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Gain Hands-on Skills in Various CME accredited Cadaver Dissection Workshops!

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The Official EROC Global Forum 2026 Mobile App is Live, Download Now!

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Don't Miss the Launch of the EROC WhatsApp Community at the Congress!

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Witness ENT Excellence with 15 Years of Global Impact, Register Now!

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Gain Hands-on Skills in Various CME accredited Cadaver Dissection Workshops!

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The Official EROC Global Forum 2026 Mobile App is Live, Download Now!

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Don't Miss the Launch of the EROC WhatsApp Community at the Congress!

Rhinology Speakers

Abdulaziz Alqahtani

Abdulaziz Alqahtani

Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz Alrasheed

Abdulaziz Alrasheed

Saudi Arabia

Ali Almomen

Saudi Arabia

Amin Javer

Canada

Andrew Thamboo

Canada

Azin Tabari

Canada

Bader Alim

Saudi Arabia

Bobby Tajudeen

United States

Cem Meco

Turkey

Claire Hopkins

United Kingdom

Frank Haubner

Germany

Gaurav Shankar Medikeri

Gaurav Shankar Medikeri

India

Haissan Iftikhar

Haissan Iftikhar

United Kingdom

Hossam Elsherif

Hossam Elsherif

Egypt

Hussameldin Elbosraty

Hussameldin Elbosraty

Egypt

Ibrahim Sumaily

Ibrahim Sumaily

Saudi Arabia

Isam Alobid

Spain

Jin-Young Min

South Korea

Jivianne Lee

United States

Kevin Welch

USA

Masanobu Suzuki

Masanobu Suzuki

Japan

Metin Onerci

Turkey

Moataz Aldahlawi

Moataz Aldahlawi

Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Hassab

Egypt

Mohannad Alqudah

Mohannad Alqudah

Jordan

Muaid Aziz Baban

Muaid Aziz Baban

Iraq

Nadine El Hadi

Lebanon

Naif Alotaibi

Saudi Arabia

Omar Abu Suliman

Omar Abu Suliman

Saudi Arabia

Osama Margalani

Osama Margalani

Saudi Arabia

Peter Hellings

Belgium

Philippe Gevaert

Philippe Gevaert

Belgium

Rami Al Salman

Jordan

Reda Kamel

Egypt

Richard Douglas

Richard Douglas

New Zealand

Saad Alsaleh

Saudi Arabia

Satish Jain

India

Sharif Almatrafi

Sharif Almatrafi

Saudi Arabia

Sumaiya Muathen

Sumaiya Muathen

Saudi Arabia

Tae-bin Won

South Korea

Turki Hakami

Saudi Arabia

Usamah El Hadi

Lebanon

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Professor of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

United States

Jivianne T. Lee MD is Professor of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. She is fellowship trained in complex sinus and endoscopic cranial base surgery and specializes in minimally invasive surgical techniques for treatment of sinonasal and skull base disease.

Dr. Lee obtained her Doctorate of Medicine degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine in 1998 where she graduated with distinction and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Subsequently, she completed her Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery residency at UCLA Medical Center from 1998-2004. Because of her special interest in sinonasal disorders, she proceeded to do a Rhinology & Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery subspecialty fellowship under David W. Kennedy, M.D., James N. Palmer, M.D., Alexander G. Chiu, M.D., and Noam Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania from 2004-2005. Dr. Kennedy was responsible for pioneering Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in the United States.

On a national level, Dr. Lee holds multiple leadership positions in her specialty. She was appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Rhinologic Society in 2014 and Associate Editor of Sinonasal Disorders for Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, the official journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Foundation. She was also recently appointed to the International Outreach Task Force of the American Rhinologic Society and is a Founding Member of the United States Women in Rhinology Council. In addition, Dr. Lee was elected Inaugural President of the Women in Rhinology Section of the American Rhinologic Society in 2018, and currently serves on the Editorial Boards for the American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy and the International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology- the official journal of the American Rhinologic Society.

Dr. Lee has been invited to lecture both nationally and internationally on endoscopic surgical approaches to sinonasal/skull base pathology and novel therapies for chronic sinusitis. She has given over 500 instructional course lectures, panels, and scientific presentations, as well as authored over 145 peer-reviewed articles and textbook chapters. In 2020, Dr. Lee was appointed International Chair of the American Rhinologic Society (ARS), and in 2021 was appointed to the Executive Cabinet as Treasurer of the ARS. She also serves as Co-Director of the ARS International Humanitarian Initiative and Co-Editor of the first international rhinology video textbook entitled Rhinology Worldwide, that was released globally in 2023. For her achievements, Dr. Lee was bestowed a Distinguished Leadership Award from the ARS for outstanding service, dedication, and leadership as International Committee Chair; and in 2024, Dr. Lee was elected Vice-President of the American Rhinologic Society.

In addition, Dr. Lee has been bestowed an Honor Award by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Foundation(AAO-HNSF) in 2014, an AAO-HNSF Excellence Award for Distinguished Service in Rhinology & Allergy Education in 2016, and an AAO-HNSF Distinguished Service Award in 2023. In 2021, Dr. Lee received the American Rhinologic Society Presidential Citation Award for meritorious service to the ARS and outstanding contributions to the field of rhinology and endoscopic skull base surgery. In 2024, Dr. Lee was also given a Distinguished Leadership Award from the ARS for outstanding service, dedication, and leadership as Treasurer of the American Rhinologic Society.

Clinical Professor
American University Of Beirut Medical Center

Lebanon

Dr. Usamah Hadi is a Clinical Professor at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) since 2007 and is currently the Head of the Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base Surgery Division at the Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Department (ORL-HNS). Dr. Hadi was also the Head of the Department of Otolaryngology at the Beirut Governmental Hariri Hospital, Lebanon.

Dr. Hadi received his Doctor in Medicine degree (MD) from American University of Beirut, Lebanon, in 1980, and completed his residency training in Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at American University of Beirut Medical Center. In 1992 Dr. Hadi pursued his fellowship training in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary – Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA.

Dr. Hadi is certified by the Medical American Board and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 1998. He is also a CHARTER member of the PAN ARAB RHINOLOGY SOCIETY and serves as the General Secretary of the society since 1999 and still. In 2009 he was elected as Vice President of the ENT society, followed by President position from 2012 to 2014.
Dr. Hadi has authored numerous book chapters and more than seventy articles in his field of specialty and published two books entitled:
1. Endoscopic and sinonasal dissection manual for endoscopic sinus surgery published and distributed by KARL STORZ 2012 ISBN 978-3-89756-198-4
2. The role of image guided navigation in sinus and skull base surgery: published and distributed by KARL STORZ 2018
He has organized, participated, and presented in several national, regional, and international scientific programs and meetings; and has served as moderator and panelist on several international conferences and numerous others in his home country and region.

Dr. Hadi is committed to research, education and excellence in patient care. He is actively involved in the medical teaching at the AUBMC offering lectures and courses to medical student and residents; he lately organized a Rhinology lecture series involving several international speakers covering various aspects in rhinology. He mentored graduate-level microbiology students for their MS degrees and has served as a member of the examining committee on many of their thesis. He also was and still involved in educational programs of Pan Arab Rhinology Society across the Arab region. He has given Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course, including didactic lectures and hands on cadaver dissection, several times at the European, Regional and National level, during different meeting in Arab countries as well as to different educational programs in different medical schools across the Arab countries such as Jeddah king Abdel Aziz medical school, Sharjah medical university and the Jordan university of science and technology.

Dr. Hadi was nominated as one of the Best Arab doctors and awarded the title of “The Distinguished Arab Doctors in the Field of Otorhinolaryngology with high impact on the CME in the Arab Countries” during the last meeting of the International Society of Infection and Allergy of the Nose and the International Rhinology Society supported by the Pan Arab Rhinology Society (ISIAN-IRS-PARS), in 2014, held in Dubai.

He was also awarded the International Karl Storz award for excellence in teaching at the Annual Middle East Update in Otolaryngology Conference and Exhibition in Dubai, April 2015. The award honors a physician who has contributed signiﬁcantly to the education of ENT physicians in the Middle East.

At Present he is the Director of Rhinology Skull Base Division at Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery of the American university of Beirut.

He is a Member of EAFPS, ERS, PARS societies. He has being Charter member of Pan Arab Rhinology Society since its initiation in 2014.

Dr. Hadi also contributes to numerous charitable institutions, including Lions Club and human rights organizations, by providing medical care and services to needy people in Lebanon.