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, 14th January 2006

Honor Award Recipient 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 Karen Kost is a Professor of Otolaryngology,  Director of the Voice and Dysphagia Laboratory and Fellowship program at McGill University. She is the past president of the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (CSO-HNS) and Founder of the Women in Otolaryngology section of the CSO-HNS. She is also the past president of the American Society of Geriatric Otolaryngology. Dr Kost is the Current President of the American Laryngological Association, and was recently nominated to serve as Eastern Section VP of the Triological Society in 2028.

Dr Kost has authored over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals,  30 book chapters, and has edited or co-edited 4 textbooks on Otolaryngology. She is the Associate editor of Laryngology for the Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, as well as for the ‘How I Do It’ section of the Laryngoscope. Dr Kost has given over 500 presentations around the world on voice, airway, and tracheostomy as a keynote speaker, ‘orator’, professor, invited lecturer and guest speaker.

As part of her interest in Global health, Dr Kost worked in the Canadian Arctic for over 20 years, performed the first surgical procedure under general anesthesia in Northern Quebec, and played an instrumental role in repatriating medical and surgical services to Nunavik in Northern Quebec. In addition, Dr. Kost participated in 2 humanitarian medical missions in remote villages of the Himalayas in Nepal accessible only by foot, with no running water and no electricity.

Dr Kost is the recipient of several awards, including: i) Birkett prize in Otolaryngology, ii) Recognition of Service and Commitment Award from the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, iii) Distinction Award of Otolaryngology from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, iv) McGill Otolaryngology Teacher of the Year Award twice, v) Helen B Krause Trailblazer Award from the Women in Otolaryngology section of the AAO-HNS, vi) Quebec Otolaryngology Association Award for Excellence and International Impact (2025), vii) Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Lifetime Achievement Award June 2025 viii) Irma Levasseur prize for Exceptional female physicians March 2026 from the Federation of Medical Specialists of Quebec.

Dr Jennifer Anderson is an Associate Professor and former Chief of Department (2008-2021) at St Michaels Hospital, a tertiary academic hospital, fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. Dr Anderson sub-specialises in laryngology and completed a Masters of Science in Speech Language Pathology after residency in Otolaryngology-HNS at the University of Toronto. 

Dr Anderson has developed the largest state-of-the-art laryngology centre of excellence in Canada with than 3,000 patients a year. The multidisciplinary team includes  four laryngologists and three speech  language pathologists and one vocal pedagogist that provide diagnosis and treatment   for patients with complex voice and laryngology disorders. The centre is also equipped with several stroboscopy suites as well as both the KTP and TruBlue ARC laser for specialised office-based procedures.

Clinical and research interests of Dr Anderson include professional voice care, office-based procedures,  quality and safety, laryngeal trauma, RCPD, neurogenic voice disorders and laryngeal framework surgery.

Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 

He is specialized in voice disorders, voice surgery, laryngeal cancer surgery, airway surgery,pediatric ear,nose and throat diseases,nose and sinus disease , nose surgery,ear diseases, head and neck cancer

EDUCATION

1985 -1989 Residency Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine in ORL-HNS

EXPERIENCE

2001 - Present Acıbadem Healthcare Services

·        1988 University of Iowa Dept. Of Otolaryngology Head &Neck Surgery Iowa City, Iowa, USA

·        1994 Associate Professor in ORL-HNS Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine

·        1995 New England Medical Center Dept. Of Otolaryngology Head &Neck Surgery Boston, USA (Visiting Clinician)

·        2000 Professor in ORL-HNS Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine

·        2002 Board Member of The UEMS ENT Section

·        2004 General Secretary of The World Voice Congress

·        2008 Founder and the 1st President of The Voice, Speech and Swallowing Society

·        2010 Executive Board Member of International Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies

·        2012 President of The European Laryngological Society

·        2012 President of Turkish ORL-HNS Society

·        2014 President of European Laryngological Congress

·        2016 Executive Board Member of Turkish ORL-HNS Foundation

·        2014 Presidential Council Member of The Confederation of European ORL-HNS

·        2017 President of the 4th Congress of Confederation of European ORL-HNS

Publications

Surgery of Larynx and Trachea.

Laryngotracheal Blunt Trauma F.Öz and B.Karakulukçu. Editors:M.Remacle and H.E.Eckel Springer Heidelberg 2010

Reflux Laryngitis and Related Disorders.

Sigma publishing, İstanbul 2007 Robert T. Sataloff , Donald O.Castell, Philip O.Katz ,Dahlia M.Sataloff, Translation editor: Prof.Dr.Ferhan Öz

Physiopathology of sinusitis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment.

Upper Airway Disorders (Turkish), İstanbul Medikal yayıncılık, 2006 İstanbul Asım Kaytaz, Ferhan Öz, Elif Ayanoğlu Aksoy

Rhinologic Evaluations.

Sigma Publishing, 2005 İstanbul G.K.Scadding , V J Lund, Translation editor : Prof.Dr.Ferhan Öz

Laringofarengeal Reflux (Turkish).

Deomed Medikal Yayıncılık, 2005 İstanbul Prof.Dr.Ferhan Öz ve Dr.Elif Ayanoğlu Aksoy

The Year Book of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.

İstanbul Medikal Yayıncılık , 2005 İstanbul M.M.Paparella ,M.A.Keefe ,R.A.Otto, Translation editor : Prof.Dr.Ferhan Öz

Ear Nose Throat Disorders and Head-Neck Surgery (Turkish).

Güneş Kitabevi Ankara 2003,Larengofarengeal reflux (Turkish),Öz,F. Editor: Can Koç

Head and Neck Cancers.

Nobel tıp Kitabevi,İstanbul 2003, Metastatic Neck masses of Unknown Origin,Öz F. Editors: Kayıhan Engin and Levent Erişen

Ear Nose Throat Disorders and Head-Neck Surgery (Turkish).

Turgut Yayıncılık İstanbul 2002, Infections and Inflammatory Disorders of the Larynx , Öz F . Editor: Onur Çelik