ENT Conference Speakers

Activity Director & Chair:

Dr Mahdi Shkoukani, Medical Director of Supply Chain Operations, Consultant and Clinical Associate Professor, Program Director, Otolaryngology Residency, Surgical Subspecialties Institute, Department of Otolaryngology HNS, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE 

Conference Track Chairs:

Rhinology & Skull Base Surgery: Prof Dr Mohannad A. Al-Qudah, Chairman of Scientific Committee, Jordanian Board of Otolaryngology, Professor of Otolaryngology, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Chief Medical Officer, King Abdullah University Hospital, Ar Ramtha, Jordan

General ENT / Paediatric Otolaryngology: Dr Irfan Basha, Head of Division – ENT Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE 

Otology, Neurotology and Cochlear Implants: Dr Mark Bassim, Otology and Neurotology, Surgical Subspecialties Institute, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE  

Facial Plastic Surgery: Prof Dr Yazeed Alghonaim, Assistant Professor Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Consultant, National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, KSA

Laryngology/ Speech Language Pathology:  Adamantia Prachali, SLP, MSc, Supervisor Speech Language Pathology, Inpatient Therapies & Rehabilitation, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
 Dr Anastasios G Hantzakos, Consultant Otolaryngologist, Surgical Subspecialties Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE 

Head & Neck Surgery: Dr Alain Sabri, Chairperson & Residency Program Director, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Medical Director for Physician Recruitment, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City -Mayo Clinic, Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE 

Speakers

Rhinology & Skull Base Surgery:

• Dr Abdussalam Mohammed Jahan, Consultant of ORL, Misurata Medical Center, Misurata, Libya
• Dr Akaber Halawi, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA 
• Dr Ghassan Alokby, Attending Physician, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center,  Riyadh, KSA 
• Assoc Prof Dr Islam R. Herzallah, Associate Professor & Consultant of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, KSA 
• Dr Islam Zayadneh, ENT Specialist, Private Practice, Toronto, Canada 
• Dr Lubna Khreesha, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan 
• Prof. Manuel Bernal Sprekelsen, Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 
• Dr Reda Kamel, President, Pan Arab Rhinology Society (PARS), President, Egyptian Rhinology Society (ERS), Professor of Rhinology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt 
• Dr Saad A Alsaleh, Chairman, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA 
• Prof Dr Scott Graham, Director of the Division of Rhinology, Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

General ENT / Paediatric Otolaryngology:

• Dr Asma Ali Sultan Al Nuaimi, Consultant Paediatric Pulmonologist, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr David Jacob Rawat, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
• Fatin Abdelsalam Mohammed, Dietician, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Fraser Harban, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthesiologist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Maryam AlQaydi, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Sona Narayan Ayanikalath, Supervisor of Speech Language Pathology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Nafea Hussain Mohd Al Yasi, Paediatric Gastroenterology Fellow, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Safeena Kherani, Consultant in Paediatric Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Seif El Eslam Abdel Salam, Paediatric Surgeon, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
• Assoc. Prof Shyan Vijayasekaran, Consultant Otolaryngologist Head and Neck Surgeon, Head of Department Otolaryngology Head and Neck surgery, Perth Children’s Hospital, Perth, Australaia 
• Dr Sofia Konstantinopoulou, Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonologist, Al Mushrif Children's Specialty  
• Dr Werner Gerhard Diehl, Consultant Foetal Medicine, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
• Dr Yogesh More, Specialist Physician, Medical Institute - Medical Affairs, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Otology, Neurotology and Cochlear Implants:

• Prof Dr Abdul Rahman el Hagr, President, Saudi ORL Society, President, Arab Academy of Otology and Cochlear Implants, Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA 
• Dr Ahmad Al Ammadi, Consultant Otolaryngology, Advanced Hearing and Balance Center, Dubai, UAE 
• Dr Alfarghal Mohamad, Director of Hearing and Balance, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, KSA 
• Dr Baher Ashour, Consultant Otolaryngologist, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
• Dr Gregory Lekovic, Chief, Division of Neurosurgery, House Clinic, Director of Neurosurgery Research, House Institute Foundation, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Dr George Wanna, Chair, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Mount Sinai Beth Israel, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA 
• Dr Issam Saliba, Chief - Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Montreal Hospital Center (CHUM), Montreal, Canada 
• Dr Michel Nehme, Specialist Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery, Clemenceau Medical Center, Dubai, UAE 
• Dr Mohammed Badreddine, Consultant Otolaryngology, Private Practice, Cairo, Egypt 
• Dr Mondy Hammad, Consultant Otolaryngology, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
• Dr Muaaz Tarabichi, Consultant ENT, NMC Royal Hospital, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
• Dr Solara Sinno, Audio-Vestibular Clinical Researcher & Public Health Consultant, World Health Organisation, Beirut, Lebanon

Facial Plastic Surgery:

• Dr Amani Obeid, Consultant, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Al Dara Hospital and Medical Center, Riyadh, KSA
• Dr Basil Hassouneh, Consultant Otolaryngology - Facial Plastic Surgery, Novomed Center, Dubai, UAE 
• Dr Mawaheb Al Wedami, ENT Specialist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
  
• Dr Mohsen Naraghi, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Chairman, Rhinology Research Society, Tehran, Iran 
• Dr Mona Ashour, Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, ENT Department, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, KSA
• Prof Dr Sami Moubayed, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
• Dr Talal Alandejani, Assistant Professor and consultant, ENT, Facial-plasty, Rhinology & Skull Base surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, KSA 

 Head & Neck Surgery:

• Dr Ashish Vittalrao Chintakuntlawar, Consultant Physician, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
• Dr Carol Bradford, President, American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Columbus, Ohio, USA 
• Dr Fady Geara, Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology; Oncology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
• Dr Kofi Boahene, Chief, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Director, FPRS Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Laryngology/ Speech Language Pathology:

• Dr Claudio Milstein, Speech Pathologist, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 
• Dr Deborah Phyland, Director of Clinical Research for Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Department, Monash Health, Adjunct Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Australia 
• Prof Dr Elisabeth Sjögren, Secretary General-Elect., CEORL-HNS, General Secretary, European Laryngological Society, Otolaryngologist, Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands  
• Prof Dr Markus Hess, Head and Chair; Director of Department of Voice, Speech and Hearing Disorders, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Executive Board Member, German Society of Phonosurgeons, Hamburg, Germany 
• Prof Dr Michael Benninger, Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Immediate Past-Chair, Head & Neck Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 
• Dr Paul Bryson, Section Head, Laryngology, Cleveland Clinic Voice Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 
• Dr Peak Woo, Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York. USA 
• Dr Rachel Taliercio, Director of Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 
• Dr Ramon Franco, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Medical Director, Voice and Speech Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 
• Dr Sarah Schneider, Co-Director, Voice and Swallowing Center, University of California, California, San Francisco, USA 
• Prof Dr Shigeru Hirano, Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan