Dr. Dinara Toguzbayeva, Associate Professor at the Medical University of Almaty, Kazakhstan. She is a leading voice specialist, the founder of the first Voice Laboratory in Kazakhstan, and the country's first member of the European Union of Phoniatrics, having joined over 13 years ago. Her clinical and academic work focuses on phonosurgery and the in-depth study of voice disorders

VIKTORIA SHILENKOVA

PhD, Professor.

Education: 

Graduated from the Yaroslavl State Medical University in 1985 with a degree in Pediatrics. 1985-1987 Clinical residency in otorhinolaryngology at the Yaroslavl State Medical University.

1987-1988 ENT-doctor at the Yaroslavl City Clinical Emergency Hospital.

Since 1988 docent at the ENT-department at the Yaroslavl State Medical University.

Since 2001 Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at the Yaroslavl State Medical University.

Professional Memberships:

Since 1988 general secretary of ENT Scientific Society in Yaroslavl region;

Since 1996 Board Member of Scientific Council of Yaroslavl State Medical Academy;

Since 1998 Board Member of Russian Phoniatricians and Speech Therapists Society;

Since 2014 Member of Russian National Association of Otorhinolaryngologists;

Since 2016 General Secretary of Russian Rhinologic Society;

Since 2016 Board Member of European Rhinologic Society.

Since 2024 Board Member of UEP, national coordinator from Russia.

Editorial board Member of the Journal Russian Rhinology (Russia), Journal Experimental and clinical otorhinolaryngology (Russia).

Selected publications: Author of 289 papers published in different medical journals, local and international. Author of 6medical books. Co-author of seven Russian National Guidelines.

Participated in many congresses, symposia, meetings, and courses in Russia and other countries, as a speaker, Faculty member, chairman, and organizer.

Consultant in governmental and private hospitals in Yaroslavl.

Professional interests: laryngology (voice disorders, voice acoustic analysis, Voice Strain Test, professional voice of teachers, vocal fold paresis), rhinology (physiology of nose, diagnosis and treatment rhinosinusitis).  

Email address: [email protected], [email protected]

In 1987, Shilenkov A.A. graduated with honors from Yaroslavl State Medical Institute. He trained in clinical residency and postgraduate studies at the Department of ENT Diseases. Since 1992, he has worked as an otorhinolaryngologist at Yaroslavl Regional Clinical Hospital. In 1999, he defended his MD dissertation on the topic “Management of Patients After Microendoscopic Endonasal Operations.” In 2000, he was awarded the highest qualification category in otorhinolaryngology. He completed specializations in endoscopic and microscopic nasal cavity surgery at clinics in Fulda and Mainz (Germany), in reconstructive ear microsurgery at clinics in Mainz, Bochum, and Cologne (Germany), in cochlear implantation at the University Clinic in Innsbruck (Austria), and in endoscopic pituitary surgery (Moscow). He teaches hearing-improving surgery at masterclasses in Moscow, Almaty, and Shymkent (Kazakhstan). He has presented scientific reports at conferences in Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Kursk, Ufa, Arkhangelsk, Suzdal, Sochi, and others) and abroad (Tokyo, Seoul, Copenhagen, Philadelphia, Washington, Rome, Venice, Helsinki, Tampere, Barcelona, Ulm, Berlin, Vilnius, Brussels, Prague, Paris).

Speech and Language Therapist with extensive clinical and educational experience in the fields of communication and swallowing disorders. Graduated from Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (St. Petersburg) with Master’s degrees in Speech and Language Therapy (2004) and Deaf Education (1995).

Since 2003, has been working at East Tallinn Central Hospital within the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, providing outpatient and day-care services. Clinical expertise includes post-stroke speech therapy, voice disorders, as well as swallowing assessment and dysphagia management.

From 2001 to 2010, worked at Tallinn Helen School as a speech therapist and deaf educator, supporting speech and language development in children with hearing impairments through both individual and group interventions. Earlier professional experience includes teaching at a school for deaf children in St. Petersburg.

Since 2020, serves as a member of the Assessment Committee of the Estonian Association of Speech and Language Therapists.