Local, Regional, and Free Flaps for Head and Neck Reconstruction Basics and Foundations

Rod Rezaee, MD, FACS, is the Director of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Reconstruction at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.He is a Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in the Ear, Nose and Throat Institute at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the Surgical Oncology unit at UH Seidman Cancer Center and serves on the NCCN Thyroid Cancer Guidelines Committee as the representative of Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. He also serves on multiple national committees within the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Suxrgery (AAO-HNS) and the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS), helping to improve the surgical, reconstructive, and non-surgical care of head and neck cancer patients. Dr. Rezaee is a Governing Board Member of the Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery Committee within the AHNS. In addition, he serves as the Head and Neck Surgery Sub-group Leader for AAO-HNS Annual Meeting Planning Committee.

Akina Tamaki, MD, FACS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Fox Chase Cancer Center. She earned her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed otolaryngology residency at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. She then completed a fellowship in head and neck oncologic surgery and microvascular surgery at the Ohio State University. She also serves as the Residency Program Director of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery at Temple University. She also serves on multiple national committees within the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS), in improving the surgical and medical care of head and neck cancer patients as well as advancing the head and neck specialty at a national level.