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Day One - Sunday, 22 April 2012

Day 1
   

 

 

ROOM 1

Relevant to Otolaryngologists, Audiologists & Speech Language Pathologists

08:30

Welcome Note
Hussein Abdulrahman

Programme Notes
Muaaz Tarabichi

 

08:40

Keynote Lecture: Role of Physicians in Times of Turbulence – Tarek Helmy

 

09:00

Mini-seminar: Cochlear Implants: The next Step
Moderator: Muaaz Tarabichi

  • Outcomes in Early Cochlear Implantation – John Niparko
  • Implantation for Single–Sided Deafness – Roland Laszig
  • CI: Past, Present, and Future – Susan B. Waltzman
  • My Personal Experience – Karen MacIver-Lux
  • Hearing Preservation in CI – Muaaz Tarabichi
 

10:30

Coffee

 

11:00

The role of viruses in Head and Neck cancer
Chairperson – Hussein Abdulrahman

  • Should the Management of Oropharyngeal Cancer Management be altered according to HPV status – Hisham Mehanna
  • Surgical Management of Oropharyngeal Cancer: Myths, Viruses, and the Robot – Kerry Olsen
  • EBV and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma – Latest Evidence in Management and Follow–up – Saleh Al Dhahri
 

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

Mini-seminar: Paediatric Sinusitis
Moderator: Hassan H. Ramadan
Panelists: Kenny Chan, Roy R. Casiano, Parul Goyal

 

15:30

Coffee

 

16:00

Mini-seminar: Allergic Fungal Sinusitis
Moderator: Ali Ibrahim Al Amri and Omar El Banhawy

  • Geographic Variation of Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis Worldwide and in Arabic World – Parul Goyal & Omar El–Banhawy
  • Presentation of Allergic Fungal Sinusitis and in KSA – Parul Goyal & Ali Ibrahim Al Amri
  • Allergic Fungal Sinusitis in Children – Ali Ibrahim Al Amri
  • Etiopathogenesis of Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis – Roy R. Casiano
  • Local and Systemic Corticosteroids for Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis – Roy R. Casiano
  • Radiologic Diagnostic Criteria for Allergic Fungal Sinusitis – Parul Goyal
  • Perioperative Management and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery for Allergic Fungal Sinusitis – Roy R. Casiano
  • Future Direction for Avoidance and Management Fungal Sinusitis – Roy R. Casiano
  • Ophthalmic Manifestations of Allergic Fungal Sinusitis – Parul Goyal
  • Immunotherapy for Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis – When and Why? – Omar El Banhawy
  • Experience with Chronic Invasive Fungal Sinusitis in Northern Pakistan – Zakir Ullah
 

18:00

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ROOM 2

Relevant to Otolaryngologists, Audiologists & Speech Language Pathologists

09:00

Mini-seminar: Do you know your ATA Guidelines for Thyroid Nodules and Cancer?
Moderator: Anjum Naveed

  • ATA Guidelines for Thyroid Nodules – Anjum Naveed
  • ATA Guidelines for Thyroid Cancer – Hisham Mehanna

Panelists: Jatin Shah, Kerry Olsen, Tariq Rafi, Fadi Kannan

 

10:30

Coffee

 

11:00

Dizziness: Case presentation
Moderator & Presenter: Sertac Yetiser
Panelists: John Niparko, Mohamed Shabana, Mohamed Fawzi Mustafa, Munahi Al Qahatni

 

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

State of the Art – Otology
Moderator: Munahi Al Qahatni

  • The Difficult Chronic Ear – John Niparko
  • Understanding Attic Cholesteatoma – Muaaz Tarabichi
  • Reconstruction of the Canal–wall down Mastoidectomy Cavity – Sertac Yetiser
  • Patterns of Epithelial Migration in Chronic Otitis Media – Munahi Al Qahatni
 

15:30

Coffee

 

16:00

Mini-seminar: CI in the Middle East
Moderator: Mondy Hammad

  • Rannan: Computer Based Aural Rehabilitation for Arab Speaking Children – Najwa M. Al Ghamdi
  • A Comprehensive Introduction to the Genetic Basis of Non–syndromic Hearing Loss in the Saudi Arabian population – Khalid M. Taibah
  • Our Experience in the New Med–El electrode (FLEX 28) for Infants and Young children – Mondy Hammad
  • Dealing with Difficult Situation During CI surgery – Firas Alzoubi
  • Outcome of Auditory Neuropathy after Cochlear Implantation – Abdulmomen H. Al Shaikh
  • Cochlear Implantation Following Meningitis, Difficulties and Results – Jamal Kassouma
  • Cochlear Implantation in Pakistan – Naveed Aslam
  • The Round Window Electrode insertion in Inner Ear Malformations – Hassan Diab
  • Rehabilitation on the Radar in the Middle East – Nadia Abdulhaq
  • AHD experience with EAS Devices – Muaaz Tarabichi
  • Role of Infectious Agents in Children with Cochlear Implant – Samileh Noorbakhsh
 

18:00

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ROOM 3

09:00

Instructional Course: Experiences with Vidian Neurectomy – Carlos M. Fernandis

 

10:00

Instructional Course: Evolution of Endoscopic Surgery for the Management of Sinonasal Neoplasms – Parul Goyal

 

11:00

Instructional Course: Juvenile Angiofibroma: Current Treatment Options – Kenny Chan

 

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

Mini-seminar: Tracheostomy Care
Moderator: Amr Abdelrahman Elhakeem

  • Tracheostomy Care Tips of the pearl Hosam Makki, Muayad Radhi Al Khagaji

Panelists: Jatin Shah, Ahmed Tantawy, Amr Abdelrahman Elhakeem

 

15:30

Coffee

 

16:00

Tumour Board
Moderator: Amine Haddad
Participants: Salma Mohammed Al Sheibani, Saleh Al Dhahri, Kerry Olsen, Hisham Mehanna, Tariq Rafi, Jatin Shah, Abdulaziz Alabidi, Salim Chaib Rassou

 

18:00

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ROOM 4

 

09:00

Instructional Courses: Augmentation Rhinoplasty for Long Term Correction of Drooping Nose by Endonasal and Open Approaches – Mohsen Naraghi

 

10:00

Instructional course: Osteotomies in Rhinoplasty – Alireza Mesbahi

 

11:00

Instructional course: Difficult Bony Vault: Video–Endoscopic Sculpture with Powered Micro–saw Osteotomy – Yakup Avsar

 

12.30

Lunch

 

14.00

Instructional Course: It is Time to Re– examine the Treatment of Advanced Laryngeal Cancer – Kerry Olsen

 

15.00

Instructional Course: Surgery for Tumours of Salivary Gland – Jatin Shah

 

16.00

Instructional Course – Temporal Bone Anatomy, Radiology, Temporal Bone Lesions and Differential Diagnosis – Derya Ümit Talas

 

17.00

Instructional course: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Manoeuvres for Benign Paroxysmal Vertigo – Sertac Yetiser

 

18.00

Close

 

ROOM 5

09:00

Instructional Course: How to avoid Malpractice in Forensic ENT Medicine? – Mohamed El Sayed Attia

 

10:00

Instructional Course: Total Inferior Turbinectomy Technique How to Avoid Pitfalls Experience with One Thousand and Two Hundred Cases – Mohamad Daouk

 

11:00

Instructional Course: Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery – Mohammed Farhadi, Guive Sharifi, Maryam Jalessi

 

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

Instruction Course: Endonasal Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy: Achieving Optimal Results with a Simple Technique – Mohsen Naraghi

 

15:00

Instructional Course: The Aging Face: Dynamics and Surgery – Nabil Fuleihan

 

16:00

Abstract Presentation
Moderator: Rashid Al Abri

  • Endoscopic Acoustic Stapedial Reflex in Chronic Otitis Media – Munahi Al Qahtani
  • Effect of Nasalis muscle botox injection on nasal valve dysfunction improvement, a Randomized clinical trial – Khashayar Ahmadi
  • Depression, Anxiety and stress scale in patients with tinnitus and hearing loss – Salim Chaib Rassou
  • TCI Propofol & TCI Remifentanil and Balanced Anaesthesia with short–acting anaesthetics for ENT surgery in children – Alisher Agzamov
  • Anaesthetic management in Laryngotracheal surgery. High–frequency jet ventilation as strategy for ventilation during general anaesthesia – Alisher Agzamov
  • Facial Palsy reanimation with lengthening Temporalis Myoplasty: A detailed technical demonstration – Samuel Mattine
  • The Marrara Syndrome – Hisham Ibrahim Ahmed Yagi
  • Utility of Clinical Examination and C.T scan in Assessment of Penetrating Neck Traumas – Montasir Junaid
  • Audiological Profile of Diabetic Patients – Kailesh Pujary
  • Chondroid Syringoma: A Case Report and Literature Review – Khalid Fawzi Al Dilaijan
  • The respiratory muscle capabilities of Jordanain patients with Multiple Sclerosis – Yasser S. Natour
  • Malignant T cell lymphoma of the midface – A case Report - Aakif Abdelhameed
 

18:00

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ROOM 6

Relevant to Audiologists & Speech Language Pathologists

   
   

10:00

Instructional Course: Migraine Manifestations in Otolaryngology – Omar Sabra

 

11:00

Cochlear implantation in children with additional disabilities – Susan Waltzman
Moderator: Rana Batterjee

 

11:30

Common Errors in ABR/ASSR testing of infants and young Children – Todd Sauter
Moderator: Rana Batterjee

 

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

Speech Perception in CI – Susan Waltzman, Karen MacIver-Lux
Moderator: Lubaina Sharafally

 

15:00

EcochG, Early AEPS and ANSD – Todd Sauter
Moderator: Lubaina Sharafally

 

16:00

Instructional Course: Non–Surgical Techniques of Treating Voice Disorders and Dysphagia – Yasser S. Natour

 

17:00

Instructional Course: Surgical Management of Choanal Atresia – Amr Abdulrahaman Elhakeem, Aisha Larem, Shanmugam Ganesan

 

18:00

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