Neil McLean graduated Honours BSc in 1974, MBChB with commendation in 1976, FRCS in 1980 and MD in 1992.

Following training in General Surgery and ENT, he gained accreditation in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 1986. He was appointed Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon the Newcastle upon Tyne Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust from 1989-2002, was Deputy Director of the Australian Cranio-facial Unit and appointed Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Adelaide, South Australia in 2003. He is presently Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon in the Department of Surgery, Wansbeck District General Hospital, Northumberland.

Mr. Simon Myers was awarded his PhD from London University in keratinocyte growth and differentiation in cutaneous wound healing and cultured keratinocyte grafting in 1999. He raised a 2,127,000? European Commission Research and Technological Development Grant for skin engineering in 1996. He completed a Burn Fellowship at the Broomfield Burn Centre in 2001, and became Burn Lead Consultant at the Chelsea & Westminster Burn Centre in 2002, achieving designation for that service in the National designation process.