09-10, 10:45–11:45 (Europe/Istanbul), Equilibrium 2
Description: vestibular disorders in children are more common than previously thought. This session aims to educate the audience about the prevalence, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of vestibular dysfunction in the pediatric population
Outcome Objectives: . This session will offer practical tips and advice in how to recognize vestibular disorders in children, how to diagnose them, and how to treat them most effectively.
Background: over the past decade more attention has been given to children suffering from vestibular and balance problems. Recently, the IPBN (International Pediatric Balance Network) was founded to bring clinicians and scientists worldwide together to optimise care for these patients. The speakers for this session are board members of the IPBN: Leen Maes, professor in audiology at Ghent University (Belgium); Soumit Dasgupta, neurotologist and audiovestibular physician at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (UK) and Josine Widdershoven, pediatric otorhinolaryngologist at Maastricht University Medical Center (the Netherlands).
The purpose of the proposal is to enhance the understanding of pediatric balance disorders for the ENT audience.
NINA BOŽANIĆ URBANČIČ MD, PhD ENT specialist
Date of birth: 16th November 1978
Adress: Topniška ulica 11, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
E-mail adress: [email protected]
Telephone number: ++386 40 344 368 Nationality: Croatian
Education
2023- PhD in Medical School University of Ljubljana
2013 completed the ENT specialist training, including final exam
2007-2013 ENT training at University Clinical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia
2006 nostrification of a Medical School diploma in Slovenia
2003 graduated from Medical School in Zagreb Medical University, Croatia
2002 1 month at the ENT dep. St'Georges Hospital, London
Work experience
2021- present date: Head of pediatric ward ENT Clinic, UMC Ljubljana
2021- present date: part of the audiological/genetic consillium ENT Clinic Ljubljana Slovenia
2018- present date: Country representative for the European Federation of Audiology Societies
2007- present date- work in the Department for Otorhinolaryngology and cervicofacial surgery at University Clinical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005 Rijeka prison – physician
2005 Emergency physician- Island of Rab, Croatia
2004 General Physician, the Island of Rab, Croatia
2003 Internship at Clinical Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
Other skills:
»First Certificate in English«, Cambridge University diploma High level of knowledge of Slovenian language- diploma Active understanding of Italian language
Prof Soumit Dasgupta is an award winning consultant neurotologist and audiovestibular physician at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and the Hypatia Dizziness and Balance Centre in Liverpool, United Kingdom. He is a senior lecturer in the University of Liverpool and a lecturer in the University of Manchester, UK and an honorary professor in the University of Siena, Italy. He is a globally acknowledged expert in paediatric vestibular disorders leading one of the few tertiary paediatric vestibular centres in the world and a paediatric vestibular research laboratory. He is well published in peer reviewed index journals and has written several text book chapters. He is leading the UK in looking into genetic hearing loss and ototoxicity in the paediatric population with dedicated monitoring protocols and represents the UK in the International Ototoxicity Monitoring Group (IOMG), a global consortium of experts researching in ototoxicity. He is the international secretary of the International Vestibular Society, the Chairman of Education in the British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians and an executive committee member of the British Society of Neurotology and Otology. He is an expert reviewer for 9 index journals on Neurotology and Genetics, in the editorial board of 4 index journals and is an expert adviser to the General Medical Council, United KingdomProf Soumit Dasgupta is an award winning consultant neurotologist and audiovestibular physician at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and the Hypatia Dizziness and Balance Centre in Liverpool, United Kingdom. He is a senior lecturer in the University of Liverpool and a lecturer in the University of Manchester, UK and an honorary professor in the University of Siena, Italy. He is a globally acknowledged expert in paediatric vestibular disorders leading one of the few tertiary paediatric vestibular centres in the world and a paediatric vestibular research laboratory. He is well published in peer reviewed index journals and has written several text book chapters. He is leading the UK in looking into genetic hearing loss and ototoxicity in the paediatric population with dedicated monitoring protocols and represents the UK in the International Ototoxicity Monitoring Group (IOMG), a global consortium of experts researching in ototoxicity. He is the international secretary of the International Vestibular Society, the Chairman of Education in the British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians and an executive committee member of the British Society of Neurotology and Otology. He is an expert reviewer for 9 index journals on Neurotology and Genetics, in the editorial board of 4 index journals and is an expert adviser to the General Medical Council, United Kingdom
Josine Widdershoven is a pediatric otorhinolarygologist at Maastricht University Medical Centre (the Netherlands). For the past decade she has run the pediatric outpatient clinic for children with vestibular disorders. She also works as a consultant at Antwerp University Hospital (Belgium).
Leen Maes is an audiologist and appointed as associate professor (80%) at the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at the Ghent University and as scientific employee (20%) at the ENT Department of the University Hospital Ghent. She is specialized in vestibular assessment techniques. Her vestibular research group (BalanceCare4Kids) investigates the impact of a vestibular dysfunction on the motor and cognitive function in healthy as well as vestibular-impaired children; the vestibular system of hearing-impaired children, children with a neurodevelopmental disorder, and children with hypotonia; and the impact of a congenital cytomegalovirus infection and a cochlear implant on the vestibular function of children. She initiated a vestibular screening for each hearing-impaired new-born child in Flanders (VIS-Flanders project; www.vis-flanders.be), which is the first vestibular screening program worldwide. Her latest project (VIS-REHAB) is focused on optimizing the vestibular rehabilitation trajectory of children with a vestibular dysfunction in Flanders.
Previous work experience includes Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital (UCL, UK), Manchester Royal Infirmary (University of Manchester, UK)