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Dr. Ram Kalus is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon in USA and Israel since 1992. He has a BA in Psychology and MD from Boston University, and completed his General Surgery training at Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut, Plastic Surgery at University of Massachusetts in Worcester, Maxillofacial and Microsurgery at Dartmouth (New Hampshire), and Aesthetic and Craniofacial Surgery in Hopital des Enfants Malades in Paris. He performed the first microsurgical free tissue transfer at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv in 1996, and established and directed the first dedicated Unit of Pediatric Plastic Surgery in the Middle East at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in 1997. He was on staff at Rambam from 2018-2020, and is currently senior attending in the Dept of Plastic Surgery at Sheba/Tel Hashomer, and practices in private practice in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Today he specializes in reconstructive and aesthetic surgery of the face and breast.

Avi Staiman is the founder and CEO of Academic Language Experts, an author services company dedicated to leveling the research playing field for ESL scholars. He is also the co-founder of SciWriter.ai, the first co-pilot that helps researchers supercharge their writing with responsible AI. Avi is involved in the scholarly publication community as a chef at Scholarly Kitchen, co-host of the New Books Network ‘Scholarly Communication’ Podcast, and a reviewer for Wiley’s Learned Publishing journal.  Avi is a thought leader on AI tools for research, bridging the gap between publishers and authors and how to support and empower ESL researchers. He is a core member of CANGARU, where he represents EASE in creating legislation and policy for the responsible use of AI in research. He has been a guest lecturer at NYU’s Master’s Program in Translation & Interpreting and the University of Tokyo. His essays have appeared in the Cambridge University Press Blog, The Scholarly Kitchen, Multilingual, and Times Higher Education.