Airway Diseases

Cemal Cingi, MD, is a Professor in the Otorhinolaryngology Department at Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Medical Faculty, Eskisehir, Turkey. He graduated from the School of Medicine, Istanbul University in 1984 and then entered the Otorhinolaryngology Residency Programme at Anadolu University, Eskisehir, becoming a Specialist in ORL & HNS in 1990. He was appointed as an Associate Professor in 1995 and as a Professor in 2001. In 2013 he became an accredited Specialist in Mouth, Face, and Chin Surgery. Dr. Cingi served as the Chair of the ENT Section of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) and President of the Asian Facial Plastic Surgery Society (AFPSS). He is the editor of the journal ENT Updates and an editorial board member for several other journals.
Arzu Yorgancioglu MD, is a clinical specialist in pulmonology and has a long-term scientific interest in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She is involved in a large number of clinical studies evaluating both new and established pharmacological interventions in asthma and COPD. She has published more than 220 scientific papers. Her international activities include being the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Turkey Delegate, member of the ERS Membership Committee, member of the ERS Asthma and Clinical Allergy Assembly, Member of ATS International Lung Health Committee, MECOR Turkey Coordinator, Member of Interasma Board, member of the Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) Executive Committee, Global Asthma Network Turkey Coordinator. She is a member of GINA (Global Initiative for Asthma) Board and the chair of GINA Dissemination and Implementation committee. She has been GARD (Global Alliance against Respiratory Diseases) Turkey Country Coordinator, the Chair of GARD Turkey Project (Turkish Ministry of Health, National Control Program on Chronic Airway Diseases (Asthma and COPD).

Airways: Anatomy.- Airways: Embryology.- Airways: Physiology.- Airways: Pathophysiology.- United Airways: The link between allergic rhinitis and asthma.- Airways: Clinical Examination.- Environmental exposures: Air pollution.- Environmental exposures: Smoke and nicotine.- Acoustic Rhinometry - Rhinomanometry.- Smell Testing: Purpose, Procedure, Interpretation.- Imaging of the Nasal cavity and the sinuses.- Imaging of the oral cavity and the oropharynx.- Imaging of the hypopharynx and the larynx.- Lower Airways: Radiologic evaluation.- Communication with patients having shortness of breath and receiving mechanical ventilation.- Nasal obstruction.- Rhinorrea.- Sneezing.- Itching of the nose.- Hiposmia/Anosmia.- Rhinosinusitis.- Pharyngitis.- Tonsillitis.- Laryngitis.- Mechanisms of airway allergies.- Allergic rhinitis: Pathogenesis and Mechanism.- Allergic rhinitis: Testing.- Upper airway cancers: diagnosis and staging.- Pharyngeal tumors.- Chemotherapy and molecular biologicaltherapy: Overview.