2024 Didactic Conference
HANDS-ON LABS: Incorporating Pharyngoplasty in Your Sleep Practice
and In-Office and OR Options for Nasal Valve Management
The Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at RUSH University Medical Center is pleased to announce RUSH Update in Otolaryngology 2024—a comprehensive, two-day conference dedicated to the study of contemporary issues in ear, nose, throat, head and neck disorders.
Practicing physician participants have requested this type of continuing medical education activity to provide for a method of assimilating new medical knowledge into individual practices, to offer a forum to share and validate current practice standards and to incorporate new strategies in the management of the patient with ear, nose, and throat disorders in an evolving field.
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Rubschlager Ambulatory Building
4th Floor Conference Rooms A & B
1520 W. Harrison St.
Chicago, IL 60607
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Stanton Friedberg, MD Chair in Otolaryngology, Professor and Chairman
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Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research Affairs
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Assistant Professor and Research Director, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Assistant Professor and Section Head, Pediatric Otolaryngology
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Assistant Professor and Medical Director, RUSH Oak Brook
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Assistant Professor and Section Head, Sleep Surgery
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Associate Professor, Program Director, and Section Head, Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery
RUSH Otolaryngology Faculty
- Samer Al-Khudari, MD
Associate Professor and Section Head, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology - Mohamed Elrakhawy, MD
Assistant Professor, Otology - Peter Filip, MD
Assistant Professor and Research Director, Division of Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery - Ashok Jagasia, MD
Assistant Professor and Director, Rush Oak Park Otolaryngology - Eli Michaelides, MD
Associate Professor and Section Head, Otology/Neurotology Medical Director, Audiology - Krupa Patel, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Peter Revenaugh, MD
Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, and Section Head, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Ryan Smith, MD
Assistant Professor and Director, Rush South Loop Otolaryngology - Kerstin Stenson, MD
Professor, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology - Vanessa Stubbs, MD
Assistant Professor, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology - Dean Toriumi, MD
Professor, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
RUSH Faculty
- Michael Jelinek, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Cell Therapy - Nikhil Joshi, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology - Erika Knox, AuD
Instructor, Audiology
- James Rowley, MD
Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine - Abigail Thomas
Clinical Fellow, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
![Eric J. Kezirian, MD, MPH](/https/www.rushu.rush.edu/sites/default/files/styles/default/public/2024-04/eric-kezirian-portrait.jpg?itok=Q5ZtgLWY)
Professor, Department of Head and Neck Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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Professor and Dean of Education
Mayo Clinic, Arizona
Objectives
- To appreciate management of ankyloglossia and lip-tie
- To discuss trends in intracapsular vs extracapsular tonsillectomy
- To review practical approach to workup of the dizzy patient
- To discuss surgery for early glottic cancer
- To comprehend treatment of HPV-associated cancer
- To understand the technical nuances of pharyngoplasty
- To review surgical selection for OSA patients
- To appreciate anatomy for primary frontal sinusotomy
- To review of role of biologics for nasal polyps
- To understand the transition to personalize care for chronic rhinosinusitis
- To discuss acute management of facial nerve palsy
- To comprehend functional considerations in dorsal preservation rhinoplasty
- To appreciate strategies to curate the patient experience
Schedule
Friday, November 8, 2024
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Accreditation
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Rush University Medical Center. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
ACCME Credit Designation Statement
Amedco, LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ANCC Credit Designation Statement
Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 13.75 ANCC contact hours.
RUMC Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
1611 W. Harrison St., Suite 550
Chicago, IL 60612