Dr. Jeffrey N. Myers received his medical (MD) and doctoral (PhD) degrees from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and he then completed his residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He subsequently completed fellowship training in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he has been on the faculty ever since. Dr. Myers leads a basic and translational research program, and his primary research interests are in the role of p53 mutation in oral cancer progression, metastasis and response to treatment.