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.

Mr Chadwan Al Yaghchi is a consultant laryngologist at the National Centre for Airway Reconstruction, Imperial College Healthcare, London. He manages the full spectrum of laryngeal disorders with specialist interest in airway stenosis and complex dysphagia. Mr Al Yaghchi holds a PhD in Molecular Oncology from Queen Mary’s University of London studying oncolytic viruses in head and neck cancers. In addition, he has an active clinical research program in voice, airway and swallowing disorders.

Mr Al Yaghchi is a founding member of the British Laryngological Association and the president-elect. He is the deputy general secretary of the Eropean Laryngological Society and Board member of the International Association of Transvoice Surgeon. He is a board member of the UK Swallowing Research Group and former Vice president of the Royal Society of Medicine, Section of Laryngology and Rhinology.