Issam Saliba, a Lebanese-Canadian surgeon based in Montreal, Canada, is an otolaryngologist who developed a faster and less expensive technique for treating ruptured eardrums.
The technique can be performed in 20 minutes during a routine visit to an ear, nose and throat specialist.
Saliba is a researcher at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre affiliated with the Université de Montréal. His new discovery won second prize at Quebec Science, 2012.