Dr. Hu is a Clinical Professor in the Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia (UBC).  She is sub-specialized in care of the professional voice, airway, and swallowing disorders.  She graduated from medical school at the University of Toronto, trained in residency in Otolaryngology at Western University, and completed a Laryngology fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle with Drs Al Merati, Al Hillel, and Tanya Meyer.  She worked in Philadelphia at Drexel University for 5 years with Dr. Robert Sataloff prior to joining the UBC faculty in August of 2018. She is now the Director of the Pacific Voice Clinic in Vancouver, Canada, and Laryngology Fellowship Director at UBC. She is the author of over 100 peer reviewed journal articles, 9 book chapters, and the recipient of local, national, & international grants from Michael Smith Foundation, Canadian Society of Otolarynglogy, and American Academy of Otolarynogology.

VIKTORIA SHILENKOVA

PhD, Professor.

Education: 

Graduated from the Yaroslavl State Medical University in 1985 with a degree in Pediatrics. 1985-1987 Clinical residency in otorhinolaryngology at the Yaroslavl State Medical University.

1987-1988 ENT-doctor at the Yaroslavl City Clinical Emergency Hospital.

Since 1988 docent at the ENT-department at the Yaroslavl State Medical University.

Since 2001 Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at the Yaroslavl State Medical University.

Professional Memberships:

Since 1988 general secretary of ENT Scientific Society in Yaroslavl region;

Since 1996 Board Member of Scientific Council of Yaroslavl State Medical Academy;

Since 1998 Board Member of Russian Phoniatricians and Speech Therapists Society;

Since 2014 Member of Russian National Association of Otorhinolaryngologists;

Since 2016 General Secretary of Russian Rhinologic Society;

Since 2016 Board Member of European Rhinologic Society.

Since 2024 Board Member of UEP, national coordinator from Russia.

Editorial board Member of the Journal Russian Rhinology (Russia), Journal Experimental and clinical otorhinolaryngology (Russia).

Selected publications: Author of 289 papers published in different medical journals, local and international. Author of 6medical books. Co-author of seven Russian National Guidelines.

Participated in many congresses, symposia, meetings, and courses in Russia and other countries, as a speaker, Faculty member, chairman, and organizer.

Consultant in governmental and private hospitals in Yaroslavl.

Professional interests: laryngology (voice disorders, voice acoustic analysis, Voice Strain Test, professional voice of teachers, vocal fold paresis), rhinology (physiology of nose, diagnosis and treatment rhinosinusitis).  

Email address: [email protected], [email protected]

John-Helge Heimdal is the Managing Director of the Department of Surgery at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway, and Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen. He is a specialist in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, with more than two decades of dedicated experience in laryngology.

He completed his PhD in tumour immunology at the University of Bergen in 2002 and has extensive research expertise through participation in numerous clinical studies. His academic work includes over fifty peer‑reviewed scientific publications, as well as book chapters, reviews, and a wide range of presentations at national and international conferences.

In 2002, together with colleagues at Haukeland University Hospital, Professor Heimdal designed the Continuous Laryngoscopy Exercise (CLE) test, which has since become an important tool for evaluating laryngeal function during physical stress. He has performed exercise‑based laryngeal assessments for more than twenty years and has chaired the ELS Committee on Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction (EILO).

He has supervised multiple PhD candidates whose theses focused on upper airway function during exercise. The “Upper Airway Group” at Haukeland University Hospital, an interdisciplinary team of ENT specialists, pulmonologists, pediatricians, and sports medicine physicians has, over the last twenty years, contributed significantly to the understanding of laryngeal function related to respiration and airway protection. The group collaborates broadly with research partners across Europe and beyond.