AAOA Interactive Allergy and Rhinology Course 2019

11:00am: Group Lunch with Faculty: What Do You Want Out Of This Course? – All available faculty

Otolaryngic Allergy 101

• 11:50am: Introduction and Course Overview – Christine Franzese, MD
• 12:00pm: Case-Based Panel: Allergies & Asthma Ruined My Life – Moderator: Cecelia Damask, DO, Panelists: Christine Franzese, MD, Michael Parker, MD, Maria Veling, MD, Mark Zacharek, MD
• 12:40pm: Understanding Immunology… (seriously!) – Christine Franzese, MD
• 1:00pm: Immunology of Allergy & Immunotherapy – Michael Platt, MD
• 1:30pm: Interactive Session: Name That Allergen – Christine Franzese, MD, Mark Zacharek, MD

2:10pm: Break

• 2:30pm: Skin Testing Techniques: Prick Testing with Video – Cecelia Damask, DO
• 2:45pm: Preparation of Testing and Treatment Board with Video – Michael Parker, MD
• 3:05pm: Skin Testing Techniques: Intradermal Dilutional Testing and Modified Quantitative Testing – Maria Veling, MD
• 3:35pm: Video: IDT and MQT – Christine Franzese, MD
• 3:45pm: Lecture & Case Practicum Specific IgE Testing Methods and Interpretation – Michael Parker, MD

4:15pm: Break

• 4:35pm: Case-Based Practicum: Allergy Testing – Christine Franzese, MD
• 5:05pm: Case-Base Panel: When Good Patients Go Bad –  Q&A with Faculty – Moderator: Cecelia Damask, DO, Panelists: Christine Franzese, MD, Michael Parker, MD, Maria Veling, MD, Mark Zacharek, MD

5:50pm: Lectures Adjourned – Drinks with the Professors

• 7:00am: Mission Impossible: Environmental Control – Maria Veling, MD
• 7:20am: Pharmacotherapy: Patients vs. Guidelines/ICAR – Mark Zacharek, MD
• 8:10am: Application of Immunotherapy for Inhalant Allergy I: Initial Vial Mixing for Subcutaneous Immunotherapy – Cecelia Damask, DO
• 8:40am: Application of Immunotherapy for Inhalant Allergy II: Escalation, Maintenance, and Withdrawal of Subcutaneous Immunotherapy – Michael Parker, MD

9:10am: Break 

• 9:30am: Case-Based Practicum: Vial Mixing for SCIT – Christine Franzese, MD
• 10:00am: This Is Us Having Anaphylaxis – Moderator: Christine Franzese, MD, Panelists: Cecelia Damask, DO, Michael Parker, MD, Michael Platt, MD, Sarah Wise, MD
• 10:45am: Sublingual Immunotherapy: Safety & Efficacy – Sarah Wise, MD
• 11:10am: Sublingual Immunotherapy: Dosing, Escalation, Tablets – Sarah Wise, MD

11:35am: Lunch

• 12:35pm: Introduction to Food Allergy – Michael Parker, MD
• 1:05pm: Panel: Immunology, Biologics, and Sinusitis – Moderator: Christine Franzese, MD, Panelists: Cecelia Damask, DO, Michael Parker, MD, Michael Platt, MD, Sarah Wise, MD
• 1:45pm: Panel Wrap-Up: Q&A with Faculty – Moderator: Christine Franzese, MD, Panelists:  Michael Parker, MD, Michael Platt, MD, Matthew Ryan, MD, Maria Veling, MD, Sarah Wise, MD

2:30pm: Break

Introduction to Rhinology

• 3:00pm: Diagnosis and Classification of Rhinosinusitis – Sarah Wise, MD
• 3:20pm: Adult Rhinosinusitis Guidelines and Evidence-Based Recommendations [AAO-HNS and ICAR] – Sarah Wise, MD
• 3:40pm: Pediatric Rhinosinusitis – Michael Platt, MD
• 3:55pm: Sinus Anatomy and Imaging – Sarah Wise, MD
• 4:20pm: Immunodeficiency and Sinus Disease – Matthew Ryan, MD
• 4:35pm: Cystic Fibrosis and Rhinosinusitis – John DelGaudio, MD
• 4:50pm: Granulomatous Diseases Involving the Sinuses – Mark Zacharek, MD
• 5:15pm: Case-Based Panel: Systemic Diseases in the Rhinologic Patient – Moderator: Matthew Ryan, MD, Panelists: John DelGaudio, MD, Michael Platt, MD, Sarah Wise, MD, Mark Zacharek, MD

6:00pm: Adjourn for the Evening

• 7:20am: Septal and Nasal Valve Surgery – Matthew Ryan, MD
• 7:35am: Epistaxis – Mark Zacharek, MD
• 7:50am: Systemic Antimicrobials and Steroids for Rhinosinusitis – Sarah Wise, MD
• 8:10am: Topical and Alternative Therapies for Rhinosinusitis – John DelGaudio, MD
• 8:25am: Acute Complicated Rhinosinusitis – Sarah Wise, MD

8:50am: Break

• 9:15am: Fungal Rhinosinusitis – John DelGaudio, MD
• 9:35am: Pre-op and Post-op Techniques to Maximize FESS Outcomes – Michael Platt, MD
• 9:55am: Technical Aspects of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery – Matthew Ryan, MD
• 10:15am: Frontal Sinus Management – John DelGaudio, MD
• 10:35am: Balloon Sinus Ostial Dilation: Techniques, Evidence, and Guidelines – Mark Zacharek, MD
• 10:55am: Office Rhinologic Surgery – John DelGuadio, MD
• 11:15am: Complications of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery – Sarah Wise, MD

11:35am: Break – Grab your Lunch!

• 11:55am: Lunchtime Case-Based Panel: Complications of Sinus Surgery – Moderator: John DelGaudio, MD, Panelists: Christine Franzese, MD, Michael Platt, MD, Matthew Ryan, MD, Mark Zacharek, MD
• 12:40pm: Headache – Mark Zacharek, MD
• 12:55pm: Smell and Taste – Michael Platt, MD
• 1:10pm: Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks – Matthew Ryan, MD
• 1:30pm: Benign Sinonasal Neoplasms – John DelGaudio, MD
• 1:45pm: Malignant Sinonasal Neoplasms – Matthew Ryan, MD
• 2:05pm: Case-Based Panel: If I Could Do This One Over Again – Moderator: Christine Franzese, MD, Panelists: John DelGaudio, MD, Michael Platt, MD, Matthew Ryan, MD, Sarah Wise, MD
• 2:50pm: Q&A with Faculty

3:00pm: Program Concludes