Dr Marc Remacle is an Emeritus Academic Professor of the faculty of Medecine at the University of  Louvain, Belgium. He is consultant in the department of ORL and Head & Neck surgery  of CHL, Luxembourg.

Dr Remacle chaired the joint commission of the Free University of Brussels and the Catholic University of Louvain for the master’s degree in Logopedics. His interest in Laser surgery led him to contribute to the development of dedicated devices as the micromanipulator and microinstruments. He initiated the new scanner and the new robotic micromanipulator for laser- assisted incision and dissection. He contributed to the development of the Co2 laser wave-guide.

Together with his colleague Prof Georges Lawson , they have initiated the TORS in Belgium

He presented numerous communications and published papers mainly on laser-assisted microsurgery and microphonosurgery.

He is an expert in voice feminization, practicing the Wendler glottoplasty for more than 20 years

He regularly takes part in International courses and conferences on laser microsurgery. He is recipient among others of the

Stirk-Adams Lecture, Queen Medical Centre, Nottingham, 14^th January 2006

Honor Award Recipient<u> </u>American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 17-20 September 2006

Lewis Francis Morrison, M.D. Endowed Lecturer – University of California – San Francisco Department of otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, March 6, 2008

Kleinsasser Award attributed by the European laryngological society 2008

Honorary Member of the Austrian Society of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Graz, Austria, 12 September 2008

Honorary member of the "Fundacion Mexicana de la Voz", Mexico, 31 December 2009

Visiting Professor, Department of Head & Neck surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, April 15-16, 2013

Guest of honor, American laryngological society , Annual meeting , 2015

Wullstein lecture on invitation of German ENT society. 2022

Isshiki award attributed by the British Laryngological association 2024

He is currently:

Founding member and the Past-General secretary of the European laryngological association

Member of the Collegium Oto-Rhino-laryngologicum Amitiae Sacrum

Corresponding member of the American Laryngological Association International  member of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association

Corresponding member of the American Head & Neck Society Corresponding member of the American academy of ORL- Head & neck Surgery

Corresponding member of the French society of ORL and Head & Neck pathology

Member of the French society of Head & Neck Carcinology

Member of the French society of Phoniatrics Member of the Belgian society of ORL and Head & Neck Surgery

General secretary of the International Association of Phonosurgery

Past-President of the European federation of the ORL societies ( EUFOS)

Past-President  the European confederation of the European ORl -Head & Neck surgery

Joel H. Blumin, MD, FACS is the Chief of the Division of Laryngology & Professional Voice and Professor of Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI.  He is a native of California and grew up in the Los Angeles area but ventured to the University of Iowa for medical school where he first was exposed to otolaryngology and laryngology.  He went back home for residency in otolaryngology-head & neck surgery at UCLA and during this time his interest in laryngology blossomed and he became the inaugural fellow in laryngology under the mentorship of Gerald Berke, MD at UCLA.  Following his training, he has been on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania and Medical College of Wisconsin.

Dr. Blumin practices the full spectrum of clinical laryngology – taking care of patients with airway, swallow, and voice disorders, as well as those with cancers of the larynx.  He has a special interest in laryngeal dystonia and has been active with the National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association/Dysphonia International over the last 25 years.  He regularly collaborates with Nikki Johnston, PhD in the laboratory looking at epithelial defense.  He is a co-author of over 125 scientific manuscripts, book chapters, and other publications and has presented over 250 papers, lectures, and workshops.  He has been a co-author on papers that have won the Broyles-Maloney award (twice) and the Harris Mosher award.  He has been in leadership with committee service for the Medical College of Wisconsin and many of our national societies including the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Triological Society, American Broncho-Esophagological Association, and the American Laryngological Association, where he currently is serving as President. He is an Associate Editor for The Laryngoscope and oversees manuscript submission in bronchoesophagology.

Dr. Rehab Awad has been leading the voice services for both adults and children in the Speech and Language Therapy Department and providing voice therapy input in the Multidisciplinary voice clinic, being the main therapist providing pre- & post-operative voice rehabilitation for patients who undergo phonosurgery. She has also been leading the Parallel Voice Clinic at UHL since 2011. She is a Professor of Phoniatrics Sciences at Kasr Alaini Hospital, Cairo University since 2025.

Rehab has a long experience in managing voice disorders in both adults and children, providing a holistic approach to improving voice quality and ensuring the multidisciplinary approach to addressing voice problems. She has special interest working with professional voice users (singers, actors, performers) with special interest in using treatment naso-endoscopy. As the Clinical Lead Voice Therapist at University Hospital Lewisham, she is involved in developing departmental policies and competencies frameworks for developing therapists’ skills in managing voice disorders.

She is the most senior FEES therapist and clinical governor for FEES services at LGT, has helped developing FEES services across three sites as well as developing inhouse-training for the SLT team. 

She has been a council member of the British Voice Association since 2022 and a member of the British Voice Association Education Working Party since 2018.

She has participated in developing and updating various position papers for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

She has special interest in research and has published a few research articles and book chapters in national and international journals and has been a speaker in many national and international conferences.

Dr. Jaime Antonio Bracho Ordoñez is a physician specialized in Otorhinolaryngology and Phoniatrics, with a distinguished career dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders that affect human communication. His work focuses on the complex and essential functions of the voice, hearing, speech, and language, fields where he has combined clinical practice, academic training, and scientific research to improve the quality of life of his pati