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Head and Neck Surgery Fellowship

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio · Cleveland, Ohio programmes · United States

Programme overview

What the official source supports

An intensive one-year, primarily clinical head and neck fellowship that includes advanced reconstruction.

Programme faculty

Meet the published team

Portrait of Brandon Prendes

Brandon Prendes

Fellowship Director

The cited programme source establishes this specific role; a directory review does not confirm a current vacancy.

Photo: Official my.clevelandclinic.org profile — editorial identification; source attribution provided.

Cleveland Clinic

Brandon Prendes is a head-and-neck and facial plastic surgeon at Cleveland Clinic. The official profile records engineering studies at the University of Michigan, medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, otolaryngology residency at UCSF and advanced head-and-neck, endocrine and microvascular fellowship training at Cleveland Clinic.

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Training structure

Published areas of exposure

  • Advanced head and neck reconstruction, including microvascular reconstruction
  • Laryngotracheal reconstruction
  • Primarily clinical training

Eligibility

Who should verify their fit

Board certified or board eligible in otolaryngology; an Ohio medical licence is required before the fellowship starts.

Application

Published application route

US and Canadian applicants register with the AHNS Advanced Training Council Match; others complete the AHNS application and send it to the Head and Neck Institute. No deadline is stated.

A programme-specific document checklist is not published in the recorded evidence. Follow the official application instructions; do not assume a generic checklist is sufficient.

Programme leadership: Brandon Prendes — Fellowship Director · Leadership profile →

Contact note: Christine Fleckenstein, Coordinator — (216) 444-3104

Sources and verification

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American Head & Neck Society fellowship listing ↗

Last reviewed by PlasticFellow: 20 Oct 2026. Information not shown by an official source is labelled as unavailable or requiring confirmation.

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