Academic Program 2025

26th Annual McGill University Update in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Fairmount Tremblant Hotel, Mont-Tremblant, Québec

Mali III and IV Meeting Rooms


 

 

 

PROGRAM

Friday March 14, 2025

6:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast                                                     
7:00 a.m.

Welcome
- Chairman - Dr. N. Sadeghi
- Co-Directors – Dr. K. Kost, Dr. J. Rappaport

RHINOLOGY SESSION- Moderator: Dr. David Chan
7:15 – 8:15 a.m.

Moderator: Dr. David Chan -  Clinical Assistant Professor, McGill University

- Topic: Dental Aspects of Rhinology (from infection to sleep apnea)
- Case presentations (panel/audience discussion)
- Panelists: Dr. N. Gabra, Dr. R. Issa (DMD),  Dr. N. Verma

8:15 – 8:35 a.m. Morning Stretch
 
 
FACIAL PLASTICS SESSION- Moderator: Dr. Mark Samaha
8:35 – 9:35 a.m.

-Moderator: Dr. Mark Samaha - Associate Professor McGill University

Topic: Rhinoplasty : Technical considerations and patient management
- Case presentations (panel/audience discussion)
- Panelists:  Dr. F. Fechner, Dr. Y. Dolev

   
3:45 p.m. Intermission
LARYNGOLOGY SESSION - Moderator: Dr. Karen Kost
4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

INVITED GUEST SPEAKER:

- Dr. Mausumi Natalie Syamal Director of the Philadelphia Voice & Airway Institute,,Associate Professor Department of Otolaryngology, Drexel College of Medicine, Fellow of the American Laryngological Association, Fellow of the Triological Society, American College of Surgeons Board of Governors Inclusive Excelxlence Workgroup

- Topic: Laryngeal Manifestations of Systemic disease

4:45 – 5:00 p.m. Question Period
5:00 – 5:10 p.m. Coffee & Tea
5:10 – 6:10 p.m. Topic: Systemic Manifestations of Laryngeal Disease
- Case presentations (panel/audience discussion)
- Panelists: Dr. Syamal, Dr. Young, Dr. Darnbrough

Saturday – March 15, 2025

7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast                                                            

ENDOCRINE / HEAD & NECK SURGERY SESSION- Moderator: Dr. Véronique-Isabelle Forest

7:15 – 8:00 a.m.

 

 

INVITED GUEST SPEAKER
-
Dr. Véronique-Isabelle Forest –
Assistant Professors, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
- Topic:
Minimally invasive approaches to thyroid nodules

8:00 – 8:15 a.m. Question Period
8:15 – 8:35 a.m. “Morning Stretch”

8:35 – 9:45 a.m.

Topic: Primary hyperparthyroidism: a review and what is new
- Case presentations (panel/audience discussion)
- Panelists: Dr. M-J Olivier, Dr. R. Payne,  Dr. V. Larouche
3:45 p.m. Intermission 
PEDIATRIC OTL SESSION - Moderator: Dr. Melanie Duval

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Moderator: Dr. Melanie Duval - Clinical Assistant Professor, McGill University

Topic: Eustachian Tube Dysfunction in Children
- Panelists:  Dr. M. Duval, Dr. J. Gurberg, Dr. J. Siu

4:45 – 5:00 p.m. Question Period
5:00 – 5:10 p.m. Coffee & Tea
OTOLOGY SESSION- Moderator: Dr. Jamie Rappaport
5:10 – 6:15 p.m. Topic: Diseases of the External Ear Canal
- Case presentations (panel/audience discussion)
- Panelists: Dr. E. Kay-Rivest, Dr. T Mijovic, Dr. D. Schramm
 

Sunday – March 16, 2025

7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast                                
SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION – Moderators: Dr. Karen Kost & Dr. Jamie Rappaport
7:15 – 8:00 a.m.

INVITED GUEST SPEAKER
-Dr. Cecilia Costiniuk Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases -  McGill University

- Topic: Vaccination Update for the ENT physician

8:00 – 8:15 a.m. Question Period
8:15 – 8:30 a.m. “Morning Stretch”
8:30 – 9:15 a.m. INVITED GUEST SPEAKER
- Dr. David Eibling –
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery -University of Pittsburgh, USA
- Topics: You are what you ingest
9:15 – 9:30 a.m.

Question Period

9:30 – 10:15 a.m. INVITED GUEST SPEAKER
- Dr. M Lauren Lalakea –
Chief, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterClinical Professor (Affiliated), Stanford University, USA
- Topic: Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability in Otolaryngology
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Question Period
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Closure of Meeting

 

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