He did his medical training and otolaryngology residency in Hacettepe University Medical Faculty in Ankara. In 1996 He became associate professor, and in 2003 professor in the same department. He was a research scholar in House Ear Institute, Los Angeles California where he performed a temporal bone study on middle fossa approach (1997).

For the last 30 years, he has been practicing only otology and neurotology. His main academic interest is inner ear malformations. He was involved in the classification and surgery of inner ear malformations. He has recently updated his classification system of inner ear malformations (2009, 2013 and 2017). He developed an electrode for malformations. Recently he performed a histopathological study on inner ear malformations trying to explain the pathophysiology of developmental inner ear anomalies (2016). As Hacettepe Implant Team they performed over 3546 implants until May 2026. They also started auditory brainstem implantation in prelingually deafened children in 2006. So far Hacettepe team performed 205 ABI in children.

He has 164 articles in English language in peer reviewed journals.

He was the president of the Otology and Neurotology Society in Turkey between 2008 and 2010. He was the chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology in Hacettepe University between 2006 and 2011. During this time 4 year-Audiology Undergraduate Program was set up in Hacettepe University.

Expert in CI surgery with more than 10 Years experience, ear surgeon, expert in Sleep Medicne

Member of the ENT Committee, Ministry of Health Romania

Coordinator of the National Program for the Treatment of Deafness with Implantable Prostheses (Cochlear Implant and Other Implantable Prostheses)

·   Reviewr and Member in Editorial Board-     Romanian Journal of Rhinology,   Acta Medica Marissiensis  European Archive of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Journal of Experimental and Therapeutical Medicin   ORL.RO Journal,   Romanian Journal of Rhinology,   Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

Publication

• 6 books

• 2 course manuals for students in Romanian and English

• 2 practical guides for students in Romanian and English

• 1 Capitol in Romanian ENT Medical treatise

• 1 Editor in ENT MDPI Volume

• 22 articles in extenso articles published in ISI-rated journals

• 35 articles published in BDI, B+ rated journals

• 6 articles in ISI Proceedings

• 5 abstracts published in the Volumes of International Congresses indexed ISI

• 108 abstracts presented and published in the book of National and International Congresses without ISSN or ISBN

• 40 abstracts presented and published in the book of National and International Congresses without ISSN or ISBN

• 121 paper presentations: oral presentations, guest lecturer-other than those published in the abstract volumes

• 25 abstracts published with students at scientific conferences

• 55 coordinated undergraduate theses

34 citations in the field of activity in the Web of Science 

Dr. Hiroshi Yamazaki, an otology specialist in Japan, is a junior associate professor at Kyoto University. His clinical and research focus includes cochlear implantation, binaural hearing, and auditory neuroscience using EABR, EEG, and fNIRS. He has trained as a clinical observer in Melbourne and conducted research in Toronto.

Clinical Interests

Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery, Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implants, Auditory Brainstem Implantation, Inner Ear Malformations Lateral Skull Base Surgery, Facial Nerve Disorders, Vestibular Disorders, Endoscopic Ear Surgery

Academic Interests

Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implants, Auditory Brainstem Implantation, Inner Ear Malformations, Middle Ear Biomechanics, Endoscopic Ear Surgery

Doctor Isabelle Mosnier is an ENT Doctor of Medicine from University of Paris Sorbonne University. She is Head of the Department of Otolaryngology and Auditory Implants in GH Pitié-Salpêtrière (Paris), director of the centre of clinical research in Audiology, member of the referent center of rare diseases “Genetic hearing loss in adults” and member of Institut Pasteur / Inserm, Institut de l'audition, « Technologies et thérapie génique pour la surdité » (Paris, France).

Dr. Chen graduated from National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University and spent his fellowship at the Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Chen was a chairman of Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei,1996-2014; and chief of Department of Cochlear Implantation, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2014-2020. Currently, Dr Chen has served as a deputy superintendent at Holistic Hearing Healthcare Center, China Medical University Hospital, TaiChung, Taiwan, since May/ 2020.