Sunita Chhapola Shukla
Dr. Sunita Chhapola is an ENT surgeon and allergy specialist with extensive clinical, academic, teaching and research experience in the diagnosis and management of allergic and upper-airway disorders.
She is the Founder and Director of Mumbai Allergy Centre and heads the Department of Allergy Sciences at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai. Her principal areas of expertise include allergic rhinitis, asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, urticaria, food allergy, drug allergy, allergen immunotherapy and biologic therapies.
Dr. Chhapola has a special interest in precision medicine and in the integration of allergen immunotherapy and biologics for the management of complex respiratory and upper-airway allergic diseases. She has extensive experience in skin-prick testing, component-resolved diagnostics, drug allergy evaluation, allergen immunotherapy and biologic treatment.
She completed an international clinical observership in allergy at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, in 2019. She has presented her clinical and research work at several prestigious national and international conferences, including IFOS, WAO, EAACI, ACAAI and APAAACI. She is regularly invited as faculty and speaker at scientific meetings and conducts training programmes and workshops in allergy diagnostics, allergen immunotherapy, drug allergy and biologic therapies.
Dr. Chhapola has received numerous awards and recognitions for her academic and scientific contributions, including the Best Scientific Research Award, the Dr. Henry Claman Gold Medal in Allergy and Asthma, and the Dr. V. Raju Award for Best Research Paper. She has also received the International Visiting Scholarship from the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and the Times Healthcare Leaders Award 2023 in Allergy.
She is actively involved in clinical research, scientific publications and postgraduate medical education. Her work is focused on advancing evidence-based, personalised and precision-driven care for patients with allergic and airway diseases.
Session
Since the paitents and physicians look for more effective modalities, despite to ARİA guidelines real life applications mey be different. İn tihis panel we will see what promoses immunotherapy, biologics and alternative modalities. Tailored modalities will be hold
Speeches will be as follows
PHARMACOTHERAPY OF ALLERGİC RHİNİTİS
Pharmacotherapy of Allergic Rhinitis: corticosteroids and alternative therapies
Chung-Han Hsin
Antihistamines in allergic rhinitis: Inverse agonism and regulation of histamine H1 receptor expression
Yoshiaki Kitamura
Precision Medicine in Allergic Rhinitis: From Allergen Immunotherapy to Biologics
Dr Sunita Chhapola
Tailoring Pharmacotherapy in Allergic Rhinitis: Which Treatment for Which Patient?
Adile Berna Dursun
Histamine Intolerance
Safiye Giran Örtekin