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SundayMay 10 / HALIFAX ABC, Marriott Harbourfront Hotel
OPENING SESSION
Chair: Dr. D. Dorion, Sherbrooke, QC
08:00-08:20 / Welcome, Presidential Address and Introduction of Guests of Honour, Drs. Jacques Dionne, Québec, QC and Dr. Ralph Gilbert,
Toronto, ON – D. Dorion, SHERBROOKE, QC
08:20-09:20 / Keynote Speaker H. Yigit Aydede: Economic Implications of Aging Societies – Y. Aydede, HALIFAX, NS
09:20-10:15 / Guest Speaker Dr. Jean-Louis Lefebvre: Recent Trends in Head and Neck Oncology Research – J.L. Lefebvre, LILLE, FRANCE
10:15-10:30 / COFFEE BREAK
10:30-11:30 / Guest Speaker Dr. Leslie Halpern: Domestic Violence and ENT – L. Halpern, BOSTON, MA
11:30-12:30 / The Four Prognosticators: - The Future of Facial Plastic Surgery - Facts & Fantasies – P. Adamson, TORONTO, ON - Otology 2035 – M. Bance, HALIFAX, NS - Taking Off Our Loupes and Looking Forward: Focusing on Head and Neck Oncology in 20/20 – J. Irish, TORONTO, ON - A Look Down the Crystal Endoscope - The Future of Rhinology – E. Wright, EDMONTON, AB
12:30-13:30 / LUNCH SEMINAR: CMA MD Financial Guest Speaker, Jean-François Bordeleau, SCHOONER ROOM, CASINO NOVA SCOTIA
Sunday
May 10 / Halifax A Ballroom
Marriott Harbourfront / Halifax BC Ballroom
Marriott Harbourfront / Compass Room
Casino Nova Scotia
13:30-14:30 / WORKSHOP #1
How to Write a Successful Clinical
Research Grant … For Not-So-Dummies
CHAIR: S. Hall, KINGSTON, ON / WORKSHOP #4
Follow Up of Well Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
CHAIR: N. Audet, D. Beaudoin, QUEBEC, QC / WORKSHOP #7
The Comprehensive Surgical Management for Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed Face
CHAIR: J. Yoo, LONDON, ON
PANEL: D. Matic, LONDON, ON R. Gilbert, J. Chen, TORONTO, ON
14:30-15:30 / WORKSHOP #2 Understanding the Manuscript Review Process – Optimizing Chances for Getting a Manuscript Accepted for Publication
CHAIRS: E. Wright, H. Seikaly, S. Leavitt Wright, EDMONTON, AB / WORKSHOP #5 Glottic and Subglottic Stenosis in Adults
CHAIRS: D. Bosch, CALGARY, AB M. Allegretto, EDMONTON, AB / WORKSHOP #8 Chronic Cough: Seeing the Light at the End of the Tunnel
CHAIR: K. Kost, MONTREAL, QC; PANEL: D. Eibling, J. Anderson, TORONTO, ON; K. Fung, LONDON, ON
15:30-16:00 / COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS / COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS / COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS
16:00-17:00 / WORKSHOP #3 Medical Economics Meets Ethical Considerations in Bilateral Cochlear Implantation And Free Tissue Transfer
CHAIRS: L. Johnson, R. Hart, T. Brown, HALIFAX, NS / WORKSHOP #6 Upper Facial Rejuvenation with Botox
CHAIR: M. Taylor, HALIFAX, NS
Monday
May 11 / Halifax A Ballroom
Marriott Harbourfront / Halifax BC Ballroom
Marriott Harbourfront / Acadia ABC
Marriott Harbourfront
07:00-08L:00 /
SPECIAL WORKSHOP #1
Review of Mastoidectomy TechniquesFor the General Otolaryngologist
CHAIR: B. Westerberg, VANCOUVER, BC
PANEL: M. Bance, HALIFAX, NS; J. Chen, TORONTO, ON; F. Kozak, VANCOUVER, BC; J. Rappaport, MONTREAL, QC
This event is supported by ALCON CANADA through an unrestricted educational grant.
PAPER SESSION #1 (08:00-10:00) General Otolaryngology
Chair: Dr. L. Maxwell, Saint John, NB / PAPER SESSION #3 (08:00-10:00) Pediatric Otolaryngology
Chair: Dr. C. Giguere, Montreal, QC / PAPER SESSION #5 (08:00-10:00) Facial, Plastic, Reconstructive
Chair: Dr. J. Trites, Halifax, NS
08:00-08:08 / Patient Outcomes after Soft Palate
Implant Placement for Treatment of
Primary Snoring – H. Alsafa, B. Rotenberg,
T. Kandessamy, LONDON, ON / Passavant's Ridge in Patients with
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency: Detection
on Fluoroscopy and Nasendoscopy, and
Its Role in Closure of the Velopharynx – A.
Conlin, J. MacCormick, J.P. Vaccani, et al.
OTTAWA, ON / Total Glossectomy with Free Flap
Reconstruction: How do Functional
Outcomes Correlate with Quality of
Life? – P. Dziegielewski, A. Joshi, J.
Reiger, et al. EDMONTON, AB
08:08-08:16 / Superiorly-based Pharyngeal Flap Surgery
for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VPI):
When Do We See an Improvement and Is
It Maintained? – S. Nabi, S. Tan, M.
Husein, et al. LONDON, ON / Review of Post-operative Respiratory
Complications in Children Admitted Post-
tonsillectomy – A. Darnbrough, D. Leitao,
WINNIPEG, MB / Functional Soft Palate Reconstruction:
A Comprehensive Surgical Approach –
H. Seikaly, J. Rieger, K. Ansari, et al.
EDMONTON, AB
08:16-08:24 / Patient Perspectives on Palatal Implants
for Treatment of Snoring and Obstructive
Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome – B.
Wickens, B. Lui, J. Korkis, HAMILTON, ON / Management of Airway Obstruction in
the Repair of Recurrent Laryngotracheo-
eoesophageal Fistulae – L. Johnson,
HALIFAX, NS / Development of a Novel Preoperative
Assessment Tool in Predicting
Outcomes in Functional Rhinoplasty –
A. Shahnavaz, M. Taylor, HALIFAX, NS
08:24-08:30 / DISCUSSION / DISCUSSION / DISCUSSION
08:30-08:38 / Percutaneous Tracheostomy - A Prospective Study Evaluating a New Technique – M. Chater, K. Kost, N. Jowett et al. MONTREAL, PQ / Fetal Biology & Early Suppurative Otitis
Media in the First Year of Life – A. Lasisi,
O. Olayemi, O. Arinola, et al. IBADAN OYO,
NIGERIA / Stellate Ganglion Block - A New
Technique to Reduce the Incidence of
Microvascular Spasm During Free Tissue
Transfer of the Head and Neck – C.
Sader, M. Taylor, R. Hart, et al. HALIFAX
08:38-08:46 / Intralesional Corticosteroid Injection and Dilatation Provides Effective Management of Subglottic Stenosis in Wegener’s Granulomatosis – N. Wolter, I. Witterick, TORONTO, ON / Submucous Cleft Palate and Otologic
Disease: Are They Associated? – A.
Menezes, A. Hu, M. Husein, et al.
LONDON, ON / The Role of Age and Comorbid Disease
In Perioperative Complications
Following Reconstructive Head and
Neck Surgery – M. Al-Gilani, R. Hart, M.
Taylor, et al. HALIFAX, NS
08:46-08:54 / A Clinical Approach to Monitoring Variability Associated with Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia – J. Yeung, K. Fung, A. Day et al. LONDON, ON / Prevention of Recurrent Acute Otitis
Media with Nasal Irrigations Using a
Saline Solution (PrOMIS): A Randomized
Pilot Clinical Trial – M. Stephenson, A.
Lapointe, J. Lacroix, MONTREAL, PQ / Monitoring and Revascularization
Protocol for Salvage of Microvascular
Flaps Undergoing Early or Late
Thrombosis – A. Chalian, PHILADELPHIA
08:54-09:00 / DISCUSSION / DISCUSSION / 08:54-09:02
Free Tissue Grafting to Improve Vessel
Geometry in Microvascular Head and
Neck\Reconstruction – M. Taylor,
C. Sader, R. Hart, et al. HALIFAX
09:00-09:08
cont... / Quality of Frozen Section Specimens: Comparison Between Three Methods – I. Arteau-Gauthier, N. Audet, P. Gauthier et al. QUÉBEC, PQ / Platinum Ototoxicity in Children, A Long-
term Follow Up – T. Al-Khatib, S. Daniel,
Carret, et al. MONTREAL, PQ / 09:02-09:10
DISCUSSION
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Monday
May 11 / Halifax A Ballroom
Marriott Harbourfront / Halifax BC Ballroom
Marriott Harbourfront / Acadia ABC
Marriott Harbourfront
09:08-09:16 / Safety and Efficacy of the Holmium-YAG
Laser in Salivary Stone Fragmentation
And Removal – A. Sharma, R. Irvine, S.
Swanson, VANCOUVER, BC / A Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Conservation Program: Assessment of
Acoustic Risk Taking Behavioural Changes
in Elementary School Children – A.
Radetski, B. Westerberg, S. Nabi, et al.
VANCOUVER, BC / 09:10-09:18
The Scapular Tip Free Flap: A New
Angle to Jaw Reconstruction – R.
Moukarbel, K. Fung, J. Franklin, et al.
LONDON, ON
09:16-09:24 / Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Thyroid Biopsies in the ENT Clinic – J. Schwartz, J. Cote, O. Gologan, et al. MONTREAL, QC / The Ontario Infant Hearing Program:
Assessment of the High Risk Surveillance
Strategy Protocol at the Children’s
Hospital of Eastern Ontario – D. Schramm,
C. Semple, L. Moran, OTTAWA, ON / 09:18-09:26
The Paramedian Forehead Flap in Nasal
Reconstruction – H. Seikaly, K. Ansari,
C. Diamond, et al. EDMONTON, AB
09:24-09:30 / DISCUSSION / DISCUSSION / 09:26-09:34
The Temporoparietal Free Flap Used to
Prevent Pharyngocutaneous Fistulae
Following Laryngectomy – J. Yoo, K.
Higgins, D. Enepekides, et al. LONDON,
ON
09:30-09:38 / Geriatric Patient Safety: Patient Safety
Goals Are Not Enough – A. Chalian,
S. Kagan, PHILADELPHIA, PA / Pediatric Inferior Turbinoplasty With or
Without Adenoidectomy. Preliminary
Report on Safety, Symptom Control and
Improvement of Quality of Life –
M. Langille, P. Dziegielewski, P. Singh, et
al. EDMONTON, AB / 09:34-09:42
Efficacy of Salivary Bypass Tube in
Preventing Fistula Formation and
Pharyngeal Stenosis Following Total
Laryngopharyngectomy with Radial
Forearm Free Flap Reconstruction: A
Randomized Control Trial –
R. Chowdhury, H. Chowdhury, K. Ansari,
Et al. EDMONTON, AB
09:38-09:46 / Interest and Barriers to Participation in Global Health Initiatives by Canadian Otolaryngology Residents – H. Javidnia, L. McLean, OTTAWA, ON / Two Heads are Better Than One: The
Experiences of a Combined Pediatric and
Head and Neck Otolaryngology Service –
S. Nabi, J. Franklin, M. Husein, et al.
LONDON, ON / 09:42-10:00
DISCUSSION
09:46-09:54 / What is Happening in a Surgeon’s Head? – B. Guay, D. Dorion, M. Martin, SHERBROOKE, PQ / DISCUSSION
09:54-10:00 / DISCUSSION
10:00-10:30 / COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS / COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS / COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS
PAPER SESSION #2 (10:30-12:00) EDUCATION & RESEARCH
Chair: Dr. K. Kost, Montreal, QC / WORKSHOP #9 (10:30-11:30)
The Endaural Approach – An Ideal Approach to Middle Ear and Mastoid for Otologists CHAIR: J. Chen, TORONTO, ON PANEL: V. Lin, J. Hochman, TORONTO, ON / PAPER SESSION #6: (10:30-12:00) HEAD NECK SURGERY 1
Chairs: Dr. M. Corsten, Ottawa, ON
and Dr. D. Enepekides, Toronto, ON
10:30-10:38 / Introduction of a Novel Teaching
Paradigm for Head and Neck Anatomy
– K. Chen, J. Glicksman, P. Haase, et al.
LONDON, ON / / The Impact of Clinical vs. Pathological
Staging in Oral Cavity Carcinoma – A
Multi-institutional Analysis of Survival –
V. Byron, D. O'Connell, J. Dort, et al.
CALGARY, AB
10:38-10:46 / Clinical Computer-Assisted Learning in Otolaryngology: The Western Experience – J. Glicksman, K. Fung, LONDON, ON / Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the
Alveolus and Hard Palate - The Princess
Margaret Experience – N. Chauhan, D.
Goldstein, TORONTO, ON
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Monday
May 11 / Halifax A Ballroom
Marriott Harbourfront / Halifax BC Ballroom
Marriott Harbourfront / Acadia ABC
Marriott Harbourfront
10:46-10:54 / E-Learning and ENT: Where Do We Go
Now? – A. Knox, D. Kozan, B. Barber, et
al. EDMONTON, AB / WORKSHOP #9 cont…
/ Fluorescence Visualization Improves
Surgical Management of High-risk Oral
Lesions – S. Durham, C. Poh, K. Lee, et
al. VANCOUVER, BC
10:54-11:00 / DISCUSSION / 10:54-11:02
Multivariate Analysis of Factors
Associated with Recurrence of Oral
Squamous Cell Carcinoma – J. Szudek,
EDMONTON, AB
11:00-11:08 / Mail-out Survey-driven Studies in Head
and Neck Patients and Surgeons: An
Example\of Maximizing Survey Return
Rates – A. Eskander, D. Goldstein,
TORONTO, ON / 11:02-11:10
DISCUSSION
11:08-11:16 / Trends in Quality of Evidence of
Publications in Facial Plastic Surgery – C.
Xu, D. Cote, R. Chowdhury, et al.
EDMONTON, AB / 11:10-11:18
Expression of RAD51 as a Predictor of
Response to Primary Chemo-radiation
Therapy in Oropharyngeal Carcinoma D.
Dalgorf, I. Poon, K. Higgins, et al.
TORONTO, ON
11:16-11:20 / DISCUSSION / 11:18-11:26
Utility of Endogenous Markers of
Hypoxia In Head & Neck Cancer: Impact
of Tumour HPV Status and CAIX
Expression in Locally Advanced Head &
Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
(HNSCC) – J. Dort, N. Brockton, H. Lau,
et al. CALGARY, AB
11:20-11:28 / Advanced Airway Management Teaching
In Otolaryngology Residency: A Survey of
Residents Across Canada – V. Cote, L.
Nguyen, K. Richardson, MONTREAL,PQ / PAPER SESSION #4 (11:30-12:00) OTOLOGY
Chair: Dr. B. Blakley, Winnipeg, MB / 11:26-11:34
The Significance of Cancer Stem Cells in
Head and Neck Cancer – M. Prince, M.
Clay, I. Ahmad, et al. ANN ARBOR, MI
11:28-11:36 / Improvement of Diagnostic Accuracy with Pneumatic Video-otoscopy Teaching: A Randomized Control Trial – T. Al-Khatib, L. Nguyen, MONTREAL, PQ / 11:30-11:38
The SMART Piston Stapedectomy
Prostheis: 5 Year Results – J. Cho, P.
Marck, CALGARY, AB / 11:34-11:40
DISCUSSION
11:36-11:44 / Covering Non-perceived Needs of Education in Pediatric Otolaryngology – H. El-Hakim, EDMONTON, AB / 11:38-11:46
Ten-Year Review of Endolymphatic Sac
Surgery for Intractable Meniere’s Disease
– A. Hu, L. Parnes, LONDON, ON / 11:40-11:48
Definitive Management of Subglottic
Stenosis: Cricotracheal Resection at
VGH – T. Hartl, S. Durham, VANCOUVER
11:44-11:52 / Facial Plastic Surgery Experience in
Otolaryngology Residency: A Survey of
Chief Residents – S. Walen, L. Rudmik, M.
Klein, CALGARY, AB / 11:46-11:54
Does Cochlear Implantation Cause
Vestibulopathy? – R. Chowdhury, R. Liu,
EDMONTON, AB / 11:48-11:56
Retrospective Review of Treatment of
Lentigo Maligna with Surgical Excision,
Radiation Therapy and Carbon Dioxide
Laser Ablation – L. Sowerby, C. Moore,
H. Lee, et al. LONDON, ON
11:52-12:00 / DISCUSSION / 11:54-12:00 DISCUSSION / 11:56-12:00 DISCUSSION
12:00-13:00 / LUNCH AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS / LUNCH AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS / LUNCH AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS
13:00-17:00 / POLIQUIN RESIDENTS COMPETITION
This event is supported by MEDTRONIC OF CANADA through an unrestricted educational grant.
17:00-18:00 /
SPECIALTY PANEL
Interesting and Challenging Cases in Pediatric Otolaryngology
CHAIR: S. Daniel, MONTREAL, QCTuesday
May 12 / Halifax A Ballroom
Marriott Harbourfront / Halifax BC Ballroom
Marriott Harbourfront / Acadia ABC
Marriott Harbourfront
07:00-08:00 /
SPECIAL WORKSHOP #2
Strategies for Optimal Post-operativeCare Following Endonasal Surgery
CHAIRS: I. Witterick, TORONTO, ON;
F. Lavigne, MONTREAL, QC
This event is supported by SCHERING-PLOUGH through an unrestricted educational grant.
PAPER SESSION #9 (08:00-09:30) HEAD AND NECK SURGERY 2
Chair: Dr. J. Harris, Edmonton, AB
08:00-09:00 / WORKSHOP #10
Fundamentals of Rhinoplasty
CHAIR: S. M. Taylor, HALIFAX, NS / WORKSHOP #13
Intra-glandular Botulinum Toxin (IG-BTX) and Major Ducts Clipping for Management of Salivary Control in Children: Together and Head to Head
CHAIRS: H. El –Hakim, EDMONTON, AB; S. Daniel, MONTREAL, QC / 08:00-08:08