<p>I am Dr. Alfred Aga, an Albanian-Italian otolaryngologist and Head of the ENT Department at the American Hospital in Tirana since 2012. I earned my medical degree from the University of Brescia, Italy, and completed fellowships in head and neck surgery at the National Cancer Institute in Rome and at Ohio State University in the USA. With experience in over 3,800 surgeries, my clinical focus includes head and neck oncology, reconstructive microsurgery, and endoscopic skull base surgery. I have received multiple awards, presented at numerous international conferences, and published several articles in peer-reviewed journals. Currently the president of Albanian society of Otorhinolaryngology H&N society and an active member of European ENT societies, fluent in both Italian and English.</p>

<p>I graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 2011 at the University of Brescia, Italy summa cum laude. In 2017 I completed the residency program in Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery summa cum laude in the same Institute under the guidance of Prof. Piero Nicolai. During my formative years I performed a visiting fellowship at the Section of Head and Neck Oncology of the University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium, and at the Division of Head and Neck Surgery of the University of Hong Kong.</p> <p>During my training I dealt with head and neck oncology, rhinology, and endoscopic skull base surgery with special interest for oral cavity and maxillary and paranasal sinuses cancers. During my attendance at the University of Hong Kong I increased my experience in the management of some specific tumors such nasopharyngeal cancer.</p> <p>I carried out my activity in 2017 at the Otolaryngology Unit of the Humanitas Clincal and Research Center - Rozzano (MI) and in 2018-2019, at the Otolaryngology Division of the Bolzano Hospital under the guidance of Dr. Luca Calabrese. In this period, I mainly dealt with advanced oncological surgery of the head and neck. I have also greatly developed my experience in functional surgery of the nose and paranasal sinuses. From 2020 to 2022, I worked at the Otolaryngology Department of the Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico in Milan, mainly dealing with rhinology, orbital surgery, and skull base surgery.</p> <p>In 2022 I started my activity at the Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy where I am referent Consultant for Head and Neck and Skull Base patients.</p>

<p>Head and Neck surgeon and microscopic reconstruction surgeon wit particular focus on oral cavity cancers</p>

<p>Jeroen Meulemans graduated as a medical doctor at KU Leuven (Belgium) in 2010, and subsequently started training in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery. In 2015, he joined the staff of the department of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery in UZ Leuven and proceeded with finetuning his clinical experience by observerships in Brescia (It), Genova (It), Milan (It), Stuttgart (Germany), Seoul (S-Korea) and Vienna (Austria). He was awarded the Liechtenberger price by the European Laryngological Society in 2016 and the Young Investigator’s award by the European Head and Neck Society in 2023. In 2021, he obtained his PhD degree in Biomedical Sciences after successful defence of his thesis entitled: ‘Innovative surgical techniques in head and neck oncology – current technologies and applications and developments for the future’. He has a special interest in surgical treatment of thyroid cancer, in minimally-invasive (transoral) robotic and laser surgery of head and neck cancer and in reconstruction of laryngotracheal stenoses. Moreover, he is involved in the tracheal transplantation programme. His research focuses on evaluation of oncological and functional outcomes after primary minimally invasive surgery for head and neck cancer and after salvage surgery for recurrent cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract.</p>