ALEXANDER CHIU, MD, is the Russell E. Bridwell, M.D. Endowed Chairman and Professor of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Kansas in Kansas City, KS. Previous to his appointment, he served as the Founding Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Arizona and started his career on faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. He has held multiple leadership roles, including co-Chair of Banner-UA Academic Management Council, Interim Chair of the UA Department of Surgery, UA Otolaryngology Residency Program Director and the Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship Director at both the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Arizona. Dr. Chiu’s academic and clinical focus is in the field of endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery of the nose, sinuses and skull base. Dr. Chiu completed his medical degree at Albany Medical College and residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in sinus and skull base surgery at Stanford University. Dr. Chiu is the editor-in-chief of ENT Today, a publication of the Triological Society; past editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy; and the editor of 2 textbooks: Sinonasal Tumors and Atlas of Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery, the latter of which just had its second edition published this fall. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on sinus and skull base surgery. The recipient of the Honor Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Chiu has directed over 15 international rhinologic and skull base conferences in the world and is a frequent invited lecturer and instructor at Otolaryngology Department Grand Rounds and society meetings of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Rhinologic Society and North American Skull Base Society.

GREGORY RANDOLPH, MD, FACS, FACE is a Full Professor of Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School, the Claire and John Bertucci Endowed Chair in Thyroid Surgical Oncology, and a surgeon at Mass. Eye and Ear, where he also serves as the Division Chief of both the General Otolaryngology and Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery Divisions and as a member of the Center for Thyroid Eye Disease and Orbital Surgery. With more than 25 years of experience in otolaryngology, Dr. Gregory Randolph specializes in thyroid and parathyroid surgery. He is currently serving as the President of the American Academy of Otolaryngology —Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), as well the Chair of the Endocrine Surgery Committee of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology. He is Chair-Elect of the Endocrine Surgical Section of the American Head and Neck Society, and is on the Board of Directors of the International Thyroid Oncology Group. Alongside Dr. Henning Dralle of Germany, he founded the Global International Neural Monitoring Study Group, which has generated multiple publications and standards guidelines for neural monitoring at thyroid surgery.

C. BLAKE SIMPSON, MD, is the Director of the University of Texas Voice Center and is a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He received his undergraduate degree at Austin College and earned his medical degree at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. He completed a residency in otolaryngology at The University of Oklahoma, followed by a fellowship in Laryngology and Care of the Professional Voice at Vanderbilt University. He has been in practice in San Antonio since 1996 and specializes exclusively in the treatment of patients with voice and upper airway disorders. He has published extensively in the area of laryngology/voice disorders and co-authored the only textbook on the surgical treatment of voice disorders, Operative Techniques in Laryngology.

BRIAN KIM, MD, is an academic endocrinologist whose practice focuses on thyroid cancer. Dr. Kim trained in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, and completed his fellowship in endocrinology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After serving on the faculty at the Brigham and Harvard Medical School, he went on to lead the thyroid cancer team at the Sylvester Cancer Center at the University of Miami. He joined the faculty of Rush University Medical Center in 2014 as the director of the thyroid cancer program for endocrinology, and assumed the role of Chief of Endocrinology in 2015.

MAHBOOBEH (MAHA) MAHDAVINIA, MD, PHD, attended Tehran University Medical School, during which she developed major interest in medical research especially in field of Immunology. After that she decided to expand her research training by completing a PhD program at G d’Annunzio University in Italy. Dr. Mahdavinia came to US for her graduate medical training after finishing her PhD and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center followed by Allergy/Immunology fellowship at Northwestern University. After completing a third year research fellowship at Northwestern in June 2014, she joined the Allergy/Immunology division of Rush University Medical Center as an assistant professor. Her research interest includes pathophysiology and epidemiology of Chronic Rhinosinusitis. She has published multiple peer-reviewed papers and has received several grants and awards for her research.

KENYA M. WILLIAMS, MD, is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist who is fellowship trained in Oculoplastic, Reconstructive and Orbital Surgery. She is a native of Chicago and received her medical degree from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Sciences/The Chicago Medical School. Dr. Williams completed her residency with the Department of Ophthalmology at State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. She completed her fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She specializes in the evaluation and treatment of problems of the eyelid, eye socket and tear duct that are a result of aging, trauma, and tumors. She teaches Ocuplastic and Reconstructive Surgery to the residents and Rush University Medical Center and Stroger Hospital of Cook County.