President of Seidman Cancer Center is next VITALS speaker
Theodoros (Ted) N. Teknos, M.D., president and scientific director for the University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, joins VITALS | Visionary Health Leadership in Action at noon, Thursday, April 3, in Watanakunakorn Auditorium and via Zoom.
Free CME credit is available. Lunch will be provided for those who join in person.
VITALS is NEOMED’s health leadership speaker series presented in collaboration with University Hospitals.
ABOUT TED TEKNOS, M.D
Dr. Teknos is president and scientific director for the University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and deputy director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Teknos also has been appointed the Jane and Lee Seidman Chair in Cancer Innovation. He is board certified in Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery. In November 2020 he was bestowed with the Distinguished Physician designation in recognition of exceptional service that personifies UH’s mission: To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.
Dr. Teknos leads the development of strategic, business and marketing plans for UH Seidman, including cancer‐related palliative care, integrative care and interface with UH Hospice care. He oversees all inpatient and ambulatory cancer care delivered at facilities across the UH system.
Dr. Teknos is a renowned clinician and academic authority in head and neck cancers, and he continues his surgical practice, clinical trials and research at UH. Dr. Teknos has been published in over 200 peer‐reviewed journals and publications, and he is a frequent presenter at major scientific meetings.
Dr. Teknos joined University Hospitals in October 2017 from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where he served in several leadership roles since 2008, including professor and chair, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Prior to his position at Ohio State, he was division chief, Head & Neck Oncology Division, Department of Otolaryngology, at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.
Dr. Teknos earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his otolaryngology residency at Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary/Harvard Combined Program, Boston, and a fellowship in head and neck oncology, skull base and microvascular reconstruction at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.