HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

HEAD AND NECK CANCER AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

The Mayo Clinic Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery's Division of Head and Neck Cancer and Reconstructive Surgery investigates solutions to help patients return to full and healthy lives after their cancer care.

Research focuses on:

• Oral cavity cancer and reconstruction
• Salivary disease and cancer
• Skin cancer
• Throat cancer
• Thyroid cancer

The division's multidisciplinary research team includes collaborators with expertise in specialties including but not limited to:

• Biomedical engineering
• Immunology
• Individualized medicine
• In-house 3D anatomical modeling
• Laboratory medicine and pathology
• Neurosurgery
• Radiology
• Regenerative medicine

The division conducts prospective clinical trials, basic science and translational research, and retrospective data analysis. Its research is primarily funded by generous benefactors and grants.