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• LA Otolaryngology Update

  • Start
    Friday, January 11, 2019
  •  
    7:30 AM
  • End
    Saturday, January 12, 2019
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Good Samaritan Hospital - Salvatori Auditorium - 635 Lucas Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017

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  87th Midwinter Conference for Otolaryngology

  LA Otolaryngology Update
  

  Program Chair: James Andrews, M.D. Karla O'Dell, M.D. John Y. Lim, M.D.

  Featured Speakers: Peter Belafsky, MD, PhD Professor and Director of Voice and Swallowing Center, University of California, Davis Derald Brackmann, MD House Ear Institute Los Angeles, California Nishant Agrawal, MD Professor of Surgery Chief, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Director of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

  Registration Fee includes admission to all sessions, breakfast, lunch, and refreshments breaks.
  
  Location of Conference is at:
  Good Samaritan Hospital - Salvatori Auditorium
  635 Lucas Street
  Los Angeles, CA 90017

  Learning Objectives:
  

  • Consider utilizing new technology with the comfort of knowing how to manage the complications or unexpected outcomes (Multifocal IOLs and Astigmatic Correcting IOLs (TORIC)
  • Help patients decrease their risk factors of vision loss by addressing systemic (hypotension) and anatomic changes that can lead to permanent visual loss.
  • Counsel their patients about the latest in treatment for common retinal disease (diabetic retinopathy and ARMD) with the confidence that they are following the latest clinically proven guidelines.
  • Describe how and when to implement the new glaucoma treatments both medically and surgically for mild to moderate glaucoma.

  Target Audience: 
  

  Otolaryngology physicians as well as mid level providers such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
  
  

  Program Schedule

  Friday, January 11, 2019
  

  
  

  Time	Topic	Speaker
  8:00 - 8:30	Continental Breakfast
  8:30 - 9:00	Balloon Dilation for Eustachian Tube Dysfunction- Lessons from Clinical Practice
  9:00 - 9:30	Inspire Implantable Device for Sleep Apnea	Eric Keizirian, M.D.
  9:30 - 10:15	Innovation in Dysphagia Therapy-Epic or Fail	Peter Belaskfy, M.D.
  10:15 - 10:30	Break/Visit with Vendors
  10:30 - 11:15	Invited Speakers Talk	Nishant Agrawl, M.D.
  11:15 - 12:15	Panel - General Otolaryngology - New Research Studies that will Change your Clinical Practice	Karla O'Dell, M.D. - Moderator
  		Peds
  		Rhinologist
  		TBD
  12:15 - 1:30	Lunch
  12:30 - 1:30	Resident Research Talks (during lunch) - Featuring Research from USC, UCLA and UCI
  1:30 - 2:00	Updates in Clinical Trials in H&N Cancer	Doug Trask, M.D.
  2:00 - 2:30	Mangement of Neck Disease in Thyroid Cancer	Mark Swanson, M.D.
  2:30 - 3:00	Invited Speakers Talk	Nishant Agrawl, M.D.
  3:00 - 3:15	Break/Visit with Vendors
  3:15 - 3:45	Updates in the Treatment of Tinnitus	Kevin Peng, M.D.
  3:45 - 4:15	Pediatric Auricular Reconstruction	Gabe Gomez, M.D.
  4:15 - 4:45	Global Health Opportunities in Otolaryngology and WHO Iniatives

  
  

  Saturday, January 12, 2019

  
  

  Time	Topic	Speaker
  8:00 - 8:30	Continental Breakfast
  8:30 - 9:00	Approaches to Maxillary Sinus Disease	Jeff Suh, M.D.
  9:00 - 9:30	Control of Bleeding During Sinus Surgery	Edward Kuan, M.D.
  9:30 -10:00	Invited Speaker Talk	Nishant Agrawl, M.D.
  10:00 -10:30	The Most Common Causes of Solid Food Dysphagia	Peter Belfasky, M.D.
  10:30 - 10:45	Break/Visit with Vendors
  10:45 - 11:15	Biologic Therapy for Chronic Sinusitis: Promise and Pitfalls	Elisabeth Ference, M.D.
  11:15 - 12:15	Panel - Sinus	Art Wu M.D. - Moderator
  		Elisabeth Ference, M.D.
  		Jivianne Lee, M.D.
  		Ed Kuan, M.D.
  		Evan Walgama, M.D.
  12:15 - 1:00	Lunch/Visit with Vendors
  1:00 - 1:40	Joint Session: From Surviving to Thriving: Well-Being Essentials for a Healthy, Wealthy Life (aka a Good Life)	Ricki S. Bander, Ph.D.
  1:40 - 2:40	Fireside Chat with Dr. Derald Brackman: History of Otology in Los Angeles	William Slattery, M.D. - Moderator
  		Derald Brackmann, M.D.
  2:40 - 3:10	Laryngology	Anca Barbu, M.D.
  3:10 - 3:40	The Interdisplinary Reflux Team	Peter Belfasky, M.D.
  3:40 - 4:10	Break/Visit with Vendors Vendors
  4:10 - 4:40	Minimally Invasive Face Lift Techniques	Kian Karimi, M.D.
  4:40 - 5:40	Panel - Facial Plastics - New Technologies in Facial Plastics: Latera, Radiofrequency, Filler	Amit Kochhar, M.D. - Moderator
  		Ahmed Maki, D.O.
  		Alex Markarian, M.D.
  		Kian Karimi, M.D.

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• LA Ophthalmology Update

  • When
    Saturday, January 12, 2019
  •  
    7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Good Samaritan Hospital - Salvatori Auditorium - 635 Lucas Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017

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  87th Midwinter Conference for Ophthalmology

  LA Ophthalmology Update
  

  Program Chair Peter Cornell, M.D. James Salz, M.D. Nicole Fram, M.D.

  Featured Speakers Brandon D. Ayres, M.D.  Assistant Surgeon, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA  Instructor, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA  Private Practice, Ophthalmic Partners, Philadelphia, PA  Richard L. Lindstrom, M.D.  Founder and Attending Surgeon, Minnesota Eye Consultants  Adjunct Clinic Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota, Department of Ophthalmology  Visiting Professor, UC Irvine, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute  Andrew G. Lee, M.D.  Professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College  Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, Blanton Eye Institute at Houston Methodist Hospital  Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX     Bryan S. Lee, M.D., J.D.  Altos Eye Physicians, Los Altos, CA

  Registration Fee includes admission to all sessions, breakfast, lunch, and refreshments breaks.
  

  Location of Conference is at:
  Good Samaritan Hospital - Salvatori Auditorium
  635 Lucas Street
  Los Angeles, CA 90017

  Learning Objectives:

  At the completion of these activities, the learner will be able to:

  • Demonstrate the indications for clinical practices and surgical techniques and implement them in their operative and clinical practices, respectively.
  • Discuss and implement new national guidelines and expert opinions on challenging and complicated topics such as head and neck cancer, ear surgery, and voice and swallow therapy.
  • Measure the quality of care in their practices and implement changes to their practices to improve those measures.

  Program Schedule

  Saturday, January 12, 2019
  

  
  

  Time	Topic	Speaker
  6:45 - 8:00	Check In & Breakfast
  7:15 - 8:00	Resident & Fellow Breakfast
  8:00 - 8:05	Officer of the Day	Peter Cornell, M.D.
  8:05 - 8:15	Widefield Fundus Photos as a Screening Test	James Salz, M.D.
  8:15 - 8:35	Retina Round Table Discussion	Peter Cornell, M.D. - Moderator
  	Topics Include: Drusen and Vitamins; Plaquenil; Other TBD	Christian Sanfilippo, M.D.
  		Dan Esmaili, M.D.
  		Michael Javaheri, M.D.
  8:35 - 8:55	Retina Round Table Discussion - Continued
  8:55 - 9:15	Intraocular Tumors	Tara McCannel, M.D.
  9:15- 9:35	Some Things You Don't Know About Something You Know Well: Optic Neuritis and Neuromyelitis Optica	Andrew Lee, M.D.
  9:35 - 10:05	Break/Visit with Vendors
  10:05- 10:25	Ocular Surface Disease in the Setting of Cataract Surgery	Brandon Ayres, M.D.
  10:25 - 10:55	Innovations in the Medical Management of Presbyopia	Richard Lindstrom, M.D.
  10:55 - 11:15	Neuro-ophthalmology of Space Flight	Andrew Lee, M.D.
  11:15 - 11:35	IOL Exchange: Techniques for Success	Brandon Ayres, M.D.
  11:35 - 11:55	Dealing with the Unhappy MFIOL Patient	Bryan Lee, M.D., J.D.
  11:55 - 12:15	Q&A
  12:15 - 1:00	Lunch
  1:00 - 1:40	Joint Session: From Surviving to Thriving: Well-Being Essentials for a Healthy, Wealthy Life (aka a Good Life)	Ricki S. Bander, Ph.D.
  1:50 - 2:10	Why I Don't Use the Femtosecond Laser	Bryan Lee, M.D., J.D.
  2:10 - 2:30	Why I Do Use the Femtosecond Laser	Nicole Fram, M.D.
  2:30 - 2:50	Glaucoma Round Table - Novel approaches to glaucoma diagnosis and treatment.	Moderator: Alena Resnik, M.D.
  		Ben Xu, M.D.
  		Daniel Krivoy, M.D.
  		Rohit Varma, M.D.
  2:50 - 3:10	Glaucoma Round Table - Continued
  3:10 - 3:30	Painful Perilous Pupils
  3:30 - 3:50	Hitting the Axis for Astigmatism Patients	Bryan Lee, M.D., J.D.
  3:50 - 4:10	Surgical Management of Iris Defects	Brandon Ayres, M.D.
  4:10 - 4:40	Evaluation of Eye Asymmetry	Mehryar Taban, M.D.
  4:40 - 5:10	Q&A

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