THANC selects 1 fellow per year to receive funding for a full-range, hands-on experience in surgical oncology, microvascular and reconstructive surgical techniques, and multidisciplinary patient management accredited at Mount Sinai Beth Israel’s Institute for Head, Neck, and Thyroid Cancers. The American Head & Neck Society (AHNS) accredited this program in 2010.
Luke Stanisce, MD
Current Fellow 2023–24
After graduating with honors from the University of Connecticut, Dr. Luke Stanisce attended medical school at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, NJ. He then matriculated as the inaugural resident in a newly accredited Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery Residency Program at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, NJ. As the first-ever resident, Luke was afforded a unique experience immersed in practice management, institutional leadership, and medical education. Training in a city where forty percent of the population lived in poverty, his research has focused on social determinants of health and the delivery of care for underserved patients.
