On Tuesday, March 19th, Dr. Jeremy L. Freeman, MD, was the speaker at the HNS&CS annual Kenan Lecture. The lectureship was established in 2011 and highlights the importance of mentorship in resident education and faculty development. Dr. Freeman was nominated by Dr. Dan Rocke. Dr. Freeman was the fellowship director and trained Dr. Rocke during his head and neck surgical oncology fellowship at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Freeman is a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery and the Department of Surgery, and he holds the Temmy Latner/Dynacare Chair in Head and Neck Oncology at the University of Toronto. He has given over 500 scholarly presentations and published over 280 scientific articles, and he is a world leader in thyroid and parathyroid surgery.
Dr. Freeman’s lecture ‘Can the Model of World Leaders’ Attributes be Translated into the Surgical Landscape?’ focused on examining the positive and negative characteristics of world leaders and applying positive traits to the field of medicine, particularly in mentor-mentee relationships.
The annual Kenan Lectureship was established by Patrick D. Kenan, who was a faculty member in the Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (now a department) from 1963 to 2002, and he was fiercely committed to both medical student and resident education. Each year, a faculty member nominates a mentor for the lectureship who was instrumental in their own education and early academic career.