“We already know opioids are an epidemic,” said Heather M. Weinreich, MD, with the University of Illinois-Chicago. She and her panel of three speakers explored alternative strategies to opioids during ... Read More
2019 Meeting Daily
Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Growing Concern—And Opportunity
Wake Up Call: The Why, What, and How of Advance Sleep Training 8:45 - 9:45 am, Today Room 290 Whether it’s caused by obesity, smoking, neurologic, or anatomical abnormalities, obstructive sleep ... Read More
Trigeminal and Facial Reanimation: The State of the Art
Facial palsy and trigeminal anesthesia can be devastating for patients—both in terms of pain and function as well as aesthetics. But cutting-edge surgical techniques are rapidly evolving and offering ... Read More
5 Tips for Recognizing Depression
Depression and Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Care 11:15 am, Today Room 292 It’s not hard to understand why head and neck cancer patients suffer from depression. Besides the diagnosis itself, ... Read More
Tackling Vascular Malformations
Managing Vascular Malformations: Laser and Surgical Therapy 10:00 am, Today Room 394 Eighteen years ago, one of the twin daughters of Gregory M. Levitin, MD, was born with a vascular birthmark that ... Read More
Academic Bowl
Tulane University emerged victorious in yesterday’s Academic Bowl. Four of the nation’s top otolaryngology programs participated in the 13th year of the competition, now hosted in a style reminiscent ... Read More
Catching Sensorineural Hearing Loss Early
When it comes to identifying and treating children with sensorineural hearing loss, it takes a village. Oliver F. Adunka, MD, the lead presenter in yesterday’s session, “Medical Work-Up of Pediatric ... Read More
Treatment Innovations for Chronic Sinusitis
From bench to clinical practice, a panel of doctors tackled the broad efforts from research labs to treatment options for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) during Monday’s “Innovations in Treatment of ... Read More
Superheroes to Supersystems
Cotton-Fitted Endowed Lecture in Pediatric Otolaryngology 10:00 am, Today New Orleans Theater B Rahul Shah, MD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Quality and Safety Officer at Children’s National ... Read More
Exploring Immune-Mediated Hearing Loss
Howard P. House, MD Memorial Lectureship for Advances in Otology 2:30 pm, Today New Orleans Theater B Effectively distinguishing the biologic and clinical differences of autoimmune inner ear ... Read More
