Dr. Hee-Young Kim is a renowned otolaryngologist based in Seoul, South Korea, who specializes in Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD). Currently, Dr. Hee-Young Kim is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Otolaryngology-ENT Research. Dr. Kim is actively involved in pioneering research to establish middle ear pressure as a viable biomarker for ETD and to investigate patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for this ailment.
Dr. Kim has made major contributions to the discipline through his academic and scientific work. In 2023, he graduated from Teaching Assistant 1 to Teaching Assistant 2 on the PPCR team at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and is now a Teaching Fellow. Dr. Kim has completed the "Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Program" with Associação Instituto Scala and Fundação Lemann, and graduated from the "Meta-analysis Academy." He continues to hone his meta-analysis skills through ongoing investigations at "MetaHub."
Dr. Kim is writing a chapter on Eustachian Tube Dysfunction for the upcoming book "Vertigo: Clinical and Scientific Advances," which seeks to bridge the gap between complex research and practical healthcare applications. His objective is to publish these findings under the famous Harvard University affiliation, making substantial contributions to the discipline.
Outside of his work obligations, Dr. Kim finds balance and creativity in playing the violin and viewing science fiction films. He is motivated by the desire to promote academic science and educate healthcare decisions, benefiting healthcare professionals, policymakers, and patients alike. This passion is reflected in his teaching, research, and ongoing education.
Dr. Mayte Pinilla Urraca is Medical Specialist in Otorhinolaryngology Hospital Puerta de Hierro Madrid (Spain) from 1996. She obtained the degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University Autonoma of Madrid (Spain) in June 1991 and performed the Residency Training Program in Otorhinolaryngology in the ENT Department, Clinica Puerta Hierro of Madrid (Spain) from January 1992 to December 1995. Dr Pinilla is General Practitioner in the Spanish National Health System, as well as in the Public Social Security Systems in the other Member States of the European Communities since October 1994. She is Doctor in Medicine and Surgery University Autonoma of Madrid (Spain) with the Doctoral Thesis: "Implants in middle ear ossicular replacement A morpho-functional in humans and experimental animal study" in 1998. She has participated as researcher collaborator in different projects F.I.S.S since 1993 until 2002 about induced immune inner ear pathology and Biomaterials implanted in the middle ear. She is also clinical collaborator professor of the Department of Surgery in Medicine Faculty of the UAM from 1992 to the present time and in the eight theoretical and practical courses motorized endoscopic sinus surgery from 2007 until today .She is member of the Spanish Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery since 1992 and actually is member of occupational european working group ECRHS III.
Research Interest
Sinonasal and ear pathology its medical and surgical treatment.
