Jatin P. Shah, MD, MS (Surgery) FACS, FRCS (Hon), FDSRCS (Hon), FRACS (Hon), PhD (hc)
Professor
Jatin P. Shah
is Leader of the Head and Neck Program, and holds The Elliott W. Strong
Chair in Head and Neck Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center in New York City. Professor Shah has served as President
of The New
York Cancer Society, The New York Head and Neck Society,
The Society of Head and Neck Surgeons and The North
American Skull Base
Society. He is Founder of The International Federation of Head and Neck
Oncologic Societies and President of The International Academy of Oral
Oncology. Professor Shah has been the recipient of numerous awards and
is an honorary member of several head and neck societies in Europe, Asia,
Australia and South America. He serves on the Editorial and Review Boards of
18 scientific journals and has more than 300 peer reviewed publications, 55
book chapters and 8 books. His textbook of Head and Neck Surgery and
Oncology won First Prize from The British Medical Association and The Royal Society of Medicine, and was awarded the
George Davey Howells Prize from the University of London for the best
published book in otolaryngology in the preceding five years. He is a much
sought-after speaker who has delivered over 50 named lectures and keynote
addresses and 800 scientific presentations in 49 countries. In recognition
of his outstanding contributions and world leadership in head and neck
surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has established an endowed
Chair in his name and the American Head and Neck Society has named an annual
symposium in his honor.
