Balkan ORL-HNS

Editor in Chief
Cem Uzun
Koç University, İstanbul, Türkiye 
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Deputy Editor
Raluca Grigore
UMF, "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania
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Selin Ünsaler
Koç University, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Section Editors
Otology, Neurotology, Audiology and Vestibulogy


Ahmet Ataş
Koç University, İstanbul, Türkiye

Evis Bendo
Tirana University, Tirana, Albania

Armağan İncesulu
Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Türkiye

M. Tayyar Kalcioglu
İstanbul Medeniyet University, İstanbul, Türkiye

Suela Sallavaci
Tirana University, Tirana, Albania

Rhinology and Sleep Apnea

Mario Milkov
Varna University, Varna, Bulgaria

Gheorghe Muhlfay
George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, Targu Mures, Romania

Octavian Palade
Grigore Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania

Head and Neck, Laryngology and Salivary Glands

Nicolae Balica
Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania

Milan Stankovic
University of Nis, Nis, Serbia

Stefanos Triaridis
Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Elvir Zrvko
University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro

Advisory Board
Thomas Balkany
University of Miami, Florida, USA

Rumen Benchev
Sofia Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

Serban Bertesteanu
Bucharest Medical University, Bucharest, Romania

Fuad Brkic
Tuzla University, Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzogovina

Jetmira Bulaj
Albanian Society of ORL-HNS, Tirana, Albania

Per Caye-Thomasen
University of Copenhagen, Copenhag, Denmark

Marina Chakar
Skopje University, Skopje, North Macedonia

Stan Cotulbea
Timisoara Medical University, Timisoara, Romania

Pavel Dimov
Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Karen Dzhambazov
Plovdiv Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Taner Kemal Erdağ
Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Türkiye

Dan Fliss
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Eleftherios Frekidis
University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Kemal Görür
Mersin University, Mersin, Türkiye

Günter Hafız
American Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye

Ehab Hanna
MD Andersan Cancer Center, Houston, USA

Emanuel Helidonis
University of Crete, Crete, Greece

İbrahim Hızalan
Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye

Karl Hörmann
University of Manheim, Mainhem, Germany

Qazim Hysenaj
Prishtina University, Prishtina, Kosovo

Frodita Jakimovska
Skopje University, Skopje, North Macedonia

Rajko Jovic
University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Ahmet R. Karasalihoğlu
Trakya University, Edirne, Türkiye

Asım Kaytaz
Acıbadem University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Nesil Keleş
Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Mete Kıroğlu
Çukurova University, Adana, Türkiye

Vladan Knezevic
International Medical Center, Podgorica, Montenegro

Gabriela Kopaceheva
Skopje University, Skopje, North Macedonia 

Zgjim Limani
Prishtina University, Prishitina, Kosovo

Jacques Magnan
Marseille University, Marseille, France

Dusan Milisavljevic
University of Nis, Nis, Serbia

Eugene N. Myers
University of Pittsburg, Pensilvanya, USA

Hesham Negm
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Jane Netkovski
Skopje University, Skopje, North Macedonia

Nikola Nikolovski
Skopje University, Skopje, North Macedonia

Metin Önerci
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye

Ferhan Öz
Acıbadem University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Cengiz Özcan
Mersin University, Mersin, Türkiye

O. Nuri Özgirgin
Bayındır Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye

Anestis Psifidis
Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Sarp Saraç
Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Levent Sennaroğlu
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye

Dugagjin Spanca
University Clinical Centre of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosovo

Slobodan Spremo
Banja Luka University, Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina    

Sekib Umihanic
Tuzla University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Ömer Faruk Ünal
Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Dilyana Vicheva
Plovdiv University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 

Özgür Yiğit
Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Istanbul, Türkiye

Birkena Qirjazi
Tirana University, Tirana, Albania

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