Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Helmuth Goepfert, M.D., F.A.C.S.

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Member of the Hall of Fame of the Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Education
M.D., Universidad de Chile Medical School, 1962
General Surgery Residency, Valdivia, Chile, 1964
Solid Tumor Chemotherapy Fellowship, UCLA Department of Surgery, 1966
Chemotherapy and Surgery Fellowship, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1968
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, 1974

Academic Positions
Professor Emeritus, Head and Neck Surgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2003
Interim Head, Division of Surgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1993-1997
Chair, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1982-2003
Professor, UT Health Science Center School of Medicine, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1979

Awards and Service
Association of Operating Room Nurses of Greater Houston Distinguished Surgeon Award, 1999
Guest of Honor, American Head and Neck Society, 1999, 2007
Charles A. LeMaistre Outstanding Achievement Award in Cancer, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1998
Hays Martin Lecture, American Head and Neck Society, 1995
Presidential Citations, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1993, and American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, 1994
Chair, Joint Council for Approval of Advanced Training in Head Neck Oncologic Surgery, 1991-1994
President, American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, 1990-1991

Clinical and Research Interests: Head and neck cancer and surgery, surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid.