Professor of Head and Neck Oncology, Mark C. Smith Chair in Head and Neck Oncologic Services
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, United States
Dr. James Netterville, is the Mark C. Smith Professor of Head & Neck Surgery, within the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
He served on the Board of Directors of both the AHNS and the AAO-HNS and as the President of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. He was honored with the 2009 Outstanding Alumnus of the year from The University of Tennessee College of Medicine.
After helping to establish the Oto- HN Surgery department in Nashville, he has been on Faculty at Vanderbilt Medical Center for 38 yrs as the Director of Head & Neck Surgery. Beside treating a broad range of benign and malignant head and neck diseases, he has had an emphasis in his practice on treatment of Carotid body tumors, Head & neck paragangliomas, Parapharyngeal tumors, Schwannomas of head and neck, Thyroid & Parathyroid diseases, Skull base tumors, congenital Head & Neck tumors, Vocal cord paralysis, and Zenkers Diverticulum. He pioneered the widespread use of an intracapsular dissection method for vagal/Head & Neck schwannomas that retains the neural function.
Since the first trip to Nigeria in 1999 he, in collaboration with many colleagues from the AHNS, has lead more than 30 Educational outreach trips to Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and Haiti.
While at Vanderbilt he has trained 60 fellows dedicated to the practice of Head and Neck Surgery, and 135 residents who have established academic and private practices throughout the United States and abroad. Besides his wonderful immediate family, he is most proud of these 174 academic children and all they have accomplished to make the world a better place.
Saturday, September 28, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
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faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
The Central Neck and Beyond: Strategies in Advanced and Recurrent Thyroid Cancer
Sunday, September 29, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM EDT
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faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Head and Neck Paragangliomas: Evidence-Based Management and What Genetics Can Tell Us
Sunday, September 29, 2024
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM EDT
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Psychiatric Comorbidities and Pain in Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Free Flap Surgery
Monday, September 30, 2024
2:48 PM – 2:54 PM EDT
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faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.