Gerd Rasp (* born 10 May 1960,

Bad Reichenhall Bad Reichenhall (; Central Bavarian: ''Reichahoi'') is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgau Alps (including Mount Stau ...

) is a German physician of

otorhinolaryngology Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical an ...

with the additional specialties of plastic surgery and

allergology Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are various conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment. These diseases include Allergic rhinitis, hay fever, Food allergy, food al ...

. He is a professor and chairman of the hospital for otorhinolaryngology and dean for research affairs at the

Paracelsus Private Medical University of Salzburg The Paracelsus Medical University () is a private university located in Salzburg municipality, Austria and Nuremberg, Germany. Organization and financing University management * Wolfgang Sperl (Rector) * Theodor Fischlein (Vice Rector) * L ...

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. He is known for his work in the fields of

rhinology Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical an ...

and tympanic surgery.

Scientific contribution

At first Rasp undertook experimental work with the active sequencing of the ovinal inter-alpha

trypsin inhibitor A trypsin inhibitor (TI) is a protein and a type of serine protease inhibitor ( serpin) that reduces the biological activity of trypsin by controlling the activation and catalytic reactions of proteins. Trypsin is an enzyme involved in the breakdow ...

. Later he focussed on subjects in

Rasp G, Hochstrasser K. ''Tryptase in Nasal Fluid is a Useful Marker of Allergic Rhinitis''. In: ''

Allergy Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are various conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment. These diseases include Allergic rhinitis, hay fever, Food allergy, food al ...

''. 1993; 48:72-74. and rhinology.Rasp G. ''Is there a role for leukotriene antagonists in the prevention of recurrent nasal polyps?'' In: ''

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology ''Current Opinion'' is a series of medical journals published by Wolters Kluwer imprint Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Wolters Kluwer acquired the journals from the Thomson Organisation International Thomson Organization (ITO) was a Canadian h ...

''. 2010; 10:200-205. A focal point was the analysis of local nasal fluid and tissue, mainly regarding inflammation mechanisms,Rasp G, Thomas PA, Bujia J. ''Eosinophil Inflammation of the Nasal Mucosa in Allergic and Nonallergic Rhinitis Measured by Eosinophil Cationic Protein Levels in Native Nasal Fluid and Serum''. In: '' Clinical and Experimental Allergy''. 1994; 24:1151-1156. producing the majority of his scientific publications. More, common papers came from work with his team.Helms J, Muller J, Schon F, Winkler F, Moser L, Shehata-Dieler W, et al. ''Comparison of the TEMPO plus ear-level speech processor and the CISPRO plus body-worn processor in adult MED-EL cochlear implant users''. In: ''Orl-Journal for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Its Related Specialties''. 2001; 63: 31-40. Rasp's habilitation addressed inflammation parameters of local medical diagnosis of the immune system for the dried nasal mucus. In the context of clinical activities in Munich and Stuttgart Rasp took part in a research network for paraglioms under Hartmut Neumann, Freiburg. In Salzburg Rasp expanded the neuro- otological work group.

Academic memberships

* Verband der Leitenden Krankenhausärzte Österreichs (VLKÖ) * Österreichische Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde * Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde * European Academy of Facial Plastic surgery (EAFPS) *

European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) is a non-profit organisation for European clinicians, researchers and allied health professionals in the field of allergy and clinical immunology, covering asthma, rhinitis, eczema a ...

(EAACI) * Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schädelbasischirurgie * German Society for Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery (DGPW) Rasp is or was a member in the advisory board or in the editor committee of the following scientific journals: * 2012 ''Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie'' (coeditor) * 2012 ''

Laryngoscope Laryngoscopy () is endoscopy of the larynx, a part of the throat. It is a medical procedure that is used to obtain a view, for example, of the vocal folds and the glottis. Laryngoscopy may be performed to facilitate tracheal intubation during ge ...

'' (editorial board)

Awards

1996 Editor's choice award of LOOK SMART for the first website in the German otorhinolaryngology

Publications

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References

External links

* ttp://www.pmu.ac.at/forschung/forschungsbuero/kontakt.html Paracelsus Private Medical University: Research Office
Interview of SpringerMedizin.at with Gerd Rasp
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rasp, Gerd 1960 births Living people German otolaryngologists Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni People from Bad Reichenhall