Dr. Marcel Mayer is a board-certified specialist in otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery currently serving as an attending surgeon at the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany. He graduated from Technical University of Munich with clinical and academic training from Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany), University of Sydney (Australia), and the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (South Africa). He earned his MD from the Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Munich in 2019. In 2022, he completed a Master of Health Business Administration at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen.

Dr. Mayer completed specialist training in otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery at the University Hospital Augsburg (2019-2021) and the University Hospital Cologne (2021-2024). From 2024 to 2025, he undertook a 12-month “German Research Foundation”(GRF)-funded postdoctoral research fellowship at the Head and Neck Cancer Immunogenomics and Precision Oncology Platform at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

He holds clinical and research expertise in salivary gland carcinomas, focusing on translational research characterizing molecular targets, tumor microenvironment, and epidemiologic data. Dr. Mayer has received multiple scholarships, including from the “Von Behring-Röntgen Stiftung”, “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”, “Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst”, and the Walter Benjamin-Program of the GRF. He combines clinical expertise with strong research leadership and multidisciplinary skills, making him a leading young investigator in head and neck oncology.