prof. dr hab. n. med. i n. o zdr. mgr zarz. Piotr H. Skarżyński

Deputy Head of the Department of Teleaudiology and Screening of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Director of Science and Development of the Institute of Sensory Organs. He is also a didactic assistant at the Medical University of Warsaw. Specialist in ENT, paediatric ENT, audiology and phoniatrics, and public health.

He has realised numerous national and international research projects. An active participant in over 34 societies, numerous conferences – over 2200 presentations, and author and co-author of over 1200 publications. Reviewer of over 100 national and international scientific journals. Received numerous awards and distinctions for his clinical, didactic, scientific, organisational and business activities.

Participated in the 3rd Stakeholders Consultation meeting during which the World Hearing Forum of WHO was announced. A member of the Roster of Experts on Digital Health of WHO, Vice-President and Institutional Representative of International Society for Telemedicine and e-Health, President-elect of International Advisory Board of American Academy of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Foundation), member of Congress and Meeting Department of European Academy of Otology and Neurotology, Regional Representative of Europe of International Society of Audiology, Vice-President of Hearing Group, Auditor of European Federation of Audiology Societies, member of the Facial Nerve Stimulation Steering Committee, and Board Secretary of the Polish Society of Otorhinolaryngologists, Phoniatrists and Audiologists. Member of Hearing Committee (2018–2019), Goodwill Ambassador representing Poland at the AAO-HNSF 2021 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience, and since 2021 a member of Implantable Hearing Devices Committee and Otology & Neurotology Education Committee of AAO-HNSF. Consultant Committee of International Experts of CPAM-VBMS (for special invitation), honorary member of ORL Danube Society, and honorary member of Société Française d’Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie. In past, Vice Chairman(2010–2014) and Member of Board (2014–2016) of Junior European Rhinology Society. Expert and member of numerous national organisations such as Board Secretary of the Polish Society of Otorhinolaryngologists, Phoniatrists and Audiologists (since 2017), a Member of Scientific Council of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, a member of Policy Council of Audiophonology at the Medical University of Warsaw, a candidate for an expert of Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014-2020 (The National Centre for Research and Development), a member of the University Council of the Maria Grzegorzewska University, a member of the Policy Council of “Health of Poles” Congress and a member of the Team of Experts to develop and update the program of specialisation in the field of paediatric otorhinolaryngology at the Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education, and a member of Polish Examination Board which conducts the National Speciality Examination in otorhinolaryngology (the Medical Examinations Centre). A main medical expert on age-related hearing loss and other causes, in connection with the implementation of the project titled: ‘Maps of Health Needs – System and Implementation Analysis Database is carried out by the Department of Analyses and Strategies of the Ministry of Health [of Poland]’. Member of Business Council of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw.