ASPO PEDIATRIC OTOLOGY SYMPOSIUM

Learning objectives:
At the end of the workshop, participants in the workshop will be better able to:

  • Treat and appropriately counsel children and their family with single-sided deafness
  • Master the basics of endoscopic ear surgery and acquire the skills and tools to begin performing procedures confidently
  • Have a systematic approach to complex cochlear implantation and revision cochlear implant surgery
  • Use novel approaches and concepts in cholesteatoma surgery

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025; 7 AM-12:30 PM 
Location: CHUM Research Center (CrCHUM)
900 Saint Denis Street, Montréal, QC, H2X 0A9
5th floor amphitheater B (Room R05.212B)

Course Contact Person: 
Ms. Vicky Decubellis
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (514) 412-4400; extension 25302      
Fax: (514) 412-4342  

Fees:   

ASPO Member

$300

ASPO Non-Member

$350

Allied Health

$200

Student/Trainee

$100

 

Symposium co-directors:
Dr Emily Kay-Rivest, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Dr Joe Saliba, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

Organizing committee:
Dr. Sam Daniel
Vicky Decubellis
Dr. Emily Kay-Rivest, Symposium co-director
Dr. Joe Saliba, Symposium co-director

Wednesday, April 30, 2025- 7:00 am - 12:30 pm

Schedule:
7:00 am - 8:00 am – Breakfast- Keynote Speaker: Expanding Indications for Pediatric Cochlear Implants, Dr David Chi

Moderator: Dr. Sharon Cushing

8:00 am – 8:45 am- Panel discussion: Complex cochlear implantation, challenging Cochlear implants, and advances in auditory brainstem implantation

Moderrot: Dr. Daniel Jethanamest and Dr. Fred Kozak

  • Cochlear implants in abnormal cochleas – Dr. Sharon Cushing
  • Key concepts in revision cochlear implantation: tips and trick –Dr. Elina Kari
  • Updated summary of auditory brainstem implant outcomes – Dr. Emily Kay-Rivest

8:45 am  – 9:30 am- Panel: Advances in pediatric cholesteatoma management

Moderator: Dr. Nandini Govil

  • Updated outcomes in pediatric cholesteatoma management – Dr. David Chi
  • Strategies to minimize recurrences and imaging surveillance paradigms - Dr. Francoise Denoyelle
  • Avoiding complications in cholesteatoma surgery – Dr. Issam Saliba
  • Approach to unsatisfactory ossiculoplasty results - Dr. Scott Schoem

9:30 am -10:15 am - Panel: What is new in atresia and microtia surgery?

Dr. Dylan Chan, Dr. Carol Liu, Dr. Jason Park, And Dr. Mai Thy Truong

  • Overview of surgical options for hearing restoration
  • Real-life utilization and functional outcomes with surgical treatments
  • Coordination of hearing surgery options with microtia reconstruction
  • Tools to aid with decision-making and counseling

10:15 am -10:45 am - Coffee break and visit exhibitors

10:45 am-11:20 am- Panel: Endoscopic ear surgery in children: Innovations and Controversies

Moderator: Dr. Sarah Gitomer

Basic concepts in endoscopic ear surgery, tools for starting – Dr. Daniel Jethanamest

  • Endoscopic ear surgery, uses beyond simple tympanoplasty - Dr. Daniela Carvalho
  • Latest innovations in endoscopic ear surgery – Dr. Francoise Denovelle

11:20 am -12:00 pm
Panel: Single-sided deafness in children: Challenges and future directions

Moderators: Dr. Carol Liu and Dr. Francoise Denovelle

  • Auditory outcomes after cochlear implantation in children with SSD - Dr. Samantha Anne
  • Implications of CMV diagnosis and SSD cochlear implantation – Dr. Sharon Cushing
  • Satisfaction rates and non-use rates in children with SSD – Dr. Sam Daniel
  • SSD- What implant in what child: bone-anchored implants review– Dr. Kristen Alfonso
  • Options in active bone conduction implants

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Closing Keynote Lecture: Atresia and Microtia: 30 years of Experience at Necker Hospital
Dr. Francoise Denoyelle
Moderator: Dr. Sam Daniel