Who We Are

Head and Neck Oncology staff and faculty

Oncologic Surgery

Trevor Hackman

MD, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor; Vice Chair of Inpatient Operations and Quality
UNC Chapel Hill
Director, Head and Neck Oncology Fellowship

Mark C. Weissler

MD, FACS
Division Chief of Head and Neck Oncology
Joseph P. Riddle Distinguished Professor
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
UNC-Chapel Hill
Clinical Research
Head and Neck Oncology Program

Wendell G. Yarbrough

MD, MMHC, FACS
Chair, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Thomas J. Dark Distinguished Professor

Adam Zanation

MD, FACS
Harold C. Pillsbury Distinguished Professor
UNC-Chapel Hill
Executive Vice Chair, Otolaryngology
Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs
Director for Practice Development
Director of Advanced Rhinology, Oncology and Open/Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship

Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgery

Radiation Oncology

Medical Oncology

Juneko E. Grilley-Olson

MD
Clinical Associate Professor
UNC-Chapel Hill
Clinical Research
Thoracic Oncology Program
Head and Neck Oncology Program
Bone and Soft Tissue Oncology Program

Jared Weiss

MD
Associate Professor; Associate Director for Finance, LCCC CPO
School of Medicine
UNC-Chapel Hill
Clinical Research
Thoracic Oncology Program

Epidemiology

Andrew Olshan

PhD
School of Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Epidemiology

Genetics

Clinic Nurses

  • Linnea Van Pelt, RN
  • Elaine Hinkle, RN

Nurse Practitioners

  • Mary Fleming, MSN, ANP
  • Brien R. Pace, ACNP-BC

Nurse Navigators

  • Nancy Jensen, RN
    919-843-5265
  • Hazel Hampton, RN, BSN, CMSRN

Clinical Trials Nurse

  • Dale Flowers, RN, OCN

Program Coordinator

  • Glenda Blackwood
    919-445-5590
  • Jennifer Smith
    984-974-0000

The Head and Neck Oncology Lab

The Head and Neck Oncology Lab focuses on identifying novel targets for therapy in head and neck as well as salivary cancers. The ultimate goal this translational work is to develop new therapies that will improve patient outcomes.

Lab Members

  • Gary Bellinger, BSc
    Research Program Manager
  • Natalia Isaeva, PhD

Nuclear Medicine

  • Amir Khandani, MD

Radiologists

  • Valerie Jewells, MD
  • Benjamin Huang, MD

Reconstructive Surgeons

  • Trevor Hackman, MD
  • Eric Halvorson, MD
  • Kamil Erfanian, MD

Speech and Swallowing Therapists

  • Brian Kanapky, MA, CCC-SLP
  • Ellen Markus, MA/CCC-SP, DMA
  • Bryon Kubik, MA

Dentists

  • Lauren Patton, DDS
  • Robert Hollowell, DDS

Prosthetist

  • Glenn Minsley, DMD
  • Nutritionist Jennifer Spring, RD, LD

Social Worker

  • Joanne Sroczinkski

Fertility Preservation

  • Jennifer E. Mersereau, MD

Research Coordinator

  • Michele Hayward, RD

Tobacco Cessation Services

  • Susan Trout, LCSW, MSPH, CTTS