Young physicians are often overlooked or not qualified enough for many of the awards available in our specialty, yet many young physicians are quite remarkable with regards to the impact they have on education, service to their community, service to their profession and humanitarian work. As the YPS, we would like to recognize these individuals for not only the work they achieve, but also for the inspiration they provide to others.
Any Academy member may nominate a Young Physician they feel makes an IMPACT and exemplifies the ideals of what all young physicians should aspire to be. Please provide a narrative vignette illustrating what sets this individual apart. Application dates will be announced in the Spring and awarded at the YPS General Assembly at the Annual Academy Meeting.
Requirements:
- The nominees must be AAO-HNS members in good standing.
- The nominees will qualify on the basis of excellence in one or more categories, including:
- Education
- Service to their Community
- Service to their Profession
- Humanitarian Work
- The nomination packet requires full contact information for both the nominee and the nominating YPS member, as well as a nominating paragraph of up to 325 words.
*Winning Vignettes presented at the YPS General Assembly during the AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting & OTO Experience will be considered for publication in the Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Journal.
2024 YPS IMPACT Award
This year’s winner of the AAO-HNS Young Physicians Section (YPS) Impact Award is Shumon Ian Dhar, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at UT Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center. He is a laryngologist at UTSW Clinical Center for Voice Care and specializes in the treatment of voice, airway, and swallowing disorders. Previously, he was a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University and chief of the Johns Hopkins Swallowing Center.
Dr. Dhar’s clinical and research interests include the medical and surgical management of voice and swallowing disorders, upper airway stenosis, laryngopharyngeal reflux, and early vocal cord cancer. He provides specialized voice care to all types of patients, from professional singers to head and neck cancer survivors. Balancing and optimizing the major functions of the larynx (breathing, voice, and swallowing) are key principles that guide his practice.
Dr. Dhar is particularly passionate about education and is co-founder of Stroboscopy.org, a non-profit online project that works to educate voice professionals on the interpretation of laryngeal video stroboscopy, the gold standard diagnostic test for disorders of the voice. The aim of Stroboscopy.org is to provide a video-based learning resource for medical students, residents, speech-language pathologists, singing teachers, physicians, and more at any stage of training and experience.
Dr. Dhar serves on the AAO-HNS Airway and Swallowing Committee as well as the Medical Advisory Board of the National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders. He is a reviewer for several otolaryngology journals, has authored numerous academic articles, and regularly delivers lectures and presentations of his work. Dr. Dhar is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and member of its Advisory Council for Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, and an active member of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association.
RECIPIENTS:
- 2023: Adam Luginbuhl, MD
- 2022: Peter F. Svider, MD
- 2021: Yi-Chun Carol Liu, MD
