I am an ENT specialist (MD) with a PhD in Audiology. My clinical and academic focus is on vestibular disorders, auditory pathologies, and the differential diagnosis of vertigo. My PhD thesis explored cVEMP responses using air and bone conduction stimuli in various types of hearing loss. I aim to bridge the gap between clinical otolaryngology and advanced vestibular diagnostics, and I continue to contribute to interdisciplinary research in neurotology and balance disorders.

Gülin Gökçen Kesici, MD, PhD (Audiology) is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Ankara Medipol University, Türkiye. She graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine and completed her residency in Otorhinolaryngology at Ankara University. Complementing her training as an otolaryngologist, she subsequently obtained both MSc and PhD degrees in Audiology.

Her main clinical and academic interests include neurotology, vestibular disorders, advanced audio-vestibular diagnostics, cochlear implantation, otologic surgery, skull base surgery, and pediatric otolaryngology. Her combined expertise in otolaryngology and audiology provides an integrated clinical perspective on the diagnosis and management of hearing and balance disorders.

Her clinical practice encompasses cochlear implantation and the management of complex otologic and vestibular disorders. She is also actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education in otolaryngology and audiology.

Dr. Daniele DE SIATI is an Italian physician based in Brussels, Belgium, with a multidisciplinary background in otology, neurotology, and space medicine. He earned his medical degree from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, followed by a specialisation in Audiology and Phoniatrics at the University of Padua. He then moved to Brussels, where he obtained a second specialisation in Otorhinolaryngology while continuing to work in the fields of cochlear implantation and balance disorders.

Dr. De Siati spent over 15 years at the Academic Hospital Saint-Luc, affiliated with the Catholic University of Louvain, where he focused on cochlear implants and vestibular diagnostics.

Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Space Medicine at the University of Mons, where his research explores vestibular and postural adaptations to microgravity, particularly in preparation for suborbital missions, with the use of artificial intelligence in data analysis.

He is Director of the recently established Apulian SpaceLab, an academic centre for research and training in aerospace sciences located near the SpacePort of Grottaglie in Southern Italy. The SpaceLab includes both terrestrial and underwater facilities, and aims to support human research, medical training, and prototype testing for space missions.

Dr. De Siati also teaches vestibulometry for Audiologists at the ILMH in Brussels.

In addition to his academic and clinical roles, he serves as Chair of the Networking Committee of YO-IFOS, the Young Section of the International Federation of Otorhinolaryngological Societies, after previously serving as Regional Representative for Europe.

He is also co-founder of the Association of Italian Physicians in Belgium, an organisation that supports professional collaboration and cultural exchange among Italian healthcare professionals living and working abroad.

Dr. Rana Barake is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor and Residency Program Director in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Lebanese American University Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the American University of Beirut Medical Center and her fellowship at the University of Toronto in Canada where she held the position of a Peter and Melanie Munk Fellow in Clinical and Surgical Otology and Neurotology. During her fellowship, she had the opportunity to work at the unique Hertz Multidisciplinary Neurotology Clinic and furthered her experience and knowledge in the diagnosis and management of  chronically dizzy patients.