Faculty

Taught by leaders in laryngology and phoniatrics

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Winter Course 2027 faculty

The Summer Course 2027 faculty will be announced soon.

Ahmed Geneid

Ahmed Geneid

Head of Department, Helsinki University Hospital

Finland

Course director
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Adjunct professor, laryngologist and phoniatrician. President and founding member of the Finnish Laryngological Society, president of the Union of the European Phoniatricians, and vice-president and founding member of the International Association of TransVoice Surgeons. Leads the multidisciplinary voice and swallowing team at Helsinki University Hospital and has authored over 60 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Finland’s ENT doctor of the year 2020.

Elisabeth Sjögren

Elisabeth Sjögren

Laryngologist, Leiden University Medical Center

Netherlands

Scientific advisor
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All-round laryngologist and head and neck surgeon focused on endoscopic treatment of early and intermediate laryngeal cancer and reconstructive surgery for glottic closure defects. Directs several PhD projects. Past General Secretary of the European Laryngological Society and of CEORL-HNS, and active in their teaching and training projects.

Teemu Kinnari

Teemu Kinnari

Laryngologist, Helsinki University Hospital

Finland

Scientific advisor
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Founding member and former president of the Finnish Society for Laryngology, with over ten years of office-based laryngeal procedures. Research interests include laryngology, phonosurgery, biofilm-related infections and implant materials.

Yakubu Karagama

Yakubu Karagama

Consultant Laryngologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’, London

UK

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Leads the multidisciplinary specialist voice clinic at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and is founder and course director of the London and Manchester Phonosurgery courses. MSc in Advanced Voice Research, over 27 publications, and the first Secretary of the British Laryngological Association.

Markus Hess

Markus Hess

Otolaryngologist and phoniatrician

Germany

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Subspecialises in laryngology, phonosurgery and the professional voice.

Berit Schneider-Stickler

Berit Schneider-Stickler

Deputy Head, Phoniatrics-Logopedics, Medical University of Vienna

Austria

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Otolaryngologist, phoniatrician and trained singer. President of the European Academy of Phoniatrics and of the Austrian Society of Logopedics, Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology; works on artistic voice, phonosurgery and neurolaryngology.

Guan-Min Ho

Guan-Min Ho

Senior Consultant, laryngology and phonosurgery

Austria / Taiwan

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Graduate of the Medical University of Vienna and former assistant professor at the National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences. His research focuses on glottic insufficiency, and he invented the VOIS-Implant for medialisation thyroplasty, adjustable both during and after surgery.

Antti Kinnunen

Antti Kinnunen

Clinical neurophysiologist

Finland

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Specialist in clinical neurophysiology since 2016, with a main interest in laryngeal neurophysiology. Every second week he leads neurophysiological diagnostics and treatment for patients with laryngeal dystonia and vocal fold paresis and paralysis. Also a PhD student working on AI and neurophysiological tools in early dementia diagnostics.

Tiia Ojala

Tiia Ojala

Phonetician, Phoniatrics Clinic, Helsinki

Finland

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Phonetician (MSc) working in the voice laboratory, recording and analysing the voices of patients with a wide range of voice disorders.

Kaarina Ruusuvirta

Kaarina Ruusuvirta

Speech-language pathologist, Helsinki University Hospital

Finland

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Specialised in voice disorders for over 20 years, working in the multidisciplinary team of the Phoniatrics Clinic at Helsinki University Hospital.

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Isabel Garcia-Lopez

Isabel Garcia-Lopez

Laryngologist, La Paz University Hospital and Hospital Ruber Internacional, Madrid

Spain

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Clinical practice in voice, swallowing, airway disorders and cancer. Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Voice, the International Association of Phonosurgery and the Collegium Medicorum Theatri, and Vice-President of the European Laryngological Society.

Simon Best

Simon Best

Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Voice Center

USA

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Focuses on HPV-related disease, particularly recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, leading a large surgical practice and a laboratory studying its immunology. A leading advocate of systemic bevacizumab and HPV-specific immunotherapy, and a busy voice and airway surgeon.

Juliët Schuering

Juliët Schuering

ENT resident, Leiden University Medical Center

Netherlands

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Final-year ENT resident training under Ton Langeveld and Elisabeth Sjögren, with a background in classical voice studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Clinical epidemiologist completing a PhD on subglottic stenosis and laryngeal dystonia, and founder and president of Young ELS.

Taru Ilmarinen

Taru Ilmarinen

Head Physician, HUS ENT Emergency and Outpatient Clinics

Finland

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Adjunct Professor at the University of Helsinki with a PhD on laryngeal papillomatosis. Research on recurrent respiratory papillomatosis and head and neck tumours. President of the Finnish Society for Head and Neck Oncology.

Ton Langeveld

Ton Langeveld

Head and neck surgeon and laryngologist, Leiden University Medical Center

Netherlands

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Wrote his thesis on adductor spasmodic dysphonia and has published on head and neck cancer and laryngology, including botulinum toxin treatment, TA-myoneurectomy and laser surgery for early laryngeal cancer.

Chadwan Al Yaghchi

Chadwan Al Yaghchi

Consultant Laryngologist, Imperial College Healthcare, London

UK

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Specialist in airway stenosis, complex dysphagia and gender-affirming voice surgery, who introduced several voice feminisation procedures to the UK. Laryngology section editor of Scott-Brown’s Otolaryngology and founding member of the International Association of TransVoice Surgeons.

Jean-Paul Marie

Jean-Paul Marie

Professor, University Hospital of Rouen

France

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Head of the Experimental Surgery Laboratory, known for developing laryngeal reinnervation from animal research into clinical practice. Main interests are phonosurgery and neurolaryngology.

Dinesh K. Chhetri

Dinesh K. Chhetri

Professor of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA

USA

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Vice-Chair of the UCLA Department of Head and Neck Surgery and director of its swallowing disorders programme and laryngology fellowship, with over 140 publications on voice, swallowing and head and neck oncology.

Kirsten Meenan

Kirsten Meenan

Laryngologist, Medical University of South Carolina

USA

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Completed her laryngology fellowship at UCLA and has a particular interest in the diagnosis and treatment of spasmodic dysphonia.

Kate Heathcote

Kate Heathcote

Consultant Laryngologist, Poole Hospital

UK

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Known for introducing laryngeal reinnervation in the UK; founded the Airway, Voice and Swallow centre at Poole and teaches and mentors surgeons internationally.

James P. Thomas

James P. Thomas

Laryngologist

USA

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Has practised laryngology since 1998 and is known worldwide for voicedoctor.net, his teaching on diagnosing voice disorders and his book Why is there a frog in my throat?

Nupur Kapoor Nerurkar

Nupur Kapoor Nerurkar

Head, Bombay Hospital Voice & Swallowing Center

India

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Past President of the Association of Phonosurgeons of India and Chief Editor of the Textbook of Laryngology. Focuses on phonomicrosurgery, neurolaryngology, laser surgery for early glottic cancer and pitch-alteration surgery.

Tetsuji Sanuki

Tetsuji Sanuki

Associate Professor, Nagoya City University

Japan

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Trained at the Isshiki Clinic Kyoto Voice Surgery Center and leads a multidisciplinary voice team in Nagoya.

Emilie Dronkers

Emilie Dronkers

Laryngologist and clinical epidemiologist

Netherlands

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First to complete the two-year UEMS European Laryngology Fellowship, focusing on laryngopharyngeal oncology, neurolaryngology, dysphagia and complex airway reconstruction.

Maja Rogić Vidaković

Maja Rogić Vidaković

Neuroscientist, University of Split

Croatia

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Heads the Laboratory for Human and Experimental Neurophysiology, researching the neurophysiology of voice, speech and language.

Braco Bošković

Braco Bošković

ENT specialist, University Hospital Split

Croatia

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Works in head and neck surgical oncology, phoniatrics and in-office laryngeal procedures, and in swallowing and post-laryngectomy rehabilitation.

Ivana Gunjača

Ivana Gunjača

Molecular biologist, University of Split

Croatia

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Heads the Laboratory for Biology and Human Genetics, specialising in genome-wide association analysis.

Annika Laaksonen

Annika Laaksonen

Phoniatrician, Helsinki · Lifestyle speaker

Finland

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Phoniatrician and amateur singer with a broad interest in wellbeing and the many factors behind patients’ complaints.

Rose Henrichs

Rose Henrichs

Managing Director, Soluvos Medical · Lifestyle speaker

Netherlands

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Over 20 years in the international medical device business, 15 of them in ENT and laryngology. Founder of Soluvos Medical and co-founder of AmplioVox.

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