Residents' Research Day Archives

• 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

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DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSOR - Dr. Kathleen Yaremchuk, MD, MSA

"IF we knew then, what we know now about OSA"

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

1. Identify opportunities for personalized therapy for OSA
2. Discuss pharmaceutical agents for treatment of OSA
3. Describe alternative therapies for treatment of OSA

This year for our Distinguished Visiting Professor keynote address, we welcome Dr. Kathleen Yaremchuk. Dr. Yaremchuk is the Chair Emeritus of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital. She is Board Certified in Otolaryngology and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Yaremchuk has authored or coauthored 62 articles, edited or contributed to 7 books, and has given 80 presentations at regional, national and international meetings on surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. She has received 6 major citations or awards from various national professional societies and has chaired or served on 27 regional and national society committees or editorial boards. Dr. Yaremchuk is the Past President of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. She is the past chair of the Sleep Disorders Committee for the American Academy of Otolaryngology and serves as the American Board of Otolaryngology’s representative to the American Board of Internal Medicine for Sleep Medicine.

DISTINGUISHED GUEST ALUMNUS - DR. HUSSAIN ALSAFFAR, MBBS, FRCSC

"Navigating the Path to Success: Resilience and Strategies for Thriving During Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Residency"

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

1. Review the essential role of Resilience on mentors, peers, and resources in achieving success during otolaryngology residency
2. Describe key challenges and stressors commonly faced by otolaryngology residents and develop strategies for resilience and personal growth
3. Summarize effective time management and self-care techniques for maintaining a healthy work-life balance during residency
4. Illustrate the importance of continuous learning, adaptation, and seeking constructive feedback in the pursuit of excellence as an otolaryngologist-in-training

For our Distinguished Guest Alumnus, we welcome Dr. Hussain Alsaffar is a Consultant in Head and Neck Oncology Surgery and Microvascular Reconstruction Surgery at King Faisal Specilist Hospital and Research Center, and also belongs to the Section of Head of Head and Neck Oncology Surgery, at Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Originally from Saudi Arabia, he embarked on an incredible journey pursuing medical expertise. After graduating from King Faisal University Medical School, Dr. Alsaffar travelled to London, Ontario, for his Residency in Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery from 2007 to 2012. Following that, he completed a two-year fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction Surgery at the University of Toronto, concluding in June 2014. Since then, he has been an Ottawa Head and Neck Oncology team member. Since 2018, Dr. Alsaffar has held the positions of Program Director for the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Residency program at the University of Ottawa, the Fellowship Director for Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction, and chairing a weekly tumour board on Head and Neck Mucosal Oncology. His primary focus is on Head and Neck Oncology and complex Head and Neck Reconstruction, including Microvascular free tissue transfer. Dr. Alsaffar takes pride in providing excellent patient care and has gained a strong reputation among colleagues and patients. Outside of his professional life, he is a proud husband to his wife, Danah, and a loving father to three boys, Ali, Yousif, and Adam. Together, Dr. Alsaffar and his wife create a warm and nurturing environment for their family, cherishing quality time and supporting their children's growth and interests. Balancing a successful medical career with his role as a devoted family person is important, and Dr. Alsaffar finds inspiration in the rewards of nurturing personal relationships alongside professional achievements

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• 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

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DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSOR - Dr. Yi-Chun Carol Liu, MD, MS, FACS

"Management of Hearing Loss Related to Unilateral Aural Atresia"

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

1. Review the development and anatomy of the pinna and ear canal
2. Summarize the unilateral aural atresia epidemiology and its associated anomalies
3. Discuss the various hearing aid options
4. Describe treatment options and the alternatives

This year for our Distinguished Visiting Professor keynote address, we welcome Dr. Yi-Chun Carol Liu. Dr. Yi-Chun Carol Liu, MD, MS, is an Associate Professor in Pediatric Otolaryngology at Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on children with hearing loss, chronic ear diseases, and microtia/atresia repair. She is currently the Associate Director of the Microtia and Atresia Clinic at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH). In addition, she is also the co-director of the surgical subspecialty rotation. Her practice includes managing children with recurrent ear infections, chronic otitis media with effusions, and Eustachian tube dysfunction. Dr. Liu has been leading and actively participated in several clinical outcomes and human research projects and is familiar with appropriate protocols for safeguarding patient information, ensuring patient safety, and successfully completing research protocols. Her goal is to continually improve and develop specific diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for pediatric ear disorders.

DISTINGUISHED GUEST ALUMNUS - DR. SIMON KIRBY, FRCSC, FRCPC

"In Case You Missed it - Medicine Has Changed – What Every MD Should Know About Managing Risk in the Era of Complexity"

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

1. Describe the problem central to medical security
2. Review the essentials of "complexity science"
3. Illustrate the complex nature of technology and the accelerating rate of progression
4. Summarize the paradoxical "Peltzman Effect"
5. Review research exposing medical security problems
6. Describe the path forward - what are rational next steps?

Dr. Kirby completed an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. Subsequently, Dr. Kirby completed medical school at Memorial University. Following graduation, he completed a residency in Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Western Ontario. Further surgical training took him to Philadelphia for a fellowship in microvascular reconstruction with Dr. Richard Hayden. Dr. Kirby then travelled to Los Angeles for facial plastic surgery training. In 1999 Dr. Kirby published award-winning pioneering work regarding the use of neural networks for prediction in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea. This was one of the first clinical applications of artificial intelligence (AI). Dr. Kirby retrained as an anatomical pathologist. He is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Lab Medicine and Surgery, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dr. Kirby is cross-appointed to the faculty of engineering. Dr. Kirby is founder and CEO of SimonKirbyMD Technologies Inc. Follow Dr. Kirby at twitter @SimonKirbyMD

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• 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

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DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSOR - DR. PETER HWANG

"Pathways to Entrepreneurship in Otolaryngology: Lessons learned from Silicon Valley"

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

1. Evaluate how to maintain academic integrity in consultancies with industry
2. Review the challenges and pitfalls in management and protection of intellectual property
3. Describe resources for building your skill set for entrepreneurial work
4. Plan a pathway for developing your disruptive innovation.

This year for our Distinguished Visiting Professor keynote address, we welcome Dr. Peter Hwang, Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. He serves as Chief of the Division of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery and is Past President of the American Rhinologic Society. Dr. Hwang has served extended tenures as Associate Editor of the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology and Associate Editor of the World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Hwang has authored or co-authored over 250 manuscripts, book chapters, and textbooks, including the award-winning textbook Rhinology: Diseases of the Nose, Sinuses & Skull Base. Dr. Hwang is actively involved in training fellows and residents and is a featured speaker at conferences worldwide. He has consulted for a number of successful Silicon Valley biotech startups and is co-founder of Third Wave Therapeutics.

DISTINGUISHED GUEST ALUMNUS - DR. EYTAN DAVID

"VEMPs, Vestibular Retraining, and Vinyl vs Digital: An Auditory Vestibular Narrative"

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

1. Describe the clinically meaningful parameters in VEMP testing
2. Review the results of a pilot study of vestibular retraining on self-perceived dizziness symptoms
3. Review the results of a pilot study of vestibular retraining using objective parameters
4. Appreciate the commonalities between the auditory and vestibular systems
5. Describe digital versus analog high fidelity music reproduction and the latter’s implications for the vestibular system

Dr. Eytan David completed his Otolaryngology residency at Western University in 2001, having received research awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Triologic Society Eastern Section. He continued to pursue a Fellowship in Otology and Neurotology at the University of Toronto. Eytan returned to Vancouver in 2002 as a Clinical Instructor in the Division of Otolaryngology at the University of British Columbia and Lions Gate Hospital. In the past 20 years, Eytan has enjoyed family life, skiing, and a busy otologic practice. With his latest chapter on ear surgery in Gray’s Surgical Anatomy (2020), there has been a recreational return to publishing on auditory vestibular topics including vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, and peripheral vestibular deficits. He is proud to have welcomed two recent Western University Department of Otolaryngology alumni into the LGH Division of Otolaryngology.

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• 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

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DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSOR - DR. BRIAN NUSSENBAUM

"CREATING AN EFFECTIVE PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN AN OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY DEPARTMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGE"

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

1. Describe the key elements and activities that are critically important for creating a culture that is supportive of safety and quality improvement.
2. Recognize the critical importance to best patient care using a framework for success.
3. Understand expected challenges associated with implementing this framework as well as strategies for overcoming hurdles.
4. Review real world examples to facilitate discussion amongst peers in attendance.

This year for our Distinguished Visiting Professor keynote address, we welcome Dr. Brian Nussenbaum, who is the Executive Director of the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1994 and completed a residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2000. He joined Washington University School of Medicine in 2002 after completing a two-year head and neck oncology and microvascular fellowship at the University of Michigan Health System. He completed the Masters in Healthcare Management (MHCM) degree program at the TH Chan Harvard School of Public Health in May 2018.

While a faculty member at Washington University School of Medicine, Dr. Nussenbaum served as the Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Otolaryngology, Division Chief of Head and Neck Surgery, Co-Director of the Fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery and chair of the Conflicts of Interest Review Committee (CIRC) for the School of Medicine. He became well known nationally with respect to the clinical management of head and neck cancer. He was also the Patient Safety Officer in the Department of Otolaryngology since 2009, and has been active on both local and national levels with advancing the patient safety/quality improvement (PSQI) movement. He has lectured extensively about head and neck cancer and PSQI, and served leadership roles in these areas with several national organizations. He was previously grant funded through the National Institutes of Health for research on the BMP pathway as related to oral cancer and through local funding sources for several PSQI initiatives. Dr. Nussenbaum has greater than 125 peer-reviewed publications.

Nationally, Dr. Nussenbaum was elected to be the co-chair for the Recurrent-Metastatic Disease Task Force of the Head and Neck Steering Committee for the NCI/NIH. He completed a four-year term as the Secretary-Treasurer for the Middle Section of The Triological Society, and was the Middle Section Vice President for this organization in 2015. He was elected to the Nominating Committee for the AAO-HNSF in 2013. Dr. Nussenbaum is currently the Secretary-Treasurer of the Society of University Otolaryngologists (SUO). He currently serves on the editorial boards of Oral Oncology, JAMA Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, and ENT Today. Nussenbaum was the recipient of a Distinguished Service Award from the AAO-HNSF in 2013.

Dr. Nussenbaum was certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology in 2001. He participates in the Maintenance of Certification program for his board.

DISTINGUISHED GUEST ALUMNUS - DR. AMANDA HU

"UPDATE ON UNILATERAL VOCAL FOLD PARALYSIS"

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

1. Understand and recognize unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP) and identify potential consequences.
2. Explore the etiologies of UVFP.
3. Review the natural history and prognosis of recovery of vocal fold mobility
4. Describe treatment options such as speech therapy, in-office vocal fold injections, medialization thyroplasty, laryngeal reinnervation, and laryngeal framework surgery.
5. Explore a novel technique of laryngeal electromyography guided vocal fold injection of filler material.

For our Distinguished Guest Alumnus keynote address, we welcome Dr. Amanda Hu. Dr. Hu is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia. She is sub-specialized in Laryngology (Care of the Professional Voice) and is the Director of the Pacific Voice clinic. Dr. Hu graduated from medical school at the University of Toronto (2006), trained in residency in Otolaryngology at Western University (2011), and completed a Laryngology fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle (2012) with Dr. Albert Merati. She worked in Philadelphia at Drexel University with Dr. Robert Sataloff for 5 years prior to joining UBC in August of 2018.

Dr. Hu is currently the Undergraduate Medical Education Director for the ENT Division at UBC where she has a leadership role in training the UBC medical students. She is actively involved with research and is the author of 76 peer reviewed papers, 9 book chapters, and 64 conference presentations. Dr. Hu is the recipient of local, national, and international awards, including the H. Rocke Robertson Teaching Award from UBC, the Harold Myers Award for Distinguished Service from Drexel University, the Physician 40 under 40 Award from the Pennsylvania Medical Society, and the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II .

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