Dr. Mariam Shadi is an Assistant Professor of Phoniatrics, ENT Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. She has a special interest in the diagnosis and managment of voice and swallowing disorders in adults and pediatrics with over 20 years of experience. She is also an active member of the UEP (Union of European Phoniatricians) Swallowing Committee.

MD, MSc, PhD Candidate

ENT-Head & Neck Surgeon, Laryngologist & Phoniatrician

Born in 1980 in Istanbul, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ceki Paltura graduated from Istanbul Nişantaşı Anatolian High School in 1998. Between 1998-2004, he received his medical education at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in English. Between 2005-2010, he completed he specialty training at Istanbul Taksim Training and Research Hospital in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. He prepared his specialty thesis on “Subjective and Objective Evaluation of the Change in Voice Quality of Patients with Allergic Rhinitis Following Treatment with Nasal Steroid and Antihistamine Combination.” After his specialization, he fulfilled his military service in Erzurum Mareşal Çakmak Military Hospital and his compulsory service in Kastamonu Taşköprü Hospital. He worked at Haseki Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul between 2013-15 and at Gaziosmanpaşa Taksim Training and Research Hospital between 2015-2021. In 2020, he received the title of Associate Professor at Gaziosmanpaşa Taksim Training and Research Hospital. He fulfilled the duties of Education Officer and Administrative Responsibility in the same hospital. Currently he is workin at Uskudar University ENT Deprartment and his clinic.

Ana Penezic, MD, PhD is a Croatian otorhinolaryngologist and phoniatrician. She works at the University Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice in Zagreb and serves as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Croatian Catholic University, where she teaches otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery.

Dr. Penezić completed her medical degree and doctoral studies at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the European Board of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (FEBORL-HNS) and an examiner for the European ORL board examination. Her clinical and research interests include rhinology, laryngology, and voice disorders.

She has authored and co-authored more than 20 scientific publications and actively participated in more than 30 congess meetings. She is actively involved in international research projects, professional societies, and scientific meetings in the field of otorhinolaryngology.

I graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 2003. I received the title of otolaryngology specialist in 2008. I was qualified to become an associate professor in 2021. I am currently working as an otolaryngologist in a private hospital. I have been working on voice disorders and laryngology for many years.

I am an Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at Acıbadem University School of Medicine in Istanbul, Turkey. I completed my medical degree and ENT residency at Ankara University and hold a master's degree in Audiology and Speech Disorders. A am a Fellow of the European Board of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. My clinical interests include laryngology, voice and swallowing disorders, and HPV-related head and neck diseases.