09-10, 10:45–11:45 (Europe/Istanbul), Humanitarian + Transverse Activities + Global Outreach 2
Surgical Interventions for Paranasal sinus tumours will be discussed.
Fikret Kasapoglu, MD is a Professor in the Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department at Bursa Uludag University, Medical Faculty, Bursa, Turkey. He graduated from the School of Medicine, Bursa Uludag University, in 1998. He entered the Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Residency Program at Bursa Uludag University, Medical Faculty, Bursa, becoming a Specialist in ORL & HNS in 2003. He also currently works in the same department, on surgeries, research and educational purposes. He did his military servise as an ORL & HNS specialist between 2004-2005 for 1 year period, at the Ankara Mevkii Soldier Hospital, Ankara. He visited Massacchussetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, in 2009 as an observer, at the Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Department for 3 months. He was appointed as an Associate Professor in 2011 and as a professor in 2019. He has many articles and chapters in various national and international Journals and books.
Eric W. Wang, M.D. is Professor of Otolaryngology, Neurological Surgery and Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Center for Cranial Base Surgery and Director of the Division of Rhinology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Wang also serves as Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology. He completed a fellowship in Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Rhinologic Society. Dr. Wang has published more than 225 peer-reviewed journal articles and has received several honors including an AAO-HNSF Honor Award, is a two-time recipient of a UPMC Achievement in Clinical Excellence and Service Award and is listed amongst the Best Doctors in America®. His clinical focus includes endoscopic and open skull base surgery, management of sinonasal malignancies and benign tumors, cerebrospinal fluid leak repair, endoscopic orbital surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery, and nasal airway surgery. His research interests include advances in the management of sinonasal malignancies, the virally driven pathophysiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, prospective trials in skull base surgery, and drug delivery mechanisms for inflammatory sinus disease.