Francine Ryba is a UK trained Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon specialising in surgery of the mouth, jaws, face and neck. She is based at the Cleveland Clinic London and King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, one of the Major Trauma Centres in the country where she is a trainer and a key member of the acute airway service. Francine also welcomes paediatric patients at King’s College Hospital. Francine holds degrees in Dentistry and Medicine as well as Biochemistry and a Master in Business and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Francine is one of the few surgeons in the UK to provide minimally invasive procedures in the management of salivary stones and also provides jaw surgery for the management of sleep apnoea. She has numerous publications in peer reviewed journals and book chapters and has been an invited speaker in Europe and in the UK.