Program
There will be over nine (9) hours of educational programming each day. The full education and professionally developed program is focused on all facets of ENT surgery with the objective of providing the best possible outcomes for patients.
A typical forum program day will start with breakfast sessions followed by keynote presentations, panel sessions, free paper presentations, case studies and cutting-edge technique presentations and interactive workshops each day.
Please note: Flights from Australia and New Zealand arrive in Fiji mid/late afternoon. Accordingly you need to make travel and accommodation bookings for the day before the opening of the conference.
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Full Program
Sunday 13th August, 2023
9:00am - 10:00am |
Workshop 1Quality and InnovationEvolving Surgical Education: Advanced Platforms and Future Directions - Gresham Richter Device development - from mind to market - Deepak Mehta Recognising and overcoming racial and language healthcare inequities - Sanjay Parikh AAFPS SymposiumAustralasian Academy of Facial Plastic SurgerySouth Pacific Legacy ProgramLocal cases for discussion |
10:00am - 10:30am |
Morning Tea |
10:30am - 12:00pm |
Workshop 2AerodigestiveENT assessment of the complex paediatric airway - Niall Jefferson Airway and swallowing in CHARGE syndrome - Catherine Hart Management of laryngeal cleft: from medical to surgical intervention - Reza Rahbar Surgical options in management of tracheomalacia - CJ Smithers Oesophageal stricture - Mike Wilsey Diagnosis and management of peristomal collapse at the tracheostomy site - Doug Sidell Paediatric Allergy - Terri Brown Whitehorn AAFPS SymposiumAustralasian Academy of Facial Plastic SurgerySouth Pacific Legacy ProgramLectures |
12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch |
1:00pm - 2:30pm |
Workshop 3TBCAAFPS SymposiumAustralasian Academy of Facial Plastic SurgeryModerator: South Pacific Legacy ProgramSkills sessionHands on for South Pacific surgeons |
2:30pm - 3:00pm |
Afternoon Tea |
3:00pm - 4:00pm |
ANZSPO AGMAAFPS AGMSouth Pacific Legacy ProgramSkills session continuedHands on for South Pacific surgeons |
5:00pm - 7:00pm |
Welcome Reception |
Monday 14th August, 2023
6:00am - 5:00pm |
Registration |
8:00am - 10:00am |
Opening Session | Plenary 1Moderator: Murali MahadevanConvenors Welcome Welcome to Country and overview of ENT in Fiji Keynote Speaker - Current adenotonsillectomy guidelines Keynote Speaker - Head and neck cancer management in the resource limited setting Keynote Speaker - Biologicals, trials and experience with real life |
10:00am - 10:30am |
Morning Tea and Exhibition |
10:30am - 12:30pm |
Plenary Session 2Moderator:Room: Keynote Speaker - OSA and healthcare disparities Keynote Speaker - Swimming Upstream: The search for novel epithelial drivers of inflammation in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Keynote Speaker - Vascular anomalies - begin with the end in mind Keynote Speaker - RACS Pacific Health Strategy |
12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch and Exhibition |
1:30pm - 3:00pm |
Concurrent Session 1Adult SleepModerator: Rachelle Love - How to set up a sleep service in NZ Concurrent Session 2Sinonasal TumoursPresentation Free paper Presentation Free paper PANEL: Instructional Concurrent Session 3Paediatric OtologyModerator: Genetic testing for paediatric sensorineural hearing loss - Karen Liddle Screening for congenital CMV infection - Valerie Sung Pearls and pitalls for microtia reconstruction - Tania Kraai CLiKX - A novel automated robotic handheld applicator for insertion of tympanostomy tubes - Lynne Lim OSIA implants in syndromic children - Andrew Chang PANEL: |
3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Afternoon Tea and Exhibition |
3:30pm - 5:00pm |
Concurrent Session 4Workforce and TrainingENTrain Johnny Wu or Andy Wood PJ Paumuina Campbell Baguley Concurrent Session 5Non-invasive therapies/treatments for rhinitis and nasal obstructionPresentation Free Paper Presentation Free Paper Free Paper PANEL: Concurrent Session 6Paediatric RhinologyModerator: Raymond Kim Beyond FESS: endoscopic paediatric skull base surgery - Alessandro de Alaron Choanal atresia - the Malaysian experience - Shamina Moses Pediatric Septoplasty: Open versus Endoscopic approach - Tulio Valdez Management of Complications of Acute Sinusitis in the Paediatric Population - Catherine Banks |
5:00pm - 6:00pm |
AGM NZSOHNSANZRS AGM |
7:00pm |
Presidents Dinner (invitation only) |
Tuesday 15th August, 2023
6:00am - 5:00pm |
Registration |
7:00am - 8:00am |
Breakfast Session 1Otology Surgical Techniques and Round TableModerator: Michel Neeff - The OSIA surgical technique and preliminary results Melanie Souter - BAHA and Bonebridge Round Table Otology Session Steve Toynton Breakfast Session 2Persistent OSAPaediatric - Stacey Ishman Adult - Tucker Woodson Breakfast Session 3MBS coding update |
8:00am - 11:00am |
Plenary Session 3James Hardy Neil Memorial LectureNick McIvor Keynote Speaker - Global Vision: The international maturation of endoscopic orbital surgery Keynote Speaker - Training in Otological Surgery - Jack of all Trades and Master of none Keynote Speaker - Less invasive thyroid surgery Keynote Speaker - Rhinology and the environment |
11:00am - 11:15am |
Morning Tea and Exhibition |
11:30am - 5:30pm |
NZSOHNS Conservation ActivityNetworking Island Excursion |
7:00pm |
Gala Dinner |
Wednesday 16th August, 2023
6:00am - 1:00pm |
Registration |
7:00am - 8:00am |
Breakfast Session 4Breakfast Session 5Paediatric salivary diseaseSoham Roy (Ed Toll, Haytham Kubba) Breakfast Session 6Exoscope vs Endoscope vs Microscope |
8:00am - 10:00am |
Concurrent Session 7OtologyModerator: Rebecca Garland Vestibular Update - Justine Bradley Superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome - diagnosis and management from over 100 surgical cases - Shakeel Saeed Microbiome of CSOM - Michel Neeff Phil Bird - Topic TBA Free paper Free paper Panel Concurrent Session 8The septum and the nasal airwayFree paper Presentation Free paper Presentation Free paper Presentation Free paper PANEL: Concurrent Session 9Paediatric AirwaySustainable concepts in managing laryngomalacia - Gresham Richter Endoscopic posterior cricoid split with rib graft - Vikash Modi Airway experience in Singapore - Annabelle Tay Sok Yan Bronchial reconstruction and stenting for acquired stenosis - Kathrik Balakrishnan Paediatric Voice topic TBC - Scott Rickert Hi-flow paediatric anaesthesia - Susan Humphries Exercise induced laryngeal obstruction - Kaalan Johnson Pierre Robin - Clare Richardson Paediatric tracheostomy - Ozan Gokler |
10:00am - 10:30am |
Morning Tea and Exhibition |
10:30am - 12:00pm |
Concurrent Session 10New therapies in head and neckModerator: Stuart Burrows Iain Nixon Nick McIvor PANEL: Concurrent Session 11Topical therapies in rhinology: beyond corticosteroid irrigationsFree paper Presentation Free paper Presentation Free paper PANEL: Concurrent Session 12Paediatric Head and NeckVascular and Aesthetic Lasers in Pediatric Otolargyngology - Gresham Richter Midline neck lumps - Haytham Kubba Head and neck tumours with free flaps in children - Steven Goudy Paediatric thyroid/endocine - Liane Johnson |
12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch and Exhibition |
1:00pm - 3:00pm |
Concurrent Session 13Rural and Pacific General ENTRhinology for the generalist - Richard Douglas Otology for the generalist - Paul Joice Dizziness for the generalist - Juliet Meldrum Sleep surgery for the generalist - Rachelle Love Concurrent Session 14Emerging therapies in rhinology: biologics, AI and othersFree paper Presentation Free paper Presentation Free paper Presentation PANEL: Wytske Fokkens, Dana Crosby, Ben Bleier Concurrent Session 15Paediatric SleepPATS study update - Stacey Ishman Novel approaches to diagnosis and management of OSA in children with Down syndrome - Jasneek Chawla Respiratory complications of adenotonsillectomy - Ed Toll |
3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Afternoon Tea |
3:30pm - 5:00pm |
Plenary Session 5Keynote Speaker -Tucker Woodson How research has influenced my clinical practice Keynote Speaker - Vestibular Schwannoma management in the 21st century Paediatric ENT - Pushing the Envelope Awards and Conference Close |