Аннотация:It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as president of the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) during the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.While 2020 tested us, it illuminated the passion, commitment, and resilience of our executive council, divisions, services, sections, and members.At the start of the pandemic, the backbone of organized medicine was tested, and pandemic best practices emerged based on our European and Asian colleagues' earlier experience and expert opinion; clinical practice was redesigned to include telemedicine, new protocols for clinical care, 1 and alternative surveillance paradigms.Many of our friends were on the front lines and developed illness.Virtual conferences and remote learning have become a way of life as we try to retain some normalcy and continue to fulfill our missions of education, patient care, and research.We will never forget 2020.The AHNS came together to produce amazing work during these difficult times.The patient care division, under the leadership of Dan Deschler, MD,
