2019 Meeting

Final Agenda for the 2019 SPOEG

January 18-20, 2019 (MLK Weekend)

Friday, January 18

On arrival

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

Saturday, January 19

7:30-8:00 am

Breakfast and AV Setup

8:00-8:45 am

Update on the activities of our societies that impact our practices:

  • ASPO: Bruce Maddern
  • AAO-HNS: Jeff Simons
  • SENTAC: David Darrow
  • AAP: Cristina Baldassari
  • ACS: Craig Derkay
  • AMA: Craig Derkay

8:45-10:00 am

Business Issues: Moderatator: Craig Derkay

  • Brief Coding update 2019: Larry Simon
  • PNP/PA/RN/LPN/MA: What mixture works best in a Pediatric Otolaryngology office? Jim Thomsen and Brian Reilly
  • Sick leave/Vacation time/Meeting times: Institutional and practice policies for clinicians: George Zalzal, Ron Eavey, Bruce Maddern
  • Promotion letters: What to say and how to say it. Jeff Simons

10:00-10:20 am

Break with Exhibitors

    10:20 am–12 noon

    Pediatric Otolaryngology Journal Club (Presentations of one or two key articles from the past year in each field with critique)

    • What’s new in Otitis Media: Dan Wohl
    • What’s new in OSA/Recurrent tonsillitis: Evelyn Kluka
    • What’s new in Head and Neck/Pediatric Airway Jim Thomsen
    • What’s new in Pediatric Otology: Karen Hotchkiss

    12:00 noon–1:00 pm

    Lunch with Exhibitors

    1:00-1:30 pm

    What to do about enlarged inferior turbinates Cristina Baldassari

    1:30-2:00 pm

    Point/Counterpoint: Tympanoplasty techniques for small perforations/retained tubes: endoscopic vs oto-microscope John Carter/Lindhe Guarisco

    2:00-2:50 pm

    Point/Counterpoint: Osteo-integrated hearing ampllification vs. transcutaneous in children with maximal conductive hearing loss (aural atresia, etc) Ken Kazahaya /Brian Reilly

    2:50-3:15 pm

    New Pediatric GERD treatment guidelines: John McClay

    3:00-7:00 pm

    Free Time

    7:00 pm

    Course Dinner

    Sunday, January 20

    7:30-8:00 am

    Breakfast and AV Setup

    8:00-9:30 am

    Difficult /interesting cases

    • Airway: Scott Rickert
    • Head and neck: Tony Sheyn (skull base)
    • Otology: Anita Jeykumar
    • Rhinology: Hassan Ramadan
    • Craniofacial: Mark Armeni Pediatric Osteoblastoma involving the Frontal Sinus
    • Foreign body: Stuart Morgantstern

    10:00-10:30 am

    Dealing with OMFS/Dental referrals regarding OSA treatment for dento-facial issues (crowding, over-jet)David Darrow, MD, DDS

    10:30-11:00 am

    Electronic nicotine and Cannabis delivery systems (e-cigarettes) : What pediatric otolaryngologists need to know Craig Derkay and Melvin Schloss

    11:00-11:30 am

    Optimizing trach care in children: New tubes; reporting of and prevention of wound breakdowns: Steve Sobol/Emily Boss

    11:30 am–12:00 noon

    Policies and ethics regarding simultaneous/concurrent surgeries in Pediatric Otolaryngology Bill Collins

    12 noon

    Adjourn