Ehab Hanna, M.D., FACS, is an internationally recognized head and neck surgeon and expert in the treatment of patients with skull base tumors and head and neck cancer. Dr. Hanna is currently a Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery with a joint appointment in the Department of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. He served as the medical director of the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Center for 20 years (2004-2023) and is currently the director of the Skull Base Tumor program. For the last 15 years, Dr. Hanna has consistently been named one of America's Best Doctors and Top Doctors in Cancer. In addition to patient care, Dr. Hanna is actively engaged in clinical and translational research with emphasis on skull base tumors. He authored over 350 publications, invited articles, book chapters, and editorials. He co-edited several major textbooks on Cancer of the Head and Neck, Cancer of the Larynx, and Comprehensive Management of Skull Base Tumors. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Head & Neck for 15 years from 2007 to 2022. Dr. Hanna served as the President of the North American Skull Base Society (2013-2014) and the President of the American Head and Neck Society (2018-2019). He is currently the Secretary General of the International Federation of Head & Neck Oncologic Societies, the largest organization in the world for Head and Neck Oncology.

After obtaining his Medical Degree from Trakya University in Türkiye, he completed his residency in Otorhinolaryngology in Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital. Following the completion of the training he served as a Consultant in Erzurum as part of his compulsory service. During this time he completed MSc in Surgical Science and Practice at University of Oxford. His dissertation was about transfer of surgical innovations to resource limited settings. He is currently working as a specialist surgeon in Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital. His areas of interest are Head and Neck Surgery, Surgical Innovations and Technology and Global Surgery.

Consultant, Full Professor and Clinical Head of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Section head of the section Head and Neck Oncology of the Department of Oncology of the faculty of Medicine at KU Leuven. Guest Professor in Head and Neck Oncology, University of Pisa, Italy. Adjunct Professor in Head and Neck Oncology and Salivary Gland Surgery, University of Southern Denmark at Odense, Denmark.

Area of expertise is head and neck oncology and surgery, with a specific focus on salivary gland and thyroid surgery, transoral laser microendoscopic and robotic surgery, endoscopic and external approaches to the anterior skull base.

Member of the editorial board of the European Journal of Surgical Oncology, Frontiers in Oncology, Frontiers in Surgery, B-ENT and Acta Otorrinolaringológica Española. President of the Royal Belgian Society for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and the Multidisciplinary Salivary Gland Society (MSGS); Vice Chair, International Advisory Section, American Head and Neck Society (AHNS); Executive Board Member of the Asia-Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery (APTS) and Member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncological Societies (IFHNOS).

Peer reviewed PubMed papers: https://lirias.kuleuven.be/cv?u=U0035358&allItems=true&layout=IEEE-style&link=true