The Mission of the GTF is to Provide Oversight to:
- Clinical Guideline and Consensus Statement Development Process
- Clinical Practice Guideline and Expert Consensus Statement Dissemination
- Clinical Practice Guideline Implementation
The GTF also provides a forum for education on topics related to guidelines, development standards, and dissemination techniques.
A primary function of the GTF is to rank, prioritize, and vet topics submitted for development into either clinical practice guidelines or clinical consensus statements.
Topic Submission
- The GTF accepts topic submissions for consideration at the Fall meeting and at the Spring meeting.
- Topic submissions require a completed form and sponsorship and presentation by an Academy committee member.
- Any questions can be emailed to [email protected].
Current GTF Leadership and Organizations
- Margo McKenna, MD – GTF Chair, Methodologist
- David Tunkel, MD – GTF Past Chair, Methodologist
- Seth Schwartz, MD, MPH – GTF Past Chair, Methodologist
- Stacey Ishman, MD, MPH – Methodologist
- Samantha Anne, MD – Methodologist
- Victoria Lee, MD – Methodologist-in-Training
- Edward McCoul, MD, MPH – Methodologist-in-Training
- Cecilia Schmalbach, MD, MSc – Editor-In-Chief, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and OTO Open
- Vikas Mehta, MD, MPH – AAO-HNSF Coordinator for Research and Quality
- Matthew Bush, MD, PhD, MBA – AAO-HNSF Coordinator-Elect for Research and Quality
- Meredith Lind, MD – AAO-HNSF Coordinator for Education
- Eileen Raynor, MD – AAO-HNSF Board of Governors
- Robert Stachler, MD – American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA)
- Brian Nussenbaum, MD, MHCM – American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS)
- Antoine Eskander, MD, ScM – American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)
- Lee Akst, MD – American Laryngological Association (ALA) and American Broncho-Esophagological Association (ABEA)
- Ashkan Monfared, MD – American Neurotology Society (ANS)
- George Hashisaki, MD – American Otological Society (AOS)
- Kent Lam, MD – American Rhiologic Society (ARS)
- Selena Briggs, MD, PhD, MBA – American Society of Geriatric Otolaryngology (ASGO)
- Brian Woodhead, MGA – Administrator Support Community for ENT (ASCENT)
- James Ruda, MD – American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)
- Wendy Mackey, DNP, APRN-BC, MSN, CORLN – Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses (SOHN)
- Valerie Flanary, MD – The Triological Society
