Revised 3/27/08 / 2008 SCIENTIFIC / PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE
Mary Schaeffer Ballroom (AB) / Mary Schaeffer Ballroom (C) / Pyramid Room
SUNDAY
09:00-17:00 / Poliquin Residents Competition
MONDAY
07:00-08:00 / SATELLITE Symposium: Principles of Tympanoplasty Surgical Techniques – Westerberg, B., VANCOUVER, Bance, M., HALIFAX, Rappaport, J., MONTREAL, Chen, J., TORONTO Supported by Alcon Canada through a non-restricted educational grant.
08:00-08:10 / Presidential Address - Dr. Robert Rae, Saint John
08:10-08:15 / Introduction of the 1st Guest of Honour, Dr. J. Wong
08:15-08:35 / Guest of Honour Presentation - Dr. Joseph Wong, TORONTO
08:35-08:40 / Introduction of the 2nd Guest of Honour, Dr. D. Oldring
08:40-08:50 / Guest of Honour Presentation - Dr. Derald Oldring, EDMONTON
08:50-09:00 / Awards Presentations–Poliquin Resident Competition, Educational Excellence & COHNS Fund Fellowships
09:00-09:05 / Introduction of the Inspirational Speaker, Senator Roméo Dallaire
09:05-10:00 / Inspirational Speaker’s Presentation- Senator R. Dallaire, OTTAWA
10:00-10:30 / COFFEE BREAK and Visit to Exhibits
10:30-10:35 / Introduction of Guest Speaker, Dr. Warren Bell, CAPE
10:35-11:15 / The Environment ‘R’ Us-How We Humans (including members of the CSO) are Interacting With the Ecosystem and It With Us –Bell, W., Salmon Arm
11:15-11:20 / Introduction of Guest Speaker, Dr. John Chaplin
11:20-12:00 / Cutaneous Malignancy of the Head and Neck in the Southern Pacific Region – Chaplin, J., AUCKLAND
12:00-13:30 / Lunch Visit to Exhibits / Lunch Visit to Exhibits / LUNCH & VISIT TO EXHIBITS
13:30-15:00 / Paper Session: General Otolaryngology / Paper Session: Rhinology / Paper Session: Head & NeckSurgery
15:00-15:30 / Coffee break & Visit to Exhibits / Coffee break & Visit to Exhibits / COFFEE BREAK & VISIT TO EXHIBITS
15:30-16:15 / wORKSHOP: Management of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency: The Art and Craft - M Husein, M., MacCormick, J., Dworshak-Stokan, A., OTTAWA / WORKSHOP: From Intention to Impact-How to Become More Involved with Global Health Initiatives - McLean, L., J.P. Vacanni, M. Morrison, B. Westerberg, N. Shoman / WORKSHOP:Organ Preservation By Transoral Laser Microsurgery in Cancer of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract - Steiner, W., GOTTINGEN
16:15-17:00 / WORKSHOP: Evaluation and Management of Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Cancer: Updates for the General Otolaryngologist - Head and Neck Surgeon - Harris, J., Seikaly, H., Hart, R., Ansari, K., EDMONTON / WORKSHOP: Complications in Rhinoplasty- Younger, R., Strecker, H., Bartlett, A., Denton, A., VANCOUVER, Brownrigg, P., OTTAWA
17:00-18:00 / SATELLITE Symposium: Septoplasty Turbinates: A Symposium on Treatment Philosophy – Frenkiel, S., Samaha, M., MONTREAL, Massoud, E.,HALIFAX, Korkis, J., BURLINGTON, Witterick, I., TORONTO
Supported by GlaxoSmithKline through a non-restricted educational grant.
Tuesday / Mary Schaeffer Ballroom (AB) / Mary Schaeffer Ballroom (C) / Pyramid Room
07:00-08:00 / SATELLITE Symposium: Interesting and Challenging Cases in Pediatric Otolaryngology – Daniel, S. et alMONTREAL
Supported by Schering-Plough through a non-restricted educational grant.
08:00-09:00 / Papers Session: Otology / Paper Session: Research Methodology and Education / Paper Session: Head & Neck Surgery
09:00-10:00 / WORKSHOP: Life as if the Planet Mattered: How to Work and Live in a Sustainable Way – Bell, W., CAPE
10:00-10:30 / Coffee break AND Visit to Exhibits / COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS / COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS
10:30-12:00 / Annual Business Meeting / RESIDENT WORKSHOPS: Demystifying the RoyalCollege Exam Process - Witterick, I., TORONTO, Dorion, D., SHERBROOKE
Establishing an ENT Practice - Maharaj, M., Longridge, N., VANCOUVER
12:00-13:15 / Lunch and Visit to the Exhibits / LUNCH AND VISIT TO THE EXHIBITS / LUNCH AND VISIT TO THE EXHIBITS
13:15-14:00 / WORKSHOP: My Worst Pediatric Airway Nightmare - Daniel, S., MONTREAL / WORKSHOP: Managing the Paralyzed Vocal Cord: What Works and What Doesn't - Kost, K., MONTREAL, Morrison, M., VANCOUVER, Anderson, J., TORONTO, Black, M., MONTREAL, Eibling, D. , PITTSBURGH / WORKSHOP: Development of Access to Care and Access to Quality Care Standards in Head and Neck Oncology in Ontario - Irish, J., Gilbert, R., TORONTO
14:00-15:00 / WORKSHOP: ENT and Pregnancy - Black, M., Samaha, M., Rappaport, J., Payne, R., MONTREAL / WORKSHOP: Electronystagmography in 2008 – Blakley, B., WINNIPEG / WORKSHOP: Parotidectomy in General Practice: Indications and Techniques - Seikaly, H., Harris, J., Ansari, K., AlQahtanai, K., Mlynarek, A., EDMONTON
15:00-15:30 / Coffee break and Visit to Exhibits / COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS / COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO EXHIBITS
15:30-17:00 / PAPER SESSION: Pediatric Otolaryngology / PAPER SESSION: Rhinology / PAPER SESSION: Facial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
17:00-18:00 / SATELLITE Symposium: Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children: A Primer for Otolaryngologists – El-Hakim, H., EDMONTON
Supported by Abbott Laboratories through an unrestricted educational grant.
WEDNESDAY / Mary Schaeffer Ballroom (AB) / Mary Schaeffer Ballroom (C) / Pyramid Room
07:00-08:00 / SATELLITE Symposium: Salivary Gland Obstruction: Assessment and Management, including Endoscopic Techniques – Irvine, R., et al, VANCOUVER
Supported by Nycomed through an unrestricted educational grant.
08:00-09:00 / WORKSHOP: Upper Lid Blepharoplasty for the Otolaryngologist-Head & Neck Surgeon–Taylor, M., HALIFAX / 08:15–09:15 WORKSHOP: A Brief History of Epistaxis: From Salt Pork to Surgicel – Dempsey, I., HALIFAX
09:00-10:00 / WORKSHOP: Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer1, Hier, M., et al, MONTREAL / 09:15–10:15 WORKSHOP: Current Trends in Cochlear Implantation: A Panel Discussion – Schramm D., OTTAWA, et al
10:00-10:15 / Coffee break / 10:15–10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:15-11:15 / Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer cont… / 10:30-11:30 WORKSHOP: Maximizing Quality in Your OR: Can it be Done? – Kost, K., MONTREAL Eibling, D., PITTSBURGHet al
11:15-12:00 / Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer cont…
12:00-13:00 / LUNCH / 11:30 – 13:00 LUNCH
13:00 – 16:00 / MINI-COURSE: Transoral Laser Microsurgery in the Upper Aerodigestive Tract: Early to Advanced Tumors Chair - Steiner, W. , Gottingen, Germany
Panelists – Brown, D., TORONTO, Harris, J., EDMONTON, Kerr, P., WINNIPEG, Taylor, M., HALIFAX
Supported by Karl Storz Endoscopy through an unrestricted educational grant.
  1. WORKSHOP: Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

INTRODUCTION – Dr. Michael Hier

SECTION 1 – 40 MINUTES

SPEAKER – Dr. Mario Sepejasco

Epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis (15 minutes)

Moh’s Surgery – Indications, techniques, cases (25 minutes)

10 MINUTE BREAK

SECTION 2 – 1.2 HOURS

SPEAKER – Dr. Michael Hier

Surgical Indications (20 minutes)

SPEAKER – Dr. Naresh Jha

Indications for XRT (20 minutes)

SPEAKER – Dr. Chris Keeling

Role for chemo and novel medical therapeutics (20 minutes)

SPEAKER – Dr. Corey Moore / Ansari

Local flaps for head and neck Moh’s defects (20 minutes)

10 MINUTE BREAK

SECTION 3 – 1.0 HOURS

MODERATORS – Drs. Hadi Seikaly / John Yoo

PANELISTS – Drs. John Chaplin, Ralph Gilbert, Rick Taylor and Jeff Harris

Reconstruction of large head and neck skin defects