Dr Juan M. Juan Fernández is a Consultant ENT surgeon currently practising at Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi, with over 30 years of experience in otorhinolaryngology and a particular expertise in otology and neurotology.

He previously served as Head of the ENT Department at University Hospital Son Llàtzer (Palma de Mallorca) in Spain, leading a tertiary multidisciplinary ENT service with a strong focus on otologic surgery and clinical excellence.

He holds a Master's degree in Hyperbaric and Subaquatic Medicine from the University of Barcelona and has extensive clinical, academic, and teaching experience in diving-related ENT pathology, including barotrauma and inner ear disorders in divers.

Dr Juan has directed multiple courses on ENT diving pathology, contributed as editor to a monograph on diving and aviation ENT disorders, and is a frequent speaker on otology in diving and hyperbaric medicine.

His career uniquely bridges advanced expertise in otology and underwater medicine; having been a diver since childhood in the waters of Mallorca, both in apnea and scuba diving, and driven by a lifelong passion for the sea, his main professional focus is the integration of otological knowledge with underwater and diving medicine, establishing him as a recognized expert in the ENT aspects of diving.