Kenji Kondo received his M.D. from The University of Tokyo, School of Medicine, in 1994, and completed his Ph.D. program in Medical Science at the Graduate School of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo in 2001. He is now a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, and a Chief Physician in the Rhinology Clinic at The University of Tokyo Hospital. He has a broad area of interest in rhinology, especially in olfactory neuroscience and medicine. His research themes are chronic rhinosinusitis, allergic rhinitis, olfactory dysfunction, and facial paralysis.