Chafeek Tomeh, MD

I believe that a close relationship with your surgeon is crucial when pursuing treatment for head and neck cancers - even when non-surgical therapies are sought. I recognize and value the role of expert, multidisciplinary care in the treatment of the patients that I evaluate. I have dedicated my professional career to the development of advanced skills in resection of cutaneous, mucosal, endocrine, salivary, and airway cancers within the head and neck as well as local and free-tissue reconstructive methods required to provide my patients with optimal functional and oncologic outcomes. The ability to provide high-level care alongside compassion and understanding is the foundation of my passion for head and neck surgery.

Shawn Stevens, MD, is an otolaryngologist at Barrow Neurological Institute. He is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. Dr. Stevens’ expertise includes hearing and vestibular disorders, skull base surgery, and Gamma Knife radiosurgery for the treatment of skull base and temporal bone tumors. He is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Stevens earned his medical degree from Ohio State University. He completed his residency in otolaryngology at the Medical University of South Carolina and a fellowship in otology, neuro-otology, and skull base surgery at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Dr. Stevens’ research interests include hearing preservation surgery for vestibular schwannoma, tumors and disorders of the skull base, surgical approaches to the lateral skull base, cochlear implantation, Gamma Knife radiosurgery, spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea, and skull base phrenology.

Brittany E. Howard, M.D., is a head and neck surgeon and otolaryngologist at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Howard specializes in aesthetic, functional, oncologic and reconstructive surgery of the face and neck. She treats head and neck cancer, facial deformity, facial paralysis, facial fracture, ectropion, entropion, parotid gland tumors, ptosis and nasal obstruction. She is an expert in facial reconstruction, microvascular reconstruction, rhinoplasty, deep plane facelift, facial reanimation, fat grafting, neck lift, mohs surgery, neck dissection, skin grafts, parotidectomy, blepharoplasty, facial fillers, and nasal reconstruction. Dr. Howard is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with cancer. Mayo Clinic is the #1 hospital in Arizona, according to the U.S. News & World Report, and the Cancer Center continually ranks among the top hospitals in the U.S. for Cancer. Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center.