2026 Ultimate Colorado Mid-Winter Meeting
February 1-4, 2026
Addressing the needs of Otolaryngology professionals, the Ultimate Colorado Midwinter Meeting offers two concurrent tracks. Attendees are encouraged to attend the sessions of their choice.
Event registration booth and on-site registration is 3-5 pm on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
| Otology-Audiology Session Schedule | ||
| Saturday - 1/31 | ||
| 3:00 - 5:00 pm | Registration | |
| Otology / Audiology - Sunday 2/1 | ||
| 6:30 - 7:00 am | Registration & Breakfast | |
| AM Session: | Combined Session - all conference | Moderator: Yuri Agrawal, MD, MPH, FACS |
| 7:00 - 8:00 am | What Did You Say? An Otolaryngologist’s Primer to Assessment and Management of Pediatric Speech Issues | Kathleen Sie, MD |
| 8:00 - 9:00 am | AI in Healthcare: What ENT Physicians Need to Know | Tell Bennett, MD |
| 3:15 - 4:00 pm | Coffee Break & Reconvene | |
| PM Session: | Otology - Translational Session | Moderator: Sue Kinnamon, PhD |
| 4:00 - 4:20 pm | Co-Infections as a Driver of Recurrent Otitis Media | Sarah Clark, PhD |
| 4:20 - 4:40 pm | A Clinical Trial to Test a Treatment for Central Hearing Loss | Achim Klug, PhD |
| 4:40 - 5:00 pm | Evidence for a Inner Ear Noise Induced Vestibular Injury from Cochlear Implant Insertion | Nathaniel Greene, PhD |
| 5:00 - 5:20 pm | Spatial Determinants of Hair Cell Regeneration in the Mouse Cochlea | Alan Cheng, MD, FACS |
| 5:20 - 5:40 pm | Mapping the Human Inner Ear at Single Cell Resolution | Taha Jan, MD |
| 5:40 - 6:00 pm | Using Mouse and Taste Organoid Models to Understand Mechanisms of Dysgeusia in Patients | Linda Barlow, PhD |
| 6:00 - 8:00 pm | Welcome Reception | |
| Otology / Audiology - Monday 2/2 | ||
| 6:30 - 7:00 am | Registration & Breakfast | |
| AM Session: | Otology - CI Outcomes and Access | Moderator: Ashley Nassiri, MD, MBA |
| 7:00 - 7:20 am | Predicting Adult Cochlear Implant Outcomes | Aaron Moberly, MD |
| 7:20 - 7:40 am | Effects of Unilateral Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implantation on Head Movement Dynamics | Renee Banakis Hartl, MD, AuD |
| 7:40 - 8:00 am | Cochlear Implants in the Context of a Humanitarian Crisis: Venezuela Case | Juan Chiossone-Kerdel |
| 8:00 - 8:20 am | Attentional Processing in Adults With Hearing Loss With and Without Cochlear Implants | Michael Harris, MD |
| 8:20 - 8:40 am | Geographic Distribution of CI Care in the U.S: Where Are the Watershed Regions? | Ashley Nassiri, MD, MBA |
| 8:40 - 9:00 am | Early Outcomes for MED-EL BONEBRIDGE at a Pediatric Center | Moira McShane, AuD |
| 3:15 - 4:00 pm | Coffee Break & Reconvene | |
| PM Session: | Otology - New Technology | Moderator: Samuel Gubbels, MD |
| 4:00 - 4:20 pm | Computer Vision for Otolaryngology | Francis Creighton, MD |
| 4:20 - 4:40 pm | Robot Assisted Ear Surgery | Thomas Lenarz, Prof, MD |
| 4:40 - 5:00 pm | Robotic-Assisted Cochlear Implantation: Update | Jay Gantz, MD, PhD |
| 5:00 - 5:20 pm | The Development of Gene Therapy as a Treatment for Usher Syndrome | Wade Chien, MD |
| 5:20 - 5:40 pm | Patulous Eustachian Tube Dysfunction – Diagnosis and Management | Bryan Ward, MD |
| 5:40 - 6:00 pm | Beyond Hearing: Vestibular Evaluation and Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Patients | Jennifer Drohosky, AuD |
| Otology / Audiology - Tuesday 2/3 | ||
| 6:30 - 7:00 am | Registration & Breakfast | |
| AM Session: | Otology - CI Update | Moderator: Stephen Cass, MD, MPH/MSPH |
| 7:00 - 7:20 am | Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center Update | Bruce Gantz, MD |
| 7:20 - 7:40 am | Moving Beyond the 60/60 Rule: Data-Driven Multi-Parameter Predictive Analysis of Cochlear Implant Outcomes | Nicole Jiam, MD |
| 7:40 - 8:00 am | Hearing Loss and Brain Cortical Changes: Functional and Structural Recovery After Cochlear Implant | Hong Ju Park, MD, PhD |
| 8:00 - 8:20 am | Very Early Activation After CI-Implantation Followed by Very Early Rehab | Astrid Magele, MD, PhD, MBA |
| 8:20 - 8:40 am | Hearing Health Care in Patients with Limited English Proficiency | Tiffany Hwa, MD |
| 8:40 - 9:00 am | Robotic Cochlear Implantation: Robot vs Surgeon | Wolf-Dieter Baumgartner, MD |
| 3:15 - 4:00 pm | Coffee Break & Reconvene | |
| PM Session: | Otology - Novel Mechanisms | Moderator: Samuel Gubbels, MD |
| 4:00 - 4:20 pm | Association of Endolymphatic Sac Surgery Failure with Hypoplastic Endolymphatic Sac Morphology | David Jung, MD, PhD, FACS |
| 4:20 - 4:40 pm | Is Spatial Navigation Impaired in Vestibular Migraine? | Jeffrey Sharon, MD |
| 4:40 - 5:00 pm | Objectifying a Subjective Problem; Shining Light on Human Tinnitus | Gregory Basura, MD, PhD |
| 5:00 - 5:20 pm | Proof-of-Concept Wearable ENG for Community-Based Nystagmus Detection | Kristen Steenerson, MD |
| 5:20 - 5:40 pm | Investigating Utricular Hair Cell Loss in Vestibular Schwannoma Patients | Olivia Kalmanson, MD |
| 5:40 - 6:00 pm | Questions and Answers | Samuel Gubbels, David Jung, Jeffrey Sharon, Gregory Basura, Kristen Steenerson, Olivia Kalmanson |
| Otology / Audiology - Wednesday - 2/4 | ||
| 6:30 - 7:00 am | Registration & Breakfast | |
| AM Session: | Otology - Surgical updates | Moderator: Ashley Nassiri, MD, MBA |
| 7:00 - 7:20 am | Canal Wall Reconstruction of Radical Mastoidectomy Cavities | Simon Ignacio Angeli, MD |
| 7:20 - 7:40 am | Customized Surgical Approach in Attic Cholesteatoma | Won-Ho Chung, MD, PhD |
| 7:40 - 8:00 am | Piston Size and Stapedotomy Diameter in Otosclerosis Surgery: Biomechanical Considerations, Measurements and Modelling | Alexander Huber, MD |
| 8:00 - 8:20 am | Bone Conductive Implants - Results with Recent Solutions | Piotr Skarzynski, MD, PhD, MSc |
| 8:20 - 8:40 am | Bone Conduction Implant vs. Active Middle Ear Implants | Georg Sprinzl, MD |
| 8:40 - 9:00 am | Transmastoid Repair of CSF leaks | Jeffrey Vrabec, MD |
| General Otolaryngology Session Schedule | ||
| Saturday 1/31 | ||
| 3:00 - 5:00 pm | Registration | |
| General Otolaryngology - Sunday 2/1 | ||
| 6:30 - 7:00 am | Registration & Breakfast | |
| AM Session: | Combined Session - all conference | Moderator: Yuri Agrawal, MD, MPH, FACS |
| 7:00 - 8:00 am | What Did You Say? An Otolaryngologist’s Primer to Assessment and Management of Pediatric Speech Issues | Kathleen Sie, MD |
| 8:00 - 9:00 am | AI in Healthcare: What ENT Physicians Need to Know | Tell Bennett, MD |
| 3:15 - 4:00 pm | Coffee Break & Reconvene | |
| PM Session: | Sleep | Moderators: Amy Schell, MD; Katherine Green, MD, MS |
| 4:00 - 4:05 pm | Introduction and Objective Review | Amy Schell, MD; Katherine Green, MD, MS |
| 4:05 - 4:30 pm | Encountering Sleep in a Laryngology Practice | Taylor Lackey, MD |
| 4:30 - 4:55 pm | Encountering Sleep in an Otology Practice | Renee Banakis Hartl, MD, AuD |
| 4:55 - 5:20 pm | Encountering Sleep in a Rhinology Practice | Craig Quattlebaum, MD |
| 5:20 - 5:45 pm | Encountering Other Subspecialties in a Sleep Practice | Phillip Huyett, MD |
| 5:45 - 6:00 pm | Questions and Answers | Amy Schell, Katherine Green, Taylor Lackey, Renee Banakis Hartl, Craig Quattlebaum, Phillip Huyett |
| 6:00 - 8:00 pm | Welcome Reception | |
| General Otolaryngology - Monday 2/2 | ||
| 6:30 - 7:00 am | Registration & Breakfast | |
| AM Session: | Rhinology | Moderator: Todd Kingdom, MD |
| 7:00 - 7:05 am | Introduction | Todd Kingdom, MD |
| 7:05 - 7:50 am | Panel Discussion: Remission in CRS - A Paradigm Shift? | Anne Getz, MD; Zara Patel, MD; Sarah Wise, MD; Daniel Beswick, MD |
| 7:50 - 8:10 am | Panel Discussion: Office Based Rhinology | John DelGaudio, MD; Ashoke Khanwalkar, MD; Zara Patel, MD |
| 8:10 - 8:30 am | Panel Discussion: The Environment and CRS - What We Know in 2026 | Conner Massey, MD; Noam Cohen, MD, PhD |
| 8:30 - 8:50 am | Panel Discussion: Challenging Cases | Maria Espinosa, MD; Stacey Gray, MD; Emily Barrow, MD; Todd Kingdom, MD |
| 8:50 - 9:00 am | Questions and Answers | Ashoke Khanwalkar, MD |
| 3:15 - 4:00 pm | Coffee Break & Reconvene | |
| PM Session: | Head & Neck Surgery | Moderator: Julie Goddard, MD |
| 4:00 - 4:20 pm | Update on Liquid Biopsy in Head and Neck Cancer | Jose Zevallos, MD, MPH |
| 4:20 - 4:40 pm | Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early Oral Cavity Cancers | Karen Choi, MD |
| 4:40 - 5:00 pm | Neck Dissection Impairment Index | Doug Chepeha, MD, MSPH |
| 5:00 - 5:20 pm | Head and Neck Cancer Investigation: How Past Clinical Trials Have Paved the Way for The Present and Future | Steven Chang, MD |
| 5:20 - 5:55 pm | Panel Discussion: Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Mucosal and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Brian Cervenka, MD; Nathan Grohmann, MD; Carissa Thomas, MD, PhD, FACS; Keith Casper, MD; Steven Chinn, MD, MPH; Neil Gross, MD; Michelle Mierzwa, MD |
| 5:55 - 6:00 pm | Wrap Up and Remaining Questions | Julie Goddard, MD |
| General Otolaryngology - Tuesday 2/3 | ||
| 6:30 - 7:00 am | Registration & Breakfast | |
| AM Session: | Laryngology | Moderator: Matthew Clary, MD |
| 7:00 - 7:25 am | UES Dysfunction and Treatment | Daniel Fink, MD |
| 7:25 - 8:00 am | The Hoarse Voice for General Otolaryngologists | Sarai Salgado, CCC-SLP |
| 8:00 - 8:35 am | Panel: Current Understanding and Treatment of Chronic Cough | Emily Ambrose, MD; Mona Abaza, MD; Marie Jette, PhD, CCC-SLP; Levi Keller, MD |
| 8:35 - 9:00 am | Approaches to Treating Posterior Glottic Stenosis | Ioan Lina, MD |
| 3:15 - 4:00 pm | Coffee Break & Reconvene | |
| PM Session: | Pediatric | Moderator: Christopher Discolo, MD |
| 4:00 - 4:20 pm | Stridor: A Sound Diagnosis | Rajanya Petersson, MD, MS, FACS |
| 4:20 - 4:40 pm | Endoscopic Management of Airway Stenosis | Christopher Wootten, MD, MMHC, FACS, FAAP |
| 4:40 - 5:00 pm | Laryngotracheal Reconstruction in Children | David White, MD |
| 5:00 - 5:20 pm | Tracheal Stenosis | Jeremy Prager, MD |
| 5:20 - 6:00 pm | Panel Discussion: Pediatric Airways | Jeremy Prager, Christopher Wootten, Rajanya Petersson, David White |
| General Otolaryngology - Wednesday 2/4 | ||
| 6:30 - 7:00 am | Registration & Breakfast | |
| AM Session: | Facial Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery | Moderator: Andrew Winkler, MD |
| 7:00 -7:05 am | Welcome & Introduction- Brief overview of objectives | Andrew Winkler, MD |
| 7:05 - 7:30 am | Recent Advances in the Management of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Thomas Ow, MD |
| 7:30 - 7:55 am | Managing Skin Cancer in the Age of Biologics and JAK Inhibitors: Challenges for the Mohs Surgeon | Fiona Zwald, MD |
| 7:55 - 8:20 am | Rung of the Reconstructive Ladder: Advances in Topical Therapies and Wound Healing Strategies | Adam Terella, MD |
| 8:20 - 8:45 am | Working Together: The Michigan Strategy for Collaborative in Complex Nasal and Facial Reconstruction | Jeffrey Moyer, MD |
| 8:45 - 9:00 am | Panel Discussion + Q&A: Case-Based Discussion | Andrew Winkler, Thomas Ow, Fiona Zwald, Adam Terella, Jeffrey Moyer |
CME Credit:
CME Learning Objectives:
CME Accreditation Statement:
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 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ASHA CEUs:
We are still applying for ASHA CEU Credit for the upcoming 2026 UCMM. This event has been approved in past years, and we expect to be approved again for this upcoming event.