Otolaryngology Meeting

Preliminary Programme

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Monday, 20 June 2011

Time	Session title
09.00 – 09.15	Welcome and Opening address Prof M. Birchall Professor of Laryngology, Consultant ENT Surgeon Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
09.15 – 10.35	Session 1. Airway reconstruction Chairperson: Dr J. George Consultant General and Respiratory Medicine Physician University College Hospital
09.15 – 09.35	Adult airway reconstruction, ENT perspective Mr G. Sandhu Consultant ENT Surgeon Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
09.35 – 09.55	Paediatric airway reconstruction, ENT perspective Mr B. Hartley Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
09.55 – 10.15	Paediatric airway reconstruction, Thoracic perspective Prof M. Elliott Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery University College London Director of the Tracheal Team and Co-Medical Director Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
10.15 – 10.35	Laryngeal Transplant Dr G. Farwell Associate Professor Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California
10.35 – 11.00	Tea/Coffee break
11.00 – 11.20	Airway anaesthesia Dr A. Patel Consultant Anaesthetist Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
11.20 – 11.40	Regenerative medicine approaches to airway reconstruction Prof M. Birchall Professor of Laryngology, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
11.45 – 12.30	Keynote lecture: New frontiers in Dysphagia management Dr P. Belafsky Associate Professor, Director University of California, Davis, USA
12.30 – 13.50	Lunch break
14.00 – 15.10	Session 2. Dysphagia Chairperson: Prof M. Remacle Academic Professor, Head of Department University of Louvain, Belgium, University hospital of Louvain at Mont-Godinne
13.55 - 14.15	Dysphagia therapy Ms M. Coffey Research Speech and Language Therapist, NIHR Clinical Doctoral Fellow Imperial College London
14.15 - 14.35	Surgical management Mr G. Sandhu Consultant ENT Surgeon Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
14.35 - 14.55	The Otolaryngologist as Swallowologist Dr P. Belafsky Associate Professor, Director University of California, Davis, USA
14.55 - 15.10	Swallowing function following total laryngectomy surgery Dr J. Maclean Senior Speech Pathologist St. George Hospital, Australia
15.10 – 15.30	Tea/Coffee break
15.30 – 16.30	Session 3. Outpatient procedures Chairperson: Prof M. Birchall Professor of Laryngology, Consultant ENT Surgeon Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
15.30 – 15.50	Trans-nasal oesophagoscopy Dr P. Belafsky Associate Professor, Director University of California, Davis, USA
15.50 – 16.10	Laryngeal injection techniques Prof M. Remacle Academic Professor, Head of Department University of Louvain, Belgium, University Hospital of Louvain at Mont-Godinne
16.10 – 16.30	Training in laryngeal surgery - the role of simulation Mr M. Harries Consultant ENT Surgeon Royal Sussex County Hospital
16.30 – 17.00	Invited Lecture: Use of the surgical robot in the upper aerodigestive tract Dr G. Farwell Associate Professor Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California
18.00 - 19.30	Drinks Reception at Hunterian Museum

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Time	Session title
	Room A	Room B
09.00 - 10.40	Session 4a. Voice Management Chairperson: Mr M. Harries Consultant ENT Surgeon Royal Sussex County Hospital	Session 4b. Free Papers Chairperson: Mr G. Sandhu Consultant ENT Surgeon Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
09.00 – 09.20	Voice assessment Mr D. Costello Consultant ENT surgeon Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham	Judging panel: Mr G. Sandhu Prof M. Birchall Professor of Laryngology, Consultant ENT Surgeon Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital Mr K. Ghufoor Consultant ENT Surgeon St Bartholomew’s Hospital
09.20 – 09.40	European experience Prof M. Remacle Academic Professor, Head of Department University of Louvain, Belgium, University hospital of Louvain at Mont-Godinne
09.40 – 10.00	US experience Dr P. Belafsky Associate Professor, Director University of California, Davis, USA
10.00 – 10.20	Neuro-laryngology Mr J. Rubin Consultant ENT Surgeon Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
10.20 – 10.40	Speech therapy Ms Christella Antoni Consultant Speech and Language Therapist Gender Identity Clinic Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust
10.40 – 11.00	Tea/Coffee break
11.10 – 12.15	Session 5a. Airway stents Chairperson: Mr G. Sandhu Consultant ENT Surgeon Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital	Session 5b. Benign laryngology Chairperson: Mr K. Ghufoor Consultant ENT Surgeon St Bartholomew’s Hospital
11.10 – 11.30	Lower trachea and bronchi stents Dr J. George Consultant General and Respiratory Medicine Physician University College Hospital	Benign lesions, an update Mr K. Ghufoor Consultant ENT Surgeon St Bartholomew’s Hospital
11.30 – 11.50	Upper Airway stents Mr G. Sandhu Consultant ENT Surgeon Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital	Laryngeal Papillomatosis Mr M. Harries Consultant ENT Surgeon Royal Sussex County Hospital
11.50- 12.10	Absorbable stents Mr D. Vondrys Great Ormond Street Hospital	Flexible CO2 Laser Surgery Mr Paul O'Flynn Consultant Ear and Nose and Throat Surgeon UCLH
12.15 – 13.00	Keynote Lecture: High speed imaging vs stroboscopy in daily practice. What does it bring? Prof M. Remacle Academic Professor, Head of Department University of Louvain, Belgium, University hospital of Louvain at Mont-Godinne
13.00 -14.00	Lunch break
14.00 – 15.10	Session 6a. Vocal cord paralysis Chairperson: Prof G. Postma Professor, Department of Otolaryngology Director, MCG Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA	Session 6b. Tracheostomy Chairperson Mr G. Sandhu Consultant ENT Surgeon Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
14.10 – 14.30	Laryngeal framework techniques Prof M. Remacle Academic Professor, Head of Department University of Louvain, Belgium, University hospital of Louvain at Mont-Godinne	New approaches to trachestomy design Prof M. Birchall Professor of Laryngology, Consultant ENT Surgeon Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
14.30 – 14.50	Laryngeal pacing Dr A. Müller Head of the ENT-Dept./Plastic Surgery SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera	Tracheostomy in critical care Dr P. Young Specialist in Critical Care Queen Elizabeth Hospital
14.50 – 15.10	Laryngeal reinnervation Prof M. Birchall Professor of Laryngology, Consultant ENT Surgeon Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital	Tracheostomy Care Pathway Mr D. Costello Consultant ENT surgeon Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham
15.10 – 15.30	Tea/Coffee break
15.30 – 16.45	Session 7a. Advanced diagnostics Chairperson: Dr A. Müller Head of the ENT-Dept./Plastic Surgery SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera	Session 7b. GORD Chairperson: Mr J. Rubin Consultant ENT Surgeon Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
15.30 – 15.50	Adult laryngeal radiology Dr T. Beale Consultant Radiologist Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear
15.40 – 16.10		Assessment and GI management Dr D. Bansi Consultant Gastroenterologist Charing Cross Hospital
15.50 – 16.10	Paediatric airway obstruction and the interventional radiologist Dr D. Roebuck Consultant Interventional Radiologist Great Ormond Street Hospital
16.10 – 16.30	New endoscopes, frontiers Mr O. Hughes MRC Clinical Research Fellow Institute of Child Health, University College London	Laryngo-Pharyngeal reflux Prof G. Postma Professor, Department of Otolaryngology Director, MCG Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA
16.30 – 16.45	Endoscan Dr K. Klinge Plastic Chirurgie at SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera GmbH
16.45 – 17.15	Keynote lecture: Modern management of adult airway stenosis Mr G. Sandhu Consultant ENT Surgeon Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
19.30 - 23.00	Gala Dinner and prize presentation at Great Hall, Barts

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Time	Session title
09.00 – 09.30	Surgical Management of Spasmodic Dysphonia Dr N. Isshiki Kyoto University, Japan
09.30 – 11.30	Interactive Surgical Videos Session -Confirmed Topics
	- The perfect Laryngoscopy - Enhanced cricothyroid approximation and thyroid chondroplasty - Vocal cord medialisation using Coleman fat transfer techniques - Medialisation thyroplasty - Vocal cord tie - Laryngotracheal reconstruction - Tracheal resection - Transnasal oesophagoscopy - Office-based Laser procedures - Midline lateralisation thyroplasty
11.30 - 11.45	Tea/Coffee break
11.45 - 17.00	Practical Laryngology Skills Course Royal College of Surgeons
11.45 - 12.45	Vocal Fold Augmentation, 1 (Radiesse) Dr P. Belafsky Associate Professor, Director University of California, Davis, USA Dr G. Farwell Associate Professor Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Prof G. Postma Professor, Department of Otolaryngology Director, MCG Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA
12.45 - 13.30	Lunch break for the Practical Laryngology Skills Course Royal College of Surgeons, The Conservatory
13.30	Coach Transfer from the RCS to RNTNE
14.30 - 17.00	Practical Laryngology Skills Course Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
14.30 - 17.00	TNO Prof M. Birchall Professor of Laryngology, Consultant ENT Surgeon Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital Vocal Fold Augmentation, 2 (Radiesse) Dr P. Belafsky Associate Professor, Director University of California, Davis, USA Dr G. Farwell Associate Professor Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Stroboscopy Mr D. Costello Consultant ENT surgeon Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham Botox injection in outpatient demonstration Mr J. Rubin Consultant ENT Surgeon Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital