Speakers

Raj Bhalla is a Consultant Rhinologist and Skull Base Surgeon at Manchester Foundation Trust and Salford Royal Hospital. He specialises in rhinoplasty, sinus and skull base surgery, education and training. He is a past president of the British Rhinological Society (BRS) and chair of courses and Simulations with ENT UK. He is on the Councils of ENT UK, the Royal Society of Medicine, the British Society of Facial Plastic Surgery, and the British Skull Base Society. He is also on the Presidential Council of the Confederation of European ORL-HNS. He runs several training courses annually for all stages of ENT clinicians, attracting national and international participants. He was the Academic Co-Chair for the British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO) in Manchester and was the BRS BACO Lead for the 2023 meeting in Birmingham, UK. Much of Raj’s clinical work is done with his oculoplastic/orbital and neurosurgical colleagues.

He heads the Department of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice. He has been the Head of the Otorhinolaryngology Department at the Upper Silesian Children’s Health Centre in Katowice for over two decades.
With more than 30 years of experience as an academic teacher and surgeon, he has participated in numerous research projects and is involved in all aspects of paediatric otorhinolaryngology. His areas of interest include airway surgery, rhinosurgery, and diagnosing and treating hearing loss in children.
His leadership is evident in his two terms as a member of the Management Board of the Polish Association of Otorhinolaryngologists Head and Neck Surgeons (PTORL). As the chairman and current Board member of the Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology Section, he continues to make significant contributions to the field. His initiative in organising a national conference for paediatric otorhinolaryngologists in Katowice in 2021 is a testament to his commitment to professional development.
He conducts postgraduate training in paediatric otorhinolaryngology.

Dr hab. n. med. Maciej Chałubiński is a professor at the Medical University of Łódź and a specialist in allergology, internal medicine, and clinical immunology (ongoing). He is currently the head of the Department of Immunology and Allergy and the director of the HARC Biobank. He is an editor-in-chief of “Allergy, Asthma, Immunology – a Clinical Review,” a chair of the Łódź Division of the Polish Society of Allergology. He has worked as a project manager of the National Science Centre (3 times) and as a Polish consortium member in Horizon EU projects (2 times). He researches the biological treatment of asthma and allergies, T2-dependent inflammation in the immunopathology of allergic diseases, the role of pulmonary vascular endothelium and bronchial epithelium in asthma immunopathology, innate immunity, and immunological training. He authors 55 international scientific publications in allergology, immunology, and virology. Author of monographs and chapters in textbooks in the field of allergology. Total IF – 254, number of citations 1,011, Hirsch index – 16.

Dr hab. n. med. Marta Dąbrowska
Specjalista chorób wewnętrznych, chorób płuc i alergologii.
Adiunkt w Klinice Chorób Wewnętrznych Pneumonologii i Alergologii Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego. Od ponad 10 lat razem z dr EM Grabczak i dr K Białek-Gosk prowadzi Ośrodek Leczenia Kaszlu dla Dorosłych działający w ramach Kliniki. Od 2022 r uczestniczy w Europejskim Rejestrze Pacjentów z Przewlekłym Kaszlem Neurocough. Od roku 2024 jest współprzewodniczącą Europejskiego Rejestru Pacjentów z Przewlekłym Kaszlem Neurocough.
Członek Polskiego Towarzystwa Chorób Płuc i Europejskiego Towarzystwa Oddechowego. Główne zainteresowania naukowe dotyczącą diagnostyki i leczenia przewlekłego kaszlu u dorosłych, astmy, badań obrazowych układu oddechowego.

Dr hab. n. med. Wojciech Feleszko is a physician, paediatrician, and immunologist. He holds a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Allergy and Childhood Pneumonology at the Medical University of Warsaw. He specialises in paediatrics, clinical immunology, and respiratory diseases in children at the Paediatric Hospital of the Medical University of Warsaw. He is a lung disease and clinical immunology consultant at the Paediatric Hospital of the Medical University of Warsaw. He serves as the secretary of the Paediatrics Section of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI). He sits on the Paediatrics Section of the Polish Society of Allergology board. He is the author of over 180 original scientific papers and review articles on the role of environmental and microbiological factors in allergies and respiratory diseases. He was the first to demonstrate the scale of the health burden of Polish children exposed to smog. His works have been cited over 6,000 times. He is the editor of the “Medical Communication” textbook for physicians and medical students and “Respiratory Diseases in Children”. He also authors popular science books for children and promotes medicine, including on Instagram (with over 100k followers).

Cardiologist, internist, hypertension specialist, clinical pharmacologist. A longtime academic teacher, former Vice-Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw, and Rector of the Maria Skłodowska-Curie Medical University in Warsaw, professor at the Department of Hypertension, Angiology, and Internal Diseases at the Karol Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznań. Visiting Professor at Divine Word University in Madang and St. George’s University in Grenada. Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Council of the National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology, and Rehabilitation in Warsaw. Governor for Poland in the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. Former President of the Polish Society of Hypertension and the Polish Society of Advances in Medicine – Medicine XXI. Member of the Clinical Sciences Committee and the Physiological and Pharmacological Sciences Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Former editor-in-chief of “Kardiologia Polska”. Co-author and co-editor of numerous scientific monographs, including “Acute Coronary Syndromes,” “Hypertensio-oncology,” “SARS-CoV2 Coronavirus,” “Drugs Inhibiting the Renin-Angiotensin System,” “Statins – A Outline of Clinical Pharmacology.” Current scientific output (Google Scholar, September 2024): citations >12,000, Hirsch index 52; contributions to medical education: 23 doctoral students (including 13 with honours), supervisor of 6 habilitations, social media enthusiast:
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IG: profkrzysztofjfilipiak,
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Prof. dr n. med. Edward Franek graduated from the Silesian Medical Academy. He initially worked in the Department of Nephrology in Katowice, and since 2004, he has been working in Warsaw. He heads the Department of Internal Diseases, Endocrinology, and Diabetology at the National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw. He is the author of nearly 300 scientific publications and over 70 book chapters.

microbiologist, undergoing specialisation in microbiology. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Immunology and Allergy at the Medical University of Łódź. He is a secretary of the Łódź Branch of the Polish Society of Allergology (PTA) and a chairman of the PTA’a Problem Section — Microbiome, Infections and Allergy. He conducts research in the following areas: biological treatment of asthma and allergy, T2-dependent inflammation in the immunopathology of allergic diseases, the role of pulmonary vascular endothelium and bronchial epithelium in the immunopathology of asthma, and innate immunity. He is the author of 56 scientific publications in microbiology, allergology, immunology, and virology. He is an author of monographs and chapters in textbooks on allergology. Total IF — 133.611, MNiSW — 2,455, Hirsch index — 11.

Dr n. med. Roman Głowacki studied from 1991 to 1997 at the Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He has been a specialist in otorhinolaryngology since 2007. In 2012, he received his PhD in medical sciences. He defended his thesis, “The Impact of Bacterial Biofilm Presence on the Treatment Outcomes of Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis,” supervised by Prof. dr hab. Paweł Stręk. Since 2010, he has worked at the Promed Medical Center, where he is the head of the Otorhinolaryngology Department, and since 2005, at the Rydygier Specialist Hospital in Kraków. He is a member of the European Rhinological Society. He is the author and co-author of approximately 40 conference and scientific publications in medical journals in Poland and abroad.

Prof. Wojciech Golusiński is the Head of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncological Laryngology at the Medical University of Poznań at the Greater Poland Cancer Center. He is a past president of the European Head and Neck Society. He has been one of Europe’s most recognised Polish head and neck surgeons for many years, treating head and neck cancers. He is the author of over 350 works, reports, and papers published in Polish and international journals, primarily focusing on preventing HPV infection in head and neck cancers and carcinogenic factors and tumour markers in head and neck cancers. Other topics addressed in his works include head and neck surgery with a particular emphasis on reconstructive possibilities after extensive surgeries and functional endoscopic nose and paranasal sinuses surgery. He introduced robotic surgery to treat head and neck cancers four years ago using the Da Vinci system. He has performed over 250 robotic surgeries, enabling patients to recover completely and quickly return to work. Prof. Wojciech Golusiński is the initiator, substantive creator, and organiser of the National Head and Neck Cancer Prevention Program. In 2016, he was appointed by the Ministry of Health as an expert in head and neck cancers. He is the founder and President of the Polish Head and Neck Cancer Society.

Prof. dr hab. n. med. Paweł Golusiński
Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Zielona Góra. Member of the Board and Secretary of the Polish Head and Neck Cancer Society. Member of the Board of the Rhinology Section of the Polish Association of Otorhinolaryngologists and Head and Neck Surgeons (PTORL). He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the Medical University in Poznań. He earned his doctorate in medical sciences in 2008 from the Medical University of Poznań and his habilitation degree in 2015 from the Silesian Medical University. He completed a Fellowship in Head and Neck Research at the Section of Tumor Biology of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at VU Medical Center in Amsterdam and a prestigious Fellowship in Advanced Head and Neck Oncology and Thy Surgery at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Birmingham, UK. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA. His main scientific interests include the role of HPV in the etiopathogenesis of head and neck cancer and new serum biomarkers in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Clinically, he specialises in head and neck cancer surgery, with particular emphasis on reconstructive surgery, minimally invasive techniques of transoral surgery, and thyroid surgery.

Psychiatrist who specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of affective disorders and sleep disorders within the Day Care Unit and Sleep Medicine Centre of the Third Psychiatric Clinic of the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Dr n. med. Barbara Jamróz is a graduate of the Medical Academy in Warsaw and a specialist in otorhinolaryngology, audiology, and phoniatrics.
She is employed as a senior assistant in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw and as a senior assistant in the Speech Pathophysiology and Endoscopy Laboratory of the Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw. She consults phoniatrically for patients in the Department of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology and Paediatrics, as well as hospitalised patients at the Children’s Hospital of the Medical University of Warsaw and the “Budzik dla Dorosłych” Clinic of the Akogo Foundation. Her professional experience includes several years at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the Medical University of Warsaw (2005–2022), Coordinator of the General and Clinical Logopaedics program, and Chair of the Program and Pedagogical Council (2019–2020), and Secretary of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal Polish Otorhinolaryngology Review (2015–2022). She has authored numerous Polish and international publications, including the first atlases in Poland on instrumental diagnostics of swallowing disorders and functional nasofiberscopy. As the first physician in Poland, she completed accreditation courses under ESSD (European Society for Swallowing Disorders): FEES (Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing), VFSS (Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study), and CSE (Clinical Swallowing Evaluation). She is the first physician in Poland to serve as an instructor for the Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) within the ESSD FEES Accreditation Programme. She is a co-creator of the Polish consistency framework as part of the International Dysphagia Standardization Initiative. She is also a co-organiser and vice-chair of the Swallowing Disorders Section of the Polish Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and Metabolism. Professionally, she specialises in the diagnosis and therapy of oropharyngeal dysphagia, the diagnosis of patients with cleft lip and palate, patients in a coma, and those with chronic cough. She collaborates with Central S

Dr n. med. Paulina Kołodziejczyk is a First Faculty of Medicine graduate from the Medical University of Warsaw. She completed her specialisation in otorhinolaryngology in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical University of Warsaw in 2023. In 2023, she defended her doctoral thesis on the radiological anatomy of the frontal sinus region for endoscopic sinus surgery at the Medical University of Warsaw. She has several years of experience working in hospitals and outpatient clinics. She currently works at CM MML in Warsaw.

Prof. dr hab. med. Wiesław Konopka He graduated from the Military Medical Academy and is a specialist in otorhinolaryngology, paediatric otorhinolaryngology, audiology, and phoniatrics. Since 2011, he has been the Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the Polish Mother’s Health Center Institute in Łódź (ICZMP). He is an academic teacher at the Medical University of Łódź. He heads the treatment program for deafness in children using cochlear implants and bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHA) at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology ICZMP in Łódź. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the journal “Otorynolaryngologia i Nowa Audiofonologia”. He serves as a thematic editor in the audiology and phoniatrics section of the Polish Otolaryngology Review. He is the chair of the expert team in audiology and phoniatrics of the CMKP. From 2014 to 2022, he served as the Provincial Consultant in audiology and phoniatrics. He was the president of the Polish Society of Audiologists and Phoniatrists. Since 2022, he has been the National Consultant in paediatric otorhinolaryngology. He authors or co-authors 273 scientific papers and book chapters in otorhinolaryngology, audiology, and phoniatrics.

Graduate of the Medical University of Lublin. He specialises in otorhinolaryngology, paediatric otorhinolaryngology, audiology, and phoniatrics. Since 2023, he has been the head of the Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Phoniatrics, and Audiology at the Medical University of Lublin. From 2014 to 2023, he was a researcher at the Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology at the University of Medical Sciences in Poznań, where he acted as deputy head from 2017 to 2023.
From 2023 to 2024, he held the esteemed position of provincial consultant in paediatric otorhinolaryngology for the Wielkopolska Province. He also served as the secretary of the influential Polish Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngologists and the Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology Section of the Polish Society of Otolaryngologists Head and Neck Surgeons. His active participation in these societies underscores his commitment to advancing the field. Additionally, he is a proud member of the European Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology.
He initiated and directed the Lublin program for the treatment of profound hearing loss and deafness in children with cochlear implants in the Clinical Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Phoniatrics, and Audiology at the University Children’s Hospital in Lublin. His special clinical interests include developmental defects of the head and neck.
He is a reviewer for many recognised scientific journals, including the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Laryngoscope Investigative Laryngology, Science Progress, and the European Journal of Pediatrics. He is also the author or co-author of more than 50 scientific papers and chapters in monographs.

Ophthalmologist, oculoplastic surgeon. A First Faculty of Medicine graduate at the Medical University of Warsaw. She was board-certified in ophthalmology at the Department of Ophthalmology of the National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, where she currently works as a senior assistant and assistant professor. She defended her doctoral thesis on experimental diagnostic methods for ptosis at the Center for Biostructure of the Medical University of Warsaw. She is a scholarship holder of the European Society of Ophthalmology and an author of scientific papers and conference presentations. She has completed specialist courses at renowned foreign clinics, including Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in London, and the University of California. She is particularly interested in the surgical correction of complications from thyroid orbitopathy. She continually enhances her qualifications by participating in numerous courses and internships in oculoplastic surgery and aesthetic medicine. She performs various eyelid surgery and eye aesthetic procedures. She manages ophthalmological patients with thyroid orbitopathy and is a member of the Polish Ophthalmological Society and the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

National Delegate of European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery and a member of Rhinoplasty Focus Group.
After completing internships in Europe and the United States, dr. Michał Krawczyński passed the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery specialization exam in Washington, obtaining the Certificate of the International Federation of Facial Plastic Surgery Societies and the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery.
From 2013 dr. Michał Krawczyński is an exeminer at the International Board for Certification in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (now – European Board for Examination and Certification in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) and currently sits on the examination board receiving European specialization exams in facial plastic surgery. He is also a regular lecturer in international courses in facial plastic surgery of the nose and face at home and abroad.
Since 2007 Dr. Michał Krawczyński is lecturer at Facial Plastic Surgery courses arround the world and in Poland. He is examiner at European Board for Examination and Certification in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Author of chapters in “Rhinoplastyarchive” and “Endonasal Rhinoplasty” handbooks. Diplomat of American, International and European Board of Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Michał Krawczyński was honored by Polish Rhinilogic Society with “AMICUS RHINOLOGIAE POLONICAE” prize, granted to extraordinary personalities representing the medical community who have a significant impact on the lives and activities of its representatives.

Dr n. med. Aleksandra Kucharczyk – a specialist in internal medicine and allergology
She is a long-time scientific and educational employee at the Department of Internal Medicine, Pneumonology, Allergology, and Clinical Immunology at the Military Institute of Medicine. She authors several dozen articles and conference reports published in Polish and international scientific journals. She is also a co-author of textbooks and monographs on respiratory diseases and allergology, including the book ”Biological Treatment in Allergology”. She pursues her educational passions as a lecturer in courses for doctors specialising in allergology, pulmonology, and internal medicine, as well as at scientific and training conferences in Poland and abroad. For many years, she has also been a member of the State Examination Commission in allergology and the supervisor of specialisation in this area. For many years, the author has been particularly interested in the biological treatment of allergic diseases. From 2013 to 2017, she participated in the work of the coordinating team for the drug program to treat severe allergic asthma with omalizumab. Since November 2021, she has been a member of the section for autoinflammatory syndromes and angioedema within the coordinating team for rare diseases. She is a secretary of the Polish Society of Allergology management board, a chair of the biological drugs section, and a member of the hereditary angioedema section of the Polish Society of Allergology. She is also a practising physician, focusing for many years on the diagnosis and treatment, including biological treatment, of patients with severe asthma, urticaria, and hereditary angioedema.
Member of the Polish Society of Allergology, the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), the European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID), the Endocrine Society, and the Young Immunologist Academy (YIA).

Prof. dr hab. med. Aleksandra Lesiak graduated from the Medical University of Łódź, which she completed in 1999. She began specialising in dermatology and venereology in 2001 and was board-certified in 2007. The next step in her professional career was defending her doctoral thesis titled “The Influence of Chloroquine Phosphate on Selected Clinical and Immunological Parameters in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus” in 2005. In 2012, she obtained the title of habilitated doctor of medical sciences based on her dissertation titled “Genetic, Environmental, and Molecular Factors in the Development of Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Skin.” In 2018, she was awarded the title of professor. She currently works at the Clinic of Dermatology, Paediatric Dermatology, and Oncology at the Medical University of Łódź and, since 2023, has been the Head of the Laboratory of Autoinflammatory, Genetic, and Rare Dermatoses at this Clinic. Since 1 October 2024, she has been the Head of the Subdepartment of Dermatology, Paediatric Dermatology, and Oncology.

Experience and Scientific Activity

Prof. dr hab. med. Aleksandra Lesiak has numerous original research publications, case reports, review articles, and many scientific presentations (posters / oral presentations) at international and Polish congresses and conferences. She was a member of the Executive Board of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV 2018–2024) and is a member of the Executive Board of the European Society of Pediatric Dermatology (ESPD) and the Main Board of the Polish Dermatological Society. She is a chair of the Young Forum section of the Polish Dermatological Society (PTD), a vice-chair of the Oncology section of PTD, a secretary of the Aesthetic Dermatology section of PTD, and a member of the European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR) and the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). She has received numerous scholarships for presenting her research results at scientific conferences awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science (2009), the American Academy of Dermatology (2010), the L’OREAL Poland Habilitation Scholarship for Women in Science (2011), and the Supertalent in Medicine award in 2012. She is a finalist in the national Hippocrates 2022 competition and has received several awards from the Rector of the Medical University of Łódź. As an experienced physician and lecturer, she knows the necessity of continuous education, learning the latest techniques for treating patients and training students, residents, and other physicians. She systematically enhances her professional qualifications through further publications, training, and courses.

Professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University and Head of the Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Audiology, and Phoniatrics at the Provincial Children’s Hospital. He is also the director of the paediatric cochlear implant program. He specialises in the comprehensive treatment of otolaryngological conditions and diseases, including the surgical treatment of difficult-to-access skull base tumours in children. 
He graduated from the Medical University of Bydgoszcz. He is a board-certified otolaryngologist and paediatric otolaryngologist. He began his career in the early 1990s at the Department of Otolaryngology at the Provincial Children’s Hospital in Bydgoszcz, where he continues to work today. He has over 35 years of experience in otolaryngology. From 2004 to 2007, he worked as an assistant professor at the Department of Otolaryngology at the University Hospital in Bydgoszcz. Since 2008, he has served as the Head of the Department of Otolaryngology at the Provincial Children’s Hospital.
In 2011 and 2023, he received prestigious awards from the Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province for the implementation of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie program for the treatment of total deafness in children and the creation and development of a program for the treatment of skull base tumours in children. In 2016, he received the Amicus Rhinologiae Polonicae award. He has participated in numerous training courses in Poland and abroad, mainly focused on endoscopic surgery of the nose and paranasal sinuses, as well as surgical treatment of hearing loss and cochlear implants, including at the Portman Institute in Bordeaux, the University ENT Clinic in Copenhagen, and Aarhus in Denmark. He completed internships at New York University Medical Center with Prof. Andrew Fishman and Prof. Cohen, at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago with Prof. Andrew Fishman and Prof. Nancy Young, and the University ENT Clinic in Freiburg with Prof. Dr. med. Roland Laszig. 
He is the author or co-author of numerous publications and papers presented at national and international conferences, and he organises multiple courses in ENT surgery. 

She is a graduate of the Medical University of Warsaw and the Warsaw School of Economics. She is a specialist in otolaryngology and a Senior Assistant in the Department of Otolaryngology at the Czerniakowski Hospital in Warsaw. In 2019, she defended her doctoral thesis on sleep-disordered breathing in young adults with honours at the Medical University of Warsaw.
She gained professional experience during internships in the USA at the Cleveland Clinic (Department of Plastic Surgery, Microsurgery Laboratory and Head and Neck Institute), Harvard Medical School (Facial Nerve Center) and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (Otorhinolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery Department).

Ewa Olszewska, M.D., Ph.D., titled professor, specialist in otorhinolaryngology, graduated from the Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. She started her academic career as an assistant in the Department of Clinical Pharmacology Medical University of Bialystok, Poland.
She achieved Ph.D. for the dissertation „ Some markers of proliferative and apoptotic activity in cholesteatoma epithelium in adults”. Her dissertation was awarded for the best Ph.D. dissection in 2002 by the Polish Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Head Surgeon.
She became a titled Professor in 2013.
She was a director of the Ph.D. program at the Medical University of Bialystok, Poland from 2012 to 2017. She completed many scientific and clinical scholarships and observerships. Among many, there were scholarships in the Department of Otolaryngology in Vienna and Salzburg, Austria earned from the Austrian-American Foundation,  scientific research concerning pathogenesis of cholesteatoma in the laboratory of Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, observership in the Department of Otolaryngology Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA, observership in the Department of Otolaryngology Loyola University, Chicago, USA, earned from Kosciuszko Foundation, observership in the Department of Otolaryngology St. Louis University, USA, observership in the Department of Otolaryngology Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA, observership in the Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Sleep Medicine, University of Michigan, USA.
She is an associate Editor of the Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, a member of the Editorial Board of Otology&Neurotology and Journal of International Advanced Otology, a member of the International Surgical Sleep Society, World Sleep Society and Polish Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
She is also a head of Faculty Team for Assuring and Improving the Quality of Education at the Medical University of Bialystok in the Polish and English Divisions.
She is a co-author of 205 publications, IF 113.537), and the author of the book “Snoring and sleep apnea- diagnostics and Treatment”, Medipage Warsaw 2019.
Her main interests are diagnostic and treatment protocols in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), surgical procedures in OSA, research related to potential biomarkers and oxidative stress in OSA.

Dr Anna Pasierb
Rheumatologist / Lifestyle medicine physician / Lipidologist
A physician specialising in rheumatology, certified in lifestyle medicine by the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine (IBLM) and lipidology by the Polish Lipidology Society (PTL). She completed postgraduate studies in aesthetic and anti-aging medicine at the International Center for Anti-Aging Medicine Education. She is a co-author of scientific and popular science publications. She completed an international course in capillaroscopy with the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR). She continually expands her knowledge and skills through national and international training and conferences. She is enthusiastic about healthy eating, yoga, and distant travels.

Dr n. med. Piotr Rapiejko
Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, the Military Institute of Medicine – National Research Institute
- Secretary of the Main Board of the Polish Association of Otorhinolaryngologists Head and Neck Surgeons (PTORL)
- Member of the Main Board of the Polish Society of Allergology
- Chairman of the Laryngology Section of the Polish Society of Allergology
- Secretary of the Editorial Office of the Polish Journal of Otolaryngology
- Editor-in-Chief of Alergoprofil
- President of the Management Board of the Environmental Allergen Research Center

dr n. med. Marcin Straburzyński jest lekarzem medycyny rodzinnej specjalizującym się w leczeniu bólów głowy. Praktykuje na Mazurach, w niewielkiej praktyce wiejskiej oraz konsultuje pacjentów z bólami głowy w poradni leczenia bólów głowy w Warszawie. Jest absolwentem Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego, a także współzałożycielem i od kilkunastu lat członkiem Zarządu Polskiego Towarzystwa Rynologicznego. Od 2021 roku pełni funkcję Prezesa Warmińsko-Mazurskiego Oddziału Wojewódzkiego Kolegium Lekarzy Rodzinnych w Polsce.
Po ukończeniu studiów związany był z Katedrą i Zakładem Medycyny Rodzinnej WUM, gdzie doktoryzował się w obszarze rynologicznych manifestacji ziarniniakowatości z zapaleniem naczyń. Obecnie jest pracownikiem Katedry Medycyny Rodzinnej i Chorób Zakaźnych Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie. Autor i współautor kilkudziesięciu prac oryginalnych, a także artykułów i rozdziałów przeglądowych. W 2018 roku ukończył studia podyplomowe Master of Headache Disorders na Uniwersytecie Rzymskim „La Sapienza” w ramach stypendium Europejskiej Federacji Bólów Głowy (EHF). Tym samym jest pierwszym Polakiem z tym rekomendowanym przez EHF certyfikatem. Jest także przewodniczącym dorocznego Sympozjum: Bóle Głowy w Codziennej Praktyce.

Dr hab. n. med Grażyna Stryjewska-Makuch
Po ukończeniu studiów na Wydziale Lekarskim Śląskiej Akademii Medycznej kontynuowałam pracę w Zakładzie Anatomii prawidłowej, którą rozpoczęłam w trakcie trzeciego roku studiów. Po ukończeniu stażu uzyskałam tytuł doktora nauk medycznych. W Zakładzie Anatomii pracowałam na stanowisku adiunkta przez 10 lat równolegle z pracą w III Klinice Laryngologii w Katowicach. Po uzyskaniu tytułu specjalisty laryngologa rozpoczęłam specjalizację w dziedzinie alergologii i immunologii klinicznej. Tytuł specjalisty alergologa uzyskałam w 2000 r. Pracując w Oddziale Laryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej (powstałym po likwidacji Kliniki) skupiłam się na chirurgii zatok przynosowych. Ukończyłam kilkukrotne szkolenia w Graz, Magdeburgu, Kopenhadze i Wiedniu. Leczenie chorych z przewlekłym zapaleniem zatok było przyczyną zainteresowania się szeroko pojętym problemem zapalenia. Doświadczenie alergologiczne i immunologiczne skłoniło mnie w marcu 2023r do rozpoczęcia leczenia biologicznego chorych z zapaleniem zatok typu2.

Sarah K. Wise, MD, MSCR
Professor
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Sarah K. Wise, MD, MSCR, is a Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the Emory Otolaryngology Residency Program Director, Rhinology Fellowship Director, and Director of Otolaryngic Allergy. Professor Wise completed medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, residency at Emory University and a rhinology fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina. Professor Wise has served on the Board of Directors of the American Rhinologic Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy. She became President of the American Rhinologic Society in September 2022, serving as the Society’s first female president. Her clinical interests include inflammatory rhinology, otolaryngic allergy, the relationship between allergy and chronic rhinosinusitis, and cerebrospinal fluid leaks. Professor Wise lectures nationally and internationally. Her most notable publication is the International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Allergic Rhinitis, where she served as the first author/primary editor.

Krzysztof Zub is a specialist in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery. In 2016, he received his PhD in medical sciences, defending his thesis ”Assessment of the effectiveness of laryngological diagnostics of extraesophageal symptoms of reflux disease“. Since 2008, he has been affiliated with the University Clinical Hospital in Wrocław, where he has coordinated the rhinology team in the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery since 2020. In addition, he is involved in teaching at the Medical University of Wrocław, conducting exercises and lectures for students in otorhinolaryngology. He is also a supervisor of doctors during their residency.