There are no current global standards of training, practice and level of care for patients with neoplasms of the Head and Neck. There are significant variations in the quality and levels of care in various geographic locations in the world. The goal of the global online fellowship is to create a program to teach and train young surgeons and test their knowledge and thought processes, through which relative uniformity of knowledge base and judgment are measured and certified for specialists, through online education with continuous updating and monitoring of their knowledge base.
The fellowship will involve a commitment of 2 years of self learning through a structured course curriculum, with periodic online examinations as the program progresses, until completion. During the course of the Fellowship the candidates will embark upon a 1 month observership and at the completion of the curriculum appear for an oral examination before an international panel of examiners. Upon successful completion of the oral examination a certificate will be issued recognizing the satisfactory completion of the course curriculum, and passing the examination.
Such certification will ensure that the candidates have acquired an established global standard of core knowledge, and matured their judgment process through self education and successful completion of all examinations.
In Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology
The International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS) has collaborated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) to develop an On line Fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, known as the Global On Line Fellowship (GOLF). We are happy to report on the number of surgeons throughout the world who have recently graduated or are currently participating in the fellowship.
In the past three years, 258 board-qualified surgeons have registered for GOLF. 98 registered in 2014, 78 in 2015, and 82 in 2016. The first oral and final examination of this two year fellowship was conducted in October 2016 and 84 candidates passed the final examination of the fellowship and will receive their certificates in head and neck surgery and oncology, issued jointly by MSKCC and IFHNOS.
Candidates for the fellowship come from 2015-2018 come from 45 countries, including the United States, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, India, China, Russia, Spain, Australia, and many others. The locations of the origin of the GOLF candidate are shown in Fig.1., which shows the global appeal of the GOLF program.
Twenty experts serve on the written examination committee, which develops the quarterly multiple choice examination questions. Thirty senior leaders in Head and Neck Oncology participated in the oral examination of the fellowship, excluding traveling faculty and several others The 2016 oral examination was conducted in Delhi, India, Prague, Czech Republic, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Hong Kong, China, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The oral examiners consisted of six members of the travelling faculty of the 2016 IFHNOS World Tour, and at each location six local / regional experts, for a total of 30 global experts.
GOLF is open to board-qualified surgeons in their home country, anywhere in the world. The course of study requires self-learning through a structured course curriculum developed by an international committee of surgeons, and oncologists, including those from MSK, with quarterly online exams. During the fellowship, candidates are also required to complete a one month observership at one of the 35 approved observership sites around the globe followed by an oral examination before an international panel. Upon successful completion of the program, the fellow receives a certificate in head and neck surgery and oncology.
Applications Open | May 1, 2018 |
Applications Close | September 1, 2018 |
Notification of Acceptance | September 15, 2018 |
Program Begins |
October 1, 2018 20 Month Text Learning and video watching of Specific Topics |
7 Quarterly Exams |
1 Month Observership at an Approved Site (to be completed at any point during the Fellowship.) For a list of Mentors at the approved sites please visit http://www.ifhnos.net |
Oral Examinations |
October 2020 Upon Successful Completion Global Online Fellowship in Head & Neck Surgery and Oncology Certificate issued by IFHNOS |
Written - Online (All must be completed) | ||
January 11, 2019 | October 11, 2019 | July 10, 2020 |
April 12, 2019 | January 10, 2020 | |
July 12, 2019 | April 10, 2020 |
Oral -Examination |
October, 2020 in various locations |
To apply, please complete the Global Online Fellowship in H&N Surgery and Oncology Application by clicking here and submit, along with the required supporting materials, Curriculum Vitae and non-refundable US $100 application processing fee to info@ifhnos.net
Fees | |
Application Processing Fee: (non-refundable) | USD $100 |
Course Curriculum & Examination Fee: | USD $2500 |
The Course Curriculum and examination fees may be paid at one time or in 2 installments of USD $1,250 with the following due dates: | |
December 15, 2018 | December 15, 2019 |
A bank check made out in US Dollars to "IFHNOS", and mailed to the IFHNOS office at : IFHNOS, C/O, Dr. Jatin Shah, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY. 10065. USA
Direct Wire transfer from Bank to Bank, as follows:
Please contact info@ifhnos.net for instructions.
A bank cheque made out in US Dollars to "IFHNOS", and mailed to the IFHNOS office at :
IFHNOS, C/O, Dr. Jatin Shah, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY. 10065. USA
Observation Center | Mentor | |
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA | Jatin Shah | kaplanm@mskcc.org |
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA | Randal Weber | CRMarch@mdanderson.org; klmikesk@mdanderson.org |
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA | Robert Ferris | ferrrl@upmc.edu |
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada | Ian Witterick | iwitterick@mtsinai.on.ca |
Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK | Peter Clarke | peter.clarke@rmh.nhs.uk |
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK | Ricard Simo | ricard.simo@gstt.nhs.uk |
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK | Hisham Mehanna | h.mehanna@bham.ac.uk |
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Michiel Van den Breckel | m.vd.brekel@nki.nl |
VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | C. René Leemans | cr.leemans@vumc.nl |
Institute Gustave Roussy, Paris, France | Stephane Temam | stephane.TEMAM@gustaveroussy.fr |
Center Oscar Lambret, Lille, France | Dominique Chevalier | d-chevalier@chru-lille.fr |
Universitatsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany | Jochen Werner | jochen.Werner@uk-essen.de |
University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany | Andreas Dietz | andreas.dietz@medizin.uni-leipzig.de |
European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy | Fausto Chiesa | fausto.chiesa@ieo.it |
Universita Degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy | Piero Nicolai | pieronicolai@virgilio.it |
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic | Jan Klozar | jan.klozar@lfmotol.cuni.cz |
Greater Poland Cancer Center, Poznan, Poland | Wojciech Golusinski | wgolus@ump.edu.pl |
Blokhin Cancer Center, Moscow, Russia | Ali Mudonov | ali.mudunov@inbox.ru |
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia | Igor Reshetov | reshetoviv@mail.ru |
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel | Dan Fliss | danf@tlvmc.gov.il |
Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel | Ziv Gil | ziv@baseofskull.org |
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa | Johan Fagan | Johannes.Fagan@uct.ac.za |
Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, India | Anil D'Cruz | docdcruz@gmail.com |
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India | Subramania Iyer | subu.amrita@gmail.com |
Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China | Jimmy Chan | jywchan1@hku.hk |
National Cancer Center, Singapore, Singapore | Soo Khee Chee | kcsoo26@gmail.com |
Nanjing Tongran Hospital, Nanjing, China | Zhen Kun Yu | yuzk@njtrh.org |
Beijing Tongran Hospital, Beijing, China | Han De Min | enthandm@126.com |
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan | Fu-Chan Wei | fcw2007@adm.cgmh.org.tw |
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea | Soon-Hyun Ahn | ahnsh30@snu.ac.kr |
Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea | Chung Hwan Baek | chunghwan.baek@gmail.com |
National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan | Ryuichi Hayashi | rhayashi@east.ncc.go.jp |
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, Australia | Jonathan Clark | Jonathan.Clark@lh.org.au |
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia | Ben Panizza | ben@panizza.com.au |
Instituto Nacional do Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Fernando Dias Fernando Dias | fdias@inca.gov.br |
A C Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Luiz Kowalski | lp_kowalski@uol.com.br |
Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Claudio Cernea | cerneamd@gmail.com |
Lothian Hospital Edinburgh, Scotland | Iain Nixon | iain.nixon@nhs.net |
Chairman of the Board | |||
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Jatin Shah, USA | |||
Directors | |||
Randal Weber, USA | Rene Leemans, Netherlands | Ian Witterick, Canada | Johan Fagan, South Africa |
David Eisele, USA | Jochen Werner, Germany | Hisham Mehanna, UK | Piero Nicolai, Italy |
Murray Brennan, USA | Andreas Dietz, Germany | Jimmy Chan, Hong Kong | Chung Hwan Baek, S. Korea |
Patrick Gullane, Canada | Igor Reshetov, Russia | Ben Panizza, Australia |
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