Hi Rob,
I had an ugly experience with JHU. My brother new a guy in high places who recommended I call a surgeon from JHU. I paid for it on my own nickel and met him. I wasn't even aware that I should have tried to see an ONCOLOGIST, not a surgeon; I was so green I didn't even know what an ONC was.

He just pushed surgery the whole way. It was a turnoff. He even said he'd present to the tumor board (a group of diff docs who make a group decision) and he didn't. However, in looking for an ONC at JHU after that, I found out that they only have ONE H&N one there as the other one had retired. She supposedly came out of retirement but only took appts one day a week to help out.

So although JHU gets high marks for Cancer research and expertise, I am not confident that they're experts in the H&N field.

Joel