Professor Hisham Mehanna PhD, BMedSc, MBChB, FRCS, FRCS(ORL-HNS)

Professor Hisham Mehanna

Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor (interdisciplinary research)
Director, Institute for Global Innovation and Institute for Advanced Studies
Director, Institute of Head and Neck Studies and Education (InHANSE)

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 8753
Email
h.mehanna@bham.ac.uk
PA: Gemma Jones
g.jones@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
Institute of Head and Neck Studies and Education
Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
Robert Aitken Building
Vincent Drive
University 麻豆精选
Birmingham B15 2TT

Professor Hisham Mehanna is the chair of head and neck surgery, and is the Director of the at the Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences.

Hisham is a head and neck and thyroid surgeon with clinical interests in recurrence in thyroid and parathyroid surgery. He has a keen interest in clinical and translational research, heading a research team of 20 researchers, and holding over £15million in research grants. His research has changed clinical practice across the world. 

His experience of multi-disciplinary research in the field of cancer biology and treatment has made him a strong proponent of multi- and inter- disciplinary research, as the way to provide new insights and approaches to address intractable global challenges. 

As Deputy PVC, Hisham has responsibility for promoting interdisciplinary research across the University. Also as Director of the Institute for Global Innovation (IGI) and the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS), Hisham strives to ensure that the Institutes inspire, support and deliver world-leading, multi- and inter-disciplinary research that seeks to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges, that affect humanity at a global level. The IGI’s research themes revolve around the factors that challenge, and sometimes threaten, the sustainability and resilience of individuals, communities, countries and the world as a whole. Themes include resilient cities, water challenges in a changing world, clean cooling, pollution solutions, antimicrobial resistance, ageing and frailty, gender inequality, artificial intelligence and 21st century transnational crime. 

Qualifications

  • PhD, Assessment of Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancers. Erasmus University 2010
  • FRCS (ORL-HNS) 2002
  • FRCS Glasgow 1998
  • MBChB (Hons)  University of Glasgow 1994
  • B.Med.Sc (Hons) University of Kuwait 1990 

Teaching

Hisham runs several post graduate courses and meetings, including the international biennial ‘Controversies in the management of head and neck cancer’ meeting. He also serves on the organising committee of several large international conferences, and has served on faculty of many conferences and courses. He is currently the Academic Chair for the British Academic Conference of Otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery (BACO International) 2021.

Postgraduate supervision

Hisham supervises several PhD, Masters and intercalating BSc students, in topics ranging from translational research to bioinformatics to clinical research

Other activities

  • Chair, Head and Neck Cancer International Group, 2019-present 
  • Council Member, University 麻豆精选, 2015-2019
  • President, British Association of Head Neck Oncologists, 2017-2019
  • Secretary, Head and Neck Cancer International Group (HNCIG), 2016-2020
  • Chair, UK’s National Cancer Research Institute Head and Neck Group, 2012-2018

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Shephard, AJ, Mahmood, H, Raza, SEA, Araujo, ALD, Santos-Silva, AR, Lopes, MA, Vargas, PA, McCombe, KD, Craig, SG, James, J, Brooks, J, Nankivell, P, Mehanna, H, Khurram, SA & Rajpoot, N 2025, '', Development and Validation of an Artificial Intelligence-based Pipeline for Predicting Oral Epithelial Dysplasia Malignant Transformation.

Hillier, B, Waterboer, T, Brooks, J, Nankivell, P, Agarwal, R, Abou-Foul, A, Fulton-Lieuw, T, Kristunas, C, Vorsters, A, Cacciatore, P, Parish, J & Mehanna, H 2025, '', Journal of Infection.

Kong, A, Hazell, M, Iqbal, G, Dunn, J & Mehanna, H 2025, '', BJC Reports.

Croft, J, Ainsworth, G, Corrigan, N, Gordon, K, Perry, A, Twiddy, M, Strachan, M, Wadsley, J, Mehanna, H, Sharma, N, Glenister, E, Stocken, DD & Balasubramanian, SPP 2025, '', BMJ open, vol. 15, no. 1, e092422.

Williamson, A, Nankivell, P, Abou-Foul, A, Ahmed, M & Mehanna, H 2025, '', Head & Neck.

Shephard, AJ, Bashir, RMS, Mahmood, H, Jahanifar, M, Minhas, F, Raza, SEA, McCombe, KD, Craig, SG, James, J, Brooks, J, Nankivell, P, Mehanna, H, Khurram, SA & Rajpoot, NM 2024, '', npj Precision Oncology, vol. 8, no. 1, 137.

Lim, AM, McDowell, L, Hurt, C, Tourneau, CL, Homma, A, Shenouda, G, Thompson, DJ, Moya-Plana, A, Henson, C, Szturz, P, Day, AT, Bates, JE, Lazarakis, S, Thariat, J, Psyrri, A, Mehanna, H & Yom, SS 2024, '', The Lancet Oncology, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. e318-e330.

Lim, A, Laskar, S, Steuer, C, Chow, VLY, Szturz, P, Henson, C, Day, AT, Bates, JE, Lazarakis, S, McDowell, L, Mehanna, H & Yom, SS 2024, '', The Lancet Oncology, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. e308-e317.

Payne, KFB, Brotherwood, P, Suriyanarayanan, H, Brooks, JM, Batis, N, Beggs, AD, Gendoo, DMA, Mehanna, H & Nankivell, P 2024, '', Frontiers in Oncology, vol. 14, 1374816.

PETNECK2 Research Team 2024, '', Frontiers in Oncology, vol. 14, 1478385.

Mehanna, H, Gaunt, P, Kong, A, Hartley, A, Sanghera, P, Forster, M, Sen, M, Paleri, V, Fong, C, Geropantas, D, Srinivasan, D, Garikipati, S, Moleron, R, Casswell, G, Aynsley, E, Ward, A, O'Toole, L, Mirza, A, Firth, C, Humphreys, I, Fulton-Lieuw, T & Nankivell, P 2024, '', Trials, vol. 25, 50.

Review article

Carsuzaa, F, Chabrillac, E, Marcy, PY, Mehanna, H & Thariat, J 2024, '', Strahlentherapie und Onkologie.

Mehanna, H, Alemany, L & von Buchwald, C 2024, '', Current opinion in oncology, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 143-146.

McDowell, LJ, King, MT, Hutcheson, KA, Ringash, J, Yom, SS, Corry, J, Henson, C, Mehanna, H & Rischin, D 2024, '', International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics .

Dretzke, J, Abou-Foul, AK, Albon, E, Hillier, B, Scandrett, K, Price, MJ, Moore, DJ, Mehanna, H, Nankivell, P & PETNECK2 Research Team 2024, '', BMJ open, vol. 14, no. 12, e090393.

Expertise

  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Global Development and Research