Dr. Yoon Woo Koh was the guest speaker at this year’s George W. Barber, Jr. Lectureship in Otolaryngology.

Dr. Koh is a professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Yonsei University College of Medicine – Head and Neck Cancer Center in Seoul, South Korea. He also serves as the general secretary of the International Guild of Robotic & Endoscopic Head and Neck Surgery and Director of Research Committee, Korean Thyroid Association. He completed his training with a clinical fellowship at Yonsei University College of Medicine.

A pioneer in Robotic Retroauricular Neck Dissection for Thyroid and Head & Neck Cancer, the title of his presentation was “Future of Robotic Head and Neck Surgery” Dr. Koh has written over 100 original articles and book chapters regarding endoscopic and robotic thyroid and head & neck surgery. His research interests have focused on clinical outcome research related to thyroid and head & neck patients. His laboratory research focuses on elucidating the mechanism of crosstalk signaling after targeted therapy and development of treatment platform to overcome the drug resistance in thyroid and head & neck cancer.

Mr. George W. Barber, Jr., generously endowed a lectureship in 1993 to attract experts in the field of otolaryngology to share their knowledge with the students and faculty of UAB. The annual George W. Barber, Jr. Lectureship in Otolaryngology is currently held in November.