Wednesday 16 October 2024

7.00am - 8.00am      Registration and Exhibition Open, Arrival Tea & Coffee

8.00am - 8.30am    Mihi Whakatau / Welcome 
                               Conference Convenor & President NZSOHNS                                  

8.30am-8.40am       Mini Break

8.40am - 9.20am      James Hardie Neil Lecture
                                Dr Rebecca Garland, Otolaryngologist Head and Neck Surgeon, Te Whatu Ora Health NZ, Wellington, NZ

9.20am - 10.00am    Sustaining Ourselves: Ergonomics in ENT Practice
                                  Associate Professor Raewyn Campbell, Rhinologist and Anterior Skull Base Surgeon, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

10.00am - 10.30am     Morning Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays 

ORL CONFERENCE​
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10.30am - 11.00am Ultrasonography in Otolaryngology: Expanding your Capabilities by Seeing with Sound
Professor Lisa Orloff, Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Director of Endocrine Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University, California, USA

11.00am - 11.30am
Old Problems, New Solutions in Paediatric ENT
Dr Eric Levi, Consultant Otolaryngologist Head & Neck Surgeon, St. Vincent’s Hospital and The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia

11.30am - 12.00pm
Helping Healthcare Ensure that it Delivers for Both the Patient and the Planet
Oliver Hunt, Founder and CEO, Medsalv
 
12.00pm - 12.30pm 
​Quick Fire Poster Presentations 

NURSING FORUM

10.30am - 11.00am 
New Role of ENT CNS Outpatient
Sarah Barnett, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Otolaryngology Outpatients, Te Whatu Ora Waikato, Hamilton, NZ
Dr Andy Wood, Skull Base Rhinologist, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, NZ

11.00am - 11.45am
Nursing Workforce Sustainability
Cheryl Atherfold, Director of Nursing, University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ

11.45am - 12.30pm
Fatigue, Shiftwork and Well Being – Occupational Health & Safety
Dr Ritam Duggal, Te Whatu Ora Waikato, Hamilton, NZ
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12.00pm - 1.00pm Oticon Medical Lunch Session

​12.30pm - 1.30pm    Lunch, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays

HEAD & NECK

1.30pm - 1.50pm
Sneak Preview: The New American Thyroid Association Guidelines for Thyroid Nodules
​Professor Lisa Orloff, Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Director of Endocrine Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University, California, USA

1.50pm - 2.10pm   
Parotid/Parapharyngeal Space Surgery
Professor Suren Krishnan, Consultant Otolaryngologist, Head & Neck Surgeon, Royal Adelaide Hospital & Clinical Professor, Faculty of Surgery, University of Adelaide, Australia

2.10pm - 2.30pm
Update on p16 Positive Disease: De-escalation of Treatment
Dr Stuart Burrows, Consultant Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon, Health NZ - Capital & Coast, NZ​
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2.30pm - 2.40pm Free Paper Presentation
Survival and Function following Primary Laryngectomy or Primary Chemoradiotherapy +/- Salvage laryngectomy in Advanced Laryngeal Cancer: 11-Year Retrospective Cohort Study
Daniel McElroy, FY2, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, Scotland

2.40pm - 2.50pm Free Paper Presentation
Can You Swallow after Salvage Laryngectomy? A 3-Year Study of Swallowing Outcomes following Salvage Total Laryngectomy in South-Western Sydney
William Li, ENT Registrar, Monash Health, Australia

2.50pm - 3.00pm Free Paper Presentation
The Effect of Prior Radiotherapy on Perioperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Free Flap Reconstruction of the Head and Neck
Paul Rozenbroek, Unaccredited Registrar, Tamworth Hospital, Australia

OTOLOGY

1.30pm - 1.50pm 
Treatment of the Dizzy Patient from an ENT Perspective
Dr Claire Iseli, Otologist / Neurotologist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

1.50pm - 2.10pm
Balancing Benefit and Burden: Lessons learned from the Treatment of Single Sided Deafness in Children? 
Dr Sharon Cushing, Paediatric Otologist, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

2.10pm - 2.30pm
Endoscopic Exostectomy: How I Do It
Tom Kuruvilla, Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon, Christchurch, NZ

2.30pm - 2.40pm Free Paper Presentation​
Prophylactic Antimicrobial Use in Cochlear Implant Surgery in New Zealand
Dr Annabel Noakes, Surgical Registrar, Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai, Auckland, NZ

2.40pm - 2.50pm Free Paper Presentation​
Impact of Frequency Mismatch and Modiolar Proximity on Speech Perception in Single-Sided Deafness Cochlear Implant Patients
Phoebe Ramos, ENT - Cochlear Implant Fellow, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

2.50pm - 3.00pm Free Paper Presentation​
ACC Noise Induced Hearing Loss- Equity of Access For Compensation
Megan Haines, House Officer, Te Whatu Ora, Whangarei, NZ​



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NURSING FORUM

1.30pm - 2.30pm
Learning and Unlearning of Nursing Today
Linda Hutchings, Adult Educator, Trainer & Mentor 

2.30pm - 3.00pm 
Tracheal Stenosis
Dr Leon Kong, Te Whatu Ora Waikato, Hamilton, NZ 

​3.00pm - 3.30pm    Afternoon Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays 

FACIAL PLASTICS

3.30pm - 3.50pm
Dr Mark Izzard, Head and Neck Surgeon, Facial Plastics and Reconstruction, Auckland, NZ
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3.50pm - 4.10pm
Panel Discussion

4.10pm - 4.20pm Free Paper Presentation
Effect of Dermatoscopy on Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Excision Success Rates of the Head and Neck
Gareth Jones, ORL Registrar, Te Whatu Ora Hawkes Bay, Napier, NZ

4.20pm - 4.30pm ​Free Paper Presentation
A Retrospective Case Series for the Use of Double Bilobed Flaps as an Alternative to Forehead Flaps for Reconstruction of Small to Moderate Nasal Tip Skin Lesions
Simon Johnson, ENT Registrar, ENT Department Hawkes Bay, Te Whatu Ora, Hastings, NZ


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PAEDIATRICS
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3.30pm - 3.50pm
Infant Mental Health and How It Affects Surgical Practice
Dr Eric Levi, Consultant Otolaryngologist Head & Neck Surgeon, St. Vincent’s Hospital & The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, The University of Melbourne, Australia

3.50pm - 4.10pm
Vestibular Disorders in Children
​​Dr Sharon Cushing, Paediatric Otologist, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

4.10pm - 4.20pm Free Paper Presentation
Temporal Trends in the Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Adolescents
Harry Wu, Junior Registrar, Te Toka Tumai - Auckland, NZ

4.20pm - 4.30pm ​Free Paper Presentation
B4School Tympanometry Screening is Not Equitable
Tom Oliver, Registrar, Te Whatu Ora, Wellington, NZ

NURSING FORUM

3.30pm - 4.00pm
Lived Experience – Tracheal Stenosis
Loren Robertson / Veronica Lenithan
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4.00pm - 4.30pm
Discussion - Where to for ENT Nursing?

4.45pm - 6.00pm  NZSOHNS AGM  - all members welcome!

​from 6.00pm             Nurses' Dinner 
                                  Restaurant to be confirmed, Dinner and beverages will be at the guest's own expense.
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​from 7.00pm             President’s Dinner (by invitation only)                                                                                                                              
                                  Zealong Tea Estate, 495 Gordonton Road, Hamilton; Transport at 7.00pm from hotels booked as part of the ASM registration process, Dinner from 7.00pm