Our Team

Jennifer Douglas

Jennifer Douglas

Principal Investigator

Jennifer Douglas, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the University of Pennsylvania and an Affiliated Scientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center who specializes in rhinology and skull base surgery. Dr. Douglas completed her Bachelor of Arts in neuroscience and French language and literature at the University of Virginia followed by medical school, otolaryngology residency, and rhinology and skull base surgery fellowship at Penn. Dr. Douglas has a specific clinical interest in caring for patients with complex sinonasal inflammatory disease and skull base tumors, with a research focus on chemosensory disorders.

Ankit Chauhan

Ankit Chauhan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Focus: Mechanisms of viral-induced olfactory dysfunction using human organoids

Sanjena Venkatesh

Sanjena Venkatesh

Penn Medical Student Year-Out Researcher

Focus: Olfactory outcomes in skull base surgery