Head and Neck cancers have
been a major clinical problem
in India, which can be in
the league of the countries
with highest incidence of
these cancers in the world.
Yet the standards of the
care for this dreadful disease
have never been uniform
and failed short of the
international norms leading
to a relatively poor survival
of these patients across
the country. Even though
the problem has been prevalent
in India more than any country,
hardly any research is being
carried out in the country
both in the clinical or
basic sciences aspects.
The care of the patients
is also distributed among
various specialties like
general surgeons, Otolaryngologists,
surgical oncologists and
to some extent maxillofacial
surgeons.
Otolaryngologists form a
major link in the care of
these patients as the primary
detection of majority of
these patients as well as
further care is delivered
by them. But it was felt
that there is no forum for
debate and concerted activities
among them to improve the
standards of care in head
and neck oncology. Also
it was felt, when like minded
leading clinicians with
otorhinolaryngological background
from various parts of the
country met together, that
improving the training as
well as standards of care
among ENT surgeons to start
with will go a long way
in making improvements in
the dismal scenario. The
general feeling was that
it will be better to organize
the activities among a cohesive
group initially and then
to expand to include other
specialists also. With this
objective in mind Dr Ashok
Shenoy corresponded to majority
of the head and neck surgeons
interested in this field
and the response was very
much encouraging. Following
further discussions and
a preliminary meeting at
Bangalore during the Workshop
organized by Dr Tiwari in
the Bangalore Institute
of Oncology, a national
meeting was planned to launch
the society in earnest.
Dr Sudhir Bahadur organized
this preparatory national
meeting at the All India
Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi in October 2001.
A national steering committee
under the guidance of Dr
Ram Mohan Tiwari was formed
with Dr Ashok Shenoy as
the secretary and Dr Subramania
Iyer as the treasurer. Subsequently
the society was formed in
the name of Foundation for
Head and Neck Oncology and
the Inaugural meeting was
held at Bangalore in January
2002 under the stewardship
of Dr Tiwari and Dr Shenoy
which was attended by more
than 200 delegates from
all over the country. The
Foundation was registered
as a charitable society
under the Karnataka Chartable
Societies Registration act.
Subsequent national conferences
were held in Kolkotta, New
Delhi and Hyderabad. During
all these years the Foundation
has been very active in
organizing Continuing education
programmes, surgical workshops
and Postgraduate teaching
programmes. Two orations
were instituted during the
annual conferences, namely
Hiranandani oration and
PA Shah Oration to honor
these doyens of head and
neck surgery in India and
the orators have been distinguished
head and neck oncologists
from various parts of the
world. From 2006 onwards
another oration in the name
of Dr RM Tiwari has been
instituted to honor a clinical
or basic sciences research
scientist for his or her
contribution in this field.
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Milestones
in development- organizational
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| National
Preparatory Meeting
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Organized by Prof Sudhir
Bahadur at the AIIMS
New Delhi in October
2001 . A National steering
Committee formed to
formalize the launch
of the Foundation for
Head and Neck Oncology.
Dr R.M Tiwari, Dr Ashok
Shenoy and Dr Subramania
Iyer elected as the
Founder President, Secretary
and Treasurer respectively.
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| First
national meeting of
the Founder members
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Held in Bangalore
on 5-7 January 2002.
The present team of
office bearers to continue
for the term of two
years. A national working
committee was elected
with the following as
members- Dr P.Hakim,
Dr J.Mody,Dr F.Wadia,
Dr K.Ahmed, Dr Behara,
Dr P.Hazarika ,Dr P.K.Kakkar
and Dr Panda. |
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| Completion
of Registration formalities
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The foundation completed
the formalities and
was registered as a
charitable society under
the Karnataka Societies
act on 7-2-01. The byelaws
were formulated and
approved. |
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| Approval
for Income tax exemption
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Donations to the
foundation was accorded
income tax exemption
by order Of the Director
of Income tax, Bangalore
on 16-2-04 . The same
has been Extended
for a period of three
years w.e.f 31-3-05.
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| New
team of office bearers
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The new team of office
bearers were elected
during the national
conference held in New
Delhi in October 2002.The
team included Dr Sudhir
Bahadur as the President,
Dr Subramania Iyer as
Secretary and Dr Madan
Kapre as the Treasurer.
The national
working committee
was reconstituted. which
comprised of Dr A Thakkar,
Dr S.R Patil, Dr Mohan
Jagade,Dr Anirudh Dam,Dr
Farida Wadia, Dr Ahad
and Dr Jatin Mody.
As
per the regulations
required and forgiving
directions to the
team a Governing
Board was
newly constituted
with the following
as members Dr Ram
Mohan Tiwari, Dr Pilloo
Hakim, Dr Ashok Shenoy,
Dr Ashok Gupta and
Dr P.K Kakkar.
The membership rules
were amended during
the general body meeting
in Lucknow to make
the fulltime head
and neck surgeons
from any background
to be members of the
Foundation. Also notable
luminaries in the
field from India were
honoured by awarding
them Invited member
status.
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Team of office Bearers
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During the national
meeting in Lucknow the
following were elected
to be the new team of
office bearers
Dr Ashok Shenoy (President)
Dr madan Kapre (Secretary),
Dr Anirudh Dam (Treasurer)
Dr KC Prasad, Dr Bhowmick,
Dr Viren Varma, Dr Azeem
Mohiyaddeen, Dr Prathmesh
Pai, Dr Alok Pathak,
Dr Sukhthnker,Dr Umanath
Nayak, Dr Sreedhar Reddy,
Dr Devan Mahore and
Dr Nanjundappa ( national
working committee) |
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of the membership rules |
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Accepting the necessity
for providing as national
forum to represent all
scientists and clinicians
interested in head and
neck cancers the Foundation
, in its general body
meeting held in Mangalore
in October 2007. decided
to open up full membership
to any clinician or
basic scientist interested
in head and neck oncology. |
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team of Office bearers |
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During the general
body meeting in Mangalore
in October 2007 a new
team of office bearers
were elected for the
next two year term.
Dr subramania iyer (President)
dr Kuddush ahmed(secetary)
Dr Prathmesh pai ( treasurer).
The national working
committee was reconstituted
with the following as
members(Lt. Col.) Ajith
Nilkanthan Dr. K. C.
Prasad Dr. Mohan
Jagade Dr. P.S.N. MurthyDr.
Rajesh Kantharia Dr.
Pradip Kumar Saikia
Dr. Madhumangal Singh
Dr. Jayamanti Bakshi.
The governing body was
also reconstituted with
the following as the
members Dr Jyothi Dhabolkar,
Dr Ashok Shenoy, Dr
Moni Abraham Kuriakose;
Dr Rammohan Tiwari.
Dr Sudhir Bahadur |
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Mile
stones in development- Academic
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2002 |
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The
Inaugural national
conference was
held in Bangalore
on 5-7 January 2002.
Organizing committee
included Dr Ram Mohan
Tiwari, Dr Ashok Shenoy
The overseas faculty
included Prof Eugene
Myers (Hiranandani
Oration) Dr Dale Brown,
Dr Patrick Bradley
and Dr M.W Breckel,
Regional workshops
were held
in Chennai, Miraj
and Nagpur and Jaipur.
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| YEAR
2003 |
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The
Second National conference
was held
in Kolkotta in January
2003 and the organizing
team was led by Dr
Anirudh Dam .The overseas
faculty included Dr
Eugene Myers, Dr Earnest
Weymueller(Hiranandani
oration ) Dr J.L Lefebvre
( P.A.Shah Oration)
. CME programmes
and workshops were
conducted in Manipal,
Kolkotta, Belgaum,
Nagpur ( Chikildara)
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| YEAR
2004 |
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The
3 rd national Conference
was held
in New Delhi in October
2003. The organizing
team was led by Prof
Sudhir Bahadur . The
overseas faculty included
Dr A.Balm (P.A.Shah
oration) Dr U.Prasad
( Hiranandani oration)
and Dr Giovanni. Regional
workshops and CME
programmes were conducted
in King George
Medical University
Lucknow ( Dr Naresh
Bhatia) ,
Kailash Cancer
Center, Goraj Baroda
( Dr Atul Shah) Grant
Medical College Mumbai
(Dr Mohan Jagade),
Chikildara,
Nagpur(Dr Madan Kapre)
Kidwai Institute of
Oncology Bangalore
(DrAshok Shenoy).
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| YEAR
2005 |
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The
4 th national
conference was
held in Hyderabad
on 4-6 January under
the stewardship of
Dr PSN Murthy, Dr
Sridhar Reddy and
Dr T.B Ramakrishna.
The overseas faculty
included Dr Piero
Nicolai (Hiranandani
Oration) Dr Guiseppe
de Maria ( P.A Shah
Oration) , Dr Franz
Hilgers, and Dr Patrick
Bradley. The FHNO
gold medal for best
paper and poster was
initiated in the meeting.
CME programmes/
surgical workshops
were conducted
in the Command Hospital
New Delhi (Dr Sukthanker
),Cancer Institute
Nagpur ( Dr Sanjeev
Golhar) Chikildara,
Nagpur (Dr Devan Mahore)
Gowhati (Dr Kuddush
Ahmed). A three day
PG teaching programme
was also held in the
AIMS, Kochi. |
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2006 |
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The 5th
national Conference
was held
at the King George
Medical University
Lucknow on 3-5 January
2006 with Prof Naresh
Bhatia as the organizing
secretary. The faculty
included Prof Patrick
Gullane (Hiranandani
oration), Dr Peter
Rhys Evans (PA Shah
oration) and Dr Wesley
Hicks and DR Cherrie
Ann Nathan. The CME
programmes during
this year were held
in Kochi, Nagpur,
Srinagar Goraj and
Mangalore.
The 6th national
conference
was held on 27-29th
October 2006 in Udaipur
with Prof Ashok Gupta
and Dr Bhuie comprising
the organizing
team.The overseas
orators included Dr
David Howard ( PA
Shah oration) DR Kowalski
( Hiranandani oration),
Dr Carter Van Waes
( Tiwari research
oration) Dr
Piero Nicolai and
Dr Guiseppe Spriano. |
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2007 |
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The 7th
national conference
was held in Mangalore
under the stewardship
of Dr Kishore Chandra
Prasad on 26-28 October
2007. Overseas faculty
included Prof Steiner
( Hiranandani oration
) Dr Rick Heyden (
PA Shah oration) DrVan
Del Breckel(Tiwari
oration)
The CME programmes
were conducted during
this year in Kochi,
Nagpur, Chikildara,
Manipal ,Goraj and
Rourkela |
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Milestones in Development-
Training programmes
and Research Activities
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| Initiation
of first structured training
programme in Head and
Neck oncology
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December
2003 -A three year structured
training programme was
started by the Amrita
Institute in Kochi culminating
in award of MCh degree
by the Amrita Vidyapeeth
(deemed university)
.The same curriculum
was submitted to the
National Board for starting
a fellowship-training
programme
Similar
programmes are planned
to be initiated by the
Rajeev Gandhi Medical
University, Bangalore
in 2006. Initially a
1-½ year programme
and then a 3-year full-fledged
programme is planned
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| Institution
of short term training
fellowships
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Two
training fellowships
of 6 months duration
has been set up by the
Bangalore ENT trust
in head and neck Oncology
from July 2004. This
planned to be extended
to one-year fellowship
from this year onwards. |
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| Formation
of Multi center research
group in head and neck
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A
national cooperative
research group was started
in December at the culmination
of a preparatory meeting
of Head and Neck oncologists
from various parts of
the country held in
Amrita Institute, Kochi
with Dr Jay Boyle of
Memorial Sloan Kettering
as the resource person.
The group was named
HN-COG (Head and Neck
Co operative research
group) |
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| Institution
of Research Oration |
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From
2006 a separate oration
in Research has been
instituted, to be delivered
in the national conference.
The orator will be an
outstanding research
scientist from India
or abroad and in recognition
of the work the orator
will be presented with
the FHNO gold medal
in research. The oration
and gold medal has been
set up with the benevolence
of Dr R.M Tiwari. |
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| Initiation
of Shireen
Gazdar Fellowship |
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With the benevolence
Ms Spencer and the efforts
of Dr Pilloo Hakim a
long term ( 1 year)
fellowship training
programme was initiated
from year 2007. |
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