INVITED SPEAKERS

Dr. Margaret Coffey

Honorary Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Surgery & Cancer - Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Prof. Pawel Golusinski

Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zielona Gora

Prof. Wojciech Golusiński

ENT Surgeon and Researcher, Head of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Laryngological Oncology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences

A highly accomplished ENT surgeon and researcher, Wojciech Golusiński M.D. is renowned for his expertise in head and neck cancer treatment. With extensive experience at the Medical University of Poznan and Greater Poland Cancer Centre, he has authored numerous publications, focusing on prevention, HPV infection, and surgical innovations. As Board Member and past President of the European Head and Neck Society, he has significantly contributed to the field, especially through the Make Sense Campaign of the EHNS. Professor Wojciech Golusiński is the initiator, content and organisational creator of the National Head and Neck Cancer Prevention Programme. He is the driving force for raising awareness and recognition of head and neck cancers in Poland. In 2016 he was appointed by the Ministry of Health as an expert on head and neck cancer. He is the founder and president of the Polish Head and Neck Society. He is also the promoter of more than 15 doctoral dissertations.

Prof. Kevin Harrington

Professor in Biological Cancer Therapies, Institute of Cancer Research

Prof. René Leemans

Chair of Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Center

Professor C. René Leemans, MD, PhD is chair of the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at the Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam. He is Director of the Advanced Fellowship Program in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology at the VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam. His special interests include head and neck oncology, reconstructive and microvascular surgery, and basic research.

René Leemans has made a sustained and internationally recognised contribution to cancer care and research in the field of head and neck oncology over the past decades. His scientific standing has been recognised by election as President of the Netherlands Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and the Dutch and European Head and Neck Societies. He also serves on the Leadership of the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS).

He (co-)authored more than 500 papers and book chapters on head and neck oncology and is regularly invited to speak at international conferences and tutor at courses. He was a travelling faculty member of 2010 Global CME program “Current Concepts in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology” of the IFHNOS. In 2022 he was awarded the Eugene N. Myers, MD International Lecture on Head and Neck Cancer at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Meeting in Philadelphia. He leads the impactful Make Sense Awareness Campaign.

Dr. Robert Metcalf

Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Dr. Hannah Nieto

Clinician Scientist, University of Birmingham

Clare Schilling

Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, University College London Hospitals

Dr. Freya Sparks

Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist for Head and Neck Cancer, Barts Health NHS Trust. Honorary Research Fellow, City St George's, University of London

Dr. John Speakman

Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Laura Warner

Consultant ENT Surgeon, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals