Desiderio Passali is an Italian doctor and ear, nose, and throat professor at the ENT Department of Siena University. Passali worked for 40 years in ENT departments of various University hospitals, in Italy, and established ENT departments in Rome, Siena, and L'Aquila he headed for 45 years, where many physicians and students studied otolaryngology and audiology. His clinical, surgical, and scientific main interests centered on rhinology, inflammatory ear diseases, pediatric otolaryngology, allergy, and equilibrium.