Dr. Amit Agarwal is a professor at the department of endocrine surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India. He has been an immediate past president of the Indian Thyroid Society, past president of the Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons, past president of the International Society of Oncoplastic Endocrine Surgeons (ISOPES), council-coordinator of International Association of Endocrine Surgeons, and council member of Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons. He is on the editorial advisory board of Thyroid Research and Practice. Dr. Agarwal has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles in national and international journals and has written numerous book chapters. He has authored three books: Evidence-Based Endocrine Surgery, Endocrine Surgery Made Easy, and Atlas of Thyroid Surgery. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the World Journal of Endocrine Surgery, the official journal of the Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons. His clinical interests include endoscopic thyroid and parathyroid surgery. His research interests include the study of the molecular biology of thyroid and parathyroid tumors and minimally invasive endocrine surgery. He is an invited faculty to deliver prestigious orations and has given more than 200 lectures, including Harvard University and Mayo Clinic, USA.Dr. Ranil Fernando, MS (Col), FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Eng), FCPS Pakistan), FASI(India), FCSSL (Sri Lanka), PhD (Col) is a senior professor and head, department of surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. He has delivered several orations and memorial lectures and invited lectures nationally and internationally. Dr. Fernando has published many articles in national and international journals, books, book chapters. He is a member of the editorial board of various journals and a receipient of many national and international awards and medals.Dr. Rajeev Parameswaran is a senior consultant and head at the general surgery division (thyroid and endocrine surgery) at the National University Hospital, Singapore, specializing in thyroid and endocrine surgical disorders. He also serves at Alexandra Hospital, National Cancer Institute of Singapore, and is a faculty at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore. Dr. Rajeev completed his specialist endocrine surgical training and fellowship in endocrine surgery from Oxford. He was later employed as a consultant in endocrine and general surgery in the UK. Dr. Rajeev was awarded M Phil from Oxford for his research on aberrant glycoproteins in thyroid tumors. Dr. Rajeev has a particular interest in managing endocrine cancers (cancers of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands), minimally invasive surgery of the adrenal and parathyroid glands, and re-operative endocrine surgery. His main research area is the aberrant expression of glycoproteins in endocrine cancers. He has published many peer-reviewed articles and textbook chapters.Dr Anand Mishra is professor and head, department of endocrine surgery at King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India. He completed MCh from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow and is the first MCh in this specialty in the country. Dr Mishra established the department of endocrine surgery at King George’s Medical University. He is the governing council member of Uttar Pradesh Association of Surgeons of India, vice president of Indian Association of Surgeons of India, member and adviser to Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons, director of education, north zone, Association of Breast Surgeons of India. He has received International guest scholarship 2015 by American College of Surgeons, ICMR travel grant for St Gallen Breast cancer conference, Vienna, Austria 2015, developing nations fellowship for 9th European Breast Cancer conference Glasgow, Scotland March 2014, IDEA (International Development and Education Award) from American Society of Clinical Oncology 2011, Young Surgeon Travel grant by Japan Surgical Society, Japan in 2009, 08, 2005, 2003, 1999, Betadine young surgeon award 2005” by Association of Surgeons of India in 2005, Dr Ramesh Nigam Memorial oration 2013” by Association of Surgeons of India 2013, and many invited lectures at various national conferences in India. Dr Mishra has edited books, published book chapters, and indexed publications.Dr. Roma Pradhan is a dedicated endocrine and breast surgeon and has established the endocrine surgery department at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow and currently heading it. She is the council member of the Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons. She has published many peer-reviewed articles in national and international journals and has written numerous book chapters. She is onthe editorial board of the World Journal of Endocrine Surgery, the official journal of the Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Dr. Pradhan was the first to use continuous neuromonitoring in entire north India in thyroid surgery. Her clinical interests include thyroid, minimally invasive parathyroid surgery, and oncoplastic breast surgery. She is an invited faculty to deliver lectures in many national and international meetings.
