09-12, 08:00–09:00 (Europe/Istanbul), Humanitarian + Transverse Activities + Global Outreach
Description: This activity will highlight cutting-edge innovations in otolaryngology, focusing on advanced airway management techniques and the evolution of minimally invasive sialendoscopy for salivary gland disorders.
Outcome Objectives: Upon completion, participants will be able to describe new technologies in airway management and explain the benefits of minimally invasive sialendoscopy.
Background: Recent advances in technology have significantly improved patient outcomes in otolaryngology. This course provides an overview of key developments, moving from essential airway control to delicate, minimally invasive procedures.
Recent advances in technology have significantly improved patient outcomes in otolaryngology. This course provides an overview of key developments, moving from essential airway control to delicate, minimally invasive procedures.
Dr. Giovanni Cammaroto is an Italian otolaryngologist specializing in sleep-disordered breathing, particularly obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), as well as salivary gland diseases, sialoendoscopy andotology. He serves as a consultant in the ENT Unit at the Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital in Forlì, part of the Romagna Local Health Authority.
Working in the field of laryngology – head and neck surgery, endoscopic laryngeal and pharyngeal cancer surgery, Endoscopic surgery of the Zanker’s diverticulum, salivary gland surgery and Sialendoscopy. Former head of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery Department in Ljubljana, Slovenia and also the president of Slovenian ENT association 2016 – 2022. Associate professor of otorhinolaryngology at the medical faculty in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
I graduated from Istanbul University Cerrhapasa School of Medicine, English Department in 1998. I had my residency training in Taksim Training and Research Hospital, between 1999-2005. I am currently working in University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine,in Istanbul
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nesrettin Fatih Turgut completed his medical education at Erciyes University in 2010 and earned the title of Medical Doctor. In 2016, he successfully completed his residency training at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, becoming a specialist in Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) diseases.
During his residency training, he also completed a Master’s degree in Audiology at the Department of Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences at Yıldırım Beyazıt University in 2014, thereby earning the title of Audiology Specialist as well.
In 2020, he worked as an observer physician at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, one of Europe’s most advanced pediatric hospitals, located in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Dr. Turgut was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 2023. Since January 2024, he has been continuing his clinical and academic work at Medicana Samsun Hospital.
His special areas of interest include sialendoscopy, pediatric ENT, endoscopic sinus surgery, and endoscopic ear surgery.
Assoc. Prof. Kemal Kef was born in 1964 and is married with two children. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1987. After nearly two years of neurosurgery residency training at Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital and Haseki Training and Research Hospital, he transferred to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) at Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, where he completed his specialty training in 1993.
He has served as an invited instructor in the Clinical Pharmacy courses organized by Marmara University’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy. In 2015, he completed a fellowship at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, focusing on cochlear implantation, laser surgery, and endoscopic surgical techniques.
Since 2018, he has been working as a lecturer at Trakya University Keşan Hakkı Yörük School of Health, where he continues his academic and teaching activities.
Dr. Kef has authored several national and international book chapters and original research articles, and has delivered numerous presentations and invited lectures at national and international scientific meetings. His foreign language is English.