 3:25 PM | Updates in Salivary Gland Malignancies | Renata Ferrarotto, MD |
| 3:40 PM | Updates in Melanoma Treatment and TIL Therapy | Daniel Olson, MD |
| 4:00 PM | Session Q&A | Renata Ferrarotto, MD; Jochen Lorch, MD; Daniel Olson, MD |
| 4:10 PM | Case Discussions | Moderators: Rohan Katipalli, MD; Ari Rosenberg, MD; Arshad Hassan, MD |
| 4:50 PM | Closing Remarks | Everett Vokes, MD |
| 5:00 PM | Adjourn | Hassan Arshad, MD; Rohan Katipally, MD; Chen Lin, MD; Ari Rosenberg, MD |
The agenda is subject to change.
David Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago
1201 E 60th St
Chicago, IL
60637
United States
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Visit the David Rubenstrein Forum's website! For more information about the program, contact Meeting Achievements via email.
The David Rubenstein Forum combines a variety of spaces, both formal and informal, large and small, calm and animated, focused and diffuse, scheduled and spontaneous. Its ten-story tower features vibrant and distinct “neighborhoods.” For example, the third and fourth floors are home to Friedman Hall, a 285-seat auditorium optimized for spoken word, including keynote speeches, invited speaker addresses, and select performances; these floors and other neighborhoods are connected by a two-story lounge. Meeting rooms on the eighth and ninth floors feature premium furnishings, finishes, and equipment, such as the Peter May Boardroom, a tiered meeting space that seats over 70. The Rubenstein Forum’s unique position on the Midway allows for expansive views toward the campus and surrounding communities as well as downtown Chicago and Lake Michigan.
PARKING
Free Parking
In addition, street parking is an option, both in the blocks around the Forum and along the Midway. During the school year, it is often more difficult to find a spot on the street, especially in the mornings. There is a free parking lot several blocks east at the corner of E. 60th Street and S. Stony Island.
In addition, street parking is an option, both in the blocks around the Forum and along the Midway. During the school year, it is often more difficult to find a spot on the street, especially in the mornings. There is a free parking lot several blocks east at the corner of E. 60th Street and S. Stony Island.
Visitor Parking
Several options exist around campus for visitor parking. These lots include Young, Chapin, Dorchester, and the community lot at the corner of E. 60th Street and S. Stony Island Avenue. The visitor parking rate at University-operated lots is $4 an hour.
Campus North (Ellis) Garage is another option for visitor parking. Visitor parking rates at Campus North (Ellis) Garage are:
- 0-2 hours – $12
- 2-3 hours – $16
- 3-4 hours – $22
- 4-24 hours – $28
These rates apply 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. Parking rates include any required City of Chicago and Cook County parking taxes.
Temporary parking permits must be obtained for all guests or visitors parking in permit spaces; prices apply. Visitors may only park at the location designated on the temporary permit. If the parking assignment designation is “various,” the holder may only park in non-gated lots.
Mobile Payment Parking
The University offers a mobile payment solution for visitor parking in the following lots: McGiffert, Wells, Chapin, Young, and Dorchester. Payments can be made by downloading the Passport app from the App Store or the Google Play Store; through the Parking Passport website; or by calling 312-273-5691. Signs in these lots provide more specific information necessary to complete the mobile payment process.
VISITING CHICAGO
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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office via email.
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, the University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COURSE DIRECTORS
Nishant Agrawal, MDProfessor of Surgery
Co-Director, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Chief, Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Everett E. Vokes, MDJohn E. Ultmann Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine
Professor of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Chair, Department of Medicine
Physician-in-Chief, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and, where appropriate, in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing Credit
University of Chicago Medicine is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing Credit
University of Chicago Medicine is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Participants who successfully complete the entire activity and complete an evaluation form will earn 7 contact hours.
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Please note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the activity ends. Requests to claim credit after three months may incur additional fees.
EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE! SPACE IS LIMITED, SO SIGN UP TODAY!
Exhibit at this groundbreaking symposium and position your company at the center of innovation, shaping organ preservation and survival strategies. This event draws an audience of oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, advanced practice providers, nurses, and other specialists who are actively seeking cutting-edge therapies, technologies, and solutions to enhance patient care.
Our exhibit space is designed to foster high-value engagement, connecting you directly with decision-makers eager to learn about the latest advancements in surgical techniques, precision radiation, systemic therapies, and supportive care innovations. Whether through meaningful one-on-one interactions during breaks or brand visibility throughout event materials, your presence ensures maximum exposure and impact.
Don’t miss this chance to build relationships, showcase your expertise, and leave a lasting impression in one of oncology’s most rapidly evolving fields.
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prospectus or contact Meeting Achievements via email or at 219-465-1115 Ext. 107. We hope to see you there!
HOW TO REGISTER
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guide.| Profession Type | Fee |
|---|---|
| Physician | $75 |
| Other Healthcare Professional | $50 |
| Trainee | $25 |
| Industry | $595 |
| CANCELLATION POLICY: If you cancel your participation in this conference, your registration fee, less a 50% administrative fee, will be refunded when written notification is received by February 6, 2026. No refunds will be made after February 6, 2026. | |
CLAIMING CREDIT
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Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the activity ends. Requests to claim credit after three months may incur additional fees.
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