Stefan K. Plontke is professor and chairman at the University ORL-HNS department in Halle, Germany and member of the Presidential Council of the European Confederation of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (CEORL-HNS) and conference president of the CEORL-HNS congress 2028 in Berlin, Germany. He is member of the Collegium ORLAS, member of the board of directors of the Prosper Menière Society, and member of several editorial boards. His clinical research interests focus on otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base surgery, middle and inner ear surgery including cochlear implants, sudden hearing loss and drug delivery to the ear.

Dr. Chien is a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is also the principal investigator of the Section on Inner Ear Therapeutics at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).

Dr. Le is a fellowship-trained otologist/neurotologist surgeon who specializes in diseases affecting the ear and its functions, including cochlear implantation and skull bse surgery. He’s an expert in clinical trials in ototoxicity, eustachian tube dysfunction, and inner ear drug delivery. His research interests focus on cochlear implantation including drug delivery, robotic surgery, intraoperative monitoring as well as other innovations in skull base disease such as vestibular schwannoma.

PhD, Neurodevelopmental Biology, biochemistry & Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Canada

MD, Doctor in Medicine, University of Manitoba, Canada

Research and Clinical Fellowships in Otology/Neurotology/Skull base surgery at University of British Columbia and University of Toronto, Canada, Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Associate Scientist, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research, Sunnybrook Research Institute

Sunnybrook Cochlear Implant Program