USA

Dr. Kazahaya is the Medical Director of the Hearing Implant Program, Director of the Pediatric Skull Base Surgery Program and Director of the Complex Head and Neck Surgery Program of the Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is also an Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the co-lead surgeon of the Pediatric Thyroid Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr. Kazahaya is an active member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery (AAO/HNS), participating in the academy’s international lectureship and multiple committees. He was the past Chairperson of the Infectious Disease Committee of the AAO/HNS. He is a Board Member of the International Society of Otitis Media. He is an International Liaison for the Endocrine Section of the American Head and Neck Society as well as the co-chairperson of the Pediatric Endocrine Surgery Committee of the Endocrine Section of the American Head and Neck Society. Dr. Kazahaya is also a member of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, the European Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, American Cochlear Implant Alliance, and the American Thyroid Association. He is the current President of the Endoscopic Ear Surgery Study Group. He has been invited to lecture on endoscopic ear surgery, pediatric cochlear implants, head and neck topics, and pediatric thyroid topics throughout the United States and internationally in Asia, Europe, and North and South America.

Associated Professor Nuntigar Sonsuwan, M.D.
Thailand

• Pediatric Otolaryngologist, Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• Head of Department, Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• International Affair, Royal College of Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeons of Thailand (RCOT).
• Past president of Asian Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (APOG).
• Committee, The Princess Sirindhorn IT Foundation Craniofacial Center, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• Developed 3 applications
  • Speech training: mobile app for Android.
  • Pediatric Airway Sizing: mobile app for Android and iOS which will be update to new version according to new release Shiley tracheostomy tube.
  • Sleep Position Alarm Therapy Application (SPATA), A novel smart phone- based positional therapy for positional obstructive sleep apnea: mobile app for Android.

USA

Justin S. Golub, MD, MS is an associate professor of otolaryngology—head and neck surgery at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He attended Emory University School of Medicine, residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle, and fellowship in neurotology at the University of Cincinnati. He obtained a masters in biostatistics/patient-oriented research at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He is the author of more than eighty peer-reviewed research publications and has co-edited three books, including a bestseller among trainees. Dr. Golub has an NIH-funded research program investigating the brain effects of age-related hearing loss. He has lectured internationally and his research has been reported in The New York Times. He is also a leading pioneer in minimally invasive endoscopic ear surgery. Clinically he is interested in optimizing treatment of age-related hearing loss and improving outcomes using endoscopic ear surgery.

France

Personal details and current position

• Born on September 13th, 1961, in Paris, France. Married, 3 children.
• Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon of Paris Hospitals, Professor of University Paris V.
• Head of the Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Necker Children’s Hospital, Paris, France.
• Head of the National Referral Center for rare diseases “Rare Otolaryngologic Malformations”.
• Director of Necker Pediatric Surgery Department (DMU) (including 5 ped surgery departments).
• President of the National Universitary Council in Otolaryngology.
• Past president (2007-9) of the French Association of Pediatric Otolaryngologists AFOP, of the ACFOS association.
• Member of the boards of SFORL, SIFORL and French College of Otorhinolaryngology.

Fields of expertise

• Surgical: Pediatric otology, external ear and middle ear reconstruction, bone conduction and middle ear implants. Pediatric laryngology. Leader of the French Referral Center for Rare Otolaryngologic Malformations.
• Clinical research: new auditory implants, cholesteatoma surgery, surgery of otolaryngological malformations.

Research

• 1999 PhD in Life Sciences, University Paris VI “deafness due to GJB2 mutations”.
• Current research laboratory: Institut de l’Audition, Paris.
• Creation in September 2020 of the Pediatric Research Center in Audiology (Necker Hospital).

Awards and distinctions

• 2020 : Named Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.
• 2008 Robert Ruben Scientific Achievement Award in Otolaryngology, Boston, USA, 6/12/ 2008.
• 1998 Clinical Reseach Award, St Antoine Paris VI School of Medicine.