Professor Farid Alzhrani is Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at King Saud University and Consultant Otologist and Neurotologist at King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His clinical and academic work is focused on otology, neurotology, hearing implantation, and lateral skull base surgery. He has longstanding experience in academic medicine, clinical research, and healthcare leadership.

I was born in the centre of Sardinia, Italy. I graduated in Medicine & Surgery at the University of Cagliari medical school and did my Residency at the University of Parma directed by Prof. Carlo Zini. I did a Clinical Fellowship at the Gruppo Otologico directed by Prof. Mario Sanna in Piacenza and a Reasearch Fellowship at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles. I’m Head of the ENT Department of the Rovereto Hospital in Rovereto (TN) Italy in the Trentino Province, Third Level Refence Center for otology in the area.

Name:

Miguel Sá Breda

Naturality:

Portugal

Occupation:

• ENT MD at Hospital de Braga (Portugal) – Local Unity of Health of Braga

• Visiting Assisting Professor and PhD student at School of Medicine of Minho University

• Braga Otology Course Director

Education:

-       MD, MSc in Medicine at Faculty of Medicine of University of Lisbon

-       ENT Residency at Hospital de Braga

-       Otology and Lateral Skull Base fellowship at Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (Madrid)

-       Harvard Medical School Clinical Research Training Program

-       PhD Student at School of Medicine of Minho University

Interest Areas:

-       Otology; Hearing Implants; Lateral Skull Base Surgery; Endoscopic Ear Surgery.

Societies Affiliation:

-       Member of EAONO; IWGEES; ESBS; SEORL-CCC; SPORL-CCP; SGORL

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Prof. Dr. med. habil. John Martin Hempel

Professional Experience

June 2005 – July 2007 Functional Senior Physician and Acting Head of the Division “Clinical and Experimental Audiology,” Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Klinikum Großhadern, LMU Munich

Since June 2006 Senior Physician (Oberarzt), Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Klinikum Großhadern, LMU Munich

Since September 2006 Senior Consultant Physician (Personaloberarzt), ENT Clinic

Since January 2012 Head of the Division “Hearing Prosthetics, Pediatric Malformations and Clinical Audiology”

Since January 2012 Head of the Ear and Cochlear Implant Center, Klinikum Großhadern and LMU Munich (City Center Campus)

Since December 2013 Senior Consultant (Leitender Oberarzt), Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Klinikum Großhadern, LMU Munich

Since November 1, 2017 Senior Consultant and Deputy Director, Department of Otorhinolaryngology

Dr. Emel Tahir has been working as an associate professor in Ondokuz Mayıs University Department of Otolaryngology, Samsun Turkey since March 2019.

She received his MD from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. He finished ENT residency at Hacettepe University Department of Otolaryngology, in 2015. For her fellowship work she worked on inner ear malformations.

 She was engaged in Otology/Neurotology and Head&Neck Surgery certificate programs of Turkish Board of ORL-HNS. She is also a fellow of European Board of Otolatyngology-Hed and Neck Surgey. She is focused on otology/neurotology and laryngology.

Norio Yamamoto is the director of the Department of Otolaryngology at Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan. Before joining Kobe City Medical Center, Dr. Yamamoto was an associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Before that, Dr. Yamamoto worked as a visiting fellow at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, USA. Dr. Yamamoto graduated from the medical school of Kyoto University and obtained a PhD from the Graduate School of Medicine at Kyoto University. Dr. Yamamoto specializes in Otology and Neurotology surgeries, including CI surgeries, as well as basic research on cochlear regeneration.