Prof Basile Nicolas LANDIS, MD
Current position:
Head of the Rhinology-Olfactology Unit, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.

Trained in:
Geneva, Bern and Dresden Editorial Board Member:
ORL- Journal of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Its Related Specialities  
Annales françaises d’ORL et de pathologie cervico-faciale
European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases
Rhinology
Biomedecine Hub
    
Certified Board Member:
Swiss ENT Society Description:
We established a specialized Smell and Taste Outpatient clinic since 1999 were workup is done wit
-nasal endoscopy
-smell testing: Sniffin’Sticks; retronasal testing, olfactory event related potentials
-taste testing: Taste Strips
-Nasal function: PNIF, Rhinomanometry
-trigeminal testing: Lateralization
-full rhinological medical and surgical care Official functions     President of the Swiss Rhinology Board
    Advisory Board (Delegate for Switzerland) of the ERS
    Honorary and Corresponding Member oft the Società Italiana di Rinologia
    Founding member of the Swiss Rhinological Society Selected publications 

• B.N. Landis, R. Giger, A. Ricchetti, I. Leuchter, M. Hugentobler, T. Hummel, J.S. Lacroix : Retronasal olfactory function in nasal polyposis. Laryngoscope, 2003, 113(11), 1993-1997
• B.N. Landis, T. Hummel, M. Hugentobler, R. Giger, J.S. Lacroix : Ratings of overall olfactory function. Chem Senses, 2003, 28(8), 691-694
• J. Frasnelli, B.N. Landis, S. Heilmann, B. Hauswald, K.B. Hüttenbrink, J.S. Lacroix, D.A. Leopold, T. Hummel : Clinical presentation of qualitative olfactory dysfunction. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol, 2004, 261(7), 411-15
• B.N. Landis, C.G. Konnerth, T. Hummel : A study on the frequency of olfactory dysfunction. Laryngoscope, 2004, 114(10), 1764-1769
• B.N. Landis, P.R. Burkhard: Phantosmias and Parkinson disease. Arch Neurol, 2008, 65(9), 1237-9
• B.N. Landis, A. Welge-Luessen, A. Brämerson, M. Bende, C. A. Mueller, S. Nordin, T. Hummel: “Taste strips” – A rapid, lateralized, gustatory bedside identification test based on impregnated filter papers. J Neurol, 2009, 256(2), 242-248
• B.N. Landis, N.W. Stow, J.S. Lacroix, M. Hugentobler, T. Hummel: Olfactory disorders: the patients’ view. Rhinology, 2009, 47(4), 454-59
• T. Hummel, A. Genow, B.N. Landis: Clinical assessment of human gustatory function using event related potentials. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 2010, 81(4), 459-64
• A.M. Lascano, T. Hummel, J.S. Lacroix, B.N. Landis, C.M. Michel: Spatio-temporal dynamics of olfactory processing in the human brain: an event-related source imaging study. Neuroscience, 2010, 167(3), 700-708
• B.N. Landis, J. Frasnelli, I. Croy, T.Hummel: Evaluating the clinical usefulness of structured questions in parosmia assessment. Laryngoscope, 2010, 120(8), 1707-1713
• B.N. Landis, M. Scheibe, C. Weber, R. Berger, A. Brämerson, M. Bende, S. Nordin, T. Hummel: Chemosensory interaction: acquired olfactory impairment is associated with decreased taste function. J Neurol, 2010, 257(8), 1303-1308
• B.N. Landis, N. Marangon, P. Saudan, M. Hugentobler, R. Giger, P.Y. Martin PY, J.S. Lacroix: Olfactory function improves following hemodialysis. Kidney Int, 2011, 80(8), 886-93
• C. Heiser, B.N. Landis, R. Giger, H. Cao Van, N. Guinand, K. Hörmann, B.A. Stuck: Taste disorders after tonsillectomy: A long-term follow-up. Laryngoscope, 2012, 122(6), 1265-1266
• L. Meier, H. Friedrich, A. Federspiel, K. Jann, Y. Morishima, B.N. Landis, R. Wiest, W. Strik, T.Dierks : Rivalry of homeostatic and sensory-evoked emotions: Dehydration attenuates olfactory disgust and its neural correlates. NeuroImage 2015, 114, 120-127
• S. Negoias, H. Friedrich, M.D. Caversaccio, B.N. Landis : Rapidly fluctuating anosmia : A clinical sign for unilateral smell impairment. Laryngoscope, 2016, 126(2), E57-9
• H. Cao Van, N. Guinand, E. Damis, A.L. Mansbach, A. Poncet, T. Hummel, B.N. Landis: Olfactory stimulation may promote oral feeding in immature newborn: a randomized controlled trial. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol, 2018, 125(1), 125-129
• B.N. Landis, J.W. Hsieh, G. Coppin : Circadian anosmia: A rare clinical presentation. Laryngoscope, 2018, 128(7), 1537-1539
• C. Migneault-Bouchard, J.W. Hsieh, M. Hugentobler, J. Frasnelli, B.N. Landis : Chemosensory decrease in different forms of olfactory dysfunction. J Neurology, 2020, 267 (1), 138-143