Today's date: May 19, 2013
Daily
Sunday, October 4
Monday, October 5
Tuesday, October 6
Wednesday, October 7
Welcome: Your Participation Makes a Difference
Academy President David W. Kennedy, MD, extends warm greetings and thanks for attending and participating. Read More...
Instruction Courses to Offer ‘Easy’ Solution to Hone Skills for Credit
Instruction Course sessions address current diagnostic, therapeutic, and practice management topic. Read More...
Schedule At-A-Glance — Sunday, October 4
View a schedule of today's top activities for the annual meeting. Read More...
New this year! Stop by the AAO-HNSF Onsite MarketPlace
The onsite MarketPlace in the Sails Pavilion offers key AAO-HNSF resources. Read More...
Conley Lecture to Address Face Transplant Ethics
Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, will address major questions surrounding the ethics of face transplantation. Read More...
Subspecialty Societies Co-Sponsor Miniseminars
Nine otolaryngology specialty societies have collaborated in developing miniseminar programming. Read More...
Tap into AAO-HNSF’s Social Networking at Annual Meeting
From a mobile handset, social networking and information sharing opportunities are only a tweet away. Read More...
Engage in Compelling Conversations
Academy leaders and specialty experts take on major health care and specialty issues. Read More...
Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Names Top Ten
The journal Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery needs dedicated peer reviewers. Read More...
Posters Present Latest Research and Clinical Updates
Posters are among the key components to the annual meeting's Scientific Program. Read More...
San Diego Chefs Cook Up Delicious, Diverse Dishes
Many of San Diego's best restaurants are located downtown. Read More...
Variety of Activities in San Diego Amazes Visitors
No matter what attractions you select, the choices are sure to be good ones. Read More...
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Monday, October 5
President Calls on Members to Prepare for Change
No better theme describes the past year covering the term of AAO-HNS/F President David W. Kennedy, MD, than rapid, unceasing change. That theme will continue for the foreseeable future, he said in his presidential remarks Sunday at the Opening Ceremony of the Annual Meeting & OTO Expo. Read More...
Therapeutic Misconception Is Ethics Issue in Face Transplantation
One of the most troubling ethics challenges in facial transplantation is the problem of therapeutic misconception — the idea that patients believe their doctors wouldn't perform this experimental procedure unless they were 100 percent sure of its success. Read More...
Schedule At-A-Glance — Monday, October 5
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MarketPlace Offers Patient Information Resources
The AAO-HNSF onsite MarketPlace, open from 7:30 am–6:00 pm today in the Sails Pavilion, offers a full assortment of patient health information resources. MarketPlace shoppers can select Academy-developed and Academy-branded consumer education products and provide your patients with information in an easy-to-understand format that they can refer to time and time again. Read More...
Experts to Engage in Compelling Conversations
Compelling conversations will continue today with specialty leaders and experts addressing key current issues within the Academy and the specialty. Read More...
Two Teams Tie for Academic Bowl Championship
In his introduction of the competition, Academic Bowl coordinator J. David Osguthorpe, MD, predicted that the winning medical school residency team would answer 85 percent of Bowl questions correctly. When the dust settled at the conclusion, two of the teams did considerably better than that, "proving that these are the top residency programs in the country," Dr. Osguthorpe said. Read More...
Miniseminar Details Landmark Face Transplant
A landmark facial transplantation procedure at the Cleveland Clinic raised questions about the research foundations, the technical components, and the ethical basis for the procedure. Addressing them all during Sunday's miniseminar, "Issues in Facial Transplantation," was Daniel Alam, MD, who performed the operation on the 46-year-old patient who had suffered massive facial injuries from a gunshot wound to the midface. Read More...
Simulation Training Evolves From ‘Toy’ to an Effective Tool
The use of simulation in medical training has outgrown its infancy and is quickly establishing itself as a respected tool. Educators and clinicians are searching for ways to further help simulation reach its potential, and Sunday, six speakers discussed those efforts. Read More...
Don’t Miss This BOG Seminar on OHNS Workforce
Attend the BOG Miniseminar this morning to learn what the shrinking supply of otolaryngologists and head and neck surgeons (OHNS) means to you, the specialty, and healthcare as a whole. The BOG Miniseminar, "Physician Workforce in OHNS: What's in Your Future?" will be held from 8:00 am–9:20 am today in SDCC, Room 6A. Read More...
Key Lectures for Today
Jonathan D. Klein, MD, MPH, an expert in adolescent medicine and children's health services research, will address considerations for care of children with diseases or disorders of the ears, nose, throat, head, and neck. Read More...
CHEER Network Convenes for Research, Strategy Meeting
The AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting served as the perfect gathering venue on Saturday for a research and strategy meeting of principal investigators with the Creating Healthcare Excellence through Education and Research (CHEER) network. In addition to participating in Saturday's strategy meeting, CHEER's principal investigators have been visiting with otolaryngologists throughout the course of the week about the CHEER network. Read More...
Papers Feature Latest Research, Scientific Updates
Leading research is presented each year in papers presented as part of the Scientific Program. Among the key topics presented Sunday were the effects of ear infection in organ transplantation, the links between chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and chronic illness, and the connection between sleep apnea and GI tract conditions. Read More...
Notice of Off-Label Use Presentations and Exhibits
AAO-HNSF meetings may include presentations and exhibits involving drugs or devices or uses of drugs or devices that have not been approved by the FDA Read More...
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Tuesday, October 6
Workforce Shortage: Gap Not Expected To Be Closed in the Coming Decade
An audience-response question during Monday's education session, "Physician Workforce in OTO-HNS: What's in Your Future?" led 55 percent of attendees to say they expect to add otolaryngologists to their staffs in the next two years. Read More...
Neel Lecturer Offers Advice on Uncertainty in Medicine, Research
When it comes to uncertainty, Martin J. Burton, DM, FRCS, acknowledged that dealing with it and learning from it are an inevitable part of research and medicine, a message that he delivered Monday on "Uncertainty in Otolaryngologic Research" for the Neel Distinguished Research Lecture. Read More...
Schedule At-A-Glance — Tuesday, October 6
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Cotton-Fitton Lecturer Warns Youth Are Most Vulnerable to Dangers of Tobacco
Adolescents are more likely than adults to become addicted to nicotine, and the tobacco industry knows it. For that reason, targeting adolescents for prevention would go a long way toward reversing tobacco-related disease and deaths. Read More...
View Instructional Materials at AAO-HNSF Onsite MarketPlace
The annual meeting presents the ideal opportunity to shop for resources offered through AAO-HNS, and physician education materials top the list of items shoppers will peruse at the onsite MarketPlace open from 7:30 am–6:00 pm today in the Sails Pavilion. Specifically for AAO-HNS members, selected educational materials will be available at a discounted rate. Read More...
Physicians in the Driver’s Seat in Ensuring Quality of Care
Forces from every side affect the quality of care physicians provide their patients. Some forces are imposed on specialties from regulators, payers, and health systems. And often physicians can play a direct role in how these forces affect their work. Read More...
Cultural Competency: It’s Not Enough To Be the Best Doctor
"Isn't it good enough to be the best doctor for all patients?" The answer to that question is ‘no,' said Duane J. Taylor, MD. Not in a country as culturally diverse as the United States. Read More...
Compelling Conversation to Discuss Reviewing for Journals
Compelling conversations for the 2009 Annual Meeting will wrap up today with learning the ins and outs of serving as journal reviewers. Read More...
Key Lectures for Today
George T. Nager, MD, has been awarded the Paparella (IHF) Award for Distinguished Contributions in Clinical Otology, which recognizes outstanding achievements and significant sustained contributions to clinical otology and neurotology. Read More...
Scientific Program to Continue with Best in Latest Advances
The 2009 AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting and OTO EXPO continues to offer the latest research findings and updates through its Scientific Program. Key findings presented Monday included the susceptibility of men to noise-induced hearing loss, the severity of non-allergic rhinitis symptoms, and regional variations in rhinosinusitis. Read More...
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Wednesday, October 7
Myers Lecture Examines India’s High Rate of Cancer
Head and neck cancers represent 30 percent of all cancers in India, compared to 5 percent of all cancers in Western countries. So reported Anil Keith D'Cruz, MD, professor and chief of Head and Neck Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India, during his presentation, "Oral Cancers," for the Eugene N. Myers, MD, International Lecture on Head & Neck Cancer. Read More...
Importance of Dr. Nager’s Research Examined in Lecture
George T. Nager, MD, developed a reputation as a meticulous researcher that showed in his research into the value of temporal bone pathology. That research has been utilized in many areas of otolaryngology, including the development of cochlear implants, and it was highlighted in a lecture Tuesday. Read More...
Schedule At-A-Glance — Wednesday October 7
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Management of Papillary Thyroid Cancer Can Prove Perplexing
As one speaker described it, papillary thyroid cancer can be called a happy cancer, if you can indeed describe cancer in such a way. Presenters in the Tuesday miniseminar, "Controversies in Recurrent and Persistent Papillary Thyroid Cancer (PTC)," emphasized the evidence that PTC is a rare, seldom-fatal disease, but one that often recurs. Read More...
AAO-HNS/F MarketPlace Is Open Until 2:00 pm Today
Today is your last chance to shop the AAO-HNS/F onsite MarketPlace in the Sails Pavilion for a wide array of patient health information and education products. The MarketPlace will open at 7:30 am and close at 2:00 pm today. Read More...
Access Webcasts of Annual Meeting Sessions
Couldn't get enough of sessions during the 2009 AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO? Access additional sessions by visiting www.entnet.org/MeetingDaily365 and selecting Session Webcasts under Tools 365. You will be presented with session highlights and may view the webcasts or hear the audio presentations. Read More...
House Lecturer Reveals Groundbreaking Advances in Technology
An impressive array of advances has recently emerged in otology, and some promising technology is being developed for the future, a topic addressed  by Michael E. Glasscock III, MD, during the Howard P. House, MD, Memorial Lecture for Advances in Otology. Read More...
Hoarseness Guidelines Generate Discussion During Session
A Tuesday miniseminar discussion describing new clinical practice guidelines for managing hoarseness drew a large crowd. The presentation coincided with the Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery journal's publication of the guidelines as a supplement in September. These multidisciplinary guidelines have proved to be of value to a broad audience, and in some cases, have also attracted intense scrutiny. Read More...
Papers, Posters Offer Latest Research Findings
The Scientific Program presents cutting-edge research in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery. Major research presented on Tuesday addressed such topics as oropharyngeal cancer, genetic mutation in age-related hearing loss, and noise exposure in convertible cars. Read More...
Boston to Serve as Host to 2010 Annual Meeting
It's never too early to make plans for joining thousands of your otolaryngology–head and neck surgery colleagues for the 2010 AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting and OTO EXPO September 26-29 in Boston. Nearly all educational sessions will be held in the new, state-of-the-art Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Read More...
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