51st Anniversary of Residents' Research Day in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

• Critically appraise the scientific presentations with respect to methodology and clinical applicability pertaining to Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
• Discuss the scientific presentations and reflect on their implications for patient care

BROCHURE DOWNLOAD (Available in spring 2025) 

PROGRAM DOWNLOAD (Availalbe in spring 2025) 

To be handed out at event and completed in person 

DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSOR - Dr. Samuel H. Selesnick, MD, FACS

"A View of Scholarly Publishing as Seen Through the Laryngoscope"

Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will be able to... 

1. Identify the qualities of a scholarly journal
2. Improve your peer review
3. Identify the challenges of open access publishing

This year for our Distinguished Visiting Professor keynote address, we welcome Dr. Samuel Selesnick. Samuel H. Selesnick is Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology and Professor of Otolaryngology in Neurological Surgery at the Weill Cornell Medical College, and is a member of the Department of Neurological Surgery as well. Dr. Selesnick, in addition, is a member of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In October, 2019, Dr. Selesnick was named Editor-in-Chief of the global largest and oldest otolaryngology medical journal, The Laryngoscope.
Dr. Selesnick has held and continues to hold leadership positions in key national and international medical societies. Dr. Selesnick is Past President of the American Otological Society, and is a Past President of the American Neurotology Society. Dr. Selesnick is the General Secretary of the Politzer Society – The International Society of Otology. Dr. Selesnick holds the title of Senior US Medical Counselor to the American Hospital of Paris, acting as consultant to the administrative and medical leadership at that institution. Dr. Selesnick has received The Certificate of Honor bestowed by The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and has been named one of the best doctors in his field by numerous lay publications. Dr. Selesnick has served on the Executive Council of the American Otological Society. Dr. Selesnick has served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Selesnick has served on the Executive Council of The American Neurotology Society, and has served on or chaired numerous committees for the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The American Otological Society, The Triological Society, The American College of Surgeons and other medical societies. Dr. Selesnick has served as guest editor of 'The Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America'. Dr. Selesnick has researched topics in neurotology - skull base surgery and otology, and has published extensively in peer reviewed journals. At the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Dr. Selesnick has pioneered skull base surgery for acoustic neuromas as well as other skull base tumors. He has introduced the use of lasers for the treatment of hearing loss in otosclerosis, and for the treatment of cholesteatoma, during mastoidectomy.

DISTINGUISHED GUEST ALUMNUS - DR. Doug Angel, MD, FRCSC

"Music and Medicine - What Surgeons and Surgical Trainees Can Learn From Musicians"

Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will be able to... 

1. Recognize the similarities shared between two seemingly different careers  
2. Learn tools taught in music training and apply them to become better surgeous and physicians
3. Summarize Rethink the way we approach a complex surgical case using musical training as a guide 

For our Distinguished Guest Alumnus, we welcome Dr. Doug Angel. Dr. Doug Angel is an Otolaryngologist - Head and Neck Surgeon at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. He graduated from Medical School in 2008 and was awarded the University Gold Medal for Academic Excellence in Medicine for the Class of 2008 at Memorial. Dr. Angel went on to do Oto-HNS residency at Western University (then the University of Western Ontario), followed by a one-year fellowship in advanced head and neck oncology and microvascular surgery, also at Western University. He returned to his hometown of St. John’s in July 2014 and has since run an extremely busy clinical practice, including a position with the Medical School, where he is actively involved with both the UGME and PGME programs and medical education. Prior to Medical School, Doug completed an undergraduate degree in Music, graduating with a B. Mus (Honours) in piano performance in 2003. He remains extremely active in the music community - locally, provincially and nationally. He is on the Board of Directors for the Tuckamore Chamber Music Festival and Opera on the Avalon; both internationally renowned music organizations based in St. John’s. He also sits on the Music School Advisory Board that reports to the Dean of Music. When not in the OR or running a busy clinic, Dr. Angel can *occasionally* be found sitting at a piano at a local pub or living room, with a crowd around, singing some crowd favourite songs. He is delighted and honoured to be asked to return as a Guest Alumnus to Western’s Resident Research Day, and is looking forward to sharing his experience and connections with both music and medicine over the last 20+ years!

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