Gülin Gökçen Kesici, MD, PhD (Audiology) is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Ankara Medipol University, Türkiye. She graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine and completed her residency in Otorhinolaryngology at Ankara University. Complementing her training as an otolaryngologist, she subsequently obtained both MSc and PhD degrees in Audiology.

Her main clinical and academic interests include neurotology, vestibular disorders, advanced audio-vestibular diagnostics, cochlear implantation, otologic surgery, skull base surgery, and pediatric otolaryngology. Her combined expertise in otolaryngology and audiology provides an integrated clinical perspective on the diagnosis and management of hearing and balance disorders.

Her clinical practice encompasses cochlear implantation and the management of complex otologic and vestibular disorders. She is also actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education in otolaryngology and audiology.

Prof. Dimitrios Kikidis (MD, MSc, PhD) is an Otolaryngologist and Assistant Professor, with clinical and research specialization in hearing disorders, tinnitus, and vertigo management. Since 2014, he has served as the Coordinator of the Neurotology Clinic and Laboratory at the 1st University ENT Clinic at Hippokration General Hospital, which includes a seven-member interdisciplinary team.

He was admitted to the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and holds a Master's Degree in Occupational and Environmental Health. He completed both his specialty training and doctoral dissertation on acoustic neuromas at the 1st University ENT Clinic.

He has been awarded a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) following a competitive examination—the first in the ENT specialty—for postdoctoral research on cochlear synaptopathy.

He has participated in 11 competitive European-funded programs, nine of which were Horizon projects, serving as co-Principal Investigator in five of them. Through these programs, he has contributed to the creation of an augmented and virtual reality room for addressing balance disorders, as well as three mobile phone applications for tinnitus and hearing.

He has collaborated with over 40 research organizations and companies across Europe. He is a member of the seven-member authoring team of the European guidelines for tinnitus. He has over 60 publications in international journals and has taught in five postgraduate programs as well as at the undergraduate level since 2014.