You are cordially invited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Advanced Practices in Voice & Dysphagia course.

February 22-24, 2015
Bally’s Las Vegas

9:00

Registration

10:00

False Vocal Fold Injection with Botox for Voice Disorders — Blake Simpson, MD

10:20

The History of Botulinum Toxin — Lucian Sulica, MD

10:40

Thick May Make You Sick – The Effect of Aspirated Thickened Liquids on the Lungs — Maggie Kuhn, MD

11:00

Laryngeal Tells: What Poker Has Taught Me About Treating Voice Disorders — Al Merati, MD

11:30

Phagophobia: The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Food Itself — Liza Blumenfeld, CCC-SLP

12:00

What It Takes to be a Laryngeal Diva — Catherine Rees Lintzenich, MD

12:20

Lunch on your own

1:30

iRobot: The Past, Present, and Future of Transoral Robotic Surgery — Greg Farwell, MD

1:50

The Use of Muscle Stem Cells for Tongue Regeneration — Peter Belafsky, MD

2:20

“Beware; For I Am Fearless, and Therefore Powerful.” What an Interview with Three Frankensteins Can Teach Us About the Future of Laryngology — Martin Birchall, MD

2:50

Break

3:20

Pushing the Limits of Human Sound Production — Milan Amin, MD

3:40

Heavy Metal Larynx: Slash and Burn — Lucian Sulica, MD

4:10

How Can We Prevent Vocal Fold Scar? — Jacqui Allen, MD

4:30

Family Feud Laryngology: Part 2 — Michael Johns, MD

5:00

FEES Pie Eating Contest Hosted by David Godin, MD

6:00

Adjourn

9:00

Endoscopy Demonstrations with Exhibitors:  Group A — Faculty

10:00

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid – State-of-the-Art Screening in the Face of a Head and Neck Cancer Epidemic — Danny Enepekides, MD

10:20

Thyroplasty Pearls — Clark Rosen, MD

10:40

Is the Aging Voice a Disease? — Michael Johns, MD

11:00

Pathophysiology and Treatment Strategies for Neurogenic Cough — Jacqui Allen, MD

11:30

“Lasers” — Mark Courey, MD

11:50

Judging Vocal Pathology Through a Critical Analysis of Sin City Laryngeal Karaoke  — Jackie
Gartner-Schmidt, PhD

12:20

BOX LUNCH and LARYNGEAL KARAOKE

1:30

A Surgeon’s Approach to Muscle Tension Dysphonia — Daniel Novakovic, MD

2:00

Laryngeal Fakes and Phonies — Edie Hapner, PhD

2:20

It’s a Numbers Game: Validated Symptom Indices for Laryngology — Clark Rosen, MD

2:40

Laryngeal Re-Innervation, Past, Present, and Future — Martin Birchall, MD

3:10

Break

3:40

A Dog Named Bean – A Tail of Survival in a Canine Post Total Laryngectomy for Dysphagia — Stan Marks, DVM

4:00

Current Concepts in Laryngeal Transplantation — Greg Farwell, MD

4:30

What Vocal Fold Lesions Respond to Voice Therapy?: The Strobe Does Not Lie — Sarah Schneider, CCC-SLP

4:50

What I’ve Learned in 10 Years of Sin City Laryngology — Greg Postma, MD

5:10

Adjourn

9:00

Endoscopy Demonstrations with Exhibitors: Group B — Faculty

10:00

Twenty Microlaryngoscopy Tips in 20 Minutes — Blake Simpson, MD

10:20

Is FEES Ever the Gold Standard Dysphagia Evaluation? — Jan Pryor, CCC-SLP

10:40

Techniques, Outcomes and Indications of Arytenoid Adduction — Gaelyn Garrett, MD

11:10

Initial Clinical Experience with Endoscopic Management of Reflux with Radiofrequency Augmentation of the LES (Stretta) — Peter Belafsky, MD

11:30

The Use of iPhone Apps as an Adjunct to Voice and Swallowing Therapy — Liza Blumenfeld, CCC-SLP

11:50

Open Your Eyes: Open vs Endoscopic Management of Zenkers Diverticulum — Al Merati, MD

12:10

Wrap-Up and Q&A

12:30

Adjourn