Anastasios Maniakas, M.D., PhD., is an Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Maniakas received his undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees from McGill University, and his medical doctorate from the University of Montreal. He completed his residency at the University of Montreal followed by a fellowship in head and neck surgical oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His clinical expertise is in head and neck cancers, with an emphasis on thyroid disease, oral cavity cancer, skin cancers, and salivary gland neoplasms. Dr. Maniakas’ research interests focus on translational research, developing unique patient-derived xenograft models utilized in understanding cancer pathogenesis and novel drug therapy development. Furthermore, Dr. Maniakas is investigating the effect of the microbiome in the development, progression, and recurrence of cancer in his patient population. Lastly, he is co-leading a global randomized trial evaluating the effect of photoimmunotherapy in locoregionally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Tony is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. During residency at the University of Toronto, he completed the Royal College Clinician Investigator Program and a thesis-based Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. After residency, he completed a comprehensive Head and Neck Surgery Fellowship at The Ohio State University.

 Tony is Chief of Otolaryngology at Michael Garron Hospital and head and neck disease site lead at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He has an active endocrine clinical practice, is a surgeon investigator, and actively participates in surgical health services research through the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) where he is an adjunct scientist. He has over 3 million dollars in active principal investigator grants and has published in NEJM, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and JAMA Surgery.

Dr. Javer completed his undergraduate education at Simon Fraser University, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Molecular Biology achieving 1^st class honors.  Dr. Javer proceeded to UBC where he earned his medical degree, graduating in 1991.  After a one-year internship at the University of Saskatchewan at the Regina General Hospital, Dr. Javer returned to Vancouver and UBC to continue his studies.  Dr. Javer completed an additional five-year otolaryngology (one year research and one year core general surgery training), earning his royal college specialist credentials.  In 1998, Dr. Javer proceeded to complete a two-year fellowship at the Georgia Nasal and Sinus Institute in Savannah, Georgia, specializing in Advanced Rhinology and Sinus/Skull Base Surgery under the directorship of Dr. Frederick A Kuhn.

Dr. Javer has varied research interests with over 150 research publications and over 15 book chapters. Dr. Javer has a special interest in advanced FESS (functional endoscopic sinus surgery), frontal sinus surgery, fungal sinus disease and recalcitrant chronic sinusitis. Dr. Javer has been awarded several awards and honors in research and in surgical teaching during his career at UBC including the prestigious ‘Richard Finlay Senor Scholar Award’ in 2017. He started the sinus fellowship-training program at the St. Paul’s Sinus Centre in 2001, which has graduated 29 subspecialized surgeons from thirteen different countries. He conducts courses and presents internationally and is fluent in five languages. He is currently a full clinical professor in the department of surgery at the University of British Columbia, fellowship training director at UBC, co-director of research in the division of Otolaryngology at UBC, and director of the St. Paul’s Sinus Centre.

Working as Assoc Prof in Ankara University Medical School Department of Otolaryngology.

Clinical Fellowship in Rhinology Skull Base Surgery University of Cape Town under the guidance of Professor Darlene Lubbe

PhD in Clinical Anatomy -Ankara University Anatomy - 5 year The doctoral thesis about Transnasal Anatomy of Maxillary Artery and Branches

I mainly perform rhinology and skull base surgery, including orbital and transorbital procedures, in both adults and children. I also manage a wide range of general ENT cases whenever possible, including head and neck tumors, otologic procedures, and sialoendoscopy.

Currently member of Young IFOS and Young CEORL.

Attended many international Congresses, Seminars and Courses,

I am a Consultant Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Surgeon at the Kingston Public Hospital with Honorary Consultant Privileges at the University Hospital of the West Indies. My research publications in recent  years have focused on rhinologic disease and in particular the impact of climate change and air pollution on airway diseases.