Meet the faculty

Dr. Eri Mori is a distinguished Rhinologist and Senior Lecturer at Jikei University in Tokyo, specialising in general otorhinolaryngology, sinus disease, olfaction, and endoscopic sinus surgery. Her research interests include the management of olfaction in the setting of sino-nasal disease both medically and surgically.

A former fellow under Professor Thomas Hummel in Dresden, Germany, Dr Eri Mori is one of the leading female rhinologists and on the cutting edge of olfactory dysfunction and interventions – both surgical and medical.

Simon Carney is Professor of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at Finders University in Adelaide, South Australia.  He has authored 120 full publications, 15 book chapters, 2 surgical dissection manuals and has received several awards for his contribution to ENT research and teaching. He has received over $4.5M in research funding and his work has over 4700 citations with an h-index of 40. He is a Past-President of the ANZ Rhinologic Society, Vice-Chairman and Director of the not-for-profit organisation Asia-Pacific Otolaryngology Surgical Training, a former member of The Medical Board of Australia and a current member of several Australian Federal Government Committees.  He is Chair of the RACS Medicolegal Committee, Associate Editor of The American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy and on the Editorial Boards of Rhinology and Clinical Otolaryngology.

Prof Carney has a special interest in diseases of the nose and sinuses, sleep surgery and Paediatric ENT and regularly teaches on these topics at surgical courses throughout Australia, Asia and in the UK.  He believes in conservative management ahead of surgery and in formulating unique treatment plans for every patient based on both the disease itself and individual wishes & circumstances.

Prof Thibaut Van Zele (MD, PhD) is currently an associate professor at the Ear, Nose, and Throat department at the Ghent University Hospital. In 2002 he finished his medical studies at Ghent University. He trained in Belgium at the ENT department at the Ghent University Hospital and in France at the Head and Neck Department of the CHRU Lille University Hospital. His clinical activities are focused on endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis, benign and malignant sinonasal tumours, and endoscopic skull base surgery in collaboration with the department of neurosurgery.

He worked in the Upper Airway Research Laboratory at the University of Ghent (Prof Dr Claus Bachert) from 2002 to 2006 and obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2008 on role of Staphylococus aureus in chronic rhinosinusitis nasal polyps and the therapeutic consequences. His research interests now concentrate upon tissue engineering of upper airway mucosa, improvement of wound healing after endoscopic sinus surgery, and the management of epistaxis. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles and multiple book chapters.