Dr. Babak Azizzadeh is the Clinical Chief of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Health System and Director of The Facial Paralysis Institute and the Center for Advanced Facial Plastic Surgery. Dr. Azizzadeh has pioneered several advanced surgical techniques in facial plastic surgery and has been instrumental in developing novel approaches to facial reanimation and rejuvenation. He is currently serving as the President of the Sir Charles Bell Society, a member of the Board of Visitors at Duke School of Medicine, and a western regional director and member of the board of directors of the American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. His clinical and academic contributions have led to numerous awards, including recognition as a top plastic surgeon by US News & World Report, Newsweek, Super Doctors, and Castle Connolly.  In addition to his clinical and academic practice, Dr. Azizzadeh is a board member of the Global Smile Foundation and the founder of the Facial Paralysis & Bell’s Palsy Foundation. Through his efforts, he has developed a non-profit facial nerve program in South America that has transformed the lives of countless individuals.

Kallirroi Tzafetta is a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon at St Andrew’s Centre of Plastic Surgery and Burns in Broomfield Hospital, Essex. She specializes in reconstructions following Head and Neck Surgery and Facial Palsy. She has been trained in Plastic Surgery Centres in the United Kingdom, and she has furthered her microsurgical training and sub-specialized in Facial Palsy reanimation as a Microsurgical Fellow in Norfork, Virginia, USA under Prof Terzis. She is the President of the Plastic Surgery Division of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in London, Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of EURAPS, Chair for the BAPRAS Facial Palsy SIAG, Board member of the Facial Palsy UK, Secretary for the Bell’s Palsy Society and the Member of the World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery. She has been an author on scientific papers and textbook chapters (such as: Facial Reanimation at: Plastic Surgery, Indications and Practice by B Guyuron, et al, Atlas of Operative Maxillofacial Trauma Surgery by M Perry, S Holmes, Oxford Textbook of Plastic Surgery) and has been invited speaker on several national and international meetings. She has been invited speaker in National and International meetings and has organized several meetings at Anglia Ruskin University and Royal Society of Medicine (RSM).

Dr. Alison Snyder-Warwick is Chief of the Section of Plastic Surgery within the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan. Dr. Snyder-Warwick graduated Summa Cum Laude with honors with a B.A. in Biology from Knox College. She completed her medical degree at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. She also completed surgical residency training and a research fellowship in Developmental Biology at Washington University. She then travelled to Toronto, Canada for specialized training in pediatric plastic surgery and pediatric microsurgery at the Hospital for Sick Children. Before joining the faculty at Michigan, she spent over 12 years of clinical practice as a faculty member at Washington University where she founded and directed the Facial Nerve Institute, served as the Residency Program Director, and co-directed the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute. Dr. Snyder-Warwick’s main clinical focuses are reconstruction for facial nerve disorders and corneal neurotization, pediatric plastic surgery, treatment of facial clefts in children, reconstruction of brachial plexus birth injuries, and pediatric microsurgical procedures. Her clinical interests have led to pioneering basic science research investigations involving the terminal Schwann cell, a unique glial cell present at the nerve-muscle interface. Dr. Snyder-Warwick is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, the Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSRC), the American Society for Peripheral Nerve (ASPN), the American Association of Pediatric Plastic Surgeons, the Sir Charles Bell Society, and the American Association of Plastic Surgeons. She has been elected as an officer for many national and international organizations and currently serves as Chair for the PSRC, treasurer for the Sir Charles Bell Society, and historian for ASPN. In addition, she serves as an oral examiner for the American Board of Plastic Surgery and serves on multiple national committees.

"Dr. Oyer is a Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon and Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Virginia (UVA). He also serves as the Co-director of the Facial Plastic Surgery Fellowship and Director of the Facial Nerve Treatment Team at UVA. He received residency training in Otolaryngology at the Medical University of South Carolina and completed a fellowship in Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Johns Hopkins in 2015. He is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ABO-HNS) and the American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPRS). Dr. Oyer has a full-time academic practice devoted to facial plastic & reconstructive surgery with a clinical emphasis on facial paralysis treatment, facial reconstruction following trauma or skin cancer, rhinoplasty, and aesthetic facial surgery. His research interests include patient-centered outcomes in facial reanimation, rhinoplasty, trauma and facial reconstruction. Dr. Oyer is pleased to serve on the Executive Board of the Sir Charles Bell Society as the webmaster along with the Board of Directors for the ABFPRS. He is an Associate Editor for the Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine Journal and organizes a recurring workshop at the American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstuctive Surgery Annual Meeting each year focused on treatment of patients with synkinesis."

Jackie has been working exclusively with facial palsy patients since receiving her degree in occupational therapy at the University of Wisconsin (UW) in 1986. There she was honored to be mentored by Richard Balliet, PhD and Paul Bach-y-Rita, MD, pioneers in the field of brain plasticity and rehabilitation, and founders of the UW Facial Retraining Program, the first such program known in the U.S. After 32 years at UW, she “retired” into private practice in 2018.Jackie lectures extensively and consults with medical professionals and patients worldwide. She has developed an innovative perspective for analyzing and explaining complex abnormal movement patterns in the synkinetic face which have led to innovative strategies for treating post facial paralysis synkinesis and sequelae after facial reanimation surgery. Jackie has trained therapists in the U.S. and abroad, participated in research and authored book chapters and articles. She serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Moebius Syndrome Foundation and the board of Facial Therapy Specialists International as Education Committee Lead. She is a founding member, past secretary, and current board member of the Sir Charles Bell Society.

Prof Christopher Coombs trained in Melbourne in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery after completing his medical degree through Monash University graduating with Honours. He completed training in Plastic Surgery in 1992 and then was the craniofacial fellow at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. Following this he did further postgraduate studies at Harvard University in Boston and Toronto Sick Kids in the field of paediatric hand and microvascular surgery. He has particular interests in facial palsy, paediatric hand surgery and microsurgery and ear reconstruction. He has published over 70 papers in peer review journals on a variety of plastic surgery topics and has been invited to be a member of numerous panel discussions at both local and international society meetings particularly in the fields of facial palsy reconstruction, ear. He currently is Chief of the Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne and is a Clinical Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is a past Chairman of the Victorian Board of Plastic Surgery and a past Deputy Chairman of the Australasian Board of Plastic Surgery for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

"Susan Coulson, PhD (Physio); MAppSc (Ex & Sport Sc.); BAppSc (Phty) Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education) Associate Professor Susan Coulson is a clinical and academic physiotherapist whose main area of interest is in assessment and treatment of facial nerve disorders. Her Doctoral and Masters research were completed at the University of Sydney, where she currently holds an academic position. For more than 30 years, her clinical and research work has focused on assessment and treatment facial nerve disorders including 3-D motion analysis, reliability of grading systems, telemedicine, reviews and intervention studies. Susan is a founding member of the multidisciplinary team of practitioners at the Sydney Facial Nerve Clinic and is a Board of Directors member of the Sir Charles Bell Society. University email: susan.coulson@sydney.edu,au Clinical email: scoulson@linkphysiotherapy.com"

Dr. Gaye W. Cronin is a master clinician specializing in vestibular and facial nerve rehabilitation having treated more than 30,000 patients suffering from vestibular or facial nerve disorders. She serves as the director of Vestibular & Facial Nerve Atlanta and an adjunct clinician for the Emory Facial Nerve Center. Dr. Cronin has experienced a high rate of successful outcomes in the treatment of facial paralysis, vertigo and balance dysfunctions and has applied evidence-based treatments with a variety of diagnoses and ages. Dr. Cronin has published extensively in medical and therapy journals and textbooks has conducted numerous national and international instructional courses for occupational therapists, physical therapists, physicians and other healthcare providers. Dr. Cronin has received multiple recognitions and accolades for her body of work. She received her Bachelor of Science and Masters degrees from the Medical College of Georgia, and her Doctorate from the University of St. Augustine. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Sir Charles Bell Society and has presented multiple times on the educational program for past IFNS symposiums.

Prof. Eyal Gur was until July 2022 chief of the plastic surgery department of The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and is a past president of the Israeli Society of plastic and aesthetic surgery. He is currently senior staff in his department. His graduated from The Sackler Medical School at The Tel Aviv University in 1990. He had his 6 years of Plastic Surgery training at The Tel Aviv Medical Center followed by a 2 year fellowship in The University of Toronto (1995 -1997) where he have sub-specialized in Pediatric plastic Surgery and Microsurgery. Back in 1998 Dr Gur established The Microsurgery Unit of the Medical Center, a unit that operates today on about 4 patients per week and specializes in Head & Neck Oncology, Orthopedic Oncology, Breast reconstruction, Orthopedic trauma reconstruction and is a world renown specialist in the field of Facial Paralysis reconstruction. Prof. Gur established the multidisciplinary cleft lip and palate team of the center that functions for the last 16 years and coordinates the care of most of those patients in the country. He also lead the school of continuing medical education in Plastic surgery for 5 years, He currently a professor of surgery in the Tel Aviv University. Prof. Gur main field of clinical research is the field of facial paralysis and breast reconstruction and his basic science focus today is in the field of CTA – composite tissue allo-transplantation and attenuation of rejection mechanism through stem cell action and mixed-chimerism. His laboratory also investigates peripheral nerve regeneration and new advances in whole organ cryopreservation and replantation. Prof. Gur published 7 chapters in professional books, 110 papers in the plastic surgery main peer review journals, 30 review articles and he is invited to present his studies and experience in national and international conferences. Prof. Gur also runs a busy aesthetic surgery practice that mainly focuses on facial aesthetic surgery.

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" Wang Wei, Professor Chief of facial reanimation group Dept. Plast & Reconstr Surg, Shanghai 9th People’s Hospital, Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine Clinical Interests and Special Expertise:Facial Paralysis Surgery Professional Organization and Societies Member of Chinese Association for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery;Member of WSRM; Member of the Sir Charles Bell Society Board of Directors Email: drprsdavid-wang@hotmail.com "