<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>Dr. Emel Tahir has been working as an associate professor in Ondokuz Mayıs University Department of Otolaryngology, Samsun Turkey since March 2019.</p> <p>She received his MD from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. He finished ENT residency at Hacettepe University Department of Otolaryngology, in 2015. For her fellowship work she worked on inner ear malformations.</p> <p>She was engaged in Otology/Neurotology and Head&Neck Surgery certificate programs of Turkish Board of ORL-HNS. She is also a fellow of European Board of Otolatyngology-Hed and Neck Surgey. She is focused on otology/neurotology and laryngology.</p>