Alessandra Rinaldo, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.S.M. is Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology in the Department of Surgical Sciences, ENT Clinic, at the University of Udine School of Medicine. She graduated in medicine at the University of Padua where she also did her residency in Otolaryngology through the mentorship of Alfio Ferlito. She has authored 214 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 14 book chapters. She has collaborated with 147 international experts and published in 15 medical impacted journals. She is Associate Editor with Doctor Richard V. Smith of the forthcoming third edition of the book entitled The Larynx (by Fried MP, Ferlito A, eds. Plural Publishing, San Diego).

She is a member of the Editorial Board and Review Board of the following 26 journals:
Head & Neck; Oral Oncology; Laryngoscope; Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology; American Journal of Rhinology; Acta Oto-Laryngologica; Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; ORL Journal for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and its Related Specialties; Journal of Laryngology and Otology; European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology; American Journal of Otolaryngology; Auris Nasus Larynx; Journal of Surgical Oncology; Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology; Ear, Nose, & Throat Journal; Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica Nova; Head and Neck Diseases; Advances in Therapy; BioMed Central Ear Nose Throat Disorders; ORL Update; ORL Today; Journal of Voice; Focus on ORL; Anales Otorrinolaringológicos del Perú; and Excerpta Medica.

She is a fellow of various scientific societies, i.e. the American College of Surgeons; the Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum; the American Laryngological Association; the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society; the Royal Society of Medicine of London; the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; the American Broncho-Esophagological Association; the American Head and Neck Society; the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; the British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists; the Voice Foundation; the International Union Against Cancer (UICC); the American Rhinologic Society; the Italian Society of Otolaryngology and Cervico-Facial Surgery; the University Association of Otolaryngologists.

She has a full registration with the General Medical Council (UK) and she worked as a Senior House Officer in Otolaryngology at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (Edinburgh).

She was visiting doctor at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Institute of Laryngology and Otology (London), the St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Department of ENT Surgery (London), the Royal Marsden Hospital, Head and Neck Unit (London), the Hôpital Laënnec, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Paris), the Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx (New York), the Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York) (twice), the Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York) (three times), the Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, The Eye and Ear Institute (Pittsburgh).

She was fellow in Head and Neck Surgery at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Institute of Laryngology and Otology (London).

She was the recipient of the following awards: the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) International Cancer Technology Transfer Fellowship Award (three times), the Laryngeal Cancer Association Recher Award.

She has presented several communications in international meetings and has delivered lectures as an invited speaker in many countries.

She is interested in the management of patients with head and neck cancer in general, and larynx cancer in particular. Her professional life is distributed among clinical practice, teaching and scientific research.


Books by Author:
The Larynx, Third Edition