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.

Professor Hisham Mehanna  specialized in ENT
Country

United Kingdom

Speciality
ENT
Subspeciality
Head and Neck Surgery
Experience
1990 years
Languages
English and Arabic

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

Videos of the expert

    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.

  • President

    2019 - Today

    Head and Neck Cancer International Group

  • Chair of the Academic and Scientific Committee

    2018 - Today

    British Academic Conference on Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

  • Adjunct Professor in Head and Neck and Thyroid Surgery

    2017 - Today

    University of Southern Denmark

  • President

    2017 - 2019

    British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists

  • Founding Secretary

    2016 - 2019

    Head and Neck Cancer International Research Group

  • Chair

    2011 - 2017

    National Cancer Research Institute Head and Neck Group

  • PhD

    Erasmus University, The Netherlands

    2010

  • F.R.C.S. (ORL-HNS) Ad hom

    Royal College of Surgeons of England, UK

    2006

  • Fellowship in advanced head and neck and thyroid surgery and in micro vascular surgery

    Auckland Head and Neck Unit, New Zealand

    2004

  • Fellowship Royal College of surgeons (FRCS) (ORL-HNS)

    Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK

    2002

  • Fellowship RoyalCollege ofsurgeons (FRCS) Glasgow

    Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK

    1998

  • MBChB (Hons)

    University of Glasgow

    1994

  • The British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists

  • National Cancer Research Institute's Head and Neck Group

  • The Council of the Royal Society of Medicine Laryngology Section

  • The Council of the International Association of Oral Oncology

  • German Society of ORL-HNS

  • The Foundation of Head and Neck Oncology of India

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