He continues his academic and clinical work in the fields of Otorhinolaryngology and Medical Education. In his clinical practice, he particularly focuses on sleep surgery, prioritizing patient safety, functional outcomes, and evidence-based approaches. His academic interests include surgical skills training, competency-based medical education, and assessment and evaluation methodologies. In these areas, he conducts studies on structured assessment systems and performance-based educational models.

Education

·       Faculty of Medicine – Hacettepe University (1983–1989)

·       Residency in Otorhinolaryngology – Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital (1989–1994)

·       M.Ed. (Measurement and Evaluation in Education) – Hoca Ahmet Yesevi International Turk-Kazakh University (2013–2015)

·       M.Sc. in Medical Education – Akdeniz University (2014–2016)

·       Ph.D. in Medical Education and Informatics – Akdeniz University (2017–2024)

Professor Carroll is a Consultant ORLHNS Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Dublin, Ireland National Referral Centre. She is an elected member of the RCSI Council (2016 - 2028), a Surgeon Educator, Trainer and Mentor with the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Ireland and Great Britain and COSECSA.

Professor Carroll is the incoming Chair of the Intercollegiate Board For Basic Surgical Exams (ICBSE) Assessor Group , an Executive Member of the European Examinations Board for ORLHNS  and a Specialist Member of the AMEE Surgical Track, in collaboration with the American College of Surgeons. She is involved in the Global Surgery mentorship program with Association of Women Surgeons (AWS), COSECSA and Women in Surgery Africa (WiSA).

Professor Carroll has engaged  with the Surgical Community Nationally and Internationally in the domain of “Climate Change and Health” as the RCSI Ambassador for Sustainability in Surgery and the Green Theatre Accreditation Program.

Professor Carroll is the Honorary Secretary of the Irish Institue of ORLHNS and the Vice-Preident of the RCSI Association of Medical and Dental Graduates.

Ayşenur Meriç Hafız was born in Ankara in 1975. She graduated from Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1998. She completed her specialist training in the Department of Ear, Nose and Throat at Bezmialem University Faculty of Medicine in 2003. She became Assistant Professor in 2010, Associate Professor in 2011, and Professor at the same university in 2017. She worked as a Research Assistant in the Head and Neck Cancer Clinic at the Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute in the United States between 2006-2007. Prof. Dr. Ayşenur Meriç Hafız has been working at Koç University Hospital between 2017-2022.

Prof. Dr. Hülya Eyigör graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Akdeniz University, Türkiye, in 1996 and completed her residency training in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Adnan Menderes University in 2001. She currently serves as Professor of Otolaryngology at Antalya Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, where she is actively involved in clinical practice, research, and specialist training. Her research interests include rhinology, sleep medicine, and clinical and translational research in otolaryngology.

Prof. Dr. Eyigör also holds a Master's degree and a PhD in Medical Education from Akdeniz University. She has a longstanding interest in medical education and continues to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate medical education through curriculum development, program evaluation, competency-based education, and accreditation.

Professor Taranjit (Taran) Singh Tatla graduated with first class Intercalated BSc in Anatomy (1994) and MBBS at University College London (1996) and progressed through basic and higher surgical training incorporating posts at many of the renowned London teaching hospitals. Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England (FRCS ORL-HNS) was awarded in 2006, and he has been a full-time NHS consultant working at London North-West University Healthcare NHS Trust since 2008.

Although generally trained in ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery, he specialises with Thyroid, Head and Neck (H&N) and Laryngology sub-interests. He has been Chair for regional H&N cancer, thyroid cancer, tracheostomy and complex swallow multidisciplinary teams (MDT), and has led the development of novel MDT integrated care pathways, primed for digital delivery through telemedicine and tele-training.

His busy clinical workload has been complimented by training, research and leadership roles that provide unique interface to academic groups, both within and outside of healthcare, including Med-Tech and Pharma industries.

Professor Tatla has developed and delivered various innovative multidisciplinary postgraduate courses nationally since 2004, relevant to surgeons and the wider MDT. Core learning themes for each have included optimised team working for evidence-based, clinical and cost-effective care. These have allowed unique learning and research opportunities that have extended to allied health staff, healthcare scientists and engineers from University of Kent, University College and Imperial College London.

As chief editor, he delivered an exhaustive, illustrated H&N imaging textbook, aimed at multidisciplinary professionals and published in 2021 by Springer (titled: Head and Neck Imaging – An MDT Approach). In 2015 Professor Tatla set up the annual celebratory Rowena Ryan Trainees and Trainers awards which were incorporated nationally into the ENT UK Foundation in 2021; then extended to include an international focus. Through Health Education England, he has served as London deanery Training Programme Director for higher surgical training in ENT-H&N Surgery (2018-24), covering the largest and most popular of the country’s training programmes (North Thames).

As founder director, Professor Tatla launched CEREBR8 as a not-for-profit / charity in set-up in 2024. Through shared vision and co-production, the aim is to build a digital platform and hub dedicated to advancing practice of the H&N multi-professional community for global patient benefit. A networked community of professionals and organisations partnering to align with CEREBR8’s core mission of collaboration, caring and sharing digitally. Aims are multi-fold; to catalyse the sharing of educational material and resources; to support audit and research projects that target difficult to serve patients and communities; to champion innovative healthcare solutions, and accelerate their development through digital innovations, machine-learning and artificial intelligence.

Over the last year, multiple postgraduate MDT courses have been delivered digitally by CEREBR8 in a hybrid manner, shared at no cost to professionals in low resource settings globally.