Editorial introductions.

Abstract

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery was launched in 1993. It is one of a successful series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the many primary journals. The fields of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery are divided into 11 sections that are reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the Journal's Section Editors for this issue. SECTION EDITOR Cesare PiazzaCesare Piazza, MD, born in Cremona in 1971, has been Full Professor and Chief of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery of the University of Brescia, Italy since September 2020. He received his MD degree at the University of Pavia, Italy, in 1996 and completed his residency program in otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery in Brescia in 2001. He became Assistant Professor in 2007 and Associate Professor, Chief of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Maxillofacial, and Thyroid Surgery of the National Cancer Institute, University of Milan, Italy, in 2017. His clinical and research activities are focused on head and neck oncology, with special emphasis to laryngo-hypopharyngeal, tracheal, oral, thyroid, parotid, sarcoma, laser, and reconstructive microsurgery. Dr Piazza is an active member of the European Laryngological Society since 2000, part of its Scientific Council since September 2010, and President since May 2021. He authored or co-authored 207 papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as 76 book chapters. He delivered 864 proffered papers and invited lectures in national and international Congresses and Courses. He has served as Section Editor of Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery for the Head and Neck Oncology issue since 2010 and has been a member of the journal's Editorial Board since 2013. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Oncology since 2016 and Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica and Frontiers in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery since 2017. His surgical activity has been always mainly devoted to head and neck cancer treatment, with more than 6,000 surgical procedures performed in this field (of whom nearly 1200 were free flaps). Alberto PadernoDr Alberto Paderno, MD, born in Brescia in 1987, has been a Staff Member in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Brescia, Italy, since November 2018. He received his MD degree at the University of Brescia, Italy in 2012 and completed his residency programme in otorhinolaryngology – head and neck surgery in Brescia in 2018. He is currently a PhD candidate in the field of artificial intelligence in medicine. His clinical and research activities focus on head and neck oncology, with particular emphasis on laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer, oral malignant and potentially malignant disease, and transoral laser microsurgery. He is involved in various international studies in fields ranging from translational research, biomarkers, oncology, head and neck surgery, and artificial intelligence. He authored or co-authored 78 papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as five book chapters. He has served as Section Editor of Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery for the Head and Neck Oncology issue, since 2021. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica and topic Editor in Frontiers in Oncology, since 2020. His surgical activity is mainly focused on head and neck oncology and, in particular, transoral laser microsurgery.