2017 Meeting

Final Agenda for the 2017 SPOEG

January 13-15, 2017 (MLK Weekend)

Friday, January 13

On arrival

Arrive and settle in. Meet at the lobby bar for late night social hour.

Saturday, January 14

7:30-8:00 am

Breakfast and AV Setup

8:00-8:45 am

Business Issues: Moderated by Craig Derkay

  • Policies regarding patients recording encounters: David Darrow
  • 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
  • New LTP/laryngoplasty and other Peds OTO codes: Larry Simon
  • MACRA/MIPS Larry Simon

10:00 am–12:00 noon

Pediatric Otolaryngology Journal Club (Presentations of the top in each field with critique)

  • What’s new in Otology/Otitis Media: David Kay
  • What’s new in Tonsils/Adenoids and OSA: Jim Thomsen
  • What’s new in Pediatric Allergy and Rhinosinusitis: Hassan Rammadan
  • What’s new in Head and Neck and Pediatric Airway—Tony Hughes

    12:00 noon–1:00 pm

    Lunch with Discussion

    • New technologies and new uses for existing technology: Industry guests

    1:00-1:30 pm

    Point/Counterpoint: Tonsillectomy vs.Tonsillotomy in children Cristina Baldassari and Udi Shah

    1:30-2:00 pm

    Point/Counterpoint: 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: 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: Should you play “the game”? Does it matter? Brian Reilly

    3:00-7:00 pm

    Free Time

    7:00 pm

    Course Dinner

    Sunday, January 15

    7:30-8:00 am

    Breakfast and AV Setup

    8:00-9:30 am

    Difficult /interesting cases

    • Airway:Steve Sobol / Jeff Simons
    • Head and neck: Lindhe Guarisco/Amal Isaiah
    • Otology: Anita Jeyakumar, Melvin Schloss
    • Facial plastics: Mark Armeni

    9:30-10:00 am

    What Otolaryngologists need to know about Zika: Ramzi Younis

    10:00-10:30 am

    How to incorporate Allergy into your Pediatric Otolaryngology Practice: Maria Veling

    10:30-11:00 am

    Ergonomics in Pediatric ENT: Dan Wohl and Karen Zur

    11:00-11:20 am

    E cigarettes (ENDS): What the Pediatric ENT needs to know and why: Craig Derkay

    11:20–11:50 am

    Managing hearing loss in children: a Pediatrician’s perspective: Rachel St John

    11:50 am–12 noon

    Discussion of timing/venue for SPOSG 2017/Caribbean meeting: Rande/Craig/Carlos

    12 noon

    Adjourn