Establishing an integrated approach to head and neck cancer treatment and prevention: The Robert Ebert and Greg Stubblefield Head and Neck Tumor Center Model

Ashwath Ashok; Sandra Dimitri; Karolina Plonowska-Hirschfeld; Michael P. Wu; Salma Ramadan; Amna Ramadan; Sara Kukuljan; Jessica Ley; Nikole Booth; Courtney Wagner; Shelby Britt; Kathryn Slane; Kristin Daly; Jennifer Myers; Laura Steinmetz; Tonya Wibbenmeyer; Kelsey Rosenquist; Kathleen Hogg; Crystal Lee; Ashley Jackson; Kristin Schlueter; Janene Reeves; Tim Eberlein; Adepitan Owosho; John Monterubio; Eugenio Herbosa; Zach Cole; Nicholas Branham; Rebecca Grammer; Daniel L. Miller; Katherine Schwetye; Michael Moravan; T. J. Apicelli; Nikhil Rammohan; Jennifer De Los Santos; Jesse Zaretsky; Peter J. Oppelt; Allison Ogden; Paul Zolkind; Patrik Pipkorn; R. Alex Harbison; Jason Rich; Stacia Jansen; Sana D. Karam; John Lynch; Angeleen Peters-Lewis; Craig Buchman; Wade Thorstad; Douglas Adkins; Ryan Jackson; Sidharth V. Puram

doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107591

Establishing an integrated approach to head and neck cancer treatment and prevention: The Robert Ebert and Greg Stubblefield Head and Neck Tumor Center Model

Ashwath Ashok
, Sandra Dimitri
, Karolina Plonowska-Hirschfeld
, Michael P. Wu
, Salma Ramadan
, Amna Ramadan
, Sara Kukuljan
, Jessica Ley
, Nikole Booth
, Courtney Wagner
, Shelby Britt
, Kathryn Slane
, Kristin Daly
, Jennifer Myers
, Laura Steinmetz
, Tonya Wibbenmeyer
, Kelsey Rosenquist
, Kathleen Hogg
, Crystal Lee
, Ashley Jackson

Kristin Schlueter, Janene Reeves, Tim Eberlein, Adepitan Owosho, John Monterubio, Eugenio Herbosa, Zach Cole, Nicholas Branham, Rebecca Grammer, Daniel L. Miller, Katherine Schwetye, Michael Moravan, T. J. Apicelli, Nikhil Rammohan, Jennifer De Los Santos, Jesse Zaretsky, Peter J. Oppelt, Allison Ogden, Paul Zolkind, Patrik Pipkorn, R. Alex Harbison, Jason Rich, Stacia Jansen, Sana D. Karam, John Lynch, Angeleen Peters-Lewis, Craig Buchman, Wade Thorstad, Douglas Adkins, Ryan Jackson, Sidharth V. Puram

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Abstract

The newly established Robert Ebert and Greg Stubblefield Head and Neck Tumor Center (HNTC) at Washington University and Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri offers one model for integrated head and neck cancer care. This article presents the HNTC's guiding principles and its goals to achieve excellence in patient-centered head and neck cancer care. The HNTC's objectives include bolstering a multidisciplinary approach to head and neck oncology, enhancing patient experience, promoting patient participation in trials, as well as translating preclinical discoveries into clinical applications. Focusing on five major initiatives, we share the HNTC's approach to clinical excellence, innovative research, and patient outreach and prevention. This tumor center model may provide a framework to improve the comprehensive care of head and neck tumors in diverse patient populations across other institutions.

Original language	English
Article number	107591
Journal	Oral Oncology
Volume	168
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107591
State	Published - Sep 2025

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Ashok, A., Dimitri, S., Plonowska-Hirschfeld, K., Wu, M. P., Ramadan, S., Ramadan, A., Kukuljan, S., Ley, J., Booth, N., Wagner, C., Britt, S., Slane, K., Daly, K., Myers, J., Steinmetz, L., Wibbenmeyer, T., Rosenquist, K., Hogg, K., Lee, C., ... Puram, S. V. (2025). Establishing an integrated approach to head and neck cancer treatment and prevention: The Robert Ebert and Greg Stubblefield Head and Neck Tumor Center Model. Oral Oncology, 168, Article 107591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107591

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