Otorhinolaryngology and Communication Disorders

He is President, Bangladesh Society of Head-Neck Surgeons. Vice President- Bangladesh Thyroid Society Governing Council Member, Asian Society of Head Neck Oncology.

Head & Neck Surgery

Dr. Aage R. Møller completed his Doctor of Medicine degree from The Karolinska Institut, Stockholm, Sweden, in 1965. He spent 12 years teaching and doing neuroscience research at the same institution after which he immigrated to the USA and became Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, later Professor of Neurosurgery at the same institution 1978-1998; 1998-present he is at The University of Texas at Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences as the Founders Professor and Distinguished Lecture of Cognition and Neuroscience. Dr. Møller is the author or co-author of 205 articles in refereed journals, author or co-author of 105 chapters in professional books and 16 single author professional books, editor or co-editor of 9 books, most recently “Textbook of Tinnitus”, 785 pages, also published in the Chinese language, by Springer 2010.

Neural plasticity and its role in tinnitus, hyperacusis, phonophobia, and misophonia, teaching biology of pain, neuroplasticity, intraoperative neurophsysiology

1968 Graduated Tokyo University Faculty of Medicine, 1973-1975、Research Fellow at Sainte Anne Hospital(Professeur J Talairach), 1981 Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Tottori Universit、1984　Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Tottori University、1998　Chairman and Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University、2009 Emeritus Professor of Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 2016 President of Tokyo Neurological Center Hospital

Neurology, Neurosurgery

Dr Matthew Broadhurst is a fellowship trained laryngeal and upper airway surgeon specialising in laryngeal surgery, voice restoration and obstructive sleep apnoea. He returned to Brisbane, Australia from Boston, Massachusetts in 2007 having worked for 2 years at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He was the first fellowship trained laryngeal surgeon in Australia and now has a large tertiary referral practice in voice and larynx disorders and sleep apnoea. In his practice, he utilises state of the art techniques in surgery to the airway and is actively involved in clinical research and education both nationally and internationally. His areas of special interest and research include KTP laser for dysplasia and glottic cancer, short and long term management of vocal fold paralysis, phonotraumatic lesions in professional voice users and laryngeal papilloma.

KTP laser for dysplasia and glottic cancer, short and long term management of vocal fold paralysis, phonotraumatic lesions in professional voice users and laryngeal papilloma

Kalimullah Thahim is a medical Doctor having 42 years of experience in the field of medicine and 24 years teaching experience in undergraduate Medical Colleges. In addition to his profession as an ENT Surgeon, he also has the passion of Medical Education. He is presently working as a Professor and HOD in Department of ENT, Chairman Department of Medical Education Sir Syed College of Medical Science. He has trained more than 5000 undergraduate and 50 post graduate doctors. Award received on 300 cases of foreign body in aero digestive tract.

Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, ENT

Jadranka Handžić graduated in 1984y. at Medical School University of Zagreb, took Master degree at 1987y. And PhD at 1989y. Since 1987y she spent her residential program of Otolaryngology than diploma at 1989 as specialist of Otolaryngology and 2003y as sub-specialist of Audiology. At 2000-2001 she spent academic year on Fulbright Scholarship at Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Centre and Dental School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh U.S.A Department for Paediatric Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A at position as Adjunct Associate Professor of Oral Medicine and Pathology and at 2001-2002 as Visiting Assistant Professor at Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Cleft Palate- Craniofacial Centre, Dental School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. 2001-2002 she had Lester Hamburg- Research Fellowship in Department for Paediatric Otolaryngology Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Medical School University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. From 2002 she was Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, University Clinical Hospital Centre and Medical School “Zagreb” and from 2008 Professor of Otolaryngology and Audiology. She is author and co-author of 16 articles in Current Contents, lecturer of 35 presentations on International conferences, reviewer in Journal and Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery, Director of 8 post-graduate studies of Otolaryngology and Audiology, author and co-author of 4 books, author of 3 international projects and co-worker on three projects.

Hearing loss, Otitis media with effusion, Central auditory processing disturbance, speech recognition disorders, disorder of speech aquisition, gender differences in central auditory disorders accompanied with otitis media with effusion.

Mr. SAMEER ALI BAFAQEEH is a university professor in King Saud University, College of Medicine, Otolaryngology Department, Program director of KSU Facial Plastic fellowship, Facial Plastic Division Chairman & Chairman annual international Rhinoplasty & Otoplasty courses. Received higher surgical training from University Hospital of George August (Gottingen West Germany), He has trained as a clinical fellow in facial plastic surgery in Oregon Health Sciences University (Portland, Oregon, USA) Under supervision of Prof. Ted Cook. He has invited for lectures in various national & international facial plastic surgery meetings and published many scientific papers as well as authored chapters related to facial plastic surgery in reference books. Since started He is passionate about teaching these skills in King Saud University Facial Plastic fellowship program, Otolaryngology Residency program, and runs the first middle east advanced Rhinoplasty & Otoplasty courses in SAUDIA ARABIA, and he is a faculty of various national and international workshops and courses.

Facial Plastic Reconstructive surgery

Larry I Emdur DO, PhD, MBA graduated from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1978. He did his medicine and pulmonary training at the Cleveland Clinic. He has been in private pulmonary practice in San Diego since 1984. He is currently the Chief Medical Officer at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego which is part of the Prime Health Care network in the USA with over 45 hospitals. He is the fourth patient in California to have the INSPIRE hypoglossal nerve stimulator implanted to control his severe obstructive sleep apnea. He is involved with a team of pulmonologists, sleep specialists and ENT surgeon who has planted over 30 lf these upper airway stimulation devises in a community hospitals setting. This abstract describes the results from our hospital team.

Sleep Medicine