First Italian Smell & Taste Course
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Faculty
P. Castelnuovo - Varese
T. Hummel - Dresden
A. Macchi - Varese
E. Cantone - Naples
B. Landis - Gèneve
S. Masieri - Rome
A. Pistochini - Varese
V. Schriever - Dresden
S. Gallo - Varese
D. Locatelli - Varese
G. Ottaviano - Padova
Programme at a glance:
2016 December 15th
8.30 Registration and accommodation
9.00 Welcome A. Macchi (Varese)
9.15 Smell–general olfaction: what else? T. Hummel (Dresden)
10.15: Taste and MRI: map of the taste E. Cantone (Naples)
10.45 Neurosurgeon and smell D. Locatelli (Varese)
11.15 Break
11.30 Smell and Surgery: dissection of the olfactory area P. Castelnuovo (Varese)
12.00 Taste assessment B. Landis (Genève)
12.30 Italian diagnostic guidelines A. Macchi (Varese)
13.00 Lunch
14:00/18:00 Course:
- Endoscopy examination, biopsies A. Pistochini (Varese)
- Olfactory tests, trigeminal V. Schriever (Dresden)
- Questionnaires, QoL C. Esposito (Varese)
- Olfactometry, gustometry T. Hummel (Dresden)
- Nasal airflow S. Gallo (Varese)
- Nasal cytology A. Macchi (Varese)
- Taste test, retronasal test B. Landis (Geneve)
2016 December 16th
8.30 Registration
8.45 Smell and taste in Kallmann syndrome: E. Cantone (Naples)
9.15: Toxic and post-traumatic causes of olfactory loss A. Macchi (Varese)
9.45 TAS2R38 taste receptor gene and chronic rhinosinusitis: a bitter ending S. Gallo (Varese)
10.15 New pediatric smell test V. Schriever (Dresden)
10.45 Break
11.00 Post-traumatic olfactory loss G. Ottaviano (Padova)
11.20 Smell in allergic disease S. Masieri (Roma)
11.40 Surgical Therapy P. Castelnuovo (Varese)
12.10 What is new on therapy? T. Hummel (Dresden)
12.30 Round table
13.00 Final remarks and take home message A. Macchi (Varese)
Accommodation
Please contact the Organizing Secretariat and visit the Varese Turismo website