Endoscopic Surgery of the Sinuses, Eustachian Tube and Ear

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome and Course Overview
Ralph Metson, MD 

Sinus Surgery in 2024: Update on the Latest Techniques
Noel Ayoub, MD; Firas Sbeih, MD

The Emerging Role of Biologics in the Treatment of Nasal Polyps
Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD

Surgery for Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Optimizing Your Results
Eric Holbrook, MD, MS

Balloon Dilation of the Sinuses: 2024 Update
Christopher Brook, MD

Refreshment Break

In-Office Procedures for Treatment of Chronic Rhinitis
Aria Jafari, MD

Frontal Sinus Surgery: A Graduated Approach
Stacey Gray, MD

Endoscopic Control of Epistaxis: New Options
Regan Bergmark, MD

Endoscopic DCR for Lacrimal Obstruction
Ralph Metson, MD

Lunch Break

Endoscopic Approaches for Skull Base Tumors
George Scangas, MD

Endoscopic Surgery of the Orbit
Benjamin Bleier, MD

Endoscopic Treatment of CSF Leaks and Encephaloceles
Michael Platt, MD

Evolution of Sinus Surgery: Lessons Learned in the First 30 Years
Ralph Metson, MD

Refreshment Break

Panel Discussion and Case Presentations:

Moderator: Ralph Metson, MD
Panel: Stacey Gray, MD; Aria Jafari, MD; Stella Lee, MD; Alice Maxfield, MD; Ahmad Sedaghat; MD, PhD

Case 1: Complications during sinus surgery: Management options
Case 2: Revision sinus surgery: The failed ESS patient
Case 3: Inverted papilloma: The latest endoscopic approaches
Case 4: Fungal sinusitis: Treatment options
Case 5: Drug-eluting stents: When do they work best?

Adjourn Day 1

Reception and Dinner
Harvard Faculty Club, Cambridge MA

Welcome & Continental Breakfast

ET anatomy and physiology
Carleton Corrales, MD

Office evaluation of ET disorders
Dennis Poe, MD, PhD

Differential diagnosis of ET disorders, patient selection for surgery
Carrie Nieman, MD, MPH

Balloon dilation of ET: techniques, pointers, pitfalls and avoidance of complications
Carrie Nieman, MD, MPH

Refreshment Break

Eustachian tuboplasty – a Rhinologist’s perspective
Ralph Metson, MD

Patulous ET and advanced surgical techniques
Dennis Poe, MD, PhD

Lunch Break (those in Lab 1A have only a half-hour lunch)

Dissection Laboratory 1A

Sinus and Eustachian Tube Techniques 1A 

-Balloon dilation of the Eustachian Tube
-Balloon dilation of the sinuses 
-Frontal sinus drillout
-Endoscopic approaches to the skull base
-Endoscopic septoplasty
-Endoscopic DCR/ orbital decompression 
-Endoscopic ligation of the sphenopalatine artery 
-Endoscopic repair of the patulous Eustachian tube

Break/Transition to Next Lab

Dissection Laboratory 1B

Adjourn Day 2

Continental Breakfast

Welcome
Daniel Lee, MD

Heads Up Surgery - Endoscopic and Exoscopic Ear Surgery
Daniel Lee, MD

Endoscopic Ear Anatomy and Physiology
João Flávio Nogueira, MD

EES in children
Michael Cohen, MD

Panel Discussion: Pearls and Pitfalls in EES
Panel Chair: Alicia Quesnel, MD
Panelists: Brandon Isaacson, MD;  Dunia Abdul Aziz, MD;  Nicole Jiam, MD

Novel Imaging Approaches for the Diagnosis and Management of Cholesteatoma
Lukas Anschuetz, MD

Refreshment Break

Break Lecture Only Attendees 

Dissection Laboratory 2 (Part 1)
All Faculty
Endoscopic Ear Surgery: Basic Techniques 

-Endoscopic transcanal tympantomy
-Endoscopic identification of middle ear anatomy 
-Endoscopic medial graft tympanoplasty
-Endoscopic canaloplasty and atticotomy 

Lunch & Lecture: Endoscopic Stapes Surgery: A Case-Based Discussion
Daniel Lee, MD

Panel Discussion: Challenging Cases in Endoscopic Ear Surgery
Panel Chair: Brandon Isaacson, MD
Panelists: Elliott Kozin, MD; Lukas Anschuetz, MD;  Alicia Quesnel, MD

Future of Endoscopic and Exoscopic Ear Surgery
João Flávio Nogueira, MD

Refreshment Break

Dissection Laboratory 2 (Part 2)
All Faculty
Endoscopic Ear Surgery: Advanced Techniques 
-Endoscopic transcanal lateral graft tympanoplasty 
-Endoscopic ossiculoplasty 
-Endoscopic approach to the attic via mastoidectomy 
-Endoscopic transcanal approach to inner ear and petrous apex 

Adjourn Day 3