Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra in 1980, Doctor of

Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra and Specialty in Otorhinolaryngology in

the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of Navarra, 1982-1985. Doctor

Honoris Causa. Issued by the University of San Pablo de Tucumán, Argentina, March, 2014

Clinical Consultant of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of

Navarra since 1992 and Director of the Cochlear Implants program of the University of

Navarra since 1989.

Director of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of Navarra since

June 2015.

He is Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of

Navarra.

The research activity has been carried out in the general area of Otology-Otoneurology, and he

is Coordinator of the Bioengineering Center of the University of Navarra.

He has more than 100 articles published in national and international journals, 60 book

chapters, monographs and 9 books.

He has participated in more than 900 conferences, round tables, national and international

instruction courses.

He is a member of different scientific societies and editorial boards and has received numerous

awards.

Doctor of Medicine Head of ENT Department at Santobono-Pausilipon Children' Hospita of Naples ITALY

Head of CI Programm

Tinnitus and tinnitus disorder: Theoretical and operational definitions (an international multidisciplinary proposal)D De Ridder, W Schlee, S Vanneste, A Londero, N Weisz, T Kleinjung, ...Progress in brain research 260, 1-253912021Thalamocortical dysrhythmia detected by machine learningS Vanneste, JJ Song, D De RidderNature communications 9 (1), 11032812018Transcranial direct current stimulation in tinnitus patients: a systemic review and meta‐analysisJJ Song, S Vanneste, P Van de Heyning, D De RidderThe Scientific World Journal 2012 (1), 4279411242012Mapping Tinnitus-Related Brain Activation: An Activation-Likelihood Estimation Metaanalysis of PET StudiesJJ Song, D De Ridder, P Van de Heyning, S VannesteJournal of Nuclear Medicine1122012Frontal cortex TMS for tinnitusD De Ridder, JJ Song, S VannesteBrain stimulation 6 (3), 355-3621072013Anxiolytics reduce residual dizziness after successful canalith repositioning maneuvers in benign paroxysmal positional vertigoHJ Jung, JW Koo, CS Kim, JS Kim, JJ SongActa oto-laryngologica 132 (3), 277-284

ENT specialist, involved mainly in otology, otologic surgery, implantamble heraring devices and cochlear implants

Chief of regional cochlear implants center in Potenza, Italy until 2021, actually otologic surgery consultant at ASL Roma1 San Filippo Neri Hospital in Rome, Italy

PhD on head and neck neurophysiology, contract university professor of Audiology and ENT, implantable hearing devices surgery II level university master, observerships at cochlear implants centers of Miami and New York univeristies.

Social media communications scientific coordinator of the European Academy of Otology and Neurotology and of the Italian Academy of Otology and Neurotology

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Prof. Artur Lorens, Ph.D. is head of the Department of Implants and Auditory Perception at the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing.  He graduated in 1992 from the Faculty of Electronics, Warsaw University of Technology, with a degree in Medical and Nuclear Electronics, specialization: Electronic Instrumentation. He obtained his PhD in Technical Sciences on April 29, 2003, at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology. The title of his doctoral dissertation was “A Method for Assessing the Effectiveness of Cochlear Implant Systems.” He received his habilitation degree (DSc) in Health Sciences on April 23, 2013, from the Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw. The scientific achievement was entitled “Electro-Acoustic Stimulation of the Auditory Receptor after Cochlear Implantation.”. He has led or participated in numerous EU- and nationally funded projects, including HearingTreat (PI, EU Marie Curie ToK), HEARD (main researcher, FP7 IEF), and InnoTech (researcher, NCBiR), focusing on innovative cochlear implant fitting, auditory diagnostics, and implantable hearing devices. Prof. Lorens has authored 100+ publications, (H-index: 26, 2,023 citations)