Education

Regensburg University, Medical Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology, Regensburg Germany (01/1996-03/1996)

Dusseldorf University, Krefeld Training and Research Hospital Department of Otolaryngology, Krefeld, Germany (01/1993-05/1993)

Ege University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology Residency Programme, Izmir, Turkey (11/1987-05/1992)

Erlangen University, Medical Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology, Erlangen Germany (08/1991)

Hacettepe  University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey (07/1987)

Honours and Awards:

Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Student of Honour, 1986

2^nd European Congress of Chemotherapy and 7^th Biennial Conference on Antiinfective Agents and Chemotherapy. 10-13 May, 1998. Hamburg, Germany. Best abstract award. 1998

11th. International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Auditory Technologies. Best poster Award. Stockholm, Sweden. 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Otorhinolaryngology Department, Acıbadem İzmir Kent, İzmir Acıbadem Health Group, Türkiye (Since 03/2016)

Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology and Cochlear Implant Center, Şifa University Medical Faculty, İzmir, Turkey (09/2012-02/2016)

Director, İzmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital and Cochlear Implant Center, İzmir, Turkey (08/2000-09/2012)

Assoc. Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, Denizli, Turkey (05/1995-08/2000)

Vice Dean, Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, Denizli, Turkey (10/1999-12/1999)

Attending Physician, Elmadağ State Hospital (05/1993-05/1995)

Main topic of interests:

Otology, Neuro-Otology, Cochlear Implant Surgery,

Experience In The Field of Ear Surgery

Total number of <u>cochlear implant  </u>interventions                            328

Number of revision <u>cochlear implant</u> interventions                           12

Number of <u>cochlear implant</u> interventions as an  instructor        14

Total number of stapes surgeries                                                       491

Number of revision stapes surgeries                                                    42

Number of stapes surgeries as an instructor                                     136

Total number of mastoidectomy- tympanoplasties                           788

Number of Mastoidectomy- tympanoplasties as an  instructor       245

Revision mastoidectomy- tympanoplasties                                         144

Instructor  and  Lecturer  in International  Ear Courses

 Primary and revision stapes surgery . Instructional course. <u>IFOS 19th. World Congress of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. </u>1-5 June 2009. Sau Paulo, Brasil.

Prevention and management of failures in middle ear and mastoid surgery. Round table. 28th Politzer Society meeting , Athens, 2011

Fisch’s reversal step stapedotomy and revision surgery. Instructional course. <u>IFOS 20th World Congress of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology</u>, 1-5 june 2013. Seoul, Korea.

Auditory Brainstem Implant in Children. Panel discussion. <u>IFOS 20th World Congress of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology</u>, 1-5 june 2013. Seoul, Korea.

Cochlear Implantation and CI in inner ear malformations. North Iraq, Kurdish ENT society meeting. Erbil, Iraq 2015.

Otosclerosis and stapes surgery. North Iraq, Kurdish ENT society meeting. Erbil, Iraq 201

Dr. Pelin Koçdor, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Başkent University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Dr. Pelin Koçdor is an otologist and neurotologist with a strong foundation in both clinical surgery and neuroscience research. She currently serves as an Associate Professor at Başkent University, where she specializes in otology, lateral skull base surgery, cochlear implantation, and complex vestibular disorders.

She completed her PhD in Neuroscience at Koç University with a focus on migraine, CGRP signaling, and hearing loss—bridging molecular neurobiology with clinical otology. Dr. Koçdor has completed fellowships in otology and neurotology at the Paparella Ear Head and Neck Institute and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Her research interests include vestibular migraine, Ménière’s disease, autoimmune inner ear disease, and the role of neuroinflammation in otologic conditions. She is a recipient of the Politzer Society Gold Medal (2022) and has been supported by TUBITAK and the Capita Foundation for her auditory research.

Dr. Koçdor is a member of the American Neurotology Society, the Politzer Society, and the Turkish ENT Society, and is certified by both the Turkish and European Boards in Otolaryngology.

Prof. Francesca Forli graduated in Medicine and Surgery and specialized in Otorhinolaryngology. She currently serves as Medical Director at the ENT, Audiology and Phoniatrics Unit of the University Hospital of Pisa.

She is Associate Professor of Audiology and Phoniatrics at the University of Pisa, where she is also Director of the Residency Program (School of Specialization) in Audiology and Phoniatrics and President of the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Audiometric Techniques.

In addition, she is an Affiliated Professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.