2010 Speaker Faculty

Chairman

Muaaz Tarabichi MD FACS
Head of ENT Department
American Hospital Dubai, UAE

Co-Activity Director

Paul Krakovitz
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Head & Neck Institute
Section Head of Pediatric
Otolaryngology, Cleveland Clinic,
USA

Organising Committee

Nabeel Al Mukhtar MD
Chairman, ENT Institute, Baghdad
Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq

Aziz Bilal MD
Dean of Alexandria University
Medical School, ENT Department,
Alexandria, Egypt

Ahmed Daneshi MD
Chairman of Department of
Otolaryngology
Iran Medical Sciences University,
Tehran, Iran

Nabil Fuleihan MD
Chairman, Department of
Otolaryngology, America University
of Beirut, Lebanon

Mumtaz J Khan MBBS FACS
Division-Head, Otolaryngology
Head & Neck Surgery Associate
Professor, Department of Surgery,
Aga Khan University, Pakistan

Omar Nazhat MD
ENT Specialist American Hospital,
Dubai, UAE

International Speakers

Razvi Ahmed FCS (ORL) SA
Clinical Head Department of
Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck
Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Senior Lecturer Wits University
South Africa

Abdul Hadi Al-Jassim
Consultant ENT Head & Neck
Surgeon, University Hospital
Aintree NHS, Foundation Trust
Liverpool, UK

Isam Alobid MD PhD
Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic
ENT Department, Hospital Clinic
Barcelona, Spain

Claus Bachert MD
Upper Airway Research Laboratory
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
University Hospital Ghent, Ghent
Belgium

Ahmed BaHammam
Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Director, Sleep Disorders Center Head, Respiratory Medicine Section
College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Associate Editor of Ann Thoracic Med & Chairman of IRB, College of Medicine

Manohar Bance
Professor, Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University
Director of Ear & Auditory Research
Laboratory, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada

Prof Maurizio Barbara
Cattedra di Audiologia, Università
Sapienza II Facoltà, UOC di
Otorinolaringoiatria, Azienda
Ospedaliera Sant’Andrea, Rome,
Italy

Jack Borders Jr MD
Associate Professor,
Chief, Pediatric Otolaryngology,
Department of Otolaryngology,
Director of International Medicine
Medical College of Georgia, USA

P Catalano
Vice President, Surgical Services
Caritas Christi Health Network,
USA

Carlos Fernandes MBBCh FCSSA FACS
Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery,
St. Augustine’s Hospital Durban,
South Africa

Carmen Fernandes BSc MMed SC
Medical Biological Scientist
St. Augustine’s Hospital, Durban
South Africa

Joaquín J García MD
Anatomic Pathology Consultant
Mayo Clinic, USA

Michael Glasscock MD
Founder, Otology Group
Tennessee, USA

Dr Abdulrahman Hagr MBBS FRCS(c)
Director of Neuro/Otology Unit
Associate Professor King Saud University
Otolaryngology Consultant
KSU Neuro/Otology Programme Director
Director of Hearing Disability Research Chair
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Lokman Hakim MD
ENT Consultant, St Antonius
Teaching Hospital, Nieuwegein
Netherlands

Richard J Harvey FRACS
Associate Professor
Division of Rhinology & Skull Base
Surgery, Department of
Otolaryngology/Skull Base Surgery
St Vincent’s Hospital
Sydney, Australia

David Haynes
Director, Division of Otology &
Neurotology, The Otology Group of
Vanderbilt Neurotology Fellowship
Programme Director
Associate Professor, Department of
Otolaryngology
Associate Professor, Department
Hearing and Speech Sciences, USA

Peter Hwang
Professor, Department of
Otolaryngology - Head & Neck
Surgery, Stanford University
Stanford, USA

Thomas Lenarz MD PhD
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Otolaryngology,
Medical University of Hannover,
Hannover, Germany

James Loock
Department of Otorhinolaryncology
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch, South Africa

Robert Lorenz MD FACS
ENT Consultant
Head & Neck Institute

Joaquim Mullol MD PhD
Cleveland Clinic, USA
Director
Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic
ENT Department, Hospital Clinic
Barcelona, Spain

Dr Kenny Peter Pang
ENT Consultant/Sleep Specialist
Director, Pacific Sleep Centre
President, International Sleep Academy
President, ASEAN Sleep Surgical Society
Board Director, International Sleep Surgical Society
Fellow, American Academy Sleep
Medicine. Singapore

Pr Alain Robier
Head of ENT H&N Surgery
University of Tours, France

Brent Senior MD FACS FARS
Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
Director of Rhinology, Allergy & Sinus Surgery
Professor, Otolaryngology/Head &
Neck Surgery, University of North
Carolina, USA

Richard J H Smith MD
Sterba Hearing Research Professor
Vice Chair - Department of Otolaryngology
Professor of Otolaryngology, Pediatrics & Internal Medicine - Division of Nephrology
Director - Molecular Otolaryngology & Renal Research
Laboratories, The University of Iowa
Iowa City, USA

Anne Marie Tharpe PhD
Professor & Chair, Department of
Hearing & Speech, Sciences
Associate Director, Vanderbilt Bill
Wilkerson Centre, Tennessee, USA

Robert Vincent
Causse Ear Clinic, Beziers
France

PD Dr med Daniel F à Wengen
Visiting Clinical Professor University of Basel, Switzerland
CEO of Swissear/Swissnose
Facharzt FMH für HNO
Spez. Hals- und Gesichtschirurgie
Habilitation Universitt Basel 1998
Schweiz, Switzerland

B Tucker Woodson MD
Professor & Chief Division of Sleep
Medicine, Department of
Otolaryngology & Communication
Sciences, Medical College of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

Johannes Zenk
Department of
Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck
Surgery, University of
Erlangen-Nurnberg, Medical School
Erlangen, Germany

Regional Speakers

Nazik Elfadil Adullah FRCSI
Assistant Professor, Department of
Surgery, University of Khartoum
Sudan

Ghada Ahmad MA-SLP
Speech & Language Therapist,
American Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Mona Mohammed Ahmed MA
Speech & Language Pathologist
Audiology and Speech Unit
Ear Nose & Throat Department
Salmaniyah Medical Complex
Bahrain

Salwan Alabdullah MD MBChB
CBMS FICMS MRCS (Glasg)
ENT Specialist , NMC Specialty
Hospital Dubai, UAE

Khurshid Alam
ENT Consultant, Doctors Hospital
and Medical Centre, Johar Town
Lahore, Pakistan

Osama Albaini MD
ENT specialist, Alradi Hospital
Damascus, Syria

Mohamed Al Felasi MD BS
MBBCH BAO LRCPSI (Hons)
Royal College of Surgeons
Third Year Resident in
Otolaryngology, Centre
Hospitalier Universitaire Gui de
Chauliac Montpellier, France

Mohammed Al Garni
Consultant Otolaryngology Head &
Neck Surgery, King Abdulaziz
Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ali A Almomen MD
Consultant Rhinology & Endoscopic
Skull Base Surgery
King Fahad Specialist Hospital
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Abdulla Al Nakshabandi MRCSI
FICMS DOHNS
ENT Specialist, ENT Department
Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

Munahi Al Qahtani MD
Consultant ORL & HN Surgery
Otology & Neuro Otology
Riyadh Military Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdul Monem H Al Shaikh MD
President of GCC ORL Head &
Neck Society, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Mohamad Alshehabi MD
ENT Resident, R3 Saudi Board
Saudi Arabia

Dr Musaed Alzahrani
Senior Resident ORL, University of
Tours, France

Alimohamad Asghari MD
Assistant Professor of
Otolaryngology Head & Neck
Surgery
ENT Head and Neck Research
Center, Iran University of Medical
Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mohamed Attia MD, Fornesic
ENT Specialist
ASCC, Kuwait

Mojgan Babanejad MD MSc
Genetics Research Centre
University of Social Welfare &
Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran
Iran

K B Bali
ENT Specialist, Al Ain Hospital
Al Ain, UAE

Rana Batterjee AuD CCC-A ASHAF F-AAA
Board Certified in Audiology
(American Board of Audiology)
Director of CI Centre, American
Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Niloofar Bazazzadegan MD
Research Assistant, Genetics
Research Centre, University of
Social Welfare & Rehabilitation
Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Ramez Reda Botros
Lecturer of Otorhinolaryngology
MD in Otorhinolaryngology
Cairo University, Egypt

Manal Ahmed Bukhari
Assistant Professor & Consultant of
Phonosurgery
Member - Research Chair of Voice
and Swallowing Disorders
ENT Department, King Abdulaziz
University Hospital, King Saud
University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ahmad Daneshi
Professor & Chairman, Department
and Research Centre of ORL : HNS
Iran University of Iran Medical
Sciences, Iran

Mohamad Nabil Daouk MD FACS
Chairman Department of
Otolaryngology, Specialized
Medical Center, Hospital, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia

Bariah Dardari MD FAAP
Specialist Paediatrician, American
Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Ahmed Mohamed Mohy Eldeen El Bassiouny
Assistant Professor Cairo University
Consultant & Head of Department
of ENT, Dar Al Shifa Hospital,
Kuwait

Mahmoud El Bestar MD
Professor of Otolaryngology/HNS
Cairo University, Egypt

Abdelaziz Elsherif MD
Assistant Professor of
Otolaryngology
Alazhar University, Egypt

Nadine Ewanchyshyn MS S-LP(C) CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist
American Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Mohammad Farhadi
Professor of Otolaryngology – Head
& Neck Surgery, ENT – HNS
Research Centre, IUMS, Iran

Mohamed Farhat MD
Assistant Professor of
Communication and Swallowing
Disorders, Faculty of Medicine,
King Saud University, Riyadh
Consultant of Communication and
Swallowing Disorders at CSDU in
KKUH and KAUH, KSA

Zohreh Fattahi MD MSc
Genetics Research Centre
University of Social Welfare &
Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran
Iran

Mohammad Fteiha
Speech Communication Unit Head
Dubai Autism Centre, UAE

Alaa Gaafar
Assistant Professor Otolaryngology
Head & Neck Surgery
Alexandria Faculty of Medicine,
Egypt

Mohamed Rashad Ghonim MD
Professor & Head of ORL
Department
Mansoura University, Egypt

Ossama Hamid MD
Professor Otolaryngology Head &
Neck Surgery, Ain Shams
University, Egypt

Hesham Hasan MD FRCS (Ed)
ENT consultant and Head of ENT
and Ophthalmology Departments
BDF Hospital, Bahrain

S Basir Hashemi MD
Associate Professor of
Otolaryngology – CI Surgeon
Head of Department
Khalili Hospital
Shiraz University, Iran

Produl Hazarika MD DLO MS FACS FRCS (Edin) FIAO
HOD & Director of PG Studies
Department of ENT Head & Neck
Surgery
Kasturba Medical College
Karnataka, India

Ahmed Hesham MD, ENT
Specialist
Department of
Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of
Medicine, Cairo University
Affiliated to Magrabi Eye and Ear
Hospital, Oman

Taher Issa MD
Professor of ENT, Cairo University
Head of ENT Department
Magrabi Hospitals and Centers,
Saudi Arabia

Maryam Jalessi MD
Assistant Professor, Hazrat Rasoul
Akram Hospital, Iran University of
Medical Sciences, Iran

Lubna A L Janahi MD FRCS Ed
Chairperson & Consultant ENT H
& N Surgeon, Saolmaniya Medical
Complex-ENT Department
Kingdom of Bahrain, Bahrain

Kimia Kahrizi
Assistant Professor of Medical
Genetics, Genetics Research Centre
University of Social Welfare &
Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran
Iran

Fadi Kanaan MD
Chief Otolaryngology Head & Neck
Surgery, Senior Consultant, Tawam
Hospital Johns Hopkins, Medicine
Al Ain, UAE

Jamal Kassouma MD FRCS
Head of ENT Department
Medical College
Damascus University
Damascus, Syria

Dr Osama Mohamed Khalid
Assistant Professor, El Naileen
University, Khartoum ENT Hospital,
Khartoum, Sudan

Jihad Khoury MD
Professor & Chairman, Department
of Otorhinolaryngology, Head &
Neck Surgery, Saint George
Hospital-University Medical Center
Faculty of Medicine, University of
Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon

Hesham Kozou MD
Professor of Audiology, Alexandria
University, Egypt

Dr Suman Kumar MD
ENT & Allergy Specialist
ENT & Allergy Centre
Panchkula, India

Ravishankar Lakshminarayanan
ENT Specialist, New Medical
Centre Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Manzoor Latoo MD
ENT Consultant at Medical College
Srinagar, Kashmir, India

Thomas Loh
Chief and Senior Consultant ENT
Surgeon/ Associate Professor
Department Otolaryngology Head
& Neck Surgery, National
University of Singapore, Singapore

Farshid Mahboubi MD
Resident of Otolaryngology Head &
Neck Surgery, Tehran University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Khalid Malki MD
Consultant, Assistant Professor of
Phoniatrics Supervisor, Research Chair of Voice
and Swallowing Disorders
Head, Communication and
Swallowing Disorders Unit (CSDU)
Deputy Chairman, ENT
Department, King Abdulaziz
University Hospital, King Saud
University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Head, Communication and
Swallowing Division (CSSD)
ORL/HNS Department
Riyadh Military Hospital, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia

Shaharyar Ali Mallick MD
ENT Specialist, Golden Sands
Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE

Gauri Mankekar MD
ENT Consultant
PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai,
India

M P Manoj
Consultant in Otolaryngology
Dr Manoj’s ENT Super Speciality
Institute and Research Centre
Calicut, India

Ossama I Mansour MD PhD
Professor of Otolaryngology Head
and Neck Surgery
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt

Salah Mansour FRCS©, FACS
Professor of Otolaryngology HNS,
Vice-Dean Faculty of Medecine &
President Comission of Bioethics,
Lebanese University
President Arab Board of
Otolaryngology HNS
Beirut, Lebanon

Adil Mansouri
Consultant ENT, Medical Director,
W Wilson Specialised Hospital,
Dubai, UAE

Osama Abdul Rahman Marglani
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Medicine
Umm Al Quara University
Consultant Otolaryngology
Head & Neck Surgeon
Al Noor Specialist Hospital
Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Tamer Mesallam MD
Lecturer of Phoniatrics,
Otolaryngology Department,
Faculty of Medicine, Menoufiya
University, Menoufiya, Egypt

Alireza Mohebbi MD
Assistant Professor, Department &
Research Centre for
Otorhinolaryngology and Head
& Neck Surgery, Hazrat-e Rasoul
Akram Hospital. Iran University of
Medical Sciences, Iran

Hammad Mondy MD FACHARZT
Assistant Professor Consultant &
Head of ENT Department, Al
Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Murthy P S N Professor & HOD ENT Dr PSIMS&RF Gannavaram
Senior Consultant, ENT, Manipal Hospitals, Vijayawada
Chairman, Editorial Board – IJOHNS
Editor, Indian Journal of Phonosurgery
Past President, AOI – AP & Southzone Branches
Past President, All India Rhinology Society
Honorary Secreatary, Association of Phonosurgeons of India

Hossein Najmabadi MT (ASCP) PhD
Professor of Medical & Molecular
Genetics, Head & Director of
Genetics Research Center,
University of Social Welfare &
Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran
Iran

Mohsen Naraghi MD
Chairman, Rhinology Research
Society, Tehran, Iran

Dr Anjum Naveed FRCS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Consultant ENT & Head & Neck
Surgeon, Tawam Hospital
Al Ain, UAE

Sharfi Abd El Gadir Omer MD
ORL DOHNS FRCSI DOHNS (UK)
Assistant Professor, Faculty of
Medicine, OIU, Sudan

Naren Pandey MD D Allergology
(Mumbai) FRSTM & H (Lond)
Degree in Asthma (UK)
Visiting Allergist & Asthmologist
Belle Vue Clinic, Mediland
Diagnostic Institute, Kolkata, India

Shahed Quraishi FRCS (Eng) FRCS (ORL H&N)
Training Programme Director in Otolaryngology
Consultant Otolaryngologist
Hon Senior Lecturer in Surgical
Oncology, Doncaster Royal
Infirmary, England, UK

Hussain Abdul Rahman MSc (Cairo)
German Board (Facharzt)
Director of Medical Affairs
Consultant & Head of ENT
Department, Dubai Hospital, UAE

D Dwarakanatha Reddy
Editor – IJohns, Government ENT
Hospital, Koti, Hyderabad, India
Chairman - Steering Committee
- AOI Southzone

Dr Fiona Rennie MB ChB
FRNZCGP DRCOG DipPaedsPGDipAvMed
Vice President Aviation and
Occupational Medicine, Emirates
Airline, Dubai, UAE

Mohamed Rifai MD
Professor of Otolaryngology Head &
Neck Surgery, Medical School (Kasr
Al Aini Hospital), Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt

Dr Haytham S Salih
Plastic Surgeon, American Board in
Aesthetic Medicine, Iraqi Board in
Plastic Aesthetic & Reconstructive
Surgery, UAE

Vivek Sasindran MBBS MS (ENT)
Fellow in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Assistant Professor, Department
of ENT – Head & Neck Surgery
Pushpagiri Medical College
Hospital, Kerala, India

Mohamed Elrasheed Shaddad MD
ENT Specialist
Khartoum North Teaching Hospital
Khartoum, Sudan

Vipul Shah MD PhD
Allorgologist, Allergy & Asthma
Clinic, Surat, India

Lubaina Sharafally MA CCC-A F-ASHA F-CASLPA
Clinical Audiologist, American
Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Guive Sharifi MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid
Beheshti, University of Medical
Sciences, Iran

Hatim Shawli MD FRCSC
Head of Otolaryngology – Head &
Neck Surgery Section, Department
of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist
Hospital & Research Centre
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Faheem Tadros FRCS
Senior Consultant of
Otolaryngology Department,
Zahra Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Saleh A Tawfique FRCS DLO
Senior Consultant of ENT
Consultant ENT, Al Noor Hospital
Al Ain, UAE

D M Tripathi MD
Allergy Specialist, Bombay Hospital,
Mumbai, India

Melissa Waller
Med El Corporation, Sales
Communication Manager, MED-EL
Worldwide Headquarters,
Innsbruck, Austria

Hashim Yagi FRCS DLO FICS
Professor & Consultant
Otolaryngologist, Khartoum, Sudan

Shahriar Yahyavi MD
Assistant Professor of
Otolaryngology Head and Neck
Surgery, Hazrat Rasoul Akram
Hospital, Department of ENT, Iran
University of Medical

Paul Yazbek MD
Otolaryngologist, Specialist in facial
plastic surgery, American Academy
of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive
Surgery Otorhinolaryngology
Specialty Clinics Center, Lebanon

Sadaf Zia FCPS
Senior Registrar ENT, Liaquat
National Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

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