Positions

Professor , Vice-Chair of Clinical Affairs

Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, 77030
Director of Head & Neck Cancer Program

Brown Foundation Endowed Chair

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, 77030

Head, Neck, and Thyroid Cancer Multidisciplinary Program Director

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, 77030

Head, Neck, and Thyroid Cancer Multidisciplinary Program Director

CHI St. Luke's Health - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas, 77030

Addresses

Jamail Specialty Care Center (Clinic)

1977 Butler Blvd.
Suite E5.200
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5900

Jamail Specialty Care Center- Academic (Office)

1977 Butler Blvd.
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-4646
chaveria.williams@bcm.edu

Education

BS from Louisiana State University

12/1985 - Baton Rouge, LA

Biochemistry

MD from Georgetown University School of Medicine

05/1990 - Washington, District of Columbia United States

Medicine

Internship at Tulane University Medical Center

06/1991 - New Orleans, Louisiana United States

General Surgery

Research Fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

06/1992 - New York, New York United States

Head & Neck Surgery

Residency at Tulane University Medical Center

06/1996 - New Orleans, Louisiana United States

Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

Fellowship at Vrije University

03/1997 - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery

Research Fellowship at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

06/1999 - Houston, Texas United States

Molecular Epidemiology of Head & Neck Cancer

Clinical Fellowship at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

06/2000 - Houston, Texas United States

Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery

MPH from The University of Texas Health Science Center

05/2004 - Houston, Texas United States

Certifications

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Certification

American Board of Otolaryngology

Professional Interests

• Thyroid cancers
• Sarcomas of the head & neck region
• Melanoma skin cancers
• Advanced Non-Melanoma skin cancers
• HPV-Related Oropharyngeal cancers
• Screening for HPV-related cancers
• HPV vaccination

Professional Statement

Dr. Sturgis is board certified and a professor with tenure in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is Vice-chair of Clinical Affairs, holds the Brown Foundation Endowed Chair, and is the Head Neck and Thyroid Multidisciplinary Program Director. Prior to joining Baylor College of Medicine, he served for 23 years at MD Anderson Cancer Center caring for patients with complex head, neck, and thyroid cancers- with over 4,000 surgical patients. His surgical practice is focused on thyroid cancer, sarcomas of the head and neck region, and melanoma/non-melanoma skin cancers. He has devoted much of his academic career to HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer and working to broadly disseminate the message of preventive HPV vaccination. He has founded and led several multidisciplinary translational research and outreach efforts in HPV-related cancers. He is the national Surgical Chair for the national cooperative group trial network, NRG Oncology Head and Neck Group. He has more than 340 peer-reviewed publications, over 60 invited reviews/book chapters, and over 230 invited lectures; and has been recognized for his efforts in cancer prevention, mentoring, and education.

Selected Publications

• Xu L, Dahlstrom KR, Lairson DR, Sturgis EM. "Projected oropharyngeal carcinoma incidence among middle-aged US men." Head and Neck 2019. 2019 May 24;41(9):3226-3234. Pubmed PMID: 31125167
• Chandrasekharappa SC, Chinn SB, Donovan FX, Chowdhury NI, Kamat A, Adeyemo AA, Thomas JW, Mullikin JC, Reid HH, Vemulapalli M, Hussey CS, Reid HH, Mullikin JC, Wei Q, Sturgis EM. "Assessing the spectrum of germline variation in Fanconi anemia genes among patients with head and neck carcinoma before age 50." Cancer 2017. 2017 Jul 5;123(20):3943-3954. Pubmed PMID: 28678401
• Dahlstrom KR, Anderson KS, Field MS, Chowell D, Ning J, Li N, Wei Q, Li G, Sturgis EM "Diagnostic accuracy of serum antibodies to human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 early antigens in detection of HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer." Cancer 2017. 2017 Sep 12;123(24):4886-4894. Pubmed PMID: 28898394
• Lairson DR, Wu CF, Chan W, Dahlstrom KR, Tam S, Sturgis EM "Medical care cost of oropharyngeal cancer among Texas patients." Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2017. 2017 Aug 24;26(9):1443-1449. Pubmed PMID: 28838945

Memberships

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

American Association for Cancer Research

American College of Surgeons

American College of Epidemiology

American Head and Neck Society

American Laryngological , Rhinological, and Otological (Triological) Society

American Society of Clinical Oncology

American Society of Preventive Oncology

American Radium Society

American Thyroid Association

Harris County Medical Association

Houston Academy of Medicine

Houston Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Society of University Otolaryngologists - Head and Neck Surgeons

Texas Association of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Texas Medical Association