FHNO journey
Year
2012
M.Ch training in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
In 2012, the Medical Council of India approved a proposal from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences-Kochi, Tata Memorial Hospital-Mumbai and Kidwai Memorial Hospital-Bangalore to run full time three-year M.Ch training programs in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology.
Year
2011
IFHNOS Membership awarded to FHNO
In 2011, the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS) recognized FHNO as a member association to represent IFHNOS.
Year
2007
Change of membership rules
During the general body meeting in Lucknow in January 2006, the membership rules were amended to include all full-time head and neck surgeons from all backgrounds as members of the foundation while notable luminaries in the field from India were honored with "Honorary Members" status. In keeping with the objectives to create a national forum that represented all scientists and clinicians interested in Head and Neck Cancer, the Foundation further amended membership rules to enable full membership for any clinician or basic scientist interested in Head and Neck Oncology. These changes were made during the general body meeting held in Mangalore in October 2007.
Initiation of Shireen Gazdar Fellowship
In 2007, with the benevolence of Ms Spencer and the efforts of Dr. Pilloo Hakim, one year fellowship training program named after Shireen Gazdar was initiated.
Year
2006
Institution of Research Oration
In 2006, another oration in research was instituted for all subsequent national conferences of the Foundation. The chosen orators are outstanding research scientists from India or abroad who will be awarded the FHNO gold medal in research as recognition of their work. The oration and gold medal has been set up with the benevolence of Dr. R.M.Tiwari.
Year
2003
First structured training program & Formation of multi center research group in Head and Neck Oncology
In December 2003, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences-Kochi started a three year structured M.Ch training program in Head and Neck Oncology that was recognized by the deemed University of Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham. This curriculum was later submitted to the National Board for a Fellowship training program. In 2009, the Rajiv Gandhi Medical University, Bangalore initiated and is currently running two similar programs, a full-fledged two year training program and a shorter 18-month program.
In December 2003, the preparatory meeting of Head and Neck Oncologists held at Amrita Institute-Kochi instituted a national cooperative research group. The group was named Head and Neck Cooperative Group (HN-COG) with Dr. Jay Boyle of Memorial Sloan Kettering as the resource person.
Year
2002
Inaugural meeting & the registration
Its inaugural meeting was held at Bangalore in January 2002 under the stewardship of Dr. Tiwari and Dr. Shenoy and was attended by more than 200 delegates from across the country. The Foundation was registered as a Charitable Societies Registration act. Subsequent national conferences were held in Kolkata, New Delhi and Hyderabad.
Since its formation, the Foundation has been active in organizing Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs, surgical workshops and post-graduate teaching programs. Two orations were instituted during the annual conferences – The Hiranandani Oration and P.A. Shah Oration – to honor the doyens of head and neck surgery in India. Orators are distinguished head and neck oncologists from various parts of the world. In 2006, an additional oration in the name of Dr Ram Mohan Tiwari was instituted to honor a distinguished clinical and basic sciences research scientist for his/her contribution to the field.
First national meeting of the founding members: The first national meeting was held in Bangalore on January 5-7, 2002. The team of office bearers held office for two years. A national working committee was elected with members such as Dr. P.Hakim, Dr. Jatin Mody, Dr. Farida Wadia, Dr. Kuddush Ahmed, Dr. Behara, Dr. P. Hazarika, Dr. P.K. Kakkar, and Dr. Panda.
Year
2001
Formation of the foundation
In 2001, with the objective of improving standardization and coordination of multidisciplinary cancer patient care, Dr. Ashok Shenoy proposed the formation of a specialized oncologic society to a number of interested head and neck oncologists and received an encouraging response. After further discussions and a preliminary meeting in Bangalore during a Bangalore Institute of Oncology workshop organized by (Late) Dr. Ram Mohan Tiwari, a national meeting was planned to launch the society. Dr Sudhir Bahadur organized this preparatory national meeting at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi in October 2001.
A National steering committee under the guidance of (Late) Dr. Ram Mohan Tiwari was formed with Dr. Ashok Shenoy as the Secretary and Dr. Subramania Iyer as Treasurer. Subsequently the society was christened the Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology (FHNO).
Completion of Registration formalities: On February 7, 2001, the foundation was registered as a charitable society under the Karnataka Societies act. All bylaws were formulated and approved.
Organizational & Developmental Milestones
First structure training program in head and neck oncology
The first national meeting was held in Bangalore on January 5-7, 2002. The team of office bearers held office for two years.
Change of membership rules
The first national meeting was held in Bangalore on January 5-7, 2002. The team of office bearers held office for two years.
First national meeting of the founding members
The first national meeting was held in Bangalore on January 5-7, 2002. The team of office bearers held office for two years.
Completion of Registration Formalities
On February 7, 2001, the foundation was registered as a charitable society act. All bylaws were formulated and approved.
FHNO Milestones - National Conferences
In October 2001, the national preparatory meeting was organized by Dr Sudhir Bahadur at AIIMS, New Delhi. 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.
In October 2002, the new team of office bearers was elected during the national conference held in New Delhi. The team comprised of Dr Sudhir Bahadur as the President, Dr Subramania Iyer as Secretary and Dr Madan Kapre as the Treasurer. The national working committee was reconstituted comprising of Dr Alok Thakar, Dr S.R.Patil, Dr Mohan Jagade, Dr Anirudh Dam, Dr Farida Wadia, Dr Ahmed, and Dr Jatin Mody.
To adhere to regulations and provide guidance to the presiding team, a governing board was constituted comprising members such as Dr Ram Mohan Tiwari, Dr P. Hakim, Dr Ashok Shenoy, Dr Ashok Gupta, and Dr P.K.Kakkar.
The Inaugural national conference was held in Bangalore on 5-7 January 2002. Organizing committee included Dr Ram Mohan Tiwari and 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, Nagpur and Jaipur.
In January 2003, the 2nd National conference was held in Kolkata. The organizing team was led by Dr Anirudh Dam. The overseas faculty included Dr Eugene Myers, Dr Earnest Weymueller (Hiranandani oration) and Dr J.L Lefebvre (P.A.Shah Oration). The theme of the conference was on defining emerging organ preservation strategies. Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs and workshops were conducted in Manipal, Kolkata, Belgaum, and Nagpur.
In October 2003, the 3rd national Conference was held in New Delhi. The organizing team was led by Dr Sudhir Bahadur. The overseas faculty included Dr A.Balm (P.A.Shah oration); Dr U.Prasad (Hiranandani oration) and Dr Giovanni. The conference focused on management of complex skull base tumors. Regional workshops and CME programs 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); Chikhaldara, Nagpur (Dr Madan Kapre); and Kidwai Institute of Oncology, Bangalore (Dr Ashok Shenoy).
The 4th national conference was held in Hyderabad in January 2004 under the stewardship of Dr P.S.N. Murthy, Dr Sridhar Reddy and Dr T.B Ramakrishna. The overseas faculty included Dr Piero Nicolai (Hiranandani Oration), Dr Guiseppe Spariano (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 programs and Surgical Workshops were conducted in the Command Hospital New Delhi (Dr Sukthanker); Cancer Institute Nagpur (Dr Sanjeev Golhar); Chikildara, Nagpur (Dr Devan Mahore); and Gowhati (Dr Kuddush Ahmed). A three day PG teaching program was also held at the Amrita Institute of Medical Science, Kochi.
In January 2006, the 5th national conference was held at the King George Medical University Lucknow with Dr Naresh Bhatia as the Organizing Secretary. The faculty included Prof Patrick Gullane (Hiranandani oration); Dr Peter Rhys Evans (P.A Shah Oration); and Dr Wesley Hicks and Dr Cherrie Ann Nathan. The conference was organized along with the national conference of Association of Otolaryngologists of India. 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), and Dr Anirudh Dam (Treasurer). The national working committee comprised of Dr K.C.Prasad, Dr Bhowmick, Dr Viren Varma, Dr Azeem Mohiyaddeen, Dr Prathmesh Pai, Dr Alok Pathak, Dr Sukhthanker, Dr Umanath Nayak, Dr Sreedhar Reddy, Dr Deven Mahore, and Dr Nanjundappa.
The CME programs were held in Kochi, Nagpur, Srinagar, Goraj and Mangalore.
The 6th national conference was held in Udaipur in October 2006 with Dr Ashok Shenoy as the President.
In October 2007, the 7th national conference was held in Mangalore. A new team of office bearers were elected for the next two-year term comprising of Dr Subramania Iyer (President), Dr Kuddush Ahmed (Secretary), and Dr Prathmesh Pai (Treasurer). The national working committee was reconstituted with the following individuals as members – Lt Col Ajith Nilakantan, Dr K.C. Prasad, Dr Mohan Jagade, Dr P.S.N. Murthy, Dr Rajesh Kantharia, Dr Pradip Kumar Saikia, Dr Madhumangal Singh, and Dr Jayamanti Bakshi. The governing body was also reconstituted with the following as members – Dr Jyoti Dabholkar, Dr Ashok Shenoy, Dr Moni Abraham Kuriakose, Dr Ram Mohan Tiwari and Dr Sudhir Bahadur.
The conference also featured a recorded demonstration of trans-oral laser surgery.
The 8th national conference was held in Bhubaneshwar in October 2008. This conference was the first to incorporate the Head and Neck Oncology Cooperative Research Group Symposia to the proceedings.
The 9th National conference was held in Kochi from October 23-25, under the stewardship of Dr.S.Iyer. Overseas Faculty included Dr.Dan Fliss (P.A.Shah Oration), Dr.Risto Kontis, James Brown (Hiranandani oration), Andreas Deitz, Bhuvanesh Singh, and Jan Klozar.
The 10th National Conference was held in Bangalore from October 13-16 2010, under the stewardship of Dr.Ashok Shenoy, Dr.Chauhan and Dr.Vishal Rao. Overseas Faculty included Dr.Jatin Shah (Hiranandani oration), Dr.R.Weber (P.A.Shah Oration). In the same conference, Dr.Jyoti Dabholkar announced that FHNO became a proud member of the prestigious body IFHNOS in her secretary's report.
The 11th National conference was held in Goa from October 6-9 2011. Dr.Anil D'cruz as the President of FHNO provided chairmanship for the conference with Dr.Jyoti.P.Dabholkar (FHNO secretary for the period 2009-2011) as the organizing secretary and Dr.Pankaj Chaturvedi as joint Organizing Secretary .It was one of the most memorable conferences both culturally and scientifically. It was a joint ASHNO and FHNO meet with a thumping attendance of 800 delegates. Overseas faculty included Maria Worsham(R.M, Tiwari Oration), Uttam Sinha, (Hiranandani Oration), Shankar Narayanan (P.A. Shah Oration)
The 12th National conference was held in Ahemdabad from October 12-14 , under the stewardship of Dr.Rajendra Toprani. Overseas Faculty included Dr.Ashok Shaha (Hiranandani Oration), Brian O'Sullivan (P.A.Shah Oration), Prathap Tharyan (R.M Tiwari Oration)
The 13th National conference was held in Jaipur from September 27-29, under the stewardship of Dr.Manprakash Sharma and Dr.Pawan Singhal. The theme of the Conference was "Controversies to consensus in Head and Neck Oncology." Overseas Faculty included Prof.Suren Krishanan (Hiranandani oration),and Prof.Nicholas Slevin (P.A.Shah Oration).
