09-11, 08:30–09:30 (Europe/Istanbul), Rhinology 2 ( ICC - B2 level MACKA)
Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis: Summary of a National Institutes of Health Multidisciplinary Workshop
Dr. Kent Lam is an Associate Professor and fellowship-trained rhinologist and endoscopic skull base surgeon in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
Dr. Joshua M Levy is a fellowship-trained Rhinologist with ten-year’s experience caring for patients with chronic sinusitis. He serves as the Clinical Director at the NIH / National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), where he is responsible for overseeing clinical trials related to communication disorders at the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD. He completed his medical and public health training at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, where he also completed his residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Upon completing residency in 2015, he joined Dr. Tim Smith for fellowship in Rhinology, Sinus and Skull Base Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR.
Prior to joining the NIH he served as Associate Professor and Associate Vice Chair of Research in Emory University’s Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. He also served as the Clinical Director for the RADx–RAD program at Emory University, which was responsible for clinically validating candidate SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics. Academically, Dr. Levy is interested in the interface of airway inflammation and sense of smell and leads a multi-disciplinary research team devoted to improving outcomes for patients with combined allergy, sinus and airway conditions. Additionally, he Co-Directs the NIH National Smell and Taste Center. Josh lives in the metro DC area with his wife Corinne and daughters Margot and Lola.
Amber U. Luong, MD, PhD, serves as a Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the McGovern Medical School of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a joint appointment within the Center of Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases at the Institute of Molecular Medicine. She also serves as the President-Elect for the American Rhinologic Society and an Associate Editor for the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology.
Amber Luong is a 2020 Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM), recipient of the 2017 Women in Otolaryngology Helen F. Krause, MD Memorial Trailblazer Award and the 2017 Women Faculty Forum Excellence Award. Her primary research interest focuses on understanding the role of the innate immune response in the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis, with a particular interest in the role of environmental fungi in initiating these innate immune responses. She is the recipient of the 2019 Edmund Prince Fowler Award for best basic science research thesis from the Triological Society. Dr. Amber U. Luong has co-authored over 110 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.
Dr. Kacker graduated from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He trained in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital/The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Residency Program. He is involved in clinical and basic science research in the field of Rhinology, involving nose and sinus. His clinical practice emphasizes the treatment of diseases of the nose and sinuses including image guided surgery and medical management of difficult cases. He is Chief of Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine. He also maintains a practice in General and Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology treating patients with any disorders of the ear, nose, sinuses, or throat.