

Dr. Mihir Patel is a head and neck surgical oncologist and professor at UNC School of Medicine and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Podcasts
ENT & Allergy # 247Nov 11, 2025Keynote-689: Implementation & Multidisciplinary Care for Immunotherapy in Head & Neck Cancer

When treating head and neck cancer, how can you tell the difference between true disease progression and pseudoprogression? In this episode of the BackTable Podcast, we discuss the practical implementation of the KEYNOTE-689 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which demonstrated the benefit of adding neoadjuvant and adjuvant immunotherapy to standard head and neck cancer care. Our tumor board panel includes Dr. Mihir Patel, a head and neck surgeon from UNC Chapel Hill, Dr. Siddharth Sheth, a head and neck medical oncologist from UNC, Dr. Jennifer Johnson, a professor of medical oncology and otolaryngology at Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Dr. Adam Luginbuhl, a head and neck surgical oncologist at Thomas Jefferson University.
Tumor Board # 33Nov 4, 2025Keynote-689: Implementation & Multidisciplinary Care for Immunotherapy in Head & Neck Cancer

When treating head and neck cancer, how can you tell the difference between true disease progression and pseudoprogression? In this episode of the BackTable Podcast, we discuss the practical implementation of the KEYNOTE-689 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which demonstrated the benefit of adding neoadjuvant and adjuvant immunotherapy to standard head and neck cancer care. Our tumor board panel includes Dr. Mihir Patel, a head and neck surgeon from UNC Chapel Hill, Dr. Siddharth Sheth, a head and neck medical oncologist from UNC, Dr. Jennifer Johnson, a professor of medical oncology and otolaryngology at Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Dr. Adam Luginbuhl, a head and neck surgical oncologist at Thomas Jefferson University.
ENT & Allergy # 191Sep 17, 2024AI in Laryngology: Enhancing Patient Diagnosis

Artificial Intelligence (AI) already powers search results and chat bots, but what if it could help physicians diagnose cancer? In this episode of the BackTable ENT podcast, laryngologist Dr. Anthony Law of Emory University discusses applications of AI to laryngology with host Dr. Ashley Agan and guest host Dr. Mihir Patel, also of Emory.
ENT & Allergy # 172May 21, 2024HPV & Oropharyngeal Cancer: Evolving Insights & Implications

In this episode, Dr. Mihir Patel, Professor of Otolaryngology at Emory University and expert in Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS), discusses HPV-positive head and neck cancer with host Dr. Ashley Agan.