Head and Neck Surgeon
Emory University
Merry E. Sebelik, MD, FACS, MAMSE is a Professor of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery at Emory University, serving in the Division of Head & Neck Surgery with Winship Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.
She received her medical degree and Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery training at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and fellowship training in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.
Dr. Sebelik's clinical practice has an emphasis on endocrine surgery of the head and neck. She incorporates surgeon-performed, point-of-care ultrasound into staging, treatment planning and preoperative surgical assessment of many of her patients.
She is an internationally recognized Head & Neck Ultrasound Instructor and participates as a didactic and practical instructor in post-graduate courses at AHNS, ASHA, ACS, ATA, and AAO-HNS meetings, as well as a variety of international venues. She co-directed an ACS exported Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound Course at the University of Cape Town in 2018, to Head and Neck Surgeons living and working in Sub-Saharan Africa. She provides high level point of care ultrasound education from Denmark to Zimbabwe, and is assisting in the process of Head & Neck POCUS curriculum development for the African Head & Neck Society.
Dr. Sebelik has over a 20-year career collaborating with otolaryngology colleagues and trainees in low- and middle-income countries. She is a faculty member in the Emory University Global Health Institute and is afiliated with NGOs serving the underserved in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Philippines and other international sites. Because of her longstanding dedication to global surgical deficits and education, Dr. Sebelik was granted the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery Distinguished Humanitarian Award for 2020, and elected to the prestigious Academy of Master Surgeon Educators in 2021.