<p>Prof. Marco Caversaccio is chairman of the Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery at the University Hospital in Bern (Switzerland) since 2009. Since 14 years he is additionally Vice-Director of the ARTORG Research Center for Biomedical Engineering Research. Dr. Caversaccio is a wellknown technology expert for the development and implementation of novel surgical techniques and systems in the area of Otology, Rhinology and Skull Base. He has conducted First in Man studies like the Robotic Cochlea implantation. He is member of the Swiss, German, French societies for ENT, of the American Academy of ORL and of the Collegium ORL Amicitiae Sacrum</p>

<p>Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra in 1980, Doctor of</p> <p>Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra and Specialty in Otorhinolaryngology in</p> <p>the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of Navarra, 1982-1985. Doctor</p> <p>Honoris Causa. Issued by the University of San Pablo de Tucumán, Argentina, March, 2014</p> <p>Clinical Consultant of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of</p> <p>Navarra since 1992 and Director of the Cochlear Implants program of the University of</p> <p>Navarra since 1989.</p> <p>Director of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of Navarra since</p> <p>June 2015.</p> <p>He is Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of</p> <p>Navarra.</p> <p>The research activity has been carried out in the general area of Otology-Otoneurology, and he</p> <p>is Coordinator of the Bioengineering Center of the University of Navarra.</p> <p>He has more than 100 articles published in national and international journals, 60 book</p> <p>chapters, monographs and 9 books.</p> <p>He has participated in more than 900 conferences, round tables, national and international</p> <p>instruction courses.</p> <p>He is a member of different scientific societies and editorial boards and has received numerous</p> <p>awards.</p>