Ricard Simo is a Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist Head, Neck and Thyroid Surgeon working in the NHS at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust. His practice is dedicated to head and neck oncological surgery, and thyroid, parathyroid and salivary gland surgery. He is a member of the Guy's and St Thomas multidisciplinary head and neck and thyroid oncology teams which provide cancer services to South East London and a tertiary service for complex head and neck oncology and thyroid surgery. Mr. Simo graduated from the University of Barcelona in 1988, trained in Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in Shrewsbury, Nottingham and Manchester. He was awarded a Travelling Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow to undertake further training in head and neck oncology and thyroid surgery in Philadelphia in the USA. Mr. Simo has published over 150 original articles in peer-reviewed medical journals and has authored 21 chapters in national and international head and neck surgery textbooks.

He is also a topic lead for the ENT-UK National Multidisciplinary Guidelines on the management of head and neck cancer. His areas of expertise lie in Head and Neck Oncological Surgery, Thyroid, Parathyroid and Salivary Gland Surgery. He also has an interest in Complex and Revision Head and Neck surgery which stems from his tertiary head and neck practice in Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. He is the Vice-Chair of the European Board of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery and the Past President of the European Laryngological Society. Paul Pracy is Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist Head and Neck Surgeon at the University Hospital Birmingham. He received his undergraduate education at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School and trained in ENT at Guy's Hospital before completing a fellowship in Head and Neck surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital. His main interests are in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer, swallowing disorders and salivary gland surgery. He has been an invited speaker at meetings across Europe as well as in India, Bangladesh, South Africa, and the United States of America.

In addition, he has been the author of several papers and book chapters in the field of Head and Neck Surgery. He is on the editorial board of the ENT UK Head and Neck Cancer; Multidisciplinary Management Guidelines and is also one of the Course Directors of the European Head and Neck Course. Furthermore, he is on the examination board of the European exam in ENT and on the Council of both the section of Laryngology and Rhinology of the RSM and the ENT UK Head and Neck Society. He is the past President of the British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists. Rui Fernandes is a Board-Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with Certificate of Added Qualification in Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Surgery by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville and holds additional appointments in the Departments of Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and the Division of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Fernandes is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (ad.

Hominem), as well as many other surgical and medical associations in the USA. He is the past President of the American Academy of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgeons and is currently the Vice President of the International Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons.