Awarded: 2018
Professor Christophe Vincent is a distinguished scientist, clinician, academic teacher, and postgraduate teacher.
He completed his specialization in Otolaryngology at the Department of Otology and Neurootology under the supervision of Professor FM Vaneecloo in 1994. While completing his specialization, he also participated in postgraduate training in the genetics of deafness at the Pasteur Institute at the University of Paris VI-XI, where he obtained his master’s degree (1993) and subsequently defended his habilitation thesis (1998).
Since 2005, he has been a professor at the University of Lille. Since 2009, he has headed the Department of Otology and Otoneurology at that university.
He is involved in various scientific societies, including the Society of French Otorhinolaryngologists, where he serves as a member of the Board and heads the French Audiological Society. Professor Vincent is an examiner for the European Specialty Examination in Otorhinolaryngology and the French representative at UEMS.
He is well-known and respected in international forums in the fields of otology, skull base surgery, audiology, and implantology. He has an impressive scientific achievement. As the author and co-author of dozens of papers in indexed journals, he has a Hirsh index of 22.
He co-invented the Neurelec (now Oticon) earmold implant electrode.
Professor Vincent’s involvement with PTORL dates back to 1995, when he participated as a lecturer in the first Conference of Polish and French Otolaryngologists organized by the Department and Clinic of Otolaryngology at the Medical University of Warsaw.
Since then, he has regularly participated in national congresses and conferences of the Otology Section, as well as Ear Surgery Courses, where he has presented lectures on various topics in the fields of otology, otoneurosurgery, and audiology. Professor Vincent’s center is open to training residents and specialists from Poland. He promotes Polish otorhinolaryngology internationally by inviting delegates from Poland to participate (invited lectures) in meetings and congresses organized by French and international societies.
