Elina M. Toskala, MD, PhD, MBA, Professor, Vice-chair, and Director of Allergy in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA. She is the past Chair of the Women in Rhinology section and current Chair of the Allergy and Immunology Section in the American Rhinologic Society. She serves on several committees in both ARS and AAOA. She has held academic appointments internationally and within the US and has been lecturing worldwide at CME courses and meetings for the last 25 years. Her main area of research has focused on the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis, genetics, and endotyping. Her other research interests include epidemiological and occupational studies of allergic airway disease, allergen immunotherapy, and the “Unified Airways” connections between upper and lower airway diseases. She has published over 180 articles and chapters. She is an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Allergy and an Editorial Board member for the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology.