İlter Denizoglu, MD1, MSc2, PhD3 (cand.) 1Laryngologist & Phoniatrician, 2Audiology and Speech Pathology, 3Biophysics

Director of Vocology Department1 University Lecturer of Pedagogical Vocology2,3

1. EgeSante İzmir Medical Center, Vocology Dept. 2. Ege University State Turkish Music Conservatory Liberal Arts Division 3. Dokuz Eylül University State Conservatory Vocal Arts Department, Main Art Division of Opera

Education & Employment History

1992-1996 Dokuz Eylül University Medical Faculty Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department (residency) 1997-2012 Ministry of Health, Alsancak Hospital, Otolaryngology Clinic – ENT surgeon 2003-.2012 Ministry of Health, Alsancak Hospital, Otolaryngology, Unit of Phoniatrics (founder and director) 2009-2016. Ege University State Turkish Music Conservatory Liberal Arts Division - University Lecturer of Pedagogical Vocology 2009-.. Dokuz Eylül University State Conservatory Vocal Arts Department, Main Art Division of Opera - University Lecturer of Pedagogical Vocology 2010-.. Yasar University Faculty of Art and Design, Music Department, Main Art Division of Vocal Arts - University Lecturer of Pedagogical Vocology 2011-..PhD in Biophysics: Ege University Biophysics Department 2012-2016 MSc in Audiology and Speech Pathology. Ege University Otolaryngology /Audiology Dept. 2012- 2013 Katip Celebi University Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Otolaryngology Clinic Vocology Unit (founder and director) 2013-2020 Izmir MedicalPark Hospital, Otolaryngology Department Vocology Unit 2015.- Doctor Vox Health Services and Medical Systems Ltd. (co-founder) 2020-… EgeSante Medical Center, Vocology Department (founder and director)

Professional Memberships Union of European Phoniatricians (UEP) Turkish Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery The Turkish Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Professional Voice Association (Turkey) British Voice Association (BVA) European Laryngological Society (ELS) Ses Konuşma Yutma Bozuklukları Derneği (SKYBD) (Voice Speech Swallowing Association, Turkey) Austrian Voice Institute (Honorary member) CoMeT

Interests and Professional Practice

After studying medicine at Ege University Faculty of Medicine, and otolaryngology head and neck surgery in Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine Otolaryngology department; Dr. Denizoglu decided to pursue a career in phoniatrics. Starting with basic physics, he studied between 2001 and 2003 in the conservatory of music. His ongoing studies for Biophysics (PhD candidate) and Audiology Voice and Speech Disorders (MSc) are part of his enthusiasm about completing the whole picture of in the name of basic, clinical and pedagogical vocology fields. He is an amateur singer and interested in vocal music in various approaches ( pedagogy, musical acoustics). He has prepared the curriculum for Pedagogical Vocology lesson and has been delivering the lectures in three universities’ singing schools since 2008. He has devised new projects and devices for and training of professional voice users such as Laryngoaltimeter, Vocal posturometer and NIPA (Negative Inertance Phonation Apparatus). His medical work is exclusively on phonosurgery and voice therapy. He has been studying on developing new devices (Laryngoaltimeter, Vocal Posturometer, doctorVOX, pocketVOX, maskVOX) for voice therapy and vocal training and tools for phonosurgery as well. Based on Sihvo’s LaxVox Exercise; he has structured the DoctorVox Voice Therapy and Vocal Training Program. His book ‘Textbook of Clinical Vocology’ has been published in January 2020.