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 achieved the Focused Practice Designation for Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery issued by the American Board of OTO-HNS in 2025, as part of the inaugural class of advanced endocrine surgeons to sit for this honor.

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 a greater than 25-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 Academy of Master Surgeon Educators in 2021.