Italian Academy of
Nasal Cytology
About us
The Italian Academy of Nasal Cytology, established in Bari on January 22, 2009, is a scientific society accredited by the Ministry of Health (Law No. 24 of March 8, 2017, Gelli-Bianco Law).
In addition to representing Nasal Cytology, understood as an important second-level diagnostic method in inflammatory, immunoallergic, and vasomotor nasal pathology, the Academy vasomotor, and neoplastic pathologies, it also has the task of disseminating it not only through cytological research, but also through events (Master’s degrees) offering scientific specialization and advanced training for residents and specialists in medical fields such as otolaryngology, allergology and clinical immunology, pulmonology, pediatrics, pathological anatomy, and general medicine.
What we do
The nasal cytologist can identify the inflammatory characteristics of rhinopathies by identifying the cellular elements that underlie the disease.
Precision diagnostics are crucial for determining the patient’s phenotypic and endotypic expression and the subsequent adoption of personalized therapy (Precision Medicine).
Our mission
The Association is a non-profit organization, is apolitical and non-partisan, and pursues the following objectives within the scope of its purpose:
- Representing the doctrine of Nasal Cytology in Italy and abroad, raising Italy’s prestige in this discipline.
- To deepen and disseminate among physicians the knowledge and technological developments achieved in nasal cytology with the aid of chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, etc.