Lukas Varga, MD, MSc, PhD is an associate professor and ENT consultant / otologist at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. He also works as a researcher at the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. Dr. Varga graduated from Faculty of Natural Sciences and Faculty of Medicine at the Comenius University. He is an author and co-author of more than 40 in extenso scientific papers and four books/book chapters. His main research interests include otogenetics, otology, implantable hearing devices and various topics in biomedical research.

Mohammad Faramarzi, M.D., is a Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. He practices at the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Khalili Hospital, Dastgheib Hospital, and Dena Private Hospital.

He completed his fellowship in Otology and Neuro-otology at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (2001–2003) and later obtained a fellowship in Rhinology and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery at Yazd University of Medical Sciences (2010–2011). He also holds the Iranian national board in otolaryngology (1997) and an M.D. from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (1990).

Professor Faramarzi’s research focuses on otology and middle ear surgery, including stapedotomy, tympanoplasty, ossicular reconstruction, mastoid surgery, and the use of novel materials in ear surgery. He has also contributed significantly to studies on nasal airway physiology, tonsillectomy outcomes, pediatric otolaryngology, and medical education. He is the author or co-author of more than 90 peer-reviewed publications in international journals, including multiple randomized clinical trials in middle ear surgery.

He has received numerous institutional awards for excellence in teaching from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and the Department of Otolaryngology over many consecutive years, highlighting his longstanding commitment to resident training and medical education. Through his combined clinical, research, and teaching activities, Professor Faramarzi has played a key role in advancing evidence-based otologic and rhinologic surgery in southern Iran and beyond.