<p>NINA BOŽANIĆ URBANČIČ MD, PhD ENT specialist</p> <p>Date of birth: 16th November 1978</p> <p>Adress: Topniška ulica 11, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia</p> <p>E-mail adress: [email protected]</p> <p>Telephone number: ++386 40 344 368 Nationality: Croatian</p> <p>Education</p> <p>2023- PhD in Medical School University of Ljubljana</p> <p>2013 completed the ENT specialist training, including final exam</p> <p>2007-2013 ENT training at University Clinical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia</p> <p>2006 nostrification of a Medical School diploma in Slovenia</p> <p>2003 graduated from Medical School in Zagreb Medical University, Croatia</p> <p>2002 1 month at the ENT dep. St'Georges Hospital, London</p> <p>Work experience</p> <p>2021- present date: Head of pediatric ward ENT Clinic, UMC Ljubljana</p> <p>2021- present date: part of the audiological/genetic consillium ENT Clinic Ljubljana Slovenia</p> <p>2018- present date: Country representative for the European Federation of Audiology Societies</p> <p>2007- present date- work in the Department for Otorhinolaryngology and cervicofacial surgery at University Clinical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia</p> <p>2005 Rijeka prison – physician</p> <p>2005 Emergency physician- Island of Rab, Croatia</p> <p>2004 General Physician, the Island of Rab, Croatia</p> <p>2003 Internship at Clinical Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia</p> <p>Other skills:</p> <p>»First Certificate in English«, Cambridge University diploma High level of knowledge of Slovenian language- diploma Active understanding of Italian language</p>

<p>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 has established the first vestibular infant screening programme in the UK. 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 Vice President of 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</p>

<p>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).</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>Previous work experience includes Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital (UCL, UK), Manchester Royal Infirmary (University of Manchester, UK)</p>