It is our great pleasure as Editor and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Head and Neck Anesthesia (JoHNA) to introduce you to the inaugural online issue of the Journal, presented in partnership between the Society for Head and Neck Anesthesia and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) division of Wolters Kluwer Health. The Society for Head and Neck Anesthesia (SHANA, www.shanahq.com) is an award-winning, leading information resource in the rapidly expanding field of Head and Neck Anesthesia, and has over 600 members worldwide. LWW is a leading international health care publisher, with nearly 300 periodicals and 1500 books in more than 100 disciplines. Its extensive anesthesiology journal portfolio includes the renowned publications, such as Anesthesiology, Anesthesia and Analgesia, International Anesthesiology Clinics, European Journal of Anaesthesiology, Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, and others. The SHANA-LWW partnership represents an important advancement for JoHNA and the field of Head and Neck Anesthesia. The Journal will offer open access to publications important to our field, with the reprint of all prior editions of the Journal previously available on the web (www.shanahq.com). We have secured an editorial board comprising some of the leading experts in the field, to support JoHNA’s high-quality clinical and research publications. As the Journal develops with such a reputable publisher, we also anticipate accelerated indexing of JoHNA across the common databases for further dissemination of our work. We encourage submission of your important work to advance the field of Head and Neck Anesthesia for the benefit of the international anesthesia community. Submissions should be sent to the online editorial manager system, www.editorialmanager.com/johna/default.aspx. Clinical studies stand to answer important questions to advance the safe care of patients undergoing head and neck surgeries. For SHANA members, the selected manuscripts will have article-processing charges waived or discounted, depending on their submission. Manuscripts will be handled by the editorial board with a robust peer review process. The editorial management system will serve as an important tool to streamline the process, offer early decision-making, and provide manuscript-tracking features. Thank you for your interest in the Journal of Head and Neck Anesthesia. We look forward to working with you to disseminate your important contributions to the field. Conflict of interest disclosures The authors declare that they have no financial conflict of interest with regard to the content of this report.