Prof. Piotr H. Skarzynski, MD, PhD, MSc realises scientific work in the World Hearing Center of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing and Institute of Sensory Organs.

Specialist in ENT, pediatric ENT, audiology and phoniatrics, and public health. Participated in the 3^rd Stakeholders Consultation meeting during which the World Hearing Forum of WHO was announced. A member of the Roster of Experts on Digital Health of WHO, Board Member and Institutional Representative of the International Society for Telemedicine and e-Health (ISfTeH), President of International Advisory Board of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), member of Congress and Meeting Department of European Academy of Otology and Neuro-Otology (EAONO), Regional Representative of Europe of International Society of Audiology (ISA), Vice-President of Hearring Group, Auditor of European Federation of Audiology Societies (EFAS), member of the Facial Nerve Stimulation Steering Committee, and Board Secretary of the Polish Society of Otorhinolaryngologists, Phoniatrists and Audiologists (TOFAP). Member of Hearing Committee (2018–2019), Goodwill Ambassador representing Poland at the AAO-HNSF 2021 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience, and since 2021 a member of the Implantable Hearing Devices Committee and Otology & Neurotology Education Committee of AAO-HNS. Consultant Committee of International Experts of CPAM-VBMS (for special invitation), honorary member of ORL Danube Society, and Société Française d’Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie. Member of the Council of National Science Center (NCN). Expert and member of numerous national organisations. Moreover, expert and reviewer of national and international projects, and a reviewer of national and international scientific journals, mostly with Impact Factor value.

Prof. Piotr H. Skarzynski, MD, PhD, MSc executes numerous national and international projects connected with hearing screening programs, implantable hearing devices, telemedicine, and e-health in numerous European, Asian, and African countries. 

Research interests: ENT surgery, otology, rhinology, ear reconstruction, hearing implantable devices and hearing aids, telemedicine and e-Health, robotics, tinnitus, and hearing screening in Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America.Prof. Piotr H. Skarzynski, MD, PhD, MSc realises scientific work in the World Hearing Center of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing and Institute of Sensory Organs.

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)