Francesco Mattioli, MD, is an Assistant Professor at the Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department, University Hospital of Modena, Italy. He has published more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 3 books with Springer.Erika Crosetti, MD, PhD is a Senior Consultant at the Otorhinolaryngology Head Neck Oncology Unit, Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Turin, Italy She was Past General Secretary of the Italian Head Neck Oncologic Society. She is the Winner of the First Prize of Italian Otorhinolaryngology Head Neck Society (2018). She authored or co-.authored more than 50 oncological papers in international journals. She has given more than 70 presentations at national and international meetings. Her main surgical interests are: open partial laryngectomies, robotic surgery, head neck microvascular reconstruction.Michael Ghirelli, MD, works at the Otolaryngology Department, Infermi Hospital, Rimini, Italy. He authored and co-authoredmore than 30 articles in international journals with impact factor and published several chapters in edited books. Matteo Fermi, MD, works at the Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico Sant'Orsola, Italy. He has published more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals and several chapters in edited books. He delivered more than 100 presentations at national and international meetings, especially regarding head and neck oncologic surgery and otology. He contributed to the development and validation of a surgical training on the ovine model for open laryngeal procedures (and various other head and neck surgeries), which is nowadays implemented in the resident’s practice at many institutions in Italy. Andy Bertolin, MD, is Chair of the ENT Department, Vittorio Veneto, Italy, which is the regional laryngeal cancer center. He authored or co-authored more than 50 oncological laryngology papers in international journals with impact factor. He has given more than 100 presentations at national and international congresses. His main surgical interests are: transoral laser microsurgery and open partial laryngectomies.
