Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, United States
Merry E. Sebelik, MD, FACS, MAMSE is a Professor of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery at Emory University, serving in the Division of Head & Neck Surgery with Winship Cancer Institute, and as Emory’s director of Endocrine Head & Neck Surgery fellowship training.
She received her medical degree and OTO-HNS training at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and fellowship training in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.
Dr. Sebelik's clinical practice has an emphasis on endocrine surgery of the head and neck. She incorporates surgeon-performed ultrasound into staging, treatment planning and perioperative surgical assessment of many of her patients.
She is an internationally recognized Head & Neck Ultrasound Instructor and participates as a didactic and practical instructor in post-graduate courses at AHNS, ASHA, ACS, ATA, and AAO-HNS meetings, as well as a variety of international venues from Denmark to Zimbabwe.
Dr. Sebelik has over a 20-year career collaborating with otolaryngology colleagues and trainees in low- and middle-income countries. She is a faculty member in the Emory University Global Health Institute and is affiliated with NGOs serving the underserved in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Philippines and other international sites. Because of her longstanding dedication to global surgical deficits and education, Dr. Sebelik was granted the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery Distinguished Humanitarian Award for 2020, and elected to the prestigious Academy of Master Surgeon Educators in 2021.
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