Vestibular physiotherapist, Classroom and e-learning trainer, Member of the SFKV and the GDR vertiges.

Leonardo Manzari is a specialist ENT doctor with a passion for otoneurology and vestibular sciences. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome and trained as a Registrar in ENT/ORL in Edinburgh. For many years, he has collaborated with Prof. Ian S. Curthoys (Barany Gold Medal) at the Vestibular Research Laboratory in Sydney, contributing to the clinical validation of vHIT and research on ocular and cervical VEMPs and cranial vibration stimulation. He teaches Otoneurology, Vestibology and Vestibular Rehabilitation and coordinates national ECM courses. A speaker at numerous international conferences such as Bárány and IFOS, he sits on the boards of the Prosper Ménière Society and the International Vestibular Society and on various editorial boards of peer-reviewed journals. Author of over 110 publications, in 2023 he was included among the top 2% of scientists worldwide.  

Professor Soumit Dasgupta is an award winning consultant neurotologist/audiovestibular physician and clinical lead in paediatric audiology at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and the Hypatia Dizziness and Balance Centre in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
He is a honorary senior lecturer in the University of Liverpool UK, a honorary lecturer, Audiology and Deafness, in the University of Manchester UK and a honorary visiting professor, Otology and Skull Base Surgery, in the University of Siena, Italy.
He is a globally acknowledged expert in paediatric vestibular disorders leading one of the few tertiary paediatric vestibular centres in the world and a paediatric vestibular research laboratory.
He is well published in peer reviewed index journals and has written several text book chapters.
He is leading the UK in looking into genetic hearing loss and ototoxicity in the paediatric population with dedicated monitoring protocols and represents the UK in the International Ototoxicity Monitoring Group (IOMG), a global consortium of experts researching in ototoxicity.
He is the international secretary of the International Vestibular Society, the Chairman of Education in the British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians and an executive committee member of the British Society of Neurotology and Otology.
He is an expert reviewer for 9 index journals on Neurotology and Genetics, in the editorial board of four index journals and is an expert adviser to the General Medical Council, United Kingdom.

Specialist in ENT and Audiology, Director of the Audiology Unit at the AORN San Pio Hospital in Benevento; speaker at numerous Italian and international conferences in the field of Audiology and Vestibology; organiser of training courses in Audiology and Vestibology since 2011; author of numerous scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals on Audiology and Vestibology.

Paediatric ENT specialist based at the Robert Debré Hospital and the Centre de l'Audition.

Born in Milan in 1958.

Currently works at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan as head of vestibology.

Author of over 100 publications in high-impact journals.

Lecturer at the School of Specialisation in Neurology and Otolaryngology at the Vita e Salute University of the San Raffaele Hospital since 2003, teaching vestibular pathophysiology and balance disorders. Lecturer at the Vita e Salute University, English-language degree course in Medicine, “Pathophysiology of the Inner Ear”.

Advisor to the Italian Society of Vestibology and member of the Barany Society Editor of two books published by Springer. 

Paediatric ENT specialist based at the Robert Debré Hospital and the Centre de l'Audition.

Dr. Stavros Hatzopoulos has been a faculty member of the Audiology & ENT Clinic at the University of Ferrara, Italy, since 1994. His background is in Biomedical Engineering and Hearing Science (BS from the University of Southern California, MSc from Texas A&M University, and PhD from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts). He received his habilitation as an associate professor in 2014. He is the author of more than 245 book chapters, peer-reviewed papers, and conference presentations. He has participated in numerous European Concerted Action projects in the fields of Otoacoustic Emissions, Genetics, and Nanotechnologies. His main areas of interest are clinical Auditory Electrophysiology, Teleaudiology, and Long-Distance Learning. Currently, he serves as the editor of the Portal on Otoacoustic Emissions and as the Managing Editor of the Hearing, Balance & Communication journal.

ENT specialist at the Vertigo Clinic - Saint-Pierre University Hospital