Positions and Employment
7/90-6/91 Internship: Department of General Surgery, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
7/91-6/92 Research Fellowship: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
7/92-6/96 Residency: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
10/96-3/97 Fellowship: Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery; Department of Otolaryngology, Vrije University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
7/97-6/99 Research Fellowship: Molecular Epidemiology of Head and Neck Cancer; Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
7/99-6/00 Clinical Fellowship: Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery; Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
7/00-8/05 Assistant Professor: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
9/00-8/05 Assistant Professor: Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
9/05-present Associate Professor with tenure: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
9/05-present Associate Professor with tenure: Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Honors
1985 Louisiana State University; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
1985 Louisiana State University; Cum Laude Graduate and Dean's List
1990 Georgetown University School of Medicine; Alpha Omega Alpha
1990 Georgetown University School of Medicine; Cum Laude Graduate
1995 Louisiana Chapter of American College of Surgeons, Resident Research Award in Oncology
1997 UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Clinical Trainee Research Award
1998 American Radium Society, Young Oncologist Travel Grant
1998 American Head and Neck Society, Research Workshop Travel Award
1998 UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Clinical Trainee Research Award
1999 The American Laryngological Rhinological Otological Society, Research Training Award
1999 UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Bristol-Myers Squibb Trainee Research Award,
1999 American Head and Neck Society, Award for Best Resident Paper at the Annual Meeting
2000 American Radium Society, Young Oncologist Essay Award
2001 UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Clinician Investigator Award, K-12 (Bast)
2002 Outstanding New Student Tuition Scholarship, UT Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
2002 Career Development Award, NIH SPORE Grant (Hong)
2005 Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
2005 American Thyroid Association Research Grant ThyCa Grant
2006 UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Research Grant
2007 Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
2008 Faculty Education of the Month, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
2008 Honor Award, American Academy of Head and Neck Surgery
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