Dr. Islam Herzallah is currently a Professor & Consultant of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, KSA, as well as at Zagazig University, Egypt. Dr. Herzallah has finished his Otolaryngology residency training at Zagazig University, Egypt in 2004, and then two-year scholarship & training in Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at the University of Miami, USA in 2007.

• Ph.D. Degree with description of Extended Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches (2009). • Founding Member of the Pan-Arab Rhinologic Society (2010)

• Over 200 worldwide lectures and international publications that include novel descriptions of Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgical Landmarks and Techniques.

• Speaker and Instructor at more than 50 endoscopic sinus & skull base surgery courses worldwide. • Editor & Author of the “Endoscopic Sinonasal Dissection Guide”, one of the best-selling books for teaching surgical techniques for residents, rhinology fellows, and physicians worldwide (Casiano, Herzallah & Eloy eds., 2017 - Thieme Medical Publishing, NY).

• Reviewer for top peer-reviewd Journals including the Official Journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, and the Official Journal of the American Rhinologic Society.

• Several Awards & Prizes: Best Research in Pan-Arab Rhinologic Society (2010), Who's Who in the World (2011), University Best Professional Portfolio (2012). KAMC Employee of the Year (2015), Karl Storz Award for Excellence in Teaching (2018).

Contact email: [email protected]

Kristine Smith, MD, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained Rhinologist and Associate Professor at the University of Utah. She joined the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Utah in May 2022 after previously working at the University of Manitoba for several years.

Dr. Smith attended medical school at the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine in Canada and then went on to complete her residency at the University of Calgary, Canada. Dr. Smith attended the University of Utah for her fellowship training in 2017-2018. Her clinical practice is focused on sinus and nasal diseases including management of acute and chronic sinusitis, polyps, allergy, septal deviation, growths and tumors of the sinuses and skull base, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks. Dr. Smith works with a large multi-disciplinary team that consists of neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, head and neck pathologists, and specialized otolaryngology (ENT) cancer surgeons to ensure the best treatment outcomes. She also works with the Ophthalmology team to support minimally invasive orbital surgeries. In addition to her clinical practice, she is actively involved in research focusing on better understanding the causes and treatments of sinus disease, including identifying ways to personalize and optimize medicine. She is interested in finding ways to improve patient care, health care quality and value of care.