Smell and Taste

Richard L. Doty, M.S., Ph.D., is the Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Smell and Taste Center, and Professor within the Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery. He is an editorial consultant to over 50 scientific and medical journals and to dozens of major corporations and governmental advisory committees. Dr. Doty is author or coauthor of over 400 professional publications (including 12 books). He is perhaps best known for having invented the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test or UPSIT (commercially known as the Smell Identification TestTM), the first widely used standardized olfactory test. This test, which has been heralded as “the eye chart of the nose,” has been administered to an estimated half million persons since its introduction in the 1980s and has been translated into over 30 different languages. Among his numerous awards are the James A. Shannon Award from the National Institutes of Health (1996), the Olfactory Research Fund’s Scientific Sense of Smell Award (2000), the William Osler Patient-Oriented Research Award from the University of Pennsylvania (2003), the Society of Cosmetic Chemist’s Service Award (2004), and the Association for Chemoreception Science’s Max Mozell Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Chemical Senses (2005). Dr. Doty is an elected Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (1983), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2005), the Royal College of Medicine (2008), Association for Psychological Science (2009), and the American Academy of Neurology (2017).

• SECTION I. BASIC PRINCIPLESA. Fundamentals1. Epidemiology of smell and taste dysfunctionB. Morphophysiology of the olfactory and nasal trigeminal sensory systems2. Anatomy of the olfactory system 3. Development of the human olfactory system4. Anatomy of the olfactory mucosa5. Olfactory receptor function 6. Central olfactory structures 7. Taste and smell processing in the brain8. The intranasal trigeminal system9. Cranial nerve 13 C. Morphophysiology of the gustatory and oral trigeminal systems10. Anatomy and development of the human taste system 11. Taste receptor function 12. Central taste anatomy and physiology 13. The orotrigeminal system SECTION II. CLINICAL ASPECTSA. Clinical assessment14. Health histories and medical evaluations of patients with complaints of chemosensory dysfunction15. Psychophysical testing of smell and taste function 16. Electrophysiological assessment of olfactory and gustatory function17. Neuroimaging of smell and taste B. Diseases and disorders18. Diseases of the nasal cavity 19. Neurolocalization of taste disorders20. Chemosensory dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases21. Systemic diseases and disorders22. Toxic exposures and the senses of taste and smell23. The influence of head injury on olfactory and gustatory function24. Animal models of olfactory dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases C. Treatment and management of chemosensory disorders25. Treatments for smell and taste disorders: A critical review