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.

Prof. Mario Turri-Zanoni, MD, PhD, is an Italian Otolaryngologist, Associate Professor and Consultant in Skull Base Surgery. In 2013 he spent an educational period at the M.D.Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, under the mentorship of Ehab Y. Hanna. In 2015 he joined the Faculty of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the Insubria University in Varese, Italy, as a Consultant (Chief: Prof. Paolo Castelnuovo). In 2021 he achieved the PhD degree in “Life Sciences and Biotechnologies” at University of Insubria, Varese, Italy. From 2023, he holds the position of Associate Professor and Consultant in Otorhinolaryngology at ASST Lariana, Sant’Anna Hospital, Como, University of Insubria, Italy.

His current research and clinical activities are concentrated on multidisciplinary approaches to the sinonasal and skull base cancers, focusing especially on the new histopathological and molecular markers able to personalize treatment strategies and stratify patients according to the prognosis. His surgical skills are mainly focused on endoscopic sinus surgery, expanded skull base approaches, head & neck oncology. He is the author of over 200 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and 20 book chapters, especially in the field of endoscopic skull base surgery. He has been invited as a Faculty Member in more than 150 national and international conferences, including over 120 as a Distinguished Lecturer. He has participated as invited Tutor in over 120 training courses in endoscopic sinonasal and skull base anatomy and surgical techniques (basic, intermediate and advanced levels). He is member of Italian Society of Otorhinolaryngology (SIO), Italian Academy Rhinology (IAR), American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS). From April 2018 to September 2021, he served as a Junior Member in the Advisory Board of the European Rhinologic Society (ERS). He currently serves as Secretary General of the Italian Skull Base Society.