Clare Schilling

Ms Clare Schilling is Associate Professor and Head of Centre for the Head and Neck Academic Centre (HNAC) in the division of surgical and interventional sciences at University College London, and Honorary Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon at University College Hospital London.

She completed OMFS specialist training including a Head and Neck fellowship  as well as a clinical research PhD in novel imaging techniques for detection of metastasis in head and neck cancer.

She is Chief Investigator of NIHR funded multicentre trial, “LOOC”, for lymphatic mapping of oropharyngeal cancers. She is co-director of Headstart, the Royal College of Surgeons accredited national training program for sentinel node biopsy in oral cancer. Her research and clinical interests include fluorescence guided surgery, augmented reality surgery and quality outcome measures.