Nasal Physiology and Pathophysiology of Nasal Disorders

T. Metin OEnerci is a Professor and Head of the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. He holds important positions in a range of medical societies, including general secretary of the International Rhinologic Society, chairperson of the Rhinology and Allergy, Sleep, and Facial Plastic Surgery Committees of the International Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies. He is an honorary member of several societies and serves on the editorial boards of various journals, including Laryngoscope and European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology and is the editor of the European Journal of Rhinology and Allergy. Dr. OEnerci has authored more than 200 papers in national and international journals, and numerous book chapters, and is also the author or editor of 20 books in Turkish and four in English. Ozlem O. Celebi, MD is an Associate Professor at the Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department, Istanbul Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul Turkey. She is a Fellow of the European Board of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and is an ECFMG certified physician. She has authored more than 30 papers in national and international journals, and is the author of 5 book chapters. She is a reviewer for several journals and has been a moderator, panelist and speaker at several national and international congresses.

Mucus, Goblet Cell, Submucosal Gland.- Coagulation system and rhinosinusitis.- Cilia, Ciliary Movement, and Mucociliary Transport.- Functional Defense Mechanisms of the Nasal respiratory Epithelium.- Local Nasal Inflammation : T Cells and B cells.- Mast Cells.- Macrophage.- The Neutophil and Chronic Rhinosinusitis.- The role of EO.- CRS and biologic therapies.- Nasal NO.- Physiology and Pathophysiology of Sneezing and Itching.- The Dry Nose.- Physiology of the Aging Nose and Geriatric Rhinitis.- Nutrition and the Upper Respiratory Tract.- Physiology of Lacrimal drainage.- Intranasal Trigeminal Perception.- Sinus Pain.- Computational Fluid Dynamics of the Nasal Cavity.- Physiology and Pathophysiology of Nasal Breathing.- Function of the Turbinates.- The Nasal valves.- Nose and Sleep Breathing Disorders.- Pathophysiology of OSAS.- Rhinomanometry.- Acoustic Rhinomanometry.- New Measurement methods in the Diagnosis of nasal Obstruction.- Testing of Transport, Measurement of Ciliary Activity.- Nasal Defensive Proteins.- Assessment of Olfactory Function.- Olfaction.- Electron Microscopy and the Nose.- Genetic Background of the Rhinologic Diseases.- Vomeronasal Organ.- Physiology of the Nasal Cartilages and their importance to Rhinosurgery.- Physiology  and Pathophysiology of the Growing Skeleton.- Physiologic Concerns During Rhinplasty.- Nasal Pulmonary Interactions.- Phyiologic and Dentofacial Effects.- The nose and the Eustachian Tube. Nanomedicine and nose.