The Scientific Advisory Board
The EUTINNET Scientific Advisory Board is made up of leading European specialists in the fields of ENT, psychotherapy and psychosomatics.
The members of the board meet once a year. Their tasks include monitoring the recording of patient data in the web-based database and defining suitable criteria and publication options for the evaluation.
Prof. Dr. med. Birgit Mazurek
(Copyright photo: Deutsche Stiftung Tinnitus und Hören Charité)
- Director of the Tinnituszentrum der Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Chairwoman of the Board of the German Tinnitus and Hearing Foundation Charité since 2011
- Specialist in ENT medicine
- Scientific focus: basic research, changes in the auditory system, influence of stress and other comorbidities on tinnitus and other diseases of the inner ear
- Since 2022: Head of the “Psychosomatics in Otorhinolaryngology” working group of the German Society for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
- 2021: Management of the Tinnitus Guideline S3 “Chronic Tinnitus” published by the
German Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery e. V. together with Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hesse. This guideline shows the current state of diagnostics and the therapeutic concept for patients with chronic tinnitus. - Management of the annual International Tinnitus Symposium organised by the Tinnitus Centre together with the Foundation. This serves the interdisciplinary scientific communication.
- President of the XI World Tinnitus Congress (2014) and the 55th Inner Ear Biology Congress (2018), both held in Berlin.
- Member of the Advisory Board of the German Tinnitus League
Prof. Dr. med. Gerhard Hesse
(Copyright photo: TinnitusKlinik Dr. Hesse)
- Managing director of the Tinnitus Clinic Dr. Hesse at Bad Arolsen Hospital
- ENT specialist and health economist, founder of the Tinnitus Clinic in 1992
- Scientific focus: diagnosis and therapy of tinnitus and hearing loss as well as treatment of vestibular disorders
- 2021: Head of coordination of the Tinnitus Guideline S3 “Chronic Tinnitus” published by the German Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery together with Prof. Dr. Birgit Mazurek
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Tinnitus and Hearing Foundation Charité
- Member of the Board of the Association of Central German ENT Physicians
- Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Tinnitus League
- University of Witten-Herdecke, ENT Chair (Prof. Dr. A. Laubert)
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. habil. Gerhard Goebel
(Copyright photo: Neurozentrum Prien)
- Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Center Prien, former head physician at Schön Klinik Roseneck, Prien am Chiemsee
- Deputy Chairman of the Board and Deputy Spokesman of the Advisory Board of the German Tinnitus League e.V.
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Tinnitus and Hearing Foundation Charité
- Scientific focus: Tinnitus & self-help
- Specialist in psychotherapeutic medicine (Prof. M. Fichter, Roseneck Clinic)
- Specialist for Internal Medicine (Prof. Begemann/ Dr. Kaboth, Munich)
- Lecturer in ENT medicine at the Technical University of Munich (Prof. W. Arnold)
- 2013: Federal Order of Merit for special civic commitment
Dr. med. Frank Matthias Rudolph
(Copyright photo: DRV-RLP)
- Departmental physician for psychosomatic medicine and medical director of the Mittelrhein Clinic of the German Pension Insurance Rhineland-Palatinate in Boppard-Bad Salzig
- Specialist in psychosomatic medicine and rehabilitation, diabetology
- Scientific focus: Psychosomatics with a focus on medical vocational orientation
- Further training authorisation according to § 30 paragraph 2 HeilBG
– Psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy: without time limit
– Specialised psychotherapy: without time limit - Chairman of the Board of the German Tinnitus League