<p>Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra in 1980, Doctor of</p> <p>Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra and Specialty in Otorhinolaryngology in</p> <p>the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of Navarra, 1982-1985. Doctor</p> <p>Honoris Causa. Issued by the University of San Pablo de Tucumán, Argentina, March, 2014</p> <p>Clinical Consultant of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of</p> <p>Navarra since 1992 and Director of the Cochlear Implants program of the University of</p> <p>Navarra since 1989.</p> <p>Director of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of Navarra since</p> <p>June 2015.</p> <p>He is Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of</p> <p>Navarra.</p> <p>The research activity has been carried out in the general area of Otology-Otoneurology, and he</p> <p>is Coordinator of the Bioengineering Center of the University of Navarra.</p> <p>He has more than 100 articles published in national and international journals, 60 book</p> <p>chapters, monographs and 9 books.</p> <p>He has participated in more than 900 conferences, round tables, national and international</p> <p>instruction courses.</p> <p>He is a member of different scientific societies and editorial boards and has received numerous</p> <p>awards.</p>

<p>Doctor of Medicine Head of ENT Department at Santobono-Pausilipon Children' Hospita of Naples ITALYHead of CI Programm</p>

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<p>ENT specialist, involved mainly in otology, otologic surgery, implantamble heraring devices and cochlear implants</p> <p>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</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Social media communications scientific coordinator of the European Academy of Otology and Neurotology and of the Italian Academy of Otology and Neurotology</p> <p>Fellow of the American College of Surgeons</p>

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<p>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)</p>