FACULTY

PROF JOAQUIM MULLOL

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Director
Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic, ENT Department
Hospital Clínic - IDIBAPS​
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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Joaquim Mullol studied Medicine in the University of Barcelona where he obtained his medical degree (MD, 1982) and the doctorate (PhD, 1991). After completing the residence on Otorhinolaryngology (1984-88) in Barcelona, he carried out a Research Fellowship (1989-91) in the Allergic Disease Section and Asthma Center, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, NIAID at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD, USA). Currently, Prof. Mullol is Director of the Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic, ENT Department, Hospital Clínic Barcelona; Professor of Research and Head of the Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy at IDIBAPS; and Head of Research Group at CIBERES, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He has served as Secretary and Chairman of the ENT Section and as member of the Executive Committees of EAACI. Prof. Mullol is currently member of the Executive Committees of MACVIA-ARIA, EPOS, GA2LEN, and ECARF, member of the EUFOREA Scientific Committee and COWoG Network.
 
Prof. Mullol has mainly focused his research on the mechanisms of action of upper airway inflammation with special interest in neurogenic inflammation, regulation of glandular secretion, united airway diseases, impact of rhinitis and rhinosinusitis in patient’s quality of life, corticosteroid resistance, aspirin/NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease, sinonasal epithelium and stem/progenitor cell biology,as well as in the pathophysiology of the sense of smell (including COVID-19) and regeneration of nasal mucosa and olfactory neuroepithelium. Prof. Mullol is author and co-author of more than 650 communications at national and international Scientific Congresses and Meetings, over 290 pier-reviewed original articles, and over 180 review papers and guidelines (EPOS, ICAR, ARIA, GA2LEN, WAO) in international scientific journals. Prof. Mullol is the current Rhinosinusitis Section Editor for Current Allergy and Asthma Reports and Editor-in-chief for Current Treatment Options in Allergy (Springer-Nature). He is also member of the Editorial Boards of Rhinology and Rhinology Online, International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, B-ENT, and Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.