head of ENT Department and Professor en Autonoma University Medicine School

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.

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cukurova University - Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

Dr. Ela Araz Server, MD is an Otolaryngologist–Head and Neck Surgeon based in Istanbul, Türkiye. She is affiliated with Üsküdar University and practices at Memorial Şişli Hospital. She graduated from Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine in 2003 and completed her residency training in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.

Her clinical and academic special interests include rhinology, endoscopic sinus surgery, anterior skull base surgery, and salivary gland disorders. She has extensive experience in functional endoscopic sinus surgery, endoscopic anterior skull base procedures, and gland-preserving salivary gland surgery, particularly sialendoscopy.

Dr. Server actively contributes to national and international scientific meetings as a faculty member and invited speaker. She is also a co-chair and organizer of the Sialendoscopy Istanbul international course, promoting international collaboration and postgraduate education in ENT.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Medicine and Surgery (2003), Alexandria University (MBBCh), at grade of Excellent with honors.

•  Master’s degree in Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (2010), Alexandria University.

• PhD (doctorate) degree in Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (2019), Alexandria University.

Current Position:

• Lecturer at Otorhinolaryngology department, Suez University, Egypt.

• ENT Consultant in Alex Ear Hospital & Head of ENT department in Mabaret Al-asafra West Hospital.

• A member of Egyptian Head & Neck Cancer Society.

• A member of Egyptian Society of Skull Base Surgery (ESSBS).

• A member of Alexandria Sialendoscopy Team (ALEXSIAL).

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgeon in Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz and Hospital Universitario General de Villalba (Madrid, Spain). Clinical practice and academic activity focus on sialendoscopy and minimally invasive surgery of salivary glands.

Active member of a dedicated Sialendoscopy and Functional Salivary Gland Disorders Unit, with contributions to the development and dissemination of sialendoscopy through clinical practice, research, and education. Recently served as co-editor of the first Spanish-language textbook on sialendoscopy. Research interests also include obstructive salivary gland disease, in particular obstructive factors and potential obstructives entities; and quality-of-life associated to chronic obstructive sialadenitis.

Clinical practice and research focus on rhinology and anterior skull base surgery, including endoscopic sinus surgery, chronic rhinosinusitis management, septal surgery, and septal perforation repair; over the past eight years, work as a co-investigator in multiple international clinical trials evaluating monoclonal antibody therapies for chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps.

Strong commitment to medical education through participation in hands-on training programs for otolaryngologists (sialendoscopy, septoplasty and endoscopic sinus surgery), and current role as Otolaryngology Professor in Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid, Spain.