Conference Chair
Asst. Prof. Mona Ashoor
Chairperson of Otolaryngology Department
King Fahad Hospital of the University
College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman
Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Director of Associate Program Saudi Board
of Otolaryngology Third Sector
Chairperson, Middle East Academy of
Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery

Conference Co-chair
Dr. Muaaz Tarabichi
Co-Founder, TSESI Dubai
Chair-Elect, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation
Chairman, Middle East Academy of Otolaryngology Founding Board Member of the IWGEES
Founding Member of the AAOC
Sits on the Steering Committee for GCIN
Dubai, UAE

Program Director
Dr. Mustafa Kapadia
Director of Education TSESI
Executive Board Member, IWGEES
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Mohamed Abdelwahab
Assistant Professor
Sleep Surgery, Otolaryngology
Medical University of South Carolina
USA

Dr. Ahmad Abdullah AlKhateeb
Consultant Pediatric Otolaryngology
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at King Fahad Hospital of University
Assistant Professor at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Dammam, KSA

Dr. Hayat Adib
Pediatric Otolaryngologist
Al Jalila Children’s Hospital
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Vikas Agrawal
M.S., FCPS, DORL, MBBS
Past President, Indian Association of Surgeons for Sleep Apnea (IASSA)
Chairman, Committee for Sleep Disorders, Indian Academy of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery (IAOHNS)
Director, Specialty ENT Hospital, Mumbai
Certified Robotic Sleep Aapnea Surgeon

Dr. Shahzada Ahmed
Consultant Rhinologist & Skull Base Surgeon / Head of Department
Ear, Nose & Throat Surgery
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, UK
Birmingham, UK

Dr. Talal Khatib
MBBS(Hons), MSc, MHPEd, FRCSC
Professor of Otolaryngology – Head Neck Surgery
Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University
Pediatric Otolaryngologist KAU Hospital & KFSHRC
Jeddah, KSA

Dr. Latifah Almakoshi
MBBS, FRCSC, ABOoto
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Otolaryngology
King Abdulaziz University Hospital
King Saud University
Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Eman Alhouli
Consultant Otolaryngologist and
Head of Department at
Al Qassimi and Sharjah Kuwait Hospitals
Adjunct Clinical Faculty
College of Medicine
University of Sharjah
Sharjah, UAE

Dr. Nada Al Shaikh
Consultant ENT, Rhinologist, Head of ENT Department & Medical Director
Mouwasat Hospital
Dammam, KSA

Dr. Saleh Saker Al-Amry
Consultant & Head
Cochlear Iimplant Department
Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Talal Alandejani
Consultant and Assistant Professor of ENT
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
King Abdulaziz Medical City

Dr. Mohammad Albar
Assistant Professor
Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
Laryngology and Voice Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology
King Fahad Hospital of the University
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Naif Alfattani
Consultant Of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgeon
Consultant and Chairman of ORL Department
Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Department
Al Noor Specialist Hospital
Makkah, KSA

Dr. Fareed Alghamdi
Consultant Head and Neck and Reconstructive Surgery
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Saied Alhabash
ENT Consultant
Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery
Medcare Hospital
Sharjah, UAE

Dr. Iman Al-Mashharawi
MD, Consultant Otolarygology
Head and Neck Surgery, Pediatric Subspeciality and
Cochlear Implant Surgeon
Saudi board Otolarygology Head and Neck Surgery
Pediatric Subspeciality Fellowship from Paris, France
Head of Pediatric Division
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Ali AlMomen
Consultant, ENT Skull Base Surgery
King Fahad Specialist Hospital,DCH
Dammam, KSA

Dr. Ghassan Alokby
MD FARS FACS
Consultant of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Alfaisal University
Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Mohannad Alqudah
Professor of Rhinology-Skull base Surgery, MD,FACS,FAAOHNS
Department of ORL-HNS, Jordan University of Science & Technology
King Abdullah University Hospital, JUST & KAUH
Irbid, Jordan

Dr. Hiba Alreefy
MD, Consultant Rhinologist &
Facial Plastic Surgeon
Medical Director, Awali Hospital
Kingdom of Bahrain

Dr. Redha Alrumaih
Assistant Professor and ENT Consultant
Otologist/Neurotologist
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
King Fahad Hospital of the University
Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University
Dammam, KSA

Dr. Khalid Alsebeeh
Professor Khalid Hamad Alsebeih
Clinical Professor in Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University
Surgical Department, Otolaryngology Division
Kuwait City, Kuwait

Dr. Enrico Robotti
Past President of the Rhinoplasty Society of Europe
Past President of the Italian Society of Plastic Surgery
Bergamo, Italy

Dr. Enrico Armato
Chief Neurotologist, ENT
AULSS 3 Regione Veneto
Venice, Italy

Dr. Mohamed Arnaout
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Baher Ashour
MD FEBORL
Consultant Otolaryngologist
Zayed Military Hospital
Sharjah, UAE
Assist. Professor of Otolaryngology
Cairo University
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Annelyse Cristine Ballin
Otolaryngology Specialist
Genesis Healthacare Centre
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Peter Baptista
MD, PhD
Specialist ENT, Sleep Surgery Specialist
Department ENT Alzahra Hospital
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Carmelo Barbaccia
ENT Head and Neck Surgeon
ENT Department
Parkview Mediclinic Hospital
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Mark Bassim
Otology and Neurotology
Residency Program Director
Surgical Subspecialties Institute
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Mohamed Bitar
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Chief of Otolaryngology
Head & Neck Surgery, and Head of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program at Al Jalila
Children’s Specialty Hospital
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Bashar Bizrah
Consultant ENT Facial Plastic Surgeon since 1991
Fellow Royal Collage of Surgeons of Edinburgh since 1989
Certified by Royal Collage of surgeons London in
Rhinoplasty, Blepharoplasty, Facelifting and Otoplasty
Author of Textbook on Rhinoplasty & Facial Plastic Surgery
Member of European and American Academies of Facial Plastic Surgery
Full GMC registration\ Specialist Register
Dubai, UAE/ London, UK

Dr. Luigi Califano
MD, Specialist in Otorinolaryngology
Medical Specialist in Audiology
Director SSD Audiologia e Foniatria San Pio Hospital
Benevento, Italy

Dr. Yvonne Chan
Vice Chair Education and Associate Professor
Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
St. Michael’s Hospital/ University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Dr. Anjoo Choudhary
M.S. , D. N. B. (ENT)
Consultant Airway Surgeon
Saifee Hospital
SRCC Children’s Hospital
Wockhardt Hospital
Global Hospital
Mumbai, India

Dr. Dana L Crosby
MD, MPH, FARS, FAAOA
Department Chair/Program Director/Associate Professor
Director of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
Director of Otolaryngic Allergy
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
USA

Dr. Nico de Vries
ENT, Head and Neck Surgeon
MD, PhD Otolaryngology
1 OLVG Hospital Amsterdam, 2 ACTA Amsterdam
The Netherlands, 3 University of Antwerp, Belgium
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Dr. Srinivas Dorsalla
MS, Head, Product Innovation and Development
Cyclops Medtech Private Limited
Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Dr. Usamah El Hadi
MD, FACS
Clinical professor of Otolaryngology HNS
Director of Rhinology Division
Department of Otolaryngology HNS
American University of Beirut Medical Center – Lebanon
Member of EAFPS, ERS, PARS
Ex-President of the Lebanese ENT Society
General Secretary of Pan Arab Rhinology Society (PARS)
Beirut, Lebanon

Dr. Mohamed Samy Elhammady
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Department of Neurological Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi/Neurological Institute
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Jean Anderson Eloy
M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.R.S.
Distinguished Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Rhinology and Sinus Surgery
Director, Otolaryngology Research
Co-Director, Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Program
Chairman and Chief of Service
Department of Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center/RWJBarnabas Health
New Jersey, USA

Dr. Amr Elsamman
MD, PhD, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery Department
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt

Dr. Mohamed Elsayed
Assistant Prof.
ENT, BENHA University
Benha, Egypt

Dr. Hossam Foda
Prof & Chief of Facial Plastic Surgery at Otolaryngology Department
University of Alexandria, Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt

Dr. Malak Gazzaz
Consultant Pediatric Otolaryngologist
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Umm Al Qura University
Makkah, KSA

Dr. Mohamed Ghazi Abdoh
Director of Neurological Surgery
King Abdullah Medical City (KAMC)
and Across Makkah Health Care Cluster (MHC), Neurosurgery
King Abdullah Medical City (KAMC), Neuroscience Center
Fakeeh Care Group, Neuroscience Center
Makkah/ Jeddah, KSA

Dr. Maha Gilani
Otolaryngologist
Head and Neck Surgeon at
Jaber AlAhmed Hospital
Kuwait City

Dr. Souad Haijoub
Ms. Physiotherapist
Vertigo and Vestibular Rehabilitation
Private Clinical Practitioner
Paris, France

Dr. Mondy Hamad
ENT Consultant and Head of ENT Department
Director of Cochlear Implant Program
Al Mafraq Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Anastasios Hantzakos
Consultant and Clinical Associate
Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Vijayendra Honnurappa
Director of Vijaya ENT Care Centre
Vijaya ENT Care Centre
Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim
Alexandria University
Otorhinolaryngology
Alexandria Main University Hospital
Alexandria, Egypt

Dr. Ehsan Hendawy Ibrahim
Lecturer and consultant of ENT
Zagazig University Hospital
Zagazig City, Egypt

Dr. Mostafa Ismail
Assistant Professor
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Minia University Hospital
Minia, Egypt

Dr. Ayman Jaber
ENT, Facial Plastic and Rhinoplasty Consultant Surgeon
Abdali Hospital
Amman, Jordan

Dr. Alaeddin Jebreel
Consultant Otolaryngologist
Head and Neck Surgeon
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Daniel Jensen
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Children’s Mercy, Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Dr. Anagha Joshi
MS ENT, DNB, DORL
Professor in Department of ENT
LTM Medical College and General Hospital
Consultant at HN Reliance Hospital and Joshi Clinic
Mumbai, India

Dr. Meenesh R Juvekar
Professor and Consultant Otolaryngologist
Bombay Hospital Medical Research Centre,
Mumbai, India

Dr. Redwan Kalash
Specialist Otolaryngology, Laryngologist, ENY
Fakeeh University Hospital (Dubai) & True Life Hospital (Abu Dhabi, Al Ain)
Dubai and Al Ain, UAE

Dr. Yakubu Karagama
Lead Voice, Airway and Swallowing Service
Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Hospital
London, UK

Dr. Jamal Kassouma
Asst. Professor Dubai Medical College and Damascus University
Consultant ENT , ENT Dept, Dubai
DOD – Al Zahra Private Hospital
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Safeena Kherani
Paediatric Otolaryngology Consultant
Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Zeina Korban
Assistant Professor
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon

Dr. Karen Kost
MD, FRCSC
Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and
Director of the Voice and Dysphagia Laboratory
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Canada

Dr. Hisham Lasheen
Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Cairo University
Egypt

Dr. Corinna Levine
MD MPH FARS
Associate Professor
Director of Rhinology Clinical Research
Associate Rhinology Fellowship Director, Rhinology & Skull Base Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL, USA

Dr. Leila Mady
MD PhD MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Dr. Manoj Manikoth
Managing Director
ENT, Dr. Manoj’s ENT Superspeciality Institute & Research Centre
Kozhikode, Kerala, India

Dr. Osama Marglani
Professor
Umm Alqura University
Consultant
International Medical Center
Makkah, KSA

Dr. Hani Marzouki
Associate Professor & Consultant
Head & Neck Oncology – Microvascular Reconstruction
Chairman – Department of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, KSA

Dr. Tania Mayne
Physiotherapist
Senior Neurological Physiotherapist
Physiotherapy, Optimal Clinic
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Alireza Mesbahi
Otorhinolaryngologist
International & European Board Certified
Facial Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Samer Mohsen
Head of Audiology Department
and Vice Dean at Damascus University
Damascus, Syria

Dr. Yogesh More
Consultant Surgeon
Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery
Yas Clinic Abu Dhabi
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Sumit Mrig
MBBS, MS ENT , DNB , MNAMS
Associate Director & Head ENT
Chief Cochlear Implant Surgeon
Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi
Max Healthcare – Unit of G M Modi Health Care
Delhi, India

Dr. Sumaiya Muathen
Consultant of Otolaryngology
Head & Neck Surgery/ Rhinology & Skull base Surgery
Head of Rhinology/ Skull Base Surgery Department
Director of Otolaryngology Training Program in
Makkah Health Cluster, Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
King Abdullah Medical City
Makkah, KSA

Dr. Viviana Mucci
Dr. (PhD MSc BSc), Postdoc
School of Science
Western Sydney University
Sydney, Australia

Dr. Joachim Mueller
Prof. Head Section Otology and Cochlear Implants, Munich University LMU
Departement of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surger
Munich University, LMU
(Chairman: Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Martin Canis)
Marchioninistrasse, München
Munich, Germany

Dr. Mai Nasser
MBBCh, DOHNS, SBO
ABO, EBEORL – HNS
Pediatric Otolaryngology
KSU Pediatric ORL
BDF ORL – H&N
Saudi Board Program Director
Bahrain Defence Force
Royal Medical Services
Riffa, Bahrain

Dr. Lega Natto
Consultant
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
King Abdullah Medical City
Makkah, KSA

Dr. Vishal Pawar
Specialist Neurologist
Neurology, Aster Gardens Specialty Clinic
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Charles Plishka
Physical Therapist
Physical Medicine
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Dr. Arturo Poletti
ENT Consultant Surgeon
American Hospital
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Mark Prince
MD, FRCS(C), FACS
Chair and Charles Krause Professor of Otolaryngology – HNS
University of Michigan
Michigan, USA

Dr. Anamika Rathore
Specialist ENT
Zulekha Hospital
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Ramesh Rohiwal
Director, ENT Hospital & Vertigo Clinic
ENT Hospital & Vertigo Clinic
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Alain Sabri
MD, MPH, FACS
Professor and Chairman
Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
Medical Director of Human Resources
SSMC – Mayo Clinic
Professor of Surgery, Khalifa University
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Essam Saleh
Consultant of Otology & Skull Base Surgery
King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Prof. of Otolaryngology
Alexandria University, Egypt
Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Sureyya Seneldir
MD
ENT, Privata Clinic
Istanbul, Turkey

Dr. Mahdi Shkoukani
Department Chair, Associate Professor
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Ahmed Soliman
Director, Voice Airway & Swallowing Center
Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at
Temple University, Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Dr. Eren Tastan
Prof. Otorhinolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery
Yüksek Ihtisas University Faculty of Medicine
Ankara, Turkey

Dr. Alain Thiry
Vestibular Therapist / Osteopath D.O.
PhysioTherapist
I.U.F.C
Nice, France

Dr. Ramzey Tursun
Head and Program Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the
Security Forces Hospital
Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Vinay Kumar Vijayendra
Consultant
Department of ENT, Vijaya ENT Care Centre
Bangalore, India

Dr. Robert Vincent
MD, PhD
Otology Department
Causse Ear Clinic
Colombiers (Béziers), France

Dr. Dario Yacovino
Medical Doctor, Neurologist
Deputy Chief of the Neurology Department
Dr. Cesar Milstein Hospital and Buenos Aires Memory and Balance Clinic
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dr. Abelrahman Younes
Prof. Abdelrahman Younes Ali Badwy
Professor of Otolaryngology H&N Surgeries
Kasr Al – Ainy Hospital Cairo University
Head of ENT Department Children Cancer Hospital 57357
Consultant of Skull Base Surgeries
Cairo, Egypt

Dr. Maha Yousif
Prof. of Pulmonology
Faculty of Medicine
Menoufia University
Head of Sleep Medicine Unit
Cairo, Egypt

Dr. Faisal Zawawi
MD, MSc, FRCSC
Pediatric Otolaryngologist – Head and Neck Surgeon
Chair of Cochlear Implant & Hearing Aid Unit
Chair of Research
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, KSA

Dr. Patrick Hokayem
Clinical Technical Specialist
Cochlear Middle East
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Tamer Abulezz
Otolaryngologist
Al-Qasimi Hospital
Sharjah MOH
Sharjah, UAE

Dr. Sneha Lata
Clinical Support Specialist
BU Vibrant
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Haya Dereieh
Audiologist and Product Specialist
Sky Medical
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Ahmad Baghdadi
Regional Clinical Coordinator
Advanced Bionics
Lebanon

Abstract submission deadline: 15 February 2023 – 11:59 PM GST.
Notification on Acceptance/Rejection: 28 February 2023 – 11:59 PM GST.
Please note that only electronic submissions are accepted.

We are pleased to announce the “Heinz Stammberger Resident Research Competition” that will be held at the upcoming 18^th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Academy of Otolaryngology; Head and Neck Surgery from 26 – 28 May 2023.

The Middle East Academy of Otolaryngology (MEAO) will sponsor the travel of 30 trainees and young otolaryngologists from across the globe (including air tickets, accommodation, and registration) to attend the event in Dubai and present their research work.
If you are a trainee or an otolaryngologist under the age of 30 and are interested in presenting your research at 18^th Annual Meeting, please submit your abstract to us no later than 15 February 2023.

We will select the top 30 submissions to receive the sponsorship (1000 USD to cover expenses towards travel, accommodation & registration), and in addition the three best research papers presented by the residents will receive the “Heinz Stammberger Resident Research Award’’ trophy and a cash prize.

Submission instructions for oral presentations:


Participants should be an ENT resident in good standing or a recent graduate (less than 30 years old) with good knowledge of English to present the study and to join in the discussions.
The submission should contain the following:

• Topic of presentation
• Abstract (limited to 150 words)
• Resume(s) (maximum two pages) including all recent publications
• Letter from the Head of Department documenting the status of the applicant
• Presenter(s) identifying information as follows:
  Full name:
  Age:
  Designation:
  Current Status/position:
  Department/university:
  Address:
  Postcode:
  Country:
  Telephone:
  Mobile:

• The manuscript must not exceed 10 pages of double spaced text, excluding references
• Include one slide in your presentation detailing your level of training and exact contribution into the research

All submissions should be submitted by 15 February 2023.
To submit your abstract, please also fill the below ‘Resident Abstract Submission form’.

Abstract Submission is Closed