Dr. Howard Francis is the Richard Hall Chaney, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology, Professor of Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, and Chair of Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. His clinical work focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of ear diseases and skull base disorders.

Dr. Haughey is a board-certified otolaryngologist with advanced fellowship training in head and neck cancer surgery. He specializes in surgical interventions to address cancers of the throat, vocal cords, sinuses, thyroid, parathyroid, submandibular and salivary glands, neck and skull. His primary clinical interests also include surgery to address skin cancers on the face and neck, including melanoma and facial reconstruction surgeries, as well as microvascular free tissue transfer procedures and laryngeal and sinus disorders.

Dr. Marci Lesperance is the associate chief clinical officer for Children’s Specialty and Women’s Services, University of Michigan Medical Group. She served as the division chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology at Michigan Medicine for 15 years. Her research has been funded by NIH and outside foundations. She has previously served as surgeon in chief for the Children’s and Women’s Hospital, program director for the University of Michigan’s Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship, and past president of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology.

Valerie Lund is Professor Emeritus of Rhinology at the Ear Institute, University College London and is an Honorary Consultant ENT Surgeon at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital (University College London Trust), University College Hospital. She deals with all nose and sinus conditions with a particular interest in sinonasal tumors and has been involved in endoscopic sinus surgery and its extended applications since the early 1980’s.

K. Thomas Robbins was appointed the Director at the SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University in 2004. Dr. Robbins has served as a co-editor of the Cummings Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, since the 4th edition.

Stephen S. Park, MD is currently the Director of the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Professor & Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Virginia. He also serves as the interim chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery. His primary clinical interest is in the field of facial plastic surgery, particularly facial reconstruction, rejuvenation, and rhinoplasty.