Cherie-Ann Nathan, MD, FACS is Professor and Chairman of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at LSU Health Shreveport, and Director of Head and Neck Surgery and Research at the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center. In addition to a busy clinical practice, she has an active translational research program in molecular targeted therapy for head and neck cancer, and more recently in chemoprevention with nutraceuticals. Both of these programs are NIH funded and have moved forward from the bench to clinical trials. Dr. Nathan serves on the NCI task force for previously untreated locally advanced head and neck cancer and on the NCI Steering committee.
Since 1996, Dr. Nathan has been actively involved in the free screenings and education for head and neck cancer. Thanks to Feist-Weiller Cancer Center’s Partners in Wellness mobile screening unit, Dr. Nathan’s program has extended free screenings from the clinic to regional hospitals and colleges, a homeless shelter and Barksdale Air Force Base. Dr. Nathan is committed to improving survival in her head and neck patients through early detection and research.
