I am Dr. Ramil Hashimli, MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof., an otorhinolaryngologist, phoniatrician and academic physician with over 25 years of clinical experience. My professional focus lies in voice disorders, phoniatrics, and outcomes-oriented clinical research, with particular interest in bridging clinical practice and data science.

I am the founder and developer of APDVoice, an AI-oriented structured data and analytics platform designed to transform routine ENT–phoniatric documentation into standardized, real-world evidence suitable for multi-center research and future artificial intelligence applications.

In addition to clinical practice, I am actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and international scientific collaboration. My current work centers on digital transformation in voice care, structured clinical datasets, and the development of AI-ready infrastructure for precision phoniatrics.

Dr. Mawaddah Azman is an Associate Professor of Laryngology and the current Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia (UKM). She is actively engaged in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and previously served as a Fellow at the Centre for Teaching and Curriculum Development, UKM.

She plays a pivotal leadership role in the National ORL–HNS Postgraduate Training Board and currently serves as its Head. In addition, she is the Director of the UKM Clinical Fellowship Programme in Laryngology and Sleep Apnoea.

Dr. Mawaddah has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed publications in the fields of laryngology, sleep medicine, and surgical nutrition, with her work published in journals indexed in Scopus, Web of Science (WoS), and other recognised international databases.

He was born 27 December 1967 in Afyonkarahisar. He graduated from Eskişehir Anatolian High School in 1985 and from Hacettepe University School of Medicine in 1991. He had his Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery residency training in Bursa Uludag University School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery between 1992 and 1996. He worked in the same department from 1996 until February 2022 as a full time professor. He retired from the department in February 2022 and currently working in his private clinic.

He has been in USA between August and October 2002, as a Visiting Professor in University of Pittsburgh, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, with special interest in Voice Disorders, Swallowing disorders and head and neck cancer surgery.

 He is a member and past president of Turkish Voice, Speech and Swallowing Disorders Society, a member and past president of Bursa ENT-HNS Specialists Society, a member of Advisory Board of Turkish Otolaryngology Head and Neck Society, a member of Founders Board of Turkish Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, a member of International Head and Neck Scientific Group.

 His special expertise and research interests are diagnosis and treatment of voice disorders, airway disorders, swallowing disorders, head and neck cancer including thyroid.