Dr. Ameen Amanian MD, MSE

Dr. Ameen Amanian is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of British Columbia. He completed his residency training at UBC, during which he concurrently earned a Master of Science in Engineering from Johns Hopkins University with a focus on artificial intelligence in medicine. He subsequently completed an American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)–accredited fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction at the University of Kansas Medical Center, an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is on staff at St. Paul’s Hospital, where he practices head and neck surgical oncology and treats patients with complex head and neck malignancies.

His clinical practice focuses on complex head and neck oncologic ablation and microvascular free flap reconstruction, transoral robotic surgery for HPV-associated oropharyngeal carcinoma, thyroid and parathyroid endocrine surgery, and cutaneous oncologic reconstruction.

Dr. Amanian’s research program centers on the clinical translation of artificial intelligence and advanced computational technologies in head and neck oncology. His work includes the development of personalized machine learning models for risk stratification and disease prognostication, automated medical image segmentation and computer vision for surgical planning, robotics in oncologic surgery, large language models for patient-centered education, and augmented reality platforms for intraoperative image-guided surgery. His research aims to integrate multimodal clinical and imaging data to advance precision surgical oncology and improve oncologic and functional outcomes.