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<p>Tawakir Kamani is a paediatric ENT surgeon at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton. They completed specialist fellowships at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, before holding consultant posts at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and Nottingham University Hospital.</p> <p>Their clinical practice focuses on paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), hearing loss, and airway pathology. Alongside clinical work, they have a strong interest in medical education and clinician wellbeing.</p> <p>Tawakir Kamani currently serves as Regional Director for the East Midlands at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, where they contribute to training, professional development, and support for surgeons across the region.</p>

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<p>Vikash K. Modi, MD, is an Vice Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery and the Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital- Weill Cornell Medical Center. After receiving his medical degree from the Rutgers Medical School, Dr. Modi completed his residency in Otolaryngology at the University of Southern California - Keck School of Medicine. Following residency, Dr. Modi completed a Pediatric Otolaryngology fellowship at Northwestern University - Children's Memorial Hospital. He is board certified in Otolaryngology and Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology.</p> <p>He founded the Cornell Aerodigestive Center and has expertise in endoscopic airway surgery. He has one of the largest series of endoscopic posterior cricoid split with rib grafting which he presented at ESPO and ASPO. He also has presented his work on endoscopic repair of laryngeal clefts at ASPO, ESPO, Triological meeting, and CEORL. He has been inducted as a Fellow, as one of the youngest members, into the prestigious Triological Society for his thesis paper on endoscopic airway balloon dilation. He currently serves as a Section Editor-Video Editor of The Laryngoscope and is known for his surgical endoscopic airway videos.</p> <p>He has published over 50 articles, book chapters, and online publications as well as given over one hundred presentations on an international, national, and regional level focusing on the pediatric airway.</p>

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