Prof. Dr. Desiderio Passali is an Italian doctor and an ear, nose, and throat specialist at the ENT Department of Siena University. He worked for 40 years in ENT departments of various University hospitals in Italy, and established ENT departments in Rome, Siena, and L'Aquila he headed for 45 years, and where many physicians and students studied otolaryngology and audiology. His clinical, surgical, and scientific main interests centered on rhinology, inflammatory ear diseases, pediatric otolaryngology, allergy, and equilibrium. He studied at the Liceo M. Massimo in Rome. In 1971, he graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University "La Sapienza" of Rome. In the period 1971 to 1974, he specialized in Otolaryngology and later in Neurosurgery. Desiderio Passali's research dealt with the subjects that interested him clinically, leading to new clinical evaluations and new concepts.
