2020 Meeting

Final Agenda for the 2020 SPOEG

January 17-19, 2020 (MLK Weekend)

Friday, January 17

On arrival

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

Saturday, January 18

7:00-8:00 am

Breakfast and AV Setup

8:00-8:45 am

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

  • ASPO: Jeff Simons
  • AAO-HNS: Jeff_Simons
  • SENTAC: David Darrow
  • ESPO: George Zalzal
  • AAP: Steve Sobol
  • ACS: Craig Derkay
  • AMA: Craig Derkay

8:45-10:00 am

Business Issues: Moderatator: Craig Derkay

  • Patient/Provider communications: Getting it right / Using technology for appointment scheduling: improving patient satisfaction (Emily Boss/ Karin Hotchkiss)
  • Managing/preventing Burnout—Does counseling help? (Ron Eavey/Evelyn Kluka)
  • Taking care of family members/friends with ENT issues (Mike Biavati/ Earl Harley)

10:00-10:20 am

Break with Exhibitors

    10:20-10:40 am

    Physicians talking with their wives/husbands about patients: Where is the HIPPA line between personal and professional? (Craig/Mark Boston)

    10:40–11:15 am

    Office challenges (Steve Sobol/Pam Mudd)

    • Chronic tardiness from parents/patients (or even how to handle the late-arriving patient)
    • Dismissing patients from your practice
    • Parents who are rude to staff (and then often very nice to the physician)
    • Easing the anxiety & frustration of long wait times in clinic
    • Handling parents who “demand” a surgery that is marginally indicated (or not indicated at all).

    11:15 am–12:15 pm

    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 (Andrew Simonsen)
    • What’s new in OSA/Recurrent tonsillitis: PACU extubation safety and efficacy (Jim Thomsen)
    • What’s new in Pediatric Otology (Ken Kazahaya)

    12:15-1:15 pm

    Lunch with Exhibitors

    1:15-1:40 pm

    Managing Dysphonia among Pediatric professional singers (Scott Rickert)

    1:40-2:00 pm

    Point/Counterpoint: Laryngeal reinnervation vs thyroplasty vs posterior grafts for vocal cord paralysis in children (Pam Mudd/Karen Zur)

    2:20-3:00 pm

    In-office tympanostomy tubes: Are we ready for this? Pros and cons for you and your families, hospitals and surgi-centers. (Jim Kosko / John McClay / Frank Rimell)

    3:00-5:30 pm

    Free Time

    5:30-7:00 pm

    Cocktail Party sponsored by Palm Allergy
    Hotel lobby bar

    7:00 pm

    Course Dinner

    Sunday, January 19

    7:30-8:00 am

    Breakfast and AV Setup

    8:00-8:15 am

    Discussion of future venues/formats/funding

    8:15-9:30 am

    Difficult /interesting cases

    • Airway (Jeff Simons)
    • Head and neck (Lindhe Guarisco/Stuart Morganstein)
    • Otology (Brian Reilly)
    • Facial Plastics/Craniofacial (Mark Armeni)
    • Tonsils/adenoids: (Lindhe Guarisco)
    • Foreign body:  (John Carter)

    9:30-10:00 am

    Break with Exhibitors

    10:00-10:30 am

    Point/Counterpoint: Role of DISE—At initial T&A or for failures/kids with CP etc. How best to code and get paid? (Cristina Baldassari / Stacey Ishman)

    10:30-11:00 am

    Update on management of Airway Hemangiomas (David Darrow)

    11:00-11:30 am

    What’s new in hearing amplification? BAHA, Cochlear implants for single sided deafness, OTC hearing aids (Anita Jeyakumar)

    11:30 am–12:00 noon

    Running two rooms: Ethics vs Efficiency of synchronous surgery (Bill Collins)

    12 noon

    Adjourn