09-10, 08:00–08:30 (Europe/Istanbul), Otology 1 (ICC - B2 Floor - Harbiye Auditorium)
Prof. Marco Caversaccio works at the Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery at the University Hospital in Bern (Switzerland) since 2009. Since 17 years he is additionally actively involved at the ARTORG Research Center for Biomedical Engineering Research of the University of Bern. 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.
Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra in 1980, Doctor of
Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra and Specialty in Otorhinolaryngology in
the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of Navarra, 1982-1985. Doctor
Honoris Causa. Issued by the University of San Pablo de Tucumán, Argentina, March, 2014
Clinical Consultant of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of
Navarra since 1992 and Director of the Cochlear Implants program of the University of
Navarra since 1989.
Director of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University Clinic of Navarra since
June 2015.
He is Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of
Navarra.
The research activity has been carried out in the general area of Otology-Otoneurology, and he
is Coordinator of the Bioengineering Center of the University of Navarra.
He has more than 100 articles published in national and international journals, 60 book
chapters, monographs and 9 books.
He has participated in more than 900 conferences, round tables, national and international
instruction courses.
He is a member of different scientific societies and editorial boards and has received numerous
awards.