Mr John Rubin

John Rubin  is a Consultant ENT Surgeon at UCLH  He is an Honorary Consultant ENT Surgeon at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery where he co-leads the Voice and Swallowing Unit.

John is honorary Visiting Professor at the School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, as well as honorary Associate Professor, Department for Targeted Intervention at University College London He is a member of numerous professional societies, serves on a number of committees and professional bodies, lectures widely and is involved in research and teaching. He has published extensively in the medical literature, including articles in medical journals, chapters in textbooks, as well as being the editor of several books. 

He is current Chair of the Voice Committee of the Union of European  Phoniatrics. He is a past- President of Collegium Medicorum Theatri; previous Council member of the British Laryngological Association; previous honorary Treasurer and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of ENTUK; past- President of the British Voice Association. John’s interests include poetry, sculpting, and painting.

Jonathan Fishman BM BCh (Oxon), MA (Cantab), PhD, FRCS (ORL-HNS) is a Consultant Laryngologist and subspeciality lead for Laryngology at the Royal National ENT Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Associate Professor at University College London. He has both an adult and paediatric laryngology practice and runs weekly multidisciplinary voice clinics. He also leads the airway service and runs dedicated neurolaryngology clinics at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He has a dedicated interest in voice disorders and neurolaryngology.

Jonathan was awarded a PhD from University College London in 2013 for his research. He has received numerous awards, grants, prizes and research fellowships and has published widely in the field of laryngology. He has lectured both nationally and internationally and has organised and chaired sessions at National, European and International meetings pertaining to laryngology. He is Senior Editor for the Journal of Laryngology & Otology, founded in 1887.

Nick Hamilton  BSc MBChB DOHNS PhD FRCS (ORL-HNS) graduated from the University of Manchester in 2006. He received training in plastic surgery, neurosurgery and general surgery before moving onto specialist training in ENT in 2010. During this time, he was trained at London’s leading centres of excellence, including Great Ormond Street Hospital, Imperial College and the Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital and gained expertise in all areas of general ENT and Laryngology. During training, Nick developed an interest in restorative surgery for voice, swallow and airway disorders. He went on to complete a PhD at UCL, which explored new methods to treat scar tissue within the voice box and airways and gained several national awards for this work. 

He has since achieved further funding to develop his findings into new clinical therapies and has lectured nationally and internationally on this subject. At the end of training, he was awarded a Lionell College and Cutler’s travel scholarship and completed an eight-month fellowship at the MGH Voice Center, Boston, USA. He was trained in the surgical management of complex voice and airway disorders and gained expertise in the care of the professional voice user. He also learnt a number of clinic-based procedures which is helping to build a new outpatient-based treatment service for patients at UCLH. Nick was appointed as a consultant laryngologist and ENT surgeon at the Royal National ENT Hospital in April 2022. He is part of the UCLH Laryngology department which consists of a world-renowned team of voice scientists, laryngeal surgeons and speech and language therapists. 

Miss Paula Coyle BSc(Hons), BMBS(Hons), DOHNS, DCH, FRCS(ORL-HNS) is a consultant ENT surgeon at UCLH and the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals. She has a specialist interest in paediatric ENT, having completed her fellowship at the globally renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Graduating in medicine from Nottingham University in 2008, she won the Medical Women’s Federation Prize for Child Health. Prior to starting ENT Registrar training, she gained invaluable, transferable skills through a clinical fellowship in a tertiary Level 3 neonatal unit, gaining competencies in neonatal intubation, airway management and completing the Diploma of Child Health.

Miss Coyle pursued her surgical training in London and East of England Deanery, including Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. After fellowship, she was a locum paediatric ENT Consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for over 2 years, winning Best Teaching on the Job – Surgical Division 2022 and a Making a difference award. She became a substantive ENT consultant subspecialising in paediatric ENT with us at UCLH in 2024. She conducts regular clinics for both paediatric and adult ENT cases, as well as working alongside the infant feeding team in running the neonatal tongue tie service.

She is a member of ENT UK, EPSO (European Paediatric Society of Otolaryngology) and BAPO (British association for Paediatric Otolaryngology). She was the Women in ENT Surgery UK (WENTS) president 2018-2021 and is passionate about supporting women and diversity in ENT surgery.

Guri Sandhu is a consultant Laryngologist and Airway Surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital in London. He is Professor of Laryngology at Imperial College London. He graduated from the University of London and trained in ENT at The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear, and Great Ormond Street Hospitals. He co-founded, and is the lead, for the National Centre for Airway Reconstruction, and co-founder of the British Laryngological Association. He has 30 years’ experience in the field of Laryngology, with over 150 peer reviewed publications, 20 book chapters and 3 textbooks in Laryngology. He has delivered numerous international presentations, keynote and posthumous lectures.

As well as airway surgery he has large practice managing voice problems, and receives referrals from the music industry, media and stage. 

His honours include Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music, ENT Surgeon to The Royal Society of Musicians, Honorary Fellow to The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and the only British ENT surgeon to be made fellow of the American Laryngological Association. He is Past-President for the section of Laryngology and Rhinology at the Royal Society of Medicineand Past-President of the British Laryngological Association. He is recipient of the Isshiki prize for ‘outstanding contributions to the field of Laryngology’. 

Mr Yakubu Karagama MBBS, DLO, MSc, FRCS (ORL-HN), PGCertMed is an international renowned 

laryngologist based at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital, London. He leads the Voice, Airway and Swallowing Service at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London. He is the Founder and Course Director for London and Manchester Phonosurgery course, Laser Laryngeal Course and TNO & Dysphagia Course. He is an

Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College University London. He was the first the

Secretary of the British Laryngological Association. www.phonosurgerycourse.com

Michelle Wyatt is Head of the Departments of ENT Surgery, Audiology and Cochlear Implantation at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH). She is also an Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute of Child Health, University of London.  She qualified in 1992 from Cambridge University and following a Fellowship at Great Ormond Street was appointed as a consultant there in 2004.

Her practice is purely paediatric, and her main interest is in the management of complex airway pathology.  She is also the ENT surgeon to the GOSH National Craniofacial Service. 

Michelle is the immediate past President of the British Association of Paediatric Otolaryngology and is currently the President of the Section of Rhinology and Laryngology at the Royal Society of Medicine. She is a member of the Standing Scientific Committee of the European Society of Paediatric Otolaryngology and she has previously been the inaugural paediatric representative for the British Laryngological Association working closely with adult colleagues to deliver laryngeal reinnervation to the paediatric population in the UK. She is a Specialist Advisor to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and has been heavily involved with the paediatric guidelines section of the United Kingdom National Tracheostomy Safety Project. 

She has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers, mainly reflecting her interests in laryngology and management of patients with craniofacial abnormalities. She has been part of the faculty for the British Paediatric Otolaryngology Course for 20 years and is a director of the GOSH Advanced Airway course. Equality and Diversity in surgery have been a particular focus during her career and she works with the Royal College of Surgeons mentorship programme to promote surgery as accessible to all.  

Kate Heathcote is a consultant Laryngologist at University Hospitals Dorset in the UK where she established the Robert White Centre for Airway Voice and Swallow for NHS patients. Fellowships in France and London supported her in developing her service to encompass cutting edge techniques including a full range of in-office procedures. She teaches, lecturers and publishes widely on her areas of expertise. In collaboration with colleagues at Southampton Children’s Hospital she has established a national programme for paediatric laryngeal reinnervation. She is on the council of the British Laryngological Association and is chair of the scientific committee on dysphagia for the European Laryngology Society.

Katrina Mason is a Paediatric ENT Consultant at Evelina Children’s Hospital having completed her higher surgical training in London. She received a distinction for her MSc in Surgical Science and Practice from The University of Oxford and now teaches on the Surgical Innovation module. 

Katrina is the Associate Medical Director at Ufonia, a digital health company specialising in autonomous clinical conversations using Artificial Intelligence. Katrina has led on grant funded work to automate head and neck cancer triage and continues to support the research and evidence generation at Ufonia through collaboration with patients, clinicians and academic colleagues. She is passionate about finding digital solutions to real-world clinical problems and has been a DigitalHealth. London Digital Pioneer Fellow and NHS Clinical Entrepreneur alongside this work. Alongside her digital and clinical career, she is the editor for The Unofficial Guide to Surgery, a surgical textbook which has pro-actively sought to improve the representation of black and brown skin in medical textbooks and was recently included in the Royal Society of Medicine’s ‘Tackling Inequalities: Through Innovation and entrepreneurship’ conference. She is currently a mentor and advisory panel member on the DigitalHealth.London ‘Leap Programme’ aiming to foster inclusivity and cultivate an environment conductive to the success of digital health founders from underrepresented communities.

Mr Chang Woo Lee, MRCS(ENT), is a specialty registrar in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He graduated from the University of Cambridge (Magdalene College) in medicine with an intercalated degree in physiology, development and neuroscience. He is currently out of programme for clinical research having been awarded the Royal College of Surgeons of England Surgical Research Fellowship. His research interest lies in voice, swallow, and the upper airway. He is based within the Laryngology department at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals.

Tori Burnay BSc(Hons), MRCSLT, MHCPC is the Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist of 

the voice service for adults at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals in London. Tori has a particular 

interest in the management of complex voice issues including neuro-laryngology and in working 

with professional voiceusers. She is an expert-level practitioner working with professional voice 

users of all genres, working collaboratively with BAPAM Vocal Rehabilitation Coaches and the wider 

MDT in the medical field and the arts. She has contributed to several publications and book chapters.

Tori is a visiting lecturer in voice therapy on the MSc course at University College London.

She is the chair of the Vocal Health Committee for The British Association for Performing

Arts Medicine (BAPAM) and has been an integral member of the British Voice Association’s

Education Working Party. Tori is also a SLT representative on the British Laryngological

Association Council.

Tori is a BAPAM registered practitioner and runs a busy independent practice, Tori Burnay

Associates, where she works with recording artists and West End performers alongside a

general voice caseload. She is committed to the ongoing training of speech and language

therapists and has delivered presentations at national and international conferences and

training days.

Dr. Rehab Awad  MBBCh, MSc, MD, PG Dip (Voice Disorders) is clinical lead Speech and Language Therapist at University Hospital Lewisham since 2009. She leads the voice services for both adults and children in the Speech and Language Therapy Department and provides voice therapy input in the Multidisciplinary voice clinic at UHL, one of the leading Voice Disorders clinics in the UK. She is also a Professor of Phoniatrics Sciences at Kasr Alaini Hospital, Cairo University. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Cairo University in 1996. She was awarded both an MSc and MD in Phoniatrics Sciences from the University of Cairo in 2000 and 2008 respectively.  Rehab studied voice disorders at UCL and was awarded a post-grad diploma in 2005. She has an interest and passion for research and has publications in the field of voice. She has been the British Voice Association treasurer for 2021-2022, a member of the BVA council since 2021 and has been a member of the BVA Education Working Party since 2018. Rehab has a long experience in managing voice disorders in both adults and children, providing a holistic approach to improving voice quality and ensuring the multidisciplinary approach to addressing voice problems. She has special interest working with professional voice users (singers, actors, performers) with special interest in using treatment naso-endoscopy. She has special interest in research and has published a few research articles in national and international journals and has been a speaker in many national and international conferences.

Dr Cath Gregory gained her PhD in Neurophysiology in 2002 from Imperial College London.  A previous ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship holder, Catherine changed countries and careers, completing a Master of Speech Pathology with 1st class honours in Sydney in 2011. Since then, she has worked as a clinical speech pathologist and clinical educator in both private practice and in several hospitals across New South Wales, providing evidence-based assessment and management of voice, swallowing, and communication disorders. She is currently a lecturer in voice and clinical educator at the University of Technology Sydney where she is passionate about the student learning experience. Her current research includes the use of Virtual Reality in treatment of FND related communication disorders and gender affirming voice training. 

Jameson Cooper  MS, CCC-SLP  is a Speech Pathologist in research at the MGH Center for Laryngeal Surgery & Voice Rehabilitation with a clinical background in voice disorders and medical speech pathology. His research interests include investigating the relationships of personality traits with voice disorders and ambulatory voice monitoring in patients with hyperfunctional voice disorders. 

Jeremy Wolfberg, MS, CCC-SLP is a research speech-language pathologist at the Massachusetts

General Hospital Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation. He is also a second

year PhD student at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, MA under the

mentorship of Dr. Jarrad Van Stan. Jeremy's research is currently focused on applying the

Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) to clinical practice, research, and

education, leveraging novel technologies such as ambulatory voice monitoring and biofeedback

in clinical practice and research, and integrating implementation science into voice research.

Dr Nor Shahrina Mohd Zawawi graduated from UKM (University Kebangsaan Malaysia) in 2000 and

obtained her Masters of Speech-Language Therapist with Distinction from the University of

Canterbury in 2010. Subsequently, she completed her doctorate studies under the Stroke

Rehabilitation PhD. Studentship: Nottingham UK and Malaysia Collaboration Project. She has worked

with a range of communication and swallowing disorders, pediatric and adult cases, at Hospital

Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (formerly known as UKM Medical Centre (UKMMC)) since 2000. She has

vast experience in developing speech-language therapy services in UKM Medical Centre, and has

been working closely with various professionals to ensure the best care is provided for patients and

their caregivers. She is also the Coordinator for Post-Stroke Care Service Improvement Committee, a

committee formed by her department, aiming to improve the post-stroke care and rehabilitation

through integrated and multidisciplinary approach. Her clinical interest falls in the area of dysphagia,

dysphonia and. family-based intervention. Specifically to voice, she has special interest in

psychological aspect of voice disorders, and has experience working with singers and politicians.

Currently, she is and also representing the Speech-Language Therapist profession in the Malaysian

Council of Allied Health Profession, and serves the Malaysian Association of Speech and Hearing

(MASH) as an auditor.

Robert Brinton Fujiki, PhD CCC-SLP,  is an assistant professor in the department of otolaryngology in Indiana University School of Medicine. His research program and clinical expertise focuses on the evaluation and treatment of voice, upper airway, and resonance disorders in children and adolescents.  

Gaya Noam, SLP, Doctoral Student is a speech therapist and doctoral student in the Department of Communication Disorders, Tel Aviv University. She earned her BA and MA degrees from Tel Aviv University. Her

doctoral dissertation focuses on the classification of voice disorders, aiming to validate and

clinically apply a continuous, two-dimensional model for arranging voice disorders. As a

clinician, she is a speech therapist at the Hearing, Speech & Language Center at Sheba, Tel

HaShomer Medical Center, and in a private clinic, specializing in the diagnosis and therapy of

fluency and voice disorders in both children and adults. In addition, Gaya supervises a practical

exercise of voice therapy for undergraduate students.

Emma Willis, M Ed, CCC-SLP is a Research Speech Language Pathologist at the MGH Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation and a second year PhD Student in Rehabilitation Science at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. She currently works under the mentorship of Daryush Mehta. Her current research focuses include investigating how voicing efficiency changes pre-to-post-treatment, ambulatory voice monitoring, vibrato stability as a potential biomarker of vocal hyperfunction, and application of exercise science to voice production