Named primary surgical faculty and multidisciplinary oncology faculty — see the verified programme team

Andrew Day

Primary surgical faculty — head and neck fellowship

Andrew Day is a head and neck surgeon at UT Southwestern with interests in oncologic surgery, microvascular reconstruction and cancer survivorship. He earned his medical degree at the University of Minnesota, completed otolaryngology residency at Washington University in St. Louis and undertook head and neck oncologic and microvascular fellowship training at Johns Hopkins, where he also earned an MPH.

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Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Eli Gordin, MD, FACS

Primary surgical faculty — head and neck fellowship

Gordin studied medicine at Jefferson and completed otolaryngology residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. His UT Southwestern biography records advanced facial plastic, reconstructive and microvascular fellowship training with Yadranko Ducic at Baylor Scott & White.

Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 19 Oct 2026

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Zainab Farzal

Primary surgical faculty — head and neck fellowship

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Zainab Farzal is an assistant professor in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at UT Southwestern. She earned her medical degree there, completed otolaryngology residency and public-health training at the University of North Carolina, and undertook a head and neck oncology and microvascular reconstructive surgery fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Ariel Frost

Primary surgical faculty — head and neck fellowship

Ariel Frost is an assistant professor of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at UT Southwestern. She earned her medical degree at Wake Forest, completed residency training at the University of Pennsylvania and undertook facial plastic surgery fellowship training at Cleveland Clinic.

Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Larry Myers

Primary surgical faculty — head and neck fellowship

Larry Myers is a head and neck surgeon at UT Southwestern with a clinical interest in microvascular reconstruction. He earned his medical degree at the University of Chicago, completed otolaryngology residency in Buffalo and undertook head and neck oncologic and microvascular reconstructive fellowship training at the University of Michigan.

Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Baran D. Sumer

Primary surgical faculty — head and neck fellowship

Baran D. Sumer is a professor and chief of head and neck oncology at UT Southwestern. After medical school at Case Western Reserve University, he completed otolaryngology residency and head and neck oncologic fellowship training at Washington University in St. Louis. His clinical and research interests include cancer reconstruction, transoral surgery, molecular imaging and image-guided surgery.

Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Natalia Swiatowiec

Primary surgical faculty — head and neck fellowship

Natalia Swiatowiec is a clinical assistant professor in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at UT Southwestern. She earned her medical degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2019 and completed otolaryngology residency there in 2024.

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Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Brittny Tillman

Primary surgical faculty — head and neck fellowship

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Brittny Tillman is an associate professor of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at UT Southwestern. She earned her medical degree at UT Health Science Center’s McGovern Medical School, completed otolaryngology residency at the University of Michigan and continued there for head and neck oncologic surgery fellowship training.

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John Truelson

Primary surgical faculty — head and neck fellowship

John Truelson is a professor in UT Southwestern’s Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. He earned his medical degree at UT Southwestern, completed surgical and otolaryngology training there and undertook a head and neck surgery fellowship at the University of Michigan. His academic interests include head and neck cancer surgery.

Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Dominic Moon

Other fellowship faculty — Radiation oncology

Named in the fellowship’s Other Faculty section; not represented as a reconstructive surgeon or fellowship director.

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Dominic Moon is an associate professor of radiation oncology at UT Southwestern. His research tests adaptive and shorter-course radiotherapy approaches to reduce treatment burden and toxicity in head and neck cancer. He trained in radiation oncology at the University of North Carolina.

Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 23 Oct 2026

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Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

David Sher

Other fellowship faculty — Radiation oncology

Named in the fellowship’s Other Faculty section; not represented as a reconstructive surgeon or fellowship director.

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David Sher is a professor of radiation oncology at UT Southwestern and heads its head and neck radiation oncology service. He also holds clinical operations, quality and medical-director responsibilities. He earned his medical degree at Harvard and completed radiation oncology residency in the Harvard programme.

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Lin Zhu

Other fellowship faculty — Radiation oncology

Named in the fellowship’s Other Faculty section; not represented as a reconstructive surgeon or fellowship director.

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Lin Zhu is an assistant professor of radiation oncology at UT Southwestern. She earned medical and doctoral degrees at Baylor College of Medicine and completed the Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, serving as chief resident. Her background combines clinical radiotherapy with computational biosciences and neuroscience.

Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 23 Oct 2026

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Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Yu Cao

Other fellowship faculty — Medical oncology

Named in the fellowship’s Other Faculty section; not represented as a reconstructive surgeon or fellowship director.

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Yu Cao is an assistant professor in UT Southwestern’s Division of Hematology and Oncology, with clinical interests in head and neck and lung cancers. Her training includes hematology-oncology at City of Hope and hospice and palliative medicine at Stanford. Her research examines supportive oncology and disparities in cancer care.

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Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Sanjay Chandrasekaran

Other fellowship faculty — Medical oncology

Named in the fellowship’s Other Faculty section; not represented as a reconstructive surgeon or fellowship director.

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Sanjay Chandrasekaran is an assistant professor of internal medicine and a hematology-oncology faculty member at UT Southwestern. He treats melanoma, advanced skin cancers, and bone and soft-tissue sarcomas. He completed physician-scientist training in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology at Emory University.

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Mariam El-Ashmawy

Other fellowship faculty — Medical oncology

Named in the fellowship’s Other Faculty section; not represented as a reconstructive surgeon or fellowship director.

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Mariam El-Ashmawy is an assistant professor in UT Southwestern’s Division of Hematology and Oncology. Her clinical work includes advanced skin cancers, ocular melanoma and cancer in transplant recipients. She earned medical and cancer-biology doctoral degrees at UT Southwestern and studies therapeutic resistance and precision oncology.

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Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Randall Hughes

Other fellowship faculty — Medical oncology

Named in the fellowship’s Other Faculty section; not represented as a reconstructive surgeon or fellowship director.

Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Daniel Wang

Other fellowship faculty — Medical oncology

Named in the fellowship’s Other Faculty section; not represented as a reconstructive surgeon or fellowship director.

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Daniel Wang is an associate professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern and leads its sarcoma and melanoma disease-oriented team. He completed internal medicine training at Baylor College of Medicine and hematology-oncology fellowship training at Vanderbilt. His research examines outcomes in melanoma and sarcoma.

Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 23 Oct 2026

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Profile reviewed 22 Oct 2026