Head of Pediatric ENT Department, Necker Pediatric Hospital, Paris Cité University

Specialized in the surgery of pediatric skull base diseases and of pediatric head and neck tumors 

Secretary General of the French ENT Society (SFORL) since 2019

Secretary General of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO) since 2025

Prof. dr. An Boudewyns is Head of Clinic in Pediatric ENT at the Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium and  Associate Professor of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology at the University of Antwerp, Belgium at the faculty of Medicine and Translational Neurosciences. She is also an honorary professor at the Faculty of Health and Clinical Medicine of Aarhus University, Denmark. Prof. dr. An Boudewyns is executive board member of the European Society for Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO). She is representative for ERN cranio (working group genetic hearing loss) at the University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.

 Clinical and research activities are focused on hereditary hearing loss,  the multidisciplinary approach of pediatric sleep-disordered breathing, Down syndrome and endoscopic airway procedures.

Derek J. Lam MD, MPH is a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, USA. He completed his medical school, residency, and Masters of Public Health at the University of Washington in Seattle and a Pediatric Otolaryngology fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Lam is a clinician-scientist and studies the diagnosis and surgical management of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea, supported by two R61/R33 grants through the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. His other clinical interests include dysphagia management, airway reconstruction, and surgical management of adult sleep apnea, including upper airway stimulation.