2024 Midwinter Ski Meeting Program
​Addressing the needs of hearing health professionals, the Ultimate Colorado Midwinter Meeting offers two concurrent tracks. Attendees are encouraged to attend the sessions of their choice.
Otology-Audiology Track
1:00-5:00pm: Registration
| Sunday AM - 1/28 | Topic | Speaker |
| "Otology Broad Implications" | Sam Gubbels Moderating | |
| 7:00 - 7:15 | Health Equity Initiatives in ENT | Matthew Bush |
| 7:15 - 7:30 | Hearing and cognitive decline: results from the ACHIEVE randomized trial | Frank Lin |
| 7:30 - 7:45 | Impact of Comorbidities and social determinants of health on cochlear implant performance | Matthew Shew |
| 7:45 - 8:00 | Environmental Toxins and Hearing: What we can learn from global communities | James Saunders |
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Otology Broad Implications | Moderator - Yuri Agrawal Panel - Frank Lin, Matthew Bush, James Saunders, Matthew Shew |
| Sunday PM | ||
| 4:00 - 4:20 | Characterizing Human Vestibular Sensory Epithelia from Vestibular Schwannoma Surgeries | Anna Dondzillo |
| 4:20 - 4:40 | Chirp stimuli evoke larger amplitude binaural interaction components of the auditory brainstem response | Dan Tollin |
| 4:40 - 5:00 | Bone conduction hearing and auditory brainstem responses to BC stimuli | Nate Greene |
| 5:00 - 5:20 | Mechanisms of age related central hearing loss and towards the development of treatments | Achim Klug |
| 5:20 - 5:40 | Interferon signaling enhances bacterial invasion of the middle ear | Sarah Clark |
| 5:40 - 6:00 | Discussion | Katie Rennie - Moderator |
| 6:00 - 8:00 | Welcome Reception | Conference Exhibit Area |
| Monday AM 1/29 | ||
| 7:00 - 7:15 | Does viral infection of the olfactory epithelium accelerate Alzheimer’s Disease? | Diego Restrepo |
| 7:15 - 7:30 | Microbiome as a disease modifier in chronic rhinosinusitis | Vijay Ramakrishnan |
| 7:30 - 7:45 | Taste dysfunction in Covid-19 | Tom Finger |
| 7:45 - 8:00 | The role of Kit signaling in taste bud regeneration | Linda Barlow |
| 8:00 - 8:15 | Salivary gland radioprotection through regulation and DNA repair | Mary Reyland |
| 8:15 - 8:30 | Liquid biopsy for head and neck cancer | Jose Zevallos |
| 8:30 - 8:45 | Liquid Biopsy Cell-Free DNA in Head & Neck Cancer and Beyond | Aadel Chaudhuri |
| 8:45 - 9:00 | Discussion | Sue Kinnamon - Moderator |
| Monday PM | ||
| "Management of Temporal Bone Disease" | Matt Bush - Moderator | |
| 4:00 - 4:15 | M and MO Meatoplasties in the Treatment of Otitis Externa | Andrzej Zarowski |
| 4:15 - 4:30 | Contemporary Management of End Stage Chronic Ear Disease.....The Case For Subtotal Petrosectomy combined with BCD's/Cochlear Implantation | Jacques Herzog |
| 4:30 - 4:45 | Otosclerosis versus Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence | Stephen Cass |
| 4:45 - 5:00 | Contemporary management of otitis externa | Joni Doherty |
| 5:00 - 5:15 | Hearing results after transcanal exostosis removal, large series with various techniques | Jack Shohet |
| 5:15 - 5:30 | Extending the Boundaries of Transcanal Tympanoplasty: A Microscopic Approach | James Saunders |
| 5:30 - 5:45 | Current Management of CSF Otorrhea | Mattthew Bush |
| 5:45 - 6:00 | Management of Hyperacusis | Jack Wazen |
| 6:00 - 8:00 | Alumni Social Hour | The Hythe - Dining Room #1 |
| Tuesday AM - 1/30 | ||
| "Implantable Hearing Devices" | Nate Cass, MD - Moderator | |
| 7:00 - 7:15 | Comparisons of Intraoperative Transimpedance Matrix Recordings vs Intraoperative X-Rays for Confirmation of Cochlear Implant Electrode Position | David Kelsall, MD |
| 7:15 - 7:30 | Implantable hearing devices in the Medicare population | Jeffrey Vrabec |
| 7:30 - 7:45 | CI vs. Stapedotomy in Advanced Otosclerosis | Neil Sperling, MD |
| 7:45 - 8:00 | Intraoperative measurements during cochlear implantation(ECoG and Impedances) | Alex Huber |
| 8:00 - 8:15 | Biomarkers for fibrosis derived from transimpedance measurements in a longitudinal study | Andrzej Zarowski |
| 8:15 - 8:30 | Speech perception abilities of adult cochlear implant listeners with single-sided deafness versus bilateral hearing loss | Daniel Zeitler |
| 8:30 - 8:45 | Panel Discussion - "Considerations in Cochlear Implantation in Patients with Vestibular Schwannoma" | Moderator - Jay Gantz Panelists - Dan Zeitler, Joni Doherty, Anderez Zarowski |
| Tuesday PM | ||
| "Cochlear Implants" | Bruce Gantz Moderator | |
| 4:00 - 4:15 | Depression and cochlear implantation | Nate Cass, MD |
| 4:15 - 4:30 | Cortical changes by deafness and their restoration by hearing rehabilitation using CI | Park Hong Ju |
| 4:30 - 4:45 | First Results with a 34 milliliter Cochlear Implant Electrode | Wolf-dieter Baumgartner |
| 4:45 - 5:00 | Intra-scalar electrode position can predict CI hearing preservation | Nedim Durakovic |
| 5:00 - 5:15 | Individualized cochlear implantation | Thomas Lenarz |
| 5:15 - 5:30 | Hearing Preservation - Manual vs Robotic Implantation | Bruce Gantz, MD |
| 5:30 - 5:45 | Cochlear implantation for the treatment of single-sided deafness: a Bibliometric analysis | Daniel Zeitler |
| 5:45 - 6:00 | Challenges of Practical Use of Localization Testing as a Marker of Binaural Benefit | Renee Banakis Hartl |
| Wednesday AM - 1/31 | ||
| "Vestibular Disorders" Steve Cass moderator | ||
| 7:00 - 7:15 | Algorithm for Vestibular Migraine diagnosis and Management | Joni Doherty |
| 7:15 - 7:30 | IIH and vestibular migraine | Bulent Mamikoglu |
| 7:30 - 7:45 | Vestibular Loss and Aging | Yuri Agrawal |
| 7:45 - 8:00 | CGRP for Vestibular Migraine: Results from the INVESTMENT trial | Jeffrey Sharon, MD |
| 8:00 - 8:15 | Clinical manifestations of acute low-tone sensorineural hearing loss: Its relevance to Meniere's disease | Won-Ho Chung |
| 8:15 - 8:30 | Differential diagnosis of SNHL with vertigo: What we learned from MRI study | Ja Won KOO |
| 8:30 - 8:45 | Vestibular Disorders Panel | Moderator Steve Cass Panelists -Yuri Agrawal, Jeff Sharon, Bulent Mamikoglu |
| Wednesday PM | ||
| "Skull Base Surgery" | Ashley Nassiri Moderator | |
| 4:00 - 4:15 | Pre-operative vestibular assessment helps guide decision making with CPA tumor | Nedim Durakovic |
| 4:15 - 4:30 | Acoustic Neuroma surgery without ICU admission | Brian Perry |
| 4:30 - 4:45 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Artifact Associated with Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Implants: Cholesteatoma and Vestibular Schwannoma Surveillance | Ashley Nassiri |
| 4:45 - 5:00 | Surgery versus SRS for Temporal Bone Paraganglioma | Olivia Kalmanson |
| 5:00 - 5:15 | Prognosis of Facial Palsy in Skull Base Osteomyelitis according to Treatment Methods | MyungHoon Yoo |
| 5:15 - 5:30 | 3D Exoscope in otology and skull base surgery: opportunities and challenges | Joseph Chen |
| 5:30 - 5:45 | Bilateral SSCD | Seth Schwartz |
| 5:45 - 6:00 | Factors affecting Speech Discrimination after Vestibular Schwannoma Resection | Olivia Kalmanson |
| Thursday AM - 2/1 | ||
| "Otology Updates and Innovations" | Samuel Gubbels, MD moderator | |
| 7:00 - 7:15 | Cochlear Implantation and Perioperative Management in Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease | Michael Hoa, MD |
| 7:15 - 7:30 | Otoplan Planning Software in clinical use | Wolf Dieter Baumgartner |
| 7:30 - 7:45 | Contemporary Management of Hearing Instability Disorders | Michael Hoa, MD |
| 7:45 - 8:00 | Pathogenesis of Patulous Eustachian Tube | Jeffrey Vrabec, MD |
| 8:00 - 8:20 | Minimally invasive treatment of superior canal dehiscence | Jack Wazen |
| 8:20 - 8:40 | Translation of a new auditory nerve implant: Pre-clinical and first in-human results | Hubert Lim |
| 8:40 - 9:00 | Process Improvement in Newborn Hearing Screening: A year of programmatic revision. | Stacy Stiell |
General Otolaryngology Track
1:00-5:00pm Registration
| Sunday AM | Topic | Speaker |
| Rhinology | ||
| 7:00 - 7:05 | Introductions and Welcome | Todd Kingdom, MD |
| 7:05 - 7:25 | COVID-mediated Smell Loss | Nyssa Farrell, MD |
| 7:25 - 7:45 | Update on Biologics in Rhinology | Sarah Wise, MD & Dan Beswick, MD |
| 7:45 - 8:05 | Update in HHT & Epistaxis Management | Ashoke Khanwalkar, MD |
| 8:05 - 8:20 | New Approaches in Managing “Post Nasal Drip | Henry Barham, MD |
| 8:20 - 8:50 | Panel Discussion: Central Compartment Syndrome | John Delgaudio, MD (moderator) Rich Orlandi, MD, Stacey Gray, MD, Anne Getz, MD |
| 8:50 - 9:00 | Questions, Discussion, and Wrap-up |
| Sunday PM | Topic | Speaker |
| 4:00 - 4:05 | Introductions & Welcome | Anne Getz, MD |
| 4:05 - 4:20 | Billing & Coding in Rhinology | Henry Barham, MD |
| 4:20 - 4:35 | CSF Leak Work-up & Management | Emily Barrow, MD |
| 4:35 - 4:50 | Quality of Life Outcomes in Sinonasal Cancer | Dan Beswick, MD |
| 4:50 - 5:05 | In-Office Procedures | Ashoke Khanwalkar, MD |
| 5:05 - 5:20 | Rhinology and Chronic Cough | Anne Getz, MD |
| 5:20 - 5:55 | Panel Discussion: Difficult Cases | Todd Kingdom (moderator), Emily Barrow, Richard Orlandi, Stacey Gray, Nyssa Farrell |
| 5:55 - 6:00 | Questions, Discussion, & Wrap-up | |
| 6:00 - 8:00 | Welcome Reception | Conference Exhibit Area |
| Monday AM | Topic | Speaker |
| Laryngology | Moderator: Matthew Clary | |
| 7:00 - 7:25 | Update on Current Management of Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis | Laura Matrka, MD |
| 7:25 - 7:50 | Treatment of Early Laryngeal Cancer | Andrew McWhorter MD |
| 7:50 - 8:15 | Neurological Disorders of the Larynx | Daniel Fink, MD |
| 8:15 - 8:40 | Unusual Causes of Dysphagia | Justin Ross, DO |
| 8:40 - 9:00 | Airway Surgery for the Non-Airway Practice | Emily Ambrose, MD |
| Monday PM | Topic | Speaker |
| General/Sleep | ||
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Indications and Outcomes for Pediatric Eustachian Tube Balloon Dilation – Non CME credit | Chris Schutt, MD |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Break with exhibitors | |
| 4:30 - 5:00 | So your patient wants a hypoglossal nerve stimulator? Analysis of Sleep Study Reports for the Otolaryngologist | Amy Schell, MD |
| 5:00 - 5:30 | Perioperative management of the chronic marijuana user | Aaron Persinger, MD |
| 5:30 - 6:00 | Entering the Unknown: A Shift in ORL Care | Kristi Saunders, MD |
| 6:00 - 8:00 | Alumni Social Hour | The Hythe - Dining Room #1 |
| Tuesday AM | Topic | Speaker |
| Head & Neck | ||
| 7:00 - 7:30 | Updates in the Management of the Unknown Primary | Mohammad Hararah, MD, MPH |
| 7:30 - 8:00 | Counseling Patients about HPV | Michelle Mierzwa, MD and Elizabeth Campbell, MD |
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Screening and Biomarkers for Oral Premalignant Lesions | Carissa Thomas, MD, PhD |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Contemporary Issues in Head and Neck Cancer survivorship | Farshad Chowdhury, MD |
| Tuesday PM | Topic | Speaker |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Artificial Intelligence and Head and Neck Cancer | Steven Chinn, MD, MPH |
| 4:30 - 5:00 | When Patients Say No - Innovative Treatment Offerings for Advanced Mucosal Cancers | Keith Casper, MD |
| 5:00 - 5:30 | Surgery for advanced thyroid carcinoma | Brian Cervenka, MD |
| 5:30 - 6:00 | The supraclavicular artery island flap | Nathan Grohmann, MD |
| Wednesday AM | Topic | Speaker |
| Facial Plastics | ||
| 7:00 - 7:30 | A Review of 100 Consecutive Septal Perforation Repair Surgeries | Andrew Winkler, MD |
| 7:30 - 8:00 | My Approach to Hump Reduction - Conventional vs Preservation | Jeff Moyer, MD |
| 8:00 - 8:20 | My Approach to Nasal Injury in Professional Athletes | Geoffrey Ferril, MD |
| 8:20 - 8:40 | An Evidence-based Examination of Clinic-based Nasal Valve Solutions | Adam Terella, MD |
| 8:40 - 9:00 | My Story of Rhinoplasty: What I’ve learned over 30 Years of Practice | Tom Wang, MD |
| Wednesday PM | Topic | Speaker |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Clinical Pearls for Pediatric Head & Neck and Plastics | Moderator: Greg Allen, MD |
| 'Mastering Thyroglossal Duct Surgery' | Jeffrey Koempel MD | |
| Helpful Hints for in-clinic procedures on children | Marci Lesperance MD | |
| Management of newborn with cleft/craniofacial anomaly: tips for general otolaryngologist” | Bry Roby, MD | |
| 4:30 - 5:10 | Helpful Insights for your Pediatric Practice | Moderator: Greg Allen, MD |
| Needle biopsy and salivary botulinum toxin in the outpatient clinic. How I do it | Scott Manning MD | |
| Keys to Connections in the Outpatient Clinic | Greg Allen MD | |
| Is Posterior Tongue-Tie Real: what is it anyway | Peggy Kelley, MD | |
| If You Don’t Look, You Don’t Know: Owning the Airway Through History, Physical and Endoscopy” | Matt Brigger, MD | |
| 5:10 - 6:00 | Sylvan Stool Memorial Lecture: Unintended Consequences of Early Antibiotic Exposure | Kenny Chan, MD |
| Thursday AM | ||
| 7:00 - 7:45 | Clinical Pearls Related to the Ear | Moderator: Norman Friedman, MD |
| Choosing the "best" first in-office ear tube patient | Gene Liu, MD | |
| Simplifying Bone Conduction implants | David Chi, MD | |
| The Ear Hater's Guide to Peadiatric Hearing Loss | Patricia Yoon, MD | |
| 7:45 - 8:15 | Obstructive SDB | Moderator: Norman Friedman, MD |
| Beyond the AHI | Norman Friedman, MD | |
| Management of Mild OSA - Results of the PATS Study | Ron Mitchell, MD | |
| Turbinate Reduction - Techniques and Outcomes | Melissa Scholes, MD | |
| 8:15 - 8:45 | Innovation in Peds OTO | Moderator: Norman Friedman, MD |
| From Microscope to Bronchoscope: Tracheal Stem Cells and the Pediaatric Airway | Tendy Chiang, MD | |
| Advances and Challenges in the Treatment of Vascular Anomalies“ | Carol MacArthur, MD | |
| 8:45 - 9:00 | Discussion | Moderator: Norman Friedman, MD |
Learning Objectives
By the end of this conference, the attendees will be able to complete the following learning objectives:
• To list the pros and cons of a variety of wound healing products.• To formulate a management plan for common pediatric otolaryngology disorders.
• To describe current assessment and management techniques for common voice disorders.
• To efficiently analyze sleep study results.
• To summarize the evolving and novel indications for cochlear implantation in adults and children.
This
activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
This course offers up to 1.8 ASHA CEUs.
The University of Colorado School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Colorado School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.