Final Agenda for the 2019 SPOSG
January 18-20, 2019 (MLK Weekend)
Friday
January 18
Saturday
January 16
7:30-8:00am
8:00-8:45am
Arrive and settle in. Meet at the lobby bar for late night social hour.
Breakfast and AV Setup
Update on the activities of our societies that impact our practices:
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ASPO: Bruce Maddern
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AAO-HNS: Jeff Simons
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SENTAC: David Darrow
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AAP: Cristina Baldassari
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ACS: Craig Derkay
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AMA: Craig Derkay
8:45-10:00 am
Business Issues: Moderated by Craig Derkay
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Brief Coding update 2019: Larry Simon
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PNP/PA/RN/LPN/MA: What mixture works best in a Pediatric Otolaryngology office? Jim Thomsen and Brian Reilly
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Sick leave/Vacation time/Meeting times: Institutional and practice policies for clinicians: George Zalzal, Ron Eavey, Bruce Maddern
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Promotion letters: What to say and how to say it. Jeff Simons
10:00- 10:20 am
10:20 am - noon
Break with exhibitors
Pediatric Otolaryngology Journal Club (Presentations of one or two key articles from the past year in each field with critique)
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What’s new in Otitis Media: Dan Wohl
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What’s new in OSA/Recurrent tonsillitis: Evelyn Kluka
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What’s new in Head and Neck/Pediatric Airway Jim Thomsen
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What’s new in Pediatric Otology: Karen Hotchkiss
12noon-100pm
1pm-1:30
1:30-2:00pm
Lunch with Exhibitors
What to do about enlarged inferior turbinates Cristina Baldassari
Point/Counterpoint: Tympanoplasty techniques for small perforations/retained tubes: endoscopic vs oto-microscope John Carter/Lindhe Guarisco
2:00-2:50
2:50-3:15pm
Sunday
January 18
7:30am-8:00am
3:00 - 7:00pm
7pm
8:00 - 9.30am
Point/Counterpoint: Osteo-integrated hearing ampllification vs. transcutaneous in children with maximal
conductive hearing loss (aural atresia, etc) Ken Kazahaya /Brian Reilly
New Pediatric GERD treatment guidelines: John McClay
Free Time
Course Dinner
Breakfast with AV Setup
Difficult /interesting cases
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Airway: Scott Rickert
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Head and neck: Tony Sheyn (skull base)
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Otology: Anita Jeykumar
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Rhinology: Hassan Ramadan
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Craniofacial: Mark Armeni Pediatric Osteoblastoma involving the Frontal Sinus
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Foreign body: Stuart Morgantstern
10:00 - 10:30am
11:00 - 11:30am
10.30-11:00am
Dealing with OMFS/Dental referrals regarding OSA treatment for dento-facial issues (crowding, over-jet)David Darrow, MD, DDS
Electronic nicotine and Cannabis delivery systems (e-cigarettes) : What pediatric otolaryngologists need to know Craig Derkay and Melvin Schloss
Optimizing trach care in children: New tubes; reporting of and prevention of wound breakdowns: Steve Sobol/Emily Boss
11:30 - 12 noon
12 noon
Policies and ethics regarding simultaneous/concurrent surgeries in Pediatric Otolaryngology Bill Collins
Adjourn
Point/Counterpoint: Tympanoplasty techniques for small perforations/retained tubes: endoscopic vs oto-microscope John Carter/Lindhe Guarisco