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Claus Bachert MD PhD is chief of the clinic and professor at the University Hospital of Ghent, Belgium, and professor at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. His research interests include the pathophysiology and management of diseases of the nose and sinuses. He has worked on endotyping rhinosinusitis, innovative treatments such as biologicals for recalcitrant disease and the role of Staphylococcus aureus in the inflammation of nasal polyp disease. Dr. Bachert chairs the Upper Airways Research Laboratory at Ghent University. He has published over 550 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to the international guidelines ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma) and EPOS (European Position Paper on Sinusitis and Nasal Polyposis). He has served on the Board of EAACI and WAO and was President of the German Allergy Society (DGAKI, 2007–2010) and Vice‑President 2011–2016 and is Editor for the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.