Wei-Chung Hsu, MD, PhD is currently the Professor and Division Chief of Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, National Taiwan University Hospital and Children’s Hospital. He is also the Director of Center of Sleep Disorder in National Taiwan University Hospital since August, 2023 and the current President of Taiwan Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology since 2021.

He received his residency training at National Taiwan University Hospital after graduated from Medical School of National Taiwan University. He also got his PhD degree from Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, Colleague of Public Health, National Taiwan University.

He is one of the founding members of Asian Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (APOG), Asia-Pacific Pediatric Airway Course and Workshop (APPAC) Group and being the President of APOG from 2013-2015, APPAC in 2015. He is also an active members of American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO), European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO) and Inter-American Association of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (IAPO), who has received 2012 ASPO International Visiting Scholar Award and selected as member of CORLAS (Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum) since 2016. He also finished his research fellowship as a visiting scholar in the Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center from 2017 to 2018. As an honor, he was nominated as the representative of Asian area in the International Working Group of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (IWGPO), which is the core leading board member of World Congress of Pediatric ENT since 2018.

He is interested in the pediatric airway endoscopy and airway reconstructive surgery, sleep surgery, pediatric sleep apnea and medical education, which has been involved in many aspects of researches, invited as guest speakers and published many papers in the SCI journals.

Prof. Dr. Mehmet ADA

Retired Faculty Member of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University (1986-2019), Istanbul

He started his ENT specialization at Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 1986. He completed his specialization in 1991 and remained at the same faculty as a chief assistant. In 1993, he served in the organization of the IFOS World ENT meeting held in our country. He became an associate professor in 1995. From August 12-30, 1996, he received training in temporal bone and sinus surgery on cadavers at the Georgia Ear Institute, International Center for Otologic Training (ICOT), Memorial Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia, USA. He became a professor in 2000. He retired from his position at Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 2019. He served as a member of the advisory and supervisory board and the advisory board of the competency board of the Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Society. He served two terms as a board member and 2nd Vice President in the same association. He is also a board member and one of the founders of the Turkish Ear, Nose, and Throat and Head and Neck Foundation. He is a board member of the Pediatric ENT Association. He is the founder and former President of the Istanbul ENT and Head and Neck Specialists Association. He is a founding member and supervisory board member of the Academic Respiratory Society. He is also a member and board member of the Laryngology and Anatomy Research Association, the Otology and Neuro-Otology Association, and the Pediatric Infection Association. He serves as a reviewer or consultant for the following journals: Journal of Advanced Otology, ENT Specialization, Praxis of ORL, ENT Forum ENT-Head and Neck Specialists, Fırat Medical Electronics, Turkish Archives of Pediatrics, Marmara Medical Journal, Istanbul Medical Journal, ENT Case Electronics, and Journal of Pediatric ORL. He is primarily interested in Pediatric ENT, Otology, Neuro-Otology, Rhinology, and Laser Surgery. Over the past 10 years, his articles, conference presentations, panels, and authorship have focused primarily on otology, pediatric ENT, and rhinology. He has authored numerous articles, books, and journal chapters in both domestic and international publications. He is currently the President of the Pediatric Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Association.

Dr. Zhou is an assistant professor at the University of Washington and a pediatric otolaryngologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. His clinical care focuses on the craniofacial population with special expertise on microtia and atresia patients, cleft palate repair, velopharyngeal insufficiency, and the 22q population. He additionally has a special interest in refractory obstructive sleep apnea. His research has focused on quality improvement and simulation in otolaryngology.