Carole Fakhry, MD

Description

Surgeon-scientist Carole Fakhry specializes in head and neck cancer, benign tumors of the head and neck, and benign tumors of the parotid and submandibular glands and neck, including schwannomas and paragangliomas. Working with a multidisciplinary team of experts, she cares for patients with new and recurrent diagnosis of HPV-related cancers of the oropharynx (tonsil, base of tongue), tongue cancers, throat cancer, larynx cancer, skin cancer and salivary gland cancers (parotid, submandibular gland), among others. She has led and developed teams and clinical trials to provide the most innovative care, and often sees patients seeking second opinions. Dr. Fakhry completed medical school, residency training in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery and fellowship training in head and neck surgical oncology at Johns Hopkins. She earned a master’s degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology. At the foundation of Dr. Fakhry’s clinical role as a head and neck surgeon is advocacy for her patients’ care. This includes listening, understanding their needs, expediting care for those newly diagnosed with cancer or those with a suspicion of cancer, and ensuring that all members of the team meet patients in a timely fashion prior to decisions about treatment and initiate therapy within one month of diagnosis. In addition, she has led the development of educational materials and care pathways to expedite patient care at Johns Hopkins. A national leader in the treatment of head and neck cancer, Dr. Fakhry serves as the surgical co-chair of the National Cancer Institute Head and Neck Steering Committee and the head and neck section editor of Cancer. She has served on several other editorial boards and leadership positions in the American Head and Neck Society, and is regularly invited to lecture on head and neck cancer nationally and internationally.