Rumi Sekine, MD, is an otorhinolaryngologist in Japan. Her clinical and research work focuses on olfactory dysfunction, chronic rhinosinusitis, and sinonasal physiology. She has a particular interest in the mechanisms, evaluation, and treatment of olfactory impairment.

Education April, 2005-2011 Kyorin Medical University 

Work Experience She started junior residency at Jichi Medical University Hospital, Tochigi, Japan in 2011 and worked until 2014. SHe joined Jikei University School of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology in 2014. Since then, she worked at main and brunch hospital of Jikei Medical University including Jikei Medical University Kashiwa Hospital in Chiba and Jikei University Daisan Hospital in Tokyo. Since 2018, she started to work at Olfactory and Aroma Clinic at Jikei University Hospital. In 2021, she studied in Technical University of Dresden, Smell & Taste Clinic for research on olfaction. Previously, she now belongs to St.Luke International hospital in Tokyo.

Teaching and advising She is a faculty of JIKEI-ASIA ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY COURSE since 2015 and also instructor of Jikei Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Hands on seminar since 2019.

Degree and Professional Memberships She belong to “The Oto-Rhinol-Laryngological Society of Japan”, The Japanese Rhinologic Society of Japan and The Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell. The board Certified Otorhinolaryngologist in Japan since 2017.