Session 1        10.00 - 11.10

Otology

Middle ear implants - bionic dreams or the future for otology?      Julian Holland

Outreach Otology in the Third World                                               Simon Browning/Rob Evans

 

Coffee 11.10 - 11.30

 

Session 2        11.30 - 12.30

Head and Neck                                                                                                                             

Re -Thinking the Management of Head and Neck Cancer                Professor Terry Jones

Translational research approaches to clinical treatment

 

Lunch 12.30 - 1.30 / Stadium Tour / Poster competition

 

Session 3        1.30 - 2.30

Laryngology                                                                         

Contemporary Management of Vocal Cord Palsy                      Mered Harries & Declan Costello

Aetiology and investigations, Timing of intervention, choice of intervention                                  

Local anaesthetic medialisation techniques, Thyroplasty tips and pearls,  Managing Bilateral Palsy                                                    

2.30 - 2.45 Coffee

 

Session 4        2.45 - 3.45

 

‘Heart-sink’ Laryngology Clinic / ‘Ask the expert panel’

Discussion of management of difficult/controversial laryngology cases including laryngeal webs, granulomas, papillomas, dysplasia, chronic hypertrophic laryngitis, persistent nodules.

The audience is invited to submit/present cases for discussion.

 

3.45 - 4pm      Questions, summing up and close