Pediatric Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery: Overcoming The Challenges And Improving Outcomes
09-11, 16:30–17:30 (Europe/Istanbul), Rhinology 4 (ICC - B3 Floor - 3B/13)

Pediatric endoscopic skull base surgery: overcoming the challenges and improving outcomes

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Nikolaus Wolter is a double board-certified pediatric otolaryngologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine.

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Grace Khong is a Consultant Paediatric ENT Surgeon and Rhinologist at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool. She obtained her early ENT surgical training in Chennai, India completing the Diplomate of the National Board. Her higher surgical training was in the Northwest of England, where she completed two Royal College of Surgeons of England accredited Senior Clinical Fellowships – the Liverpool Rhinology Fellowship at Aintree University Hospital (2018) and Paediatric ENT fellowship in Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (2019).  

Her practice includes complex congenital and paediatric sinonasal surgeries in collaboration with neurosurgery, craniofacial and ophthalmology teams.  

 She is an Associate Editor of Clinical Otolaryngology and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Liverpool.  

 She is on the teaching faculty of numerous dissection courses in the UK and internationally and has authored numerous book chapters on paediatric ENT and rhinology topics.

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Professor, Ankara University Department of Neurosurgery

Secretary of Turkish Neurosurgical Society

Membership: EANS, WFNS, ESPN, ISPN, ESBS, IFNE

Dr. Hakan Kara is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Istanbul University. He is also a PhD student at the Department of Immunology, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine. His clinical and academic work focuses on rhinology, chronic rhinosinusitis, nasal polyposis, endoscopic skull base surgery, and sinonasal tumors. His research investigates the immunopathogenesis of sinonasal inflammatory diseases, with particular emphasis on T helper cell subsets and cytokine profiling. As a physician-scientist, Dr. Kara is actively engaged in translational research integrating clinical rhinology and immunology to advance the understanding of inflammatory airway diseases and sinonasal tumors and to support the development of targeted therapeutic strategies.

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