Daniel van Gijn is a Specialist Registrar in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery in the South of England. He is doubly qualified in medicine and dentistry, graduating with honours in both and awarded several prizes for clinical and technical excellence. Daniel has a particular interest in head and neck anatomy and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in this subject. He is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and has undertaken formal surgical training in London, Oxford, Surrey and South Africa. Prior to specialising purely in surgery of the face, skull and jaws, Daniel gained several years experience in Ear, Nose and Throat surgery, Plastic and reconstructive surgery, Orthopaedic surgery and Neurosurgery.

Professor Standring is the current Editor-in-Chief of Gray's Anatomy, Anatomy Development Tutor for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and immediate Past President of the Anatomical Society. She is closely affiliated to King's College and remains an integral part of the anatomy teaching programme to medical and dental undergraduates. She has over 35 years' experience of teaching head and neck anatomy to undergraduate and postgraduate students.