KRISTEL KALLING graduated Tartu University as a medical doctor in 1996 and Tartu University residency program in 2001 as an otorhinolaryngologist. She has working experience as an otorhinolaryngologist since 1999 and her interest has been towards laryngology ever since.
Kristel is a founder of the North Estonian Cleft Team in 2005 and East Tallinn Voice Team in 2008.
Currently working at East Tallinn Central Hospital as consultant - otorhinolaryngologist, leading laryngologist in the voice team; in North Estonian Medical Center as a phoniatrican in the cleft team; and in the private clinic Fertilitas as an otorhinolaryngologist-laryngologist.
President of the Estonian Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery since 2016.
Active member in European Laryngological Society and the Union of European Phoniatricians.
Establisher of seminars to celebrate World Voice Day in Estonia annually, since 2011.
Co-Chair of the 14th Pan European Voice Conference in Tallinn.