Final Agenda for the 2017 SPOSG
January 13-15, 2017 (MLK Weekend)
Friday
January 13
Saturday
January 14
7:30-8:00am
8:00-8:45
Arrive and settle in. Meet at the lobby bar for late night social hour.
Breakfast and AV Setup
Business Issues: Moderated by Craig Derkay
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Policies regarding patients recording encounters: David Darrow
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Tips for bedside manner at initial encounter of difficult patients (angry after multiple prior other doctors; needing revision surgery; second opinions; nasty to the front staff; touching in inappropriate ways)Bruce Maddern
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New LTP/laryngoplasty and other Peds OTO codes: Larry Simon
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MACRA/MIPS Larry Simon
10 - 12:00 noon
Pediatric Otolaryngology Journal Club (Presentations of the top in each field with critique)
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What’s new in Otology/Otitis Media: David Kay
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What’s new in Tonsils/Adenoids and OSA: Jim Thomsen
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Hassan RammadanWhat’s new in Pediatric Allergy and Rhinosinusitis:
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What’s new in Head and Neck and Pediatric Airway—Tony Hughes
12 noon - 1pm
1 - 1:30 pm
1:30 - 2:00 pm
Lunch with Discussion
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New technologies and new uses for existing technology: Industry guests
Point/Counterpoint:
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Tonsillectomy vs.Tonsillotomy in children Cristina Baldassari and Udi Shah
Point/Counterpoint:
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Strategies for prevention of post-tympanostomy otorrhea: Standard therapy vs. Otiprio Eric Mair and Craig Derkay
2 :00 - 2:30 pm
Working with (or against) your hospital:
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When to help and when to stand-up and object (Joint commission/OR attire/ ACS Optimal resources) Ron Mitchell
2:30 - 3:00 pm
Best Doctors/Top Docs/ Best Hospitals ratings:
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Should you play “the game”? Does it matter? Brian Reilly
3:00 - 7:00 pm
7:00pm
Free time
Course dinner
Sunday
January 15
7:30am-8:00am
8:00 - 9.30am
Breakfast with AV Setup
Difficult /interesting cases
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Airway:Steve Sobol / Jeff Simons
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Head and neck: Lindhe Guarisco/Amal Isaiah
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Otology: Anita Jeyakumar, Melvin Schloss
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Facial plastics: Mark Armeni
9:30 - 10:00 am
10:30 - 11:00am
10:00 - 10:30
11:20 - 11:50
11:50 - noon
11:00 - 11:20am
11:50 - noon
What Otolaryngologists need to know about Zika: Ramzi Younis
How to incorporate Allergy into your Pediatric Otolaryngology Practice: Maria Veling
Ergonomics in Pediatric ENT: Dan Wohl and Karen Zur
E cigarettes (ENDS): What the Pediatric ENT needs to know and why: Craig Derkay
Managing hearing loss in children: a Pediatrician’s perspective: Rachel St John
Discussion of timing/venue for SPOSG 2017/Caribbean meeting: Rande/Craig/Carlos
Adjourn