P120 Instruction Courses -- Tuesday

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

May 1995

times they lack the basic knowledge relative to otolaryngic diseases to make appropriate and timely referrals.

The purpose of this course is to help the otolaryngolo- gist to host a CME program for primary care physicians. Concepts and ideas will be presented to result in a success- ful and well-attended meeting. Knowledge and education continue to be one of our best marketing tools in the field of otolaryngology. The second goal is to help familiarize the otolaryngologist with resource materials that are avail- able through the Academy that may be used for CME pro- grams for primary care physicians.

COURSE 3522- I Room NOCC-84 One-period course ($20) 12:30-I :30

Management of Senserineural Hearing Loss in Children

NANCY M. YOUNG, MD, and EDWIN M. MONSELL, MD, PhD

Chicago, III., and Detroit, Mich.

Educational objectives: To order appropriate diagnostic tests in children with newly identified sensorineural hear- ing loss and to provide better counseling of families of hearing-impaired infants and children.

The purpose of this course is to define the role of the otolaryngologist in the management of hearing-impaired children, as well as his or her relationship with other pro- fessionals involved in hearing health care.

Case studies of infants and children newly identified with sensorineural hearing loss will be presented. Guidelines for performing effective history and physical examination, as well as diagnostic workup, including discussion of the role of radiographic studies and blood tests, will be given. Man- agement of sensorineural hearing loss, including the role of cochlear implantation, will be discussed.

COURSE 3523-1 Room NOCC-85 One-per iod course ($20) 12:30-1:30

How to Plan and Execute a Scientific Meeting

JEROME C. GOLDSTEIN, MD, CMP, JACK E. HARMON, MOIRA DEWlLDE, ELVIA RAMIREZ, ANNE R. KIENZLE, and FRANK E. LUCENTE, MD Alexandria, Va., and Brooklyn, N.Y.

Educational objectives: To have an overview and checklist of the basics that need to be considered in putting on a meeting and to have had opportunity to ask the panel of experts questions about planning a meeting.

A panel of four AAO-HNS staff who are experienced in planning meetings will be moderated by Dr. Lucente.

Panel presenters will give 5- to 7-minute presentations in areas of their expertise. The moderator will ask ques- tions and take questions from the audience. General check- lists will be provided as handouts.

Topics to be covered include: �9 Purpose of meeting �9 Planning and organization �9 Program and content---CME credit �9 Audience needs �9 Finances--budgets �9 Schedule staff, what and who to do when �9 Site selection location (hotel or university) �9 Promotion/marketing �9 Registration/housing �9 Exhibits/displays �9 On-site logistics/management �9 Audiovisual �9 Surveys and feedback

COURSE 3524-1 Room NOCC-86 One-per iod course ($20) 12:30-1:30

Technique and Avoiding Complications in FESS

VIJAY K. ANAND, MD New York, N.Y.

Educational objectives: To understand important surgical landmarks and to verify early complications and manage them successfully.

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery has recently re- ceived major attention as one of the newer techniques in the armamentarium of the otolaryngologist in treating dis- eases of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. The con- cept of this particular technique is based on the physiologic restoration of the function at the ostiomeatal unit located in the middle meatus. This technique has been particularly useful in treatment of acute and chronic ethrnoiditis with obstructive sinusitis secondary to polyposis. This technique can be safely performed if one understands the anatomy and the relationship of the various vital structures at the ostiomeatal unit and the physiology of the mucociliary transport in the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses. This course will initially deal with the anatomy of the paranasal sinuses, lateral nasal wall anatomy, and endoscopic cadaver anatomy, with special reference to the vital surgical land- marks. Radiologic CT anatomy and pathology will be pre- sented with appropriate clinical correlations. The indica- tions and the technique of surgery will be described in de- tail. This course will also deal with early detection of the complications and how to avoid them. The effective man- agement of these complications will be described in detail.