Dr. Tufano is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Florida State University College of Medicine.

He was the Charles W. Cummings MD Endowed Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 2012-2021. He has served as the department’s Director of the Division of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery from 2011-2021 as its first director. He also established the American Head and Neck Society accredited fellowship in Endocrine Surgery there in 2014.

He has served on the Board of the American Thyroid Association (ATA), established the Surgical Affairs Committee for the ATA and served as its inaugural co-chair

He has authored over 260 peer-reviewed papers, and more than 40 textbook chapters related to thyroid and parathyroid diseases. He has also edited two textbooks in the field.

His research interests include novel directed therapies for the treatment of thyroid and parathyroid diseases, clinical outcomes research including transoral thyroid and parathyroid surgery, and determining the value propositions for thyroid and parathyroid surgical care episodes.

A/Prof Ch’ng is a Head & Neck and Specialist Plastic Surgeon at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Cancer Centre, Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA), and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA).

She is Associate Professor of Surgery at University of Sydney, and Academic Head for Plastic Surgery at RPA.

She currently chairs the Education Committees at MIA and the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons.

She was awarded a PhD in Tumour Biology in Head Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

She has extensive training in head and neck ablative and reconstructive surgery and adult craniofacial surgery. She focuses on melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancers, parotid surgery, microsurgery, facial symmetrisation/rejuvenation.

She has published >100 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Barbara Burtness, MD is Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) at the Yale School of Medicine, Chief Translational Research Officer, and Associate Cancer Center Director for Translational Research at the Yale Cancer Center.

She serves as Co-Leader of the Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division Chief for Head and Neck/Sarcoma Oncology, and Director of the Yale Head and Neck Specialized Program of Research Excellence.

Dr. Burtness is internationally recognized for her research in head and neck cancer.

She leads the ECOG-ACRIN Head and Neck Therapeutics Committee, which conducts large multicenter trials in head and neck cancer, and chairs multicenter trials of targeted therapy and immunotherapy in head and neck cancer. Some of her important studies are KEYNOTE - 048, ECOG ACRIN 3311 etc.Her laboratory studies novel combinatorial therapies to target p53 mutated head and neck cancer.

She is the chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Task Force for the Advancement of Women and has work on Deiversity, Equity and Inclusion in Research

Professor C S Pramesh is the Director of the Tata Memorial Hospital and the Professor and Head of Thoracic Surgery at the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai. He is the convener for the National Cancer Grid, a large network of 350+ cancer centres in India (https://ncgindia.org).

• He serves on the UICC Board of Directors (2020 to date)
• He is a visiting professor at the
• Division of Cancer Studies, King’s College London
• Institute of Cancer Policy, King’s Health Partners, London
• National Cancer Center Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, Korea
• He serves on the advisory boards of several national and international research organizations and granting agencies. including WHO, ASCO, ESMO and the UICC.
• He is highly committed to efforts towards reducing inequities in cancer care and making cancer treatment accessible to all geographic regions and strata of society.
• He is a recipient of the prestigious Rachel Pearline global cancer research humanitarian award from the National Cancer Institute, USA.