I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and the Director of Transoral Robotic Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) with a robust patient-care practice that includes treating head and neck cancer patients and patients with complex diseases of the upper aerodigestive tract and skull base. My primary research area of interest is, broadly, novel targeted therapeutics and innovative surgical technologies and their applications in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs)