Faculty
Prof. Sumit Agrawal; MD, FRCSC
London, Great Britain
Prof. Dr. med. Dirk Beutner
Goettingen, Germany
Prof. Stephen Cass; MD, MPH/MSPH
Aurora, United States
Dr Stephen Cass is Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr Cass is board certified in Otology and Neurotology, specializing in disorders of the ear, hearing, and balance. Dr Cass is a full-time physician and surgeon, educator, and NIH sponsored scientist, and has authored over 100 scientific articles, 40 book chapters and 3 textbooks.
Prof. Dr. med. Marco Caversaccio
Bern, Switzerland
Prof. Maura Cosetti; MD
New York, United States
Maura Cosetti, MD is a board certified Otolaryngologist with additional qualification and board certification in Neurotology. She is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY and the fellowship director of the Neurotology Fellowship Program. She is the Director of the Ear Institute at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (NYEE) of Mount Sinai, which includes the Cochlear Implant Program. She is an avid researcher, and has authored over 100 articles and text book chapters and presented at various national and international specialty meetings. She is currently the President-elect of the American Endoscopic Ear Surgery Study Group.
Dr. Floor Couvreur
Brugge, Belgium
Floor Couvreur graduated as a medical doctor in 2017 at the KU Leuven in Belgium. Trained as a general otorhinolaryngologist in the AZ Sint-Jan’s Hospital of Bruges, as well as the University Hospital of Leuven, she graduated in 2022 with a special interest in Otology and Neurotology. A first fellowship in Otology and Neurotology at the Luzerner Kantonsspital held by the Fisch International Microsurgery Foundation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. T. Linder and Prof. Dr. A. Huber was completed in June 2022. Furthermore, she completed a Fellowship in Otology and Neurotology at the Dalhousie University in Canada, where she focused on the use of OCT in conductive hearing losses. Since July 2023, she has been a staff member within the ENT-department at the AZ Sint-Jan’s Hospital of Bruges.
Affiliation: AZ Sint-Jan's hospital of Bruges
Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Dazert
Bochum, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Julia Dlugaiczyk
Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Javier Gavilán
Madrid, Spain
Prof. Javier Gavilán is Professor and Chairman at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of La Paz University Hospital in Madrid, Spain, since 1997. He leads a group of well know experts repeatedly elected as the best department of ENT in Spain during the last years. He has written more than 350 papers in scientific journals, 92 book chapters and published 8 books as author or co-author. He has also presented more than 600 papers in scientific meetings. Prof. Gavilán has been awarded 56 different awards and grants, including the Honor Award of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-HNS, and several awards in International Meetings. His main topics of interest are head and neck surgery, skull base surgery and otology including hearing implants, where he has pioneered the clinical use of transcutaneous bone conduction implants, active middle ear implants and brainstem implants. He is frequent lecturer for these topics on numerous international meetings around the world. Affiliation: La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Huber
Zurich, Switzerland
A. Huber is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology University Hospital Zurich. His expertise is in otology and skull base surgery. After medical school, he worked in various hospitals in Switzerland (University Zurich), USA (Stanford University Medical Centre, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) and UK (Guy’s and St. Thomas Hospital Trust, Kings College, London). He is actively practicing otology and skull base surgery. He has published 168 articles in refereed journals with over 4500 citations. His main research interests are cochlear and middle ear implants and studies on vestibular schwannomas and paragangliomas.
Prof. Mohan Kameswaran
Chennai, India
Senior Consultant and Managing Director of Madras ENT Research Foundation; Honorary Distinguished Professor, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University; Padma Shri awardee 2006, Dr. B. C. Roy award 2008; Pioneering Cochlear Implant Surgeon in India and South Asia with personal series of over 4,000 Cochlear Implants; First ENT Surgeon to do Auditory Brain Stem Implants in South & South East Asia and has a personal series of nearly 100 Auditory Brain Stem Implants, one of the largest in the world; Has over 200 publications in major national &international journals and has attended & presented papers in almost 450 National and International conferences and has been an invited lecturer in several of them. He has conducted & attended over 325 workshops on Temporal Bone Surgery, Skull Base Surgery, Live Laser surgery and Audiology for Surgeons etc.; Indo – Australian award 2006; National Award of Excellence Sri Lanka 2007; Doctor of Science (Honoris Cause) The Tamil Nadu, Dr. M.G. R. Medical University; Visiting Professor, EDGE HILL University, U.K.; Honorary Professor, Department of ENT, SRM Medical College Hospitals & Research Center, Chennai; Former Member executive council, National Academy of Medical Sciences, India; Regional secretary for Asia of International Federation of Otolaryngological Societies; Past President, Asia-Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and related sciences; Visiting Professor of Otology, Royal Society of Medicine, London, 2015
Dr. Mubarak Muhamed Khan
Pune, India
Dr. Mubarak Muhamed Khan is the Consultant & Director of Sushrut ENT Hospital, Talegaon Dabhade, Pune, with 22 years of experience. He is an Adjunct Faculty at KMC, MAHE, Mangalore, and served as a Professor at MIMER Medical College for 15 years. Dr. Khan has authored 67 publications in reputed national and international journals and holds 18 IPRs, including patents for innovative endoscope holders in India and the USA. He is a pioneer of Endoscopic Two-Handed ENT Surgeries (ETHENTS) and has developed numerous tools and techniques for this revolutionary approach. As the Founder Director of ETHENTS, Dr. Khan’s Creations, and SEO (Society of Endoscopic Otorhinolaryngologists) , he has been instrumental in advancing endoscopic ENT surgery techniques. Dr. Khan has been invited as a guest faculty to 15 countries and as a national operating faculty in over 50 courses to demonstrate his innovations, particularly in two-handed endoscopic ear surgeries and cartilage tympanoplasty. His dedication to innovation and teaching has made him a globally recognized figure in ENT surgery.
Prof. Dr. Assen Koitschev
Stuttgart, Germany
Since 2009 Assen Koitschev is director of the division of pediatric otorhinolaryngology and otology at the ORL-HNS-department of the Klinikum Stuttgart Medical Center. He is head of the hearing implant and cochlear implant program of the institution. Until 2009 Dr. Koitschev was staff member and vice chair of the ORL-NHS department of the University of Tuebingen Medical center. Starting 1989 and until 1993 he was fellow and staff member at the university of Rostock ORL-HNS-department. Dr. Koitschev received his medical degree from the University of Rostock, Germany. He completed his Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery residency training at University of Rostock Medical Center and the University of Tuebingen Medical Center in Tuebingen Germany.
Prof. Dr. med. Sönke Langner
Greifswald, Germany
Board certified radiologist and neuroradiologist since 2010. European Diploma in Radiology and European Diploma in Head and Neck Radiology since 2014. Since 2023 head of the section of Head and Neck Radiology of the German Roentgen Society. More than 50 invited national and internal lectures on ENT imaging with special focus on temporal bone imaging and malformations of the inner ear.
For many years, head and neck radiology has been one of the clinical and scientific focuses of my work, in particular orbital imaging and imaging of the midface and ear.
Affiliation: ENRADIA MVZ Endokrinologie Nuklearmedizin, Greifswald
Prof. Philippe Lefebvre
Liège, Belgium
Prof. Dr. med. Götz Lehnerdt
Wuppertal, Germany
Former senior physician at the Essen University Hospital. 20 years experience in stapes surgery, his clinical mentor was Klaus Jahnke. Scientific research also in the field of otosclerosis. Faculty member of several national and international ear surgery courses.
Head of the Departement of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck surgery/St. Petrus hospital/Wuppertal/Germany
Prof. Prof. h.c. Dr. med. Thomas Lenarz; Hanover, Germany
Eugenijus Lesinskas M.D., PhD.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Head of the Clinic of Ear, Nose, Throat, and Eye Diseases, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine. Head of the Center of Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Clinics. The main areas of interest are otology and otosurgery since 2000. Head of the Cochlear Implantation team in Vilnius University hospital. He has continuously organized and participated in surgical sessions and masterclasses in Romania, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Libya, and other countries since 2010, within the field of otosurgery.
Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Linder
Luzern, Switzerland
Priv. Doz. Dr. med. Astrid Magele; MBA; Stollhofen, Austria
Dr. Astrid Magele is currently as senior physician in the Department of othorhinolarnygology at the University Clinic St.Pölten. Her areas of expertise include various aspects of ENT, particularly in the context of academic teaching and clinical practice. Sie currently leads the Hearing Disorder Clinic at the University Hospital St. Pölten. In her role as a senior physician, she combines her clinical expertise with her academic background, specializing in otorhinolaryngology and focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of hearing disorders.Dr. Astrid Magele's scientific focus in otorhinolaryngology is particularly on implantology. Her expertise extends beyond just the surgical, audiological approaches to implants; she is also deeply involved in the rehabilitation process, ensuring patients receive comprehensive care not only during the procedure but also in their post-operative recovery and adaptation to the implants.
Prof. Mario P. Milkov; MD, PhD
Varna, Bulgarian
Univ-Prof. Dr. med. Robert Mlynski
President of the Symposium
Rostock, Germany
Professor Mlynski is Head of the Dept. of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery ”Otto Körner” at the Rostock University Medical Center, Germany. The “Otto Körner” Klinik is the oldest University Department for ORL in Northern and Central Europe established in 1894. Professor Mlynski has his clinical and scientific focus on middle ear and skull base disease with particular interest in cholesteatoma, middle ear and lesions of the lateral skull base including cochlear implantation and active middle ear implants. He graduated at the Universities of Aberdeen (Scotland), Rostock and Würzburg (Germany). Mlynski completed his residency and fellow training in otology as well as head and neck surgery in Würzburg under Prof. Helms and Prof. Hagen. He is an invited guest surgeon as well as teacher at several national and international otosurgical and lateral skull base courses, and is honorary member to several international societies of Otorhinolaryngology.
Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller
Stuttgart, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Christian Offergeld
Freiburg, Germany
Kevin Peng; M.D.
L.A., United States
Dr. Kevin Peng completed his undergraduate studies and medical school at Caltech and the University of California, San Diego. He completed residency training at the University of California, Los Angeles, followed by a fellowship at the House Ear Clinic, where he continues to practice. He maintains a busy surgical practice, with a particular focus on vestibular schwannomas, chronic ear disease, cochlear implantation, and stapedectomy. He speaks annually at the Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation meeting, and remains active in various societies of otolaryngology, including as a Fellow of the Triological Society.
Prof. Dr. med. Stefan K. Plontke
Halle, Germany
Stefan K. Plontke is professor and chairman at the University ORL-HNS department in Halle, Germany and member of the Presidential Council of the European Confederation of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (CEORL-HNS) and conference president of the CEORL-HNS congress 2028 in Berlin, Germany. He is member of the Collegium ORLAS, member of the board of directors of the Prosper Menière Society, and member of several editorial boards. His clinical research interests focus on otology, including cochlear implants and implantable electronic hearing systems, on lateral skull base surgery, audiology, middle and inner ear surgery, drug delivery to the ear and outcome parameters for clinical trials.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Rader
Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. Tobias Rader studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Technische Universität München in Munich, Germany. He started his work 2004 in the Audiology Division of the ENT department at the University Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU). After academic and clinic positions in Frankfurt and Mainz, he returned to Munich as a university professor in 2019. He is head of the Audiology Division at the ENT Department (Director: Prof. M. Canis) at the LMU Hospital and holds the position of a full Professorship for Clinical and Experimental Audiology. He is responsible for research, teaching and patient related clinical audio-technology in the field of hearing impairment and hearing implants. His main research topics are improvements of music and speech perception with CI and improvements of CI related objective measures.
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Torsten Rahne
Halle, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Kristen Rak
Wuerzburg, Germany
Senior physician and deputy clinical director at the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Würzburg and the Head of the Section for Hearing Prosthetics and Hearing Implants at the Comprehensive Hearing Center Würzburg. His clinical specialties are otology, in particular cochlear implants, active middle ear implants and middle ear surgery. These areas are also his main research interests, together with radiological diagnostics of inner ear structures, navigation of the lateral skull base and inner ear biology. He is the author/co-author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications. Affiliation: Senior consultant and deputy of the clinic director Consultant of the section auditory prostheses and cochlear implants Comprehensive Hearing Center Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery and the Comprehensive Hearing Center University of Wuerzburg
Dr. rer. nat. Florian Schmidt
Rostock, Germany
Zachary Schwam; MD
New York, United States
Prof. Gunta Segliņa
Riga, Latvia
Otorhinolaryngologist from Riga, Latvia, working in the Pauls Stradins University hospital, mainly focusing on the middle ear and lateral skull base surgery, professor and head of the otorhinolaryngology department of Riga Stradins University.
Prof. Dr. phil. Jae Hoon Sim
Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Piotr H. Skarżyński;
M.D., Ph.D., MSc.
Warsaw/Kajetany, Poland
Specialist in ENT, pediatric ENT, audiology and phoniatrics, and public health. Participated in the 3rd Stakeholders Consultation meeting during which the World Hearing Forum of WHO was announced. A member of the Roster of Experts on Digital Health of WHO, Board Member and Institutional Representative of the International Society for Telemedicine and e-Health (ISfTeH), President of International Advisory Board of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), member of Congress and Meeting Department of European Academy of Otology and Neuro-Otology (EAONO), Vice-President of Hearring Group, Auditor of European Federation of Audiology Societies (EFAS), member of the Facial Nerve Stimulation Steering Committee, and Board Secretary of the Polish Society of Otorhinolaryngologists, Phoniatrists, and Audiologists (TOFAP). Member of the Hearing Committee of AAO-HNS. Consultant Committee of International Experts of CPAM-VBMS (for special invitation), honorary member of ORL Danube Society, Société Française d’Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie, and “Alumni club and Friends” - Medical University – Varna. Member of the Council of National Science Center (NCN). Expert and member of numerous national organizations.
Dr. med. Björn Spahn
Wuerzburg, Germany
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Georg M. Sprinzl
St. Poelten, Austria
Prof. Dr. Georg Mathias Sprinzl leads as the Head of the Department also the Implant Team of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery in St. Pölten, Lower Austria. He completed his otorhinolaryngology residency at the Medical University Innsbruck, Austria and was trained in skull base surgery by Prof. Werner in Marburg, Germany. He became an expert in stapes surgery (>750), surgery of active middle ear implants (>320), bone conduction implants (>100) and cochlear implantation (>1000) as well as on neurotologic and oncologic skull base surgery and constantly strives to further on his knowledge onto ongoing surgeons and students all over the world. He therefore developed an ongoing educational program in St. Pölten for surgeons with interest in Cochlea Implantation and Vibrant Soundbridge Surgery and Stapes Surgery.
Affiliation: Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität
Prof. Stefan Stenfelt
Linköping, Sweden
Stefan Stenfelt is professor in Technical Audiology and head of Applied Auditory Research and the division of Sensory Organs and Communication at Linköping University in Sweden. He is a trained biomedical engineer (M.Sc. EE) with a PhD on bone conduction hearing physiology. Stenfelt has published extensively and has 100+ journal articles, several book chapters, and numerous conference contributions. He is also well cited with nearly 6000 citations and an h-index of 41. Beside his interest in bone conduction, Stenfelt’s research interests include hearing diagnosis, hearing physiology, hearing aids, and cognitive hearing science.
Miklós Tóth, med. habil. Ph.D.
Pécs, Hungary
He has been dealing with otolaryngology and skull base surgery for more than 2 decades. His medical study began at the Semmelweis University in Budapest in Hungary, then continued at the University Clinic in Mainz in Germany and in Salzburg, in Austria at the Paracelsus Medical University. In 2014, he completed his habilitation in Salzburg, and in the following years he headed the otology division of the Hamburg Otorhinolaryngology Clinic. He studied the temporal bone and lateral skull base surgery from professor Fisch in Zurich between 2002 and 2015 and came a short time in Piacenza by professor Sanna to study other aspects of the lateral skull base surgery. Currently he leads the lateral skull base surgery center at the University of Pécs in Hungary. He has won numerous professional awards, his publications and research results appear in international medical journals, and he writes specialist books. He is often an invited speaker at professional conferences.
Dr. med. Sara M. van Bonn-Ytrehus
Rostock, Germany
Dr. Robert Vincent; MD
Colombiers, France
PD Dr. med. Nora M. Weiss
Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Thomas Zahnert; Dresden, Germany
Research Field(s): Mechanical investigations in Otolaryngology; Development of monitoring systems; Head and Neck cancer research.
Education: 2003: Doctoral degree (PhD), Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus of the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden (G); 1990-95: Residency ENT, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus of the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden (G); 1990: German doctoral degree (MD), Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus of the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden (G).
Professional experience: Since 2007: Chair of the Department of Ear- Nose-and Throat Diseases (ENT) University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus of the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden (G); Since 2004: Head of the Department of Ear- Nose-and Throat Diseases (ENT) University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus of the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden (G); Since 2003: Head Assistant Doctor of the Department of Ear- Nose-and Throat Diseases (ENT) University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus of the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden (G).
6th International Symposium on Otosclerosis and Stapes Surgery
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