Brandon Isaacson, M.D., is a Professor in the <u>Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery</u> at UT Southwestern Medical Center and serves as Co-Director of UT Southwestern's Comprehensive Skull Base Program.

Dr. Isaacson earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia, where he served as President of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed an otolaryngology residency at the University of Michigan, as well as a fellowship at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine, where he received advanced training in otology, neurotology, and skull base surgery. He also holds a B.S. in chemistry (summa cum laude) from Georgia's Armstrong State University.

Dr. Isaacson is board certified in otolaryngology – head and neck surgery and neurotology. He is a Fellow of the American Neurotology Society, the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, and the American College of Surgeons. In 2018, he was also inducted as a Fellow of the Triological Society.

He has authored over 130 scientific articles, contributed to more than 30 book chapters, and delivered numerous international, national, and regional presentations, lectures, and professional courses. He serves as a reviewer for a number of academic journals as well as on the editorial board of Otology & Neurotology. 

Dr. Isaacson has been awarded the UT Southwestern Chief Resident Appreciation Award for excellence in resident education and advocacy in 2008, 2012, and 2017. From the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Foundation, he received the Honor Award in 2010, and the Distinguished Service Award in 2012 . Dr. Isaacson also serves as an Senior Examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology.

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

Vedat Topsakal is an otologist. He is born in the Netherlands but is Turkish.

Since being recognized as an Otorhinolaryngologist he has been focussed only on otology working in the Netherlands and Belgium in different centers. Robotic Cochlear Implant surgery has become a reserach focus over the last years.

Prof. Dr. Özgür Sürmelioğlu is a distinguished professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Çukurova University’s Faculty of Medicine in Adana, Turkey. He earned his undergraduate degree from Ankara University’s Faculty of Medicine between 1998 and 2004. He completed his Expertise in Medicine in Otorhinolaryngology at Çukurova University from 2005 to 2010. Professionally, Prof. Dr. Sürmelioğlu has served as an Expert (2012-2013) and Assistant Professor (2013-2018) in the same department before attaining his current position as Professor in 2023.  His clinical interests encompass conditions such as otology- neurpotolpgy. He has contributed significantly to the field with 243 publications and has been cited 266 times, reflecting his active engagement in research and academia.

I am an Otolaryngologist on the Specialty Register of the Singapore Medical Council & Specialty Accreditation Board. I completed my HMDP fellowship in Otology and Neurotology in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I am currently employed by the National University Hospital as a Senior Consultant in Otolaryngology. I am concurrently the Head of Department for ENT Head & Neck Surgery, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. I am part of the team that provides otological surgical services including middle ear surgery, cochlear implants and lateral skull base surgery for the National University Health ServicesCluster.