
Allen Szu-Hao Ho MD
Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery
Professor of Surgery; Director, Head & Neck Cancer Program; Co-Director, Thyroid Cancer Program
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8631 W 3rd StSte 915ELos Angeles, CA 90048
Phone+1 310-423-1220
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Summary
- Dr. Allen Ho is a head and neck surgeon based in Los Angeles, CA. He graduated from Harvard University, completed his medical education at UCLA, and pursued his otolaryngology residency at Stanford University. He furthered his training with a head and neck surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Ho serves as a Professor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where is he is Director of the Head and Neck Cancer Program. He focuses his practice on head and neck malignancies, including thyroid cancer and oropharyngeal carcinoma. He has published over 100 manuscripts and is an active member of the ATA, AHNS, and AAOHNS.
Education & Training
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, 2011 - 2014
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2006 - 2011
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityInternship, Surgery, 2006 - 2007
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 2006
- National Cancer InstitutePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2003 - 2004
- Harvard UniversityBA, Neurobiology, 1996 - 2000
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2007 - 2027
- NY State Medical License 2011 - 2015
- American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Otolaryngology
- American College of SurgeryFocused Practice Designation - Complex Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery
- American Head & Neck SocietyHead and Neck Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top Doctors 2021
- Super Doctors 2021
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors 2021
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Clinical Trials
- Active Surveillance of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma Start of enrollment: 2016 May 13
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsDerivation and validation of the AJCC9V pathological stage classification for HPV-positive oropharyngeal carcinoma: a multicentre registry analysis.Allen S Ho, Shao Hui Huang, Brian O'Sullivan, Michael Luu, Mererid Evans
The Lancet. Oncology. 2025-08-01 - 2 citationsDental Prosthetic Rehabilitation in Mandibular Reconstruction: Optimizing Timing and Patient Selection.Amanda J Bastien, Jay Lee, Steven Kupferman, Avi Donitza, Aria Davodi
The Laryngoscope. 2025-08-01 - Osteoradionecrosis of the Jaw-Thinking Outside the Box, a Review of Emerging Treatment Paradigms.Kaitlynne Y Pak, Alberto Nunez, Harsh Patel, Jay K Lee, Joel B Epstein
The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2025-07-30
Journal Articles
- Association of quantitative metastatic lymph node burden with survival in hypopharyngeal and laryngeal cancerHo AS, Kim S, Tighiouart M, Gudino C, Mita A, Scher KS, Laury A, Prasad R, Shiao SL, Ali N, Patio C, Mallen-St Clair J, Van Eyk JE, Zumsteg ZS, JAMA Oncology, 11/30/2017
- Metastatic lymph node burden and survival in oral cavity cancerHo AS, Kim S, Tighiouart M, Gudino C, Mita A, Scher KS, Laury A, Prasad R, Shiao SL, Van Eyk JE, Zumsteg ZS, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 11/1/2017
- Impact of Afirma gene expression classifier on cytopathology diagnosis and rate of thyroidectomySacks WL, Bose S, Zumsteg ZS, Wong R, Shiao SL, Braunstein GD, Ho AS, Cancer, 10/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Survival impact of treatment interval delays in head and neck cancerHo AS, Kim S, Tighiouart M, Mita A, Scher K, Mallen-St. Clair J, Zumsteg ZS, ASTRO/ASCO/AHNS Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, Scottsdale, AZ, 2/1/2018
- Proteomic stratification of HPV(+) oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma identifies targets in insulin receptor signaling within nonrespondersRobinson A, Laury A, Parker SJ, Shiao SL, Knudsen B, Zumsteg ZS, Van Eyk JE, Ho AS, AACR-AHNS Head and Neck Cancer Conference, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2017
- Management trends in active surveillance of papillary thyroid microcarcinomaSacks WL, Melany ML, Chen IE, Braunstein GD, Ho AS, American Thyroid Association (ATA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 9/1/2016
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Lectures
- Low-risk thyroid cancersAmerican Thyroid Association Annual Meeting, Victoria BC, Canada - 10/1/2017
- The calibrated thyroid surgeon: how ATA has modernized thyroid cancer managementThyroid Cancer Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA - 9/1/2017
- Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: managment principles for an unprincipled diseaseAdvances in the Management of Thyroid Cancer Symposium, Los Angeles, CA - 10/1/2016
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Press Mentions
- Updated Guidance Improves Staging of HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal CancerJuly 22nd, 2025
- Updated Guidelines Improve Throat Cancer StagingJuly 8th, 2025
- Experts on medical legal trends associated with active surveillanceOctober 20th, 2023
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Grant Support
- Young Investigator Research Development AwardAHNS/AAO-HNSF2012–Present
Committees
- Member, ATA Development Committee 2016 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- American Head and Neck Society - AHNSMember
Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin)
External Links
- Cedars-Sinai Clinician Investigator Profilehttp://bio.csmc.edu/view/14431/Allen-S-Ho.aspx
- Cedars-Sinai Head & Neck Cancer Programhttps://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Patients/Programs-and-Services/Head-and-Neck-Cancer-Center/
- Cedars-Sinai Researcher Profilehttps://researchers.cedars-sinai.edu/Allen.Ho
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