Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO ADVANCE PREVENTION, DETECTION, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION OF ORAL, HEAD AND NECK CANCER THROUGH PUBLIC AWARENESS, RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, AND SURVIVORSHIP. THROUGH UNITED AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, HNCA PROVIDES SUPPORT TO HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SUPPORTS ONGOING RESEARCH IN HEAD AND NECK ONCOLOGY, AND EDUCATES THE PUBLIC IN THE DISEASE PROCESS, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF ORAL, HEAD AND NECK CANCERS.
IN 2019, HNCA CONTINUED TO GROW ITS PATIENT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAM. HNCA PARTICIPATED IN ITS SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING YOUR CANCER GAME PLAN; PARTNERED ON HPV AWARENESS WEEK; AND DEVELOPED NEW EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE PUBLIC ON ITS WEBSITE.
2019 MARKED THE 20TH ANNUAL ORAL HEAD & NECK CANCER AWARENESS WEEK (OHANCAW), WHICH WAS HELD APRIL 7-14, 2019. WITH THE OHANCA PROGRAM, HNCA WORKS CLOSELY WITH LOCAL HOSPITALS, CLINICS AND MEDICAL CENTERS EACH YEAR TO PROVIDE FREE HEAD AND NECK CANCER SCREENINGS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN HUNDREDS OF LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE US AND ABROAD. IN 2019, 251 SCREENINGS WERE HOSTED IN 41 U.S. STATES AND 18 INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES. WHILE THE PROGRAM BEGAN OVER 20 YEARS AGO AS AN AWARENESS WEEK, HNCA HAS EXPANDED OHANCA TO A YEAR-ROUND PROGRAM IN WHICH FACILITIES CAN HOST A SCREENING ON ANY DAY OF THE YEAR.
IN 2019, HNCA PROVIDED PATIENT ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN 900 PATIENTS THROUGH ITS GAS CARD TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. PATIENTS NEEDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO GET TO AND FROM TREATMENT BENEFITED FROM ONE-TIME 50 GAS GIFT CARDS. THE 10TH ANNUAL SMASH CANCER TENNIS TOURNAMENT WAS HELD IN 2019 TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Amanda Hollinger | EXECUTIVE DI | 40 | $101,970 |
| Dr Wendell Yarbrough | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dr Jatin Shah | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dr Steven M Roser | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dr Cherie-Ann Nathan | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Michael Moore | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Jason Mendelsohn | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dr Susan Mccammon | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dr Quynh-Thu Le | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Meryl Kaufman | SECRETARY | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ryan Gainor | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dr Carole Fakhry | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Joel B Epstein | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jerry Del Gaudio | INTERIM TREA | 1 | $0 |
| Terry Day | CHAIRPERSON | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Colabuono | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ezra Cohen | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Itzhak Brook | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
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