About the Prosper Ménière Society:
Named after Prosper Ménière (1799-1862), the Prosper Ménière Society was founded in 1981 by the International Meniere’s Disease Research Institute (IMDRI) of the Colorado Otologic Research Center (CORC). The Society was reorganized in 1990 and moved to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where it is presently. It is a 501(c)-3 non-profit organization.
The primary goal of the Prosper Ménière Society is to promote the academic dissemination and discussion of basic and clinical research data on Meniere’s disease and all aspects of inner ear dysfunction, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Its primary meeting, the International Symposium on Inner Ear Disorders, is held every other year and convenes a scholarly group of basic and clinical researchers from the fields of otolaryngology, otology/neurotology, neuroradiology, and audiology for a week-long continuing medical education program.
Prosper Meniere Society
Founded in 1981
21st International Symposium and Workshops on Inner Ear Medicine and Surgery March 6-13, 2027
Zell am Zillertal, Austria at the Hotel Theresa
Previous Gold Medal Award Winners
Gold Medal Honor Award Recipients
2025 Pyykkö Vilho Ilmari, MD.
Tampere, Finland
2023 P. Ashley Wackym, MD.
New Brunswick, New Jersey
2018 Joel A. Goebel, M.D.
St. Louis, Missouri
2016 Ian Curthoys, Ph.D.
Sydney, Australia
2014 Paul Van de Heyning, M.D., Ph.D.
Antwerp, Belgium
2012 Helge Rask-Andersen, M.D., Ph.D.
Uppsala, Sweden
2010 Lloyd B. Minor, M.D.
Baltimore, Maryland
2008 Alec N. Salt, Ph.D.
St. Louis, Missouri
2006 I. Kaufman Arenberg, M.D.
Bayville, New York
2003 John J. Shea, Jr., M.D.
Memphis, Tennessee
David J. Lim, M.D.
Los Angeles, California
2001 Jan Helms, MD, PhD
Würzburg, Germany
Joseph Miller, Ph.D.
Stockholm, Sweden
2000 Derald Brackmann, M.D.
Los Angeles, California
Thomas Van De Water, Ph.D.
Miami, florida
1999 Malcolm Graham, M.D.
Savannah, Georgia
Remy Pugol, M.D.
Montpelier, France
1998 Prof. W.P.R. Gibson, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S.
Sydney, Australia
Joseph E. Hawkins, Jr., Ph.D., DSc
Ann Arbor, Michigan
1997 Michael Paparella, M.D.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1996 Herbert Silverstein, M.D.
Sarasota, Florida
1995 David Austin, M.D.
Idaho Falls, Idaho
1994 Ugo Fisch, M.D.
Zurich, Switzerland
Howard House, M.D.
Los Angles, California
Brian McCabe, M.D.
Iowa City, Iowa
John Andrew Morrison, F.R.C.S.
London, England
1990 Brian Johnstone, Ph.D.
Perth, Australia
Prof. Emeritus Toshi Naito
Osaka, Japan
Prof. Michael Portmann
Bordeaux, France
1986 William F. House, M.D.
Newport Beach, California
1984 George E. Shambaugh Jr., M.D.
Chicago (Hinsdale), Illinois
1982 Prof. Georges Portmann
Bordeaux, France
2027 Gold Medal Award Recipient
Charles C. Della Santina, PhD MD is a Professor of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he directs the Johns Hopkins Cochlear Implant Center and the Johns Hopkins Vestibular NeuroEngineering Laboratory. Dr. Della Santina earned a medical degree from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and a doctorate in biomedical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering. He completed residency training and a post-doctoral research fellowship in otolaryngology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2002, and he has served on the Johns Hopkins faculty since then. As a practicing neurotologic surgeon, Dr. Della Santina specializes in treatment of middle ear, inner ear and auditory/vestibular nerve disorders. His clinical interests include restoration of hearing via cochlear implantation and management of patients who suffer from vestibular disorders, with a particular focus on helping individuals disabled by chronic postural instability and unsteady vision after bilateral loss of vestibular sensation. His laboratory’s research centers on basic and applied research supporting development of vestibular implants, which are medical devices intended to partially restore inner ear sensation of head movement. In addition to that work, his >140 publications include studies characterizing inner ear physiology and anatomy; describing novel clinical tests of vestibular function; and clarifying the effects of cochlear implantation, vestibular implantation, superior canal dehiscence syndrome and intratympanic gentamicin therapy on the inner ear and central nervous system. Dr. Della Santina is also the founder of Labyrinth Devices LLC, a company dedicated to bringing novel vestibular implant and testing technology into routine clinical care.
“Let us give thanks to seeking spirits, to those with initiative, who raise questions of interest, stimulate active researches, provoke oppositions, because in a word, science gains and humanity applauds.”
~ Prosper Méniere, 1861
2027 Conference Registration
The 21th International Symposium and Workshops on Inner Ear Medicine and Surgery
March 6-13, 2027
Hotel Theresa, Zell im Zillertal, Austria
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Membership
Become a member of the Prosper Ménière Society! Your membership will ensure that you receive our quarterly newsletter as well as the most up-to-date communications regarding future symposia, including information about the Gold Medal Award recipient, abstract submissions, and meeting accommodations. You will also be given the discounted rate when you register for the symposium.
Your application should be sponsored by two active members of the Prosper Ménière Society, and their signatures must appear on the application form. Attendance at the most recent symposium will serve in lieu of one of the signatures. The individual membership fee is $75.00 and must be received before processing your membership.
Please fill out the form (printer friendly), print (select “Print” from your browser’s “File” menu), obtain the necessary signatures, and fax to 501-686-8029. Alternatively, the form can be scanned and emailed to the Society Coordinator (Brenda Speed, bospeed@uams.edu).
Thank you in advance for your participation in the Prosper Ménière Society.
Board of Directors
Michael Gluth, MD
Executive Director
Perth, Australia
Phil Bird, MD
Christchurch, New Zealand
Julia Dlugaiczyk, MD
Zurich, Switzerland
Tobias Kleinjung, MD
Zurich, Switzerland
Codruta Neumann, MD
Canterbury, United Kingdom
Michael Teixido, MD
Wilmington, Delaware
Yuen Heng Wai, MD
Changi, Singapore
Shane Anderson, MD
Townsville, Australia
Daniel Brown, PhD
Perth, Australia
Andreas Eckhart, MD
Boston, USA
Leonardo Manzari, MD
Cassino, Italy
Stefan Plontke, MD
Halle, Germany
Hans Thomeer, MD
Utrecht, Netherlands
Irv Arenberg, MD
Emeritus Director
Arizona, USA
Chunfu Dai, MD, PhD
Shanghai, China
Martin Hempel, MD
Munich, Germany
Joachim Mueller, MD
Munich, Germany
Konrad Schwager, MD
Fulda, Germany
Aaron Trinidade, MD
Westcliff-on-Sea, UK