Professor Hisham Mehanna
Chair of Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery, and Director of the Institute of Head and Neck Studies and Education (InHANSE), Birmingham.
United Kingdom
Areas of expertise
- Thyroid and parathyroid disorders & surgery
- Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology
- Voice and swallowing disorders
- Salivary and Parotid surgery
- Oropharyngeal cancer
- Nasal allergies, sinusitis and polyps
About the expert
Professor Hisham Mehanna is a world-renowned ear, nose, throat and head and neck surgeon, with an international reputation in the management and research of head and neck and thyroid cancer
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Professor Mehanna is the Chair of Head and Neck Surgery, and the Director of the Institute of Head and Neck Studies and Education (InHANSE) at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Professor Mehanna specialises in thyroid, parathyroid and head and neck surgery, with an interest in complex and recurrent cases. He also treats voice and swallowing problems, tonsillitis, and nasal allergy, polyps and sinusitis.
Professor Mehanna has a keen interest in clinical research, especially in clinical trials evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of new interventions, therapeutic agents and bio-markers in head and neck and thyroid cancer. He runs a research team of over 15 members and holds over £15 million in grants from the National Institute for Health Research, Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Research and industry. Professor Mehanna has recently been appointed as an NIHR Senior Investigator.
Professor Mehanna is the current President of the Head and Neck International group. He is also the past president of the British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists and is the past Chair of the UK’s National Cancer Research Institute Head and Neck Group.
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President
2019 - TodayHead and Neck Cancer International Group
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Chair of the Academic and Scientific Committee
2018 - TodayBritish Academic Conference on Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
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Adjunct Professor in Head and Neck and Thyroid Surgery
2017 - TodayUniversity of Southern Denmark
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President
2017 - 2019British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists
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Founding Secretary
2016 - 2019Head and Neck Cancer International Research Group
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Chair
2011 - 2017National Cancer Research Institute Head and Neck Group
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PhD
Erasmus University, The Netherlands
2010
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F.R.C.S. (ORL-HNS) Ad hom
Royal College of Surgeons of England, UK
2006
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Fellowship in advanced head and neck and thyroid surgery and in micro vascular surgery
Auckland Head and Neck Unit, New Zealand
2004
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Fellowship Royal College of surgeons (FRCS) (ORL-HNS)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK
2002
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Fellowship RoyalCollege ofsurgeons (FRCS) Glasgow
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK
1998
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MBChB (Hons)
University of Glasgow
1994
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The British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists
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National Cancer Research Institute's Head and Neck Group
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The Council of the Royal Society of Medicine Laryngology Section
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The Council of the International Association of Oral Oncology
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German Society of ORL-HNS
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The Foundation of Head and Neck Oncology of India
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