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Book and pay before 17 April 2014 and SAVE up to $75 20-22 April 2014 Madinat Arena, Dubai, UAE Sponsored by International Guest Institutions Guest Society Guest University Middle East Otolaryngology Conference is absolutely, the most important ENT event in the region. Mohammed Abu-Oun, Business Unit Manager, Algosaibi G.T.C., Saudi Arabia Organised by: Supported by: www.me-oto.com Accreditation Statement Benefits of Attending Ÿ Discuss the management of refractory sinusitis and optimising outcomes in revision surgeries. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 26.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit. Ÿ Evaluate current trends in treating hearing loss in different population group. Ÿ Identify modern strategies for chronic ear diseases and latest update on CP angle lesion management. Ÿ Evaluate strategies for management of dizzy patients. Ÿ Identify the challenges in endoscopic skull base surgery and reconstruction. Ÿ Review epidemiology and evaluate current trends in management of head & neck cancers Ÿ Evaluate multidisciplinary management of obstructive sleep apnoea and snoring. Grantor Acknowledgement The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education acknowledges educational grants for partial support of this activity from: Platinum Commercial Supporter Ÿ Describe sound principles in functional, ethnic and reconstructive facial plastics. Ÿ Discuss current surgical approaches to the nose and discuss new techniques in Rhinoplasty Who Should Attend? Ÿ Ear Surgeons Ÿ Rhinoplasty Specialists Ÿ Otolaryngologists Gold Commercial Supporter Ÿ Audiologists Ÿ Endoscopic Surgeons Ÿ Speech Language Pathologist Ÿ Paediatric Surgeons Ÿ Rhinologists Welcome letter Dear Colleagues & Friends, On behalf of myself and Dr Ameen Herabi, I would like to welcome you all to the 11th Middle East Update in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, the largest meeting of Otolaryngologists in the Middle East. We are particularly proud of this year's programme in terms of depth of discussions and the expertise of the faculty with more than 160 international and regional speakers sharing their experience and skills in the following areas: Ÿ Management principles of chronic sinusitis, refractory sinusitis and endoscopic sinus surgeries Ÿ Multidisciplinary management of obstructive sleep apnoea Ÿ Transoral Robotic Surgery Ÿ HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers Ÿ Challenges and controversies in skull base reconstruction Ÿ Management of CP angle lesions Ÿ Lasers in phonosurgery Ÿ Latest advancements in facial nerve reconstruction. Every year, the Middle East Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, invites a guest society to participate in our annual meeting in Dubai. In the last three years we have hosted colleagues from Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. This year we are honoured to invite our colleagues from Lebanon to participate, as we play host to the Lebanese Society of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, the Guest Society for 2014. We are also pleased to invite our colleagues from the Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Department at Tanta University, as the 2014 Guest University. One of the most prestigious departments from the USA is also joining us this year as the International Guest Institution; the New York Head and Neck Institute faculty will impress everybody with the depth and scope of their expertise in Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery. Given the tremendous success of the Young Otolaryngologist's Day and Awards for the past two years, in 2014 you will be seeing a lot more young faces around as the Middle East Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery have sponsored the travel and accommodation of 150 residents from across the Middle East to participate in our successive third year of 'Resident's Day'. They will be presenting their research papers and competing for three research awards. I would also like to thank the Activity Director Dr Michael Benninger, Head and Neck Institute, Cleveland Clinic, and Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, for his continued support to the Middle East Update in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Conference. I do believe that we will have a very special meeting this year, and I am looking forward to seeing you all in Dubai. Kind regards, Muaaz Tarabichi MD and Ameen Herabi MD Conference Co-Chairmen The 11th Annual Middle East Update in Otolaryngology Exhibition is held from 20-22 April 2014 at the Madinat Arena, Dubai, UAE, with the exhibition already sold out, companies will showcase more than 53 exhibitiors from 18 countires. The event is the largest gathering of ENT specialists from within the Middle East region, offering a unique platform to network with key experts and practitioners on both a regional and international level. +971 4 336 7334 +971 4 336 4021 [email protected] www.me-oto.com Conference Day 1 - Sunday 20 April, 2014 Room 1 8:15 Welcome & Program Notes Hussain Abdulrahman, Muaaz Tarabichi • Guest Society: Lebanese Society of ORL & HNS – Usamah Al Hadi • Guest University: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, Tanta University – Ahmed Elguindy 8:40 Keynote Lecture Aristotle, Galen, & Ibn Sina: The three fathers of modern medicine – Peter Constantino 9:00 State of the Art: Otorhinolaryngology Moderator: Hussain Abdulrahman • Role of nasal surgery in sleep apnea – Michael G. Stewart • Transoral robotic surgery on otolaryngology – Bert W. O’Malley • Fully implantable cochlear implants: Status and prospects – Konstantina Stankovic • Managing sleep apnea in obese children – Stacey Ishman • From Dubai to Boston: Getting started with endoscopic ear surgery – Daniel J. Lee 10:30 Coffee 11:00 Mini-seminar: Contemporary Management of Frontal Sinus Disease Moderator: Samer Fakhri • The Frontal Sinus: Understanding the anatomy and improving your dissection skills – Benjamin S. Bleier • Stepwise approach: Above and below technique – Samer Fakhri • Endoscopic modified lothrop – Raj Sindwani • Postop care after frontal sinus surgery – Omar A. El-Banhawy • What is the role of open frontal techniques in 2014? – Michael G. Stewart 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Mini-seminar: The Difficult FESS Patient Moderator: Benjamin S. Bleier • Evaluation of recalcitrant postoperative CRS – Michael Benninger • Tips for successful revision surgery – Raj Sindwani • Topical antimicrobials and innovative therapy – Marilene B. Wang • Topical steroids – Samer Fakhri 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Mini-seminar: Allergic Fungal Sinusitis Moderators: Ali Ibrahim Al Amri & Omar A. El-Banhawy • Definitions of fungal sinusitis – Michael G. Stewart • The Texas experience with the pathophysiology and management of AFRS – Samer Fakhri • Incidence of skull base and orbital erosion in allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) and non-AFRS – Mohamad Zahran • How to avoid complication in risky case of AFS – Ali Ibrahim Al Amri Discussion Moderator: Omar A. El-Banhawy Panelists: Ali Ibrahim Al Amri, Benjamin Bleier, Peter Constantino, Raj Sindwani, Samy Elwany 18:00 Close ROOM 2 9:00 10:30 11:00 13:00 14:00 15:30 16:00 18:00 Michael Benninger, Chairman, Head and Neck Institute, Clevelend Clinic, USA 12:30 14:00 16:00 16:30 16:45 18:00 4 Mini-seminar: Chronic Ear with Cholesteatoma Moderator: Amr Elhakeem • From otoscopy to surgery – Munahi Al-Qahtani • Radiology of the temporal bone – Ashkan Monfared • Pearls and pitfalls in diagnosis in chronic otitis media – Sujana S. Chandrasekhar • Management of complications of middle ear cholesteatoma – Sampath Chandra Prasad • Management of petrous bone cholesteatoma – Abdelkader Taibah • How to perform an optimal tympanoplasty in middle ear cholesteatoma – Filippo Di Lella Lunch Instructional Course: Vertigo/dizziness; managing its impact - Michel Lacour Coffee Mini-seminar: Acoustic Neuroma Moderator: Ashkan Monfared • History of skull base surgery and acoustic neuroma operative techniques – Ashkan Monfared • Mechanisms of hearing loss due to vestibular Schwannomas: implications for diagnosis and therapy – Konstantina Stankovic • Watchful waiting: Conservative management of acoustic neuroma – Sujana S. Chandrasekhar • Latest update on management of large acoustic neuromas – Ashkan Monfared Discussion: Management of challenging acoustic neuromas Moderator: Ashkan Monfared Panelists: Abdelkader Taibah, Konstantina Stankovic, Mario Sanna, Sujana S. Chandrasekhar Close ROOM 3 9:00 10:30 11:00 This was a world class meeting with a wonderful blend of internationally recognised faculty, strong regional presenters and the future of Middle East otolaryngology with great resident presentations Organised by: Gruppo Otologica Skull Base Session Moderator: Mario Sanna • Management of the internal carotid artery in lateral skull base surgeries – Mario Sanna • Non vascular tumours of the jugular foramen – Abdelkader Taibah • Role of cochlear implants and auditory brainstem implants in the management of acoustic neuromas – Filippo Di Lella • Management of temporal bone carcinomas – Sampath Chandra Prasad • Refinements in the translabyrinthine approach – Marimar Medina • Management of facial nerve tumors – Munahi Al-Qahtani Coffee State of the Art: Head & Neck Head and Neck neoplasm in Arab World. (PAHNS) Moderator: Ossama Hamid, Lily Shakibnia • Pan Arab Head & Neck Society presentation – Ahmed Tantawy • Hypopharyngeal cancer in Egypt – Ahmad Tantawy • Laryngeal cancer in Egypt – Ossama Hamid • Thyroid tumors in Saudi Arabia – Ameen Al Herabi • Nasopharyngeal cancer: Towards a Pan Arab and Mediterranean consortium – Paolo Bossi Panelists: Paolo Bossi, Ossama Hamid, Ameen Al Herabi, Ahmed Tantawy Coffee Mini-seminar: Controversy in Thyroid Cancer Management Moderator: Carmelo Barbaccia, Ameen Al Herabi • Management of papillary thyroid micro carcinoma – Marilene B. Wang • Accuracy and limitation of FNAC in well differentiated thyroid carcinoma – Aaron Han • Role of prophylactic central neck dissection in differential thyroid carcinoma – Carmelo Barbaccia • Current trends and recent innovation in thyroid surgery – Anjum Naveed • Thyroglobulin as a tumor marker for well differentiated papillary thyroid cancer – Dennis Kraus Panelists: Carmelo Barbaccia, Aaron Han, Dennis Kraus, Anjum Naveed, Marilene B. Wang Lunch Mini-seminar: Oropharyngeal Cancer - Clinical Implications of the HPV connection Moderator: Paolo Bossi, Ahmed Tantawy • The new cancer patient: young, non smoker, HPV+ evaluation – Marilene B Wang • HPV testing in oropharyngeal SCC: What the clinician should know – Haitham Mirghani • Management of oropharyngeal cancer as there is debate on surgery vs chemo/XRT and also what is the optimal surgery – Bert W. O’Malley • The role of radiation therapy and systemic drugs within the management of the disease – Paolo Bossi • Salvage surgery of oropharyngeal carcinoma after chemo radiotherapy – Natalia Pizzi • Follow up of HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers: are we authorized to a different strategy? – Paolo Bossi Panelists: Paolo Bossi, Haitham Mirghani, Bert W. O’Malley, Natalia Pizzi, Marilene B Wang Coffee Current concept and new dimensions in the management of Oral Cancer – Syed Muhammad Tariq Rafi Mini-seminar: Complication and Recurrence in Head and Neck Cancer Moderator: Faraz Khan, Maroun Kuory • Management of dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients – Marilene B. Wang • Treatment of recurrent/metastatic squamous cell cancer – Paolo Bossi • Salvage re-irradiation for H&N cancers – Salim Chaib Rassou • Toxicity of re-irradiation – Lily Shakibnia Panelists: Paolo Bossi, Salim Chaib Rassou, Marilene B. Wang, Lily Shakibnia Close 4 EASY WAYS TO BOOK YOUR DELEGATE PLACE NOW Conference Day 1 - Sunday 20 April, 2014 ROOM 4 9:00 ROOM 6 9:00 State of Art : Rhinoplasty Moderator: Alireza Mesbahi Cochlear implants in children with additional disabilities: long term outcomes – Elizabeth Fitzpatrick • Rhinoplasty for middle eastern and gulf patients – Bashar Bizrah • Nasal base surgery: Important for middle eastern noses – Alireza Mesbahi • Rhinogenioplasty: the state of art in profile harmonization – Mohsen Naraghi • Spreader grafts in rhinoplasty – Homere Al Moutran 10:00 Coffee 10:30 Moderator: Rana Batterjee Pediatric cochlear implantation: exploring factors related to age at implantation – Elizabeth Fitzpatrick • Endoscopic brow lifting – Thomas Romo 10:40 Coffee 11:00 Mini-seminar: Management of Thick Skin Patients Moderator: Bashar Bizrah, Mohsen Naraghi 11:30 • Pearls and pitfalls in Middle Eastern rhinoplasty – Mohsen Naraghi 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Mini-seminar: Importance of Binaural Hearing Moderator: Konstantina Stankovic Panelist: Hassan Wahba, Roland Laszig, Georg Sprinzl, Rudolf Hagen, Sujana S. Chandrasekhar 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Abstract Presentation: Otology/Neurotology/Audiology • African & Chinese rhinoplasty – Bashar Bizrah • Droopy nasal tip: Treatment modalities – Alireza Mesbahi Panelist: Mohsen Naraghi, Thomas Romo, Brajendra Baser, Alireza Mesbahi Lunch 14:00 Mini-seminar: Deviated nose Moderator: Bashar Bizrah, Brajendra Baser Moderator: Rana Batterjee Management of hearing loss in patients (0-6 months) – Laura Prigge • Rhinoplasty of the non caucasian nose – Thomas Romo 12:30 Moderator: Rana Batterjee • The high risk neonatal hearing screening in the Qatif central hospital, Saudi Arabia – Ibrahim Alzahrani • Key manoeuvres in management of deviated nose – Bashar Bizrah • Low trauma electrode – array diagnostic SP EVO: Features & first results – Jean-Pierre Bébéar • Functional Rhinoplasty: How to improve form and function in primary and secondary surgery – Mohsen Naraghi • Osteotomies in rhinoplasty – Alireza Mesbahi • Auditory N1-P2 cortical event related potential in auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder patients – Mohamed M. Abdeltawwab • Crooked nose – Brajendra Baser • Early pediatric cochlear implantation: the Bordeaux experience – Jean-Pierre Bébéar 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Instructional Course Septorhinoplasty: endonasal approach – Alireza Mesbahi 17:00 Instructional Course Deviated nose septorhinoplasty: key points for success – Mohsen Naraghi 18:00 Close • “Posterior wall flap” approach for cochlear implantation in inner ear malformations – Hasan Diab • Experience with cochlear implant at primus hospital in last 4 yrs with more than 100 implants done successfully – Sumit Mrig • The Arabic Matrix Test: A New Tool for Speech Audiometry in Noise in Modern Standard Arabic – Michael Buschermohle • BAHA Attract versus BAHA Derma lock System: Multicenter comparative clinical study – Mete Iseri • Dpoaes: Cochlear Ohcs Functions In Patients With Definite Vestibular Migraine – Mohamed Abdeltawwab • Hearing Screening through Questionnaire – Ranganathan Mathivanan • Developing An Arabic Speech Spectrum Audiogram – Sharifa Al-Balushi ROOM 5 9:00 • Multi- frequency test: Is it reliable for preoperative diagnosis of Otosclerosis? – Khabti Almuhanna OSA Overview Moderator: Michael Oko • Vestibular rehabilitation therapy: Tips and pitfalls – Mohamed Fawzy Moustafa • Overview of OSA in UAE, barriers to service development – Michael Oko 18:00 Close • OSA and co morbidities – Emad Kowatli • MDT Sleep clinics: who & why? – Ram Dhillon Questions & Answers 10:30 Coffee 11:00 Non CPAP therapies for OSA Moderator: Peter Catalano • Role of surgery in OSA (nasal, UPPP & multi level surgery) – Peter Catalano, Bert W. O’Malley, Michael G. Stewart • The management of the tongue base and epiglottis in the treatment of OSA – Ashim Desai • Paediatric OSA – Stacey Ishman • Hyoid suspension with epiglottopexy for severe OSA - Yosef P. Krespi Questions & Answers 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Practical aspects of CPAP and Sleep studies Moderator: Ram Dhillon • Practical tips in initiating on CPAP therapy: how to get the best results – Ram Dhillon • Sleep studies, domiciliary vs inpatient studies – Emad Kowatli • Economic analysis of CPAP therapy: how to get funded – Michael Oko Questions & Answers 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Instructional Course Sleepiness in children: what to do when the sleep study is normal – Stacey Ishman 17:00 Instructional Course Snoring and obstructive sleep apnea management - step by step guide – Ahmed El Bassiouny 18:00 Close Relevent to ENT, Audiologists & Speech Therapists Relevent to Audiologists & Speech Therapists +971 4 336 7334 +971 4 336 4021 [email protected] www.me-oto.com 5 Conference Day 2 - Monday 21 April, 2014 Room 1 8:00 Instructional Course Endoscopic sinus & skull base surgery – Satish Jain 9:00 Mini-seminar: Pediatric Unilateral Nasal polyp Moderators: Ali Ibrahim Al Amri & Omar A. El-Banhawy • Unilateral nasal polyposis: clinical presentation and pathology – Usamah Al Hadi • Endoscopic surgery in paediatric recurrent antrochoanal polyp – Benjamin Bleier • Sphenochoanal polyp – Omar A. El-Banhawy • Pediatric meningoencephaloceles and nasal obstruction – Peter Constantino Panel Discussion Moderator: Omar A. El-Banhawy Panelists: Usamah Al Hadi, Peter Constantino, Raj Sindwani, Benjamin Bleier, Samy Elwany, Marilene B. Wang 10:30 Coffee 10:45 Anterior Base of Skull Surgery (Sinonasal & Skull Base Tumors) Moderator: Usamah Al Hadi • Rationale and principles of endoscopic resection – Samer Fakhri • Challenges and controversies in endoscopic skull base reconstruction – Benjamin S. Bleier • Outcomes of endoscopic vs open management of sinonasal malignancies- Marilene B. Wang • Management of vascular tumors – Usamah Al Hadi • Open vs endoscopic skull base surgery in 2014 – Peter Constantino 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Mini-seminar: Management of Intra & Post Operative Bleeding in ENT Practice Moderator: Muaaz Tarabichi Panelists: Samer Fakhri, Benjamin S. Bleier, Raj Sindwani, Michael G. Stewart, Marlene B. Wang, Laurent Tavernier 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Mini-seminar: Otolaryngologist Perspective on Approaches to the Orbit Moderator: Raj Sindwani • Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy – Mohsen Naraghi • Endoscopic Orbital Decompression – Raj Sindwani • Endoscopic Optic nerve decompression – Benjamin Bleier • Management of the orbit in sinonasal malignancy – Luca Muscatello • Orbital complications of FESS – Prevention, identification & Management – Satish Jain Moderator: Samer Fakhri Panelists: Raj Sindwani, Benjamin S. Bleier, Luca Muscatello, Omar A. El-Banhawy , Samy Elwany, Usamah Al Hadi, Satish Jain 18:00 Close 08:30 State of Art: Otology Moderator: Hassan Wahba • Evaluation & management of air-bone gap – Daniel J. Lee • Imaging of the inner ear: CT, MRI and emerging optical technologies – Konstantina Stankovic • BAHA implantations-soft tissue preservation – Vedat Topsakal • External ear reconstruction plus BAHA – Ashesh Bhumkar • Temporal bone histology with radiologic correlates – Sujana S. Chandrasekhar • Diabetic ear: no definite solution yet – Hassan Wahba 10:30 Coffee 11:00 Mini-seminar: Cochlear Implant in Challenging Population Moderator: Monfared Ashkan Panelist: Daniel J. Lee, Roland Laszig, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Rudolf Hagen, Filippo Di Lella, Jamaal Kassouma, Georg Sprinzl 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Mini-seminar: Early Cochlear Implantation: Should We Wait at All? Moderator: Daniel Lee Panel: Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Roland Laszig, Georg Sprinzl 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Instructional Course Acoustic Neuromas - an experience in treating over 3000 consecutive cases – Mario Sanaa 17:00 Instructional Course Instructional Course: Endoscopic Functional surgery for Acoustic Neuroma – Hassan Ahmed 18:00 Close Room 2 Room 3 8:00 State of the Art: Head & Neck Mini-seminar: Salivary Glands Tumors and Facial Nerve Safety Moderator: Faruque Riffat • Management of salivary gland cancer – Carmelo Barbaccia • Approach to parapharyngeal masses and tumours – Faruque Riffat • Management of neck in N0 salivary gland cancer – Dennis Kraus • Safer surgery with facial nerve monitoring - new perspectives – Milton Waner • Latest advances in facial nerve reconstruction – Peter Constantino Discussion Panelists: Carmelo Barbaccia, Peter Constantino, Dennis Kraus, Faruque Riffat, Milton Waner 9:30 Instructional Course Transoral laser microsurgery for glottis and supraglottic cancer – Giorgio Peretti, Cesare Piazza, Roberto Puxeddu 10:30 Coffee 11:00 Mini-seminar: Advantage and limitation of New Technology in Head and Neck Moderator: Bert W. O’Malley • Developing a trans oral robotic surgery program for the treatment of head and neck tumors – Bert W. O’Malley • Narrow band imaging in the upper aero digestive tract evaluation – Giorgio Peretti • State of the art tools for the staging larynx cancer – Roberto Puxeddu • Rehabilitation of deglutition in a dysfunctional larynx thanks to a new intralaryngeal prosthesis – Agnès Dupret-Bories • In-office laser surgery in otolaryngology – Yosef P. Krespi Discussion Panelists: Agnès Dupret-Bories, Yosef P. Krespi, Bert W. O’Malley, Giorgio Peretti, Roberto Puxeddu 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Mini-seminar: Organ preservation for Laryngeal Cancer – Is it still a gold standard treatment? Moderator: Ossama Hamid, Giorgio Peretti • The impact of increasing mortality for organ preservation for larynx cancer – Dennis Kraus • Open partial laryngectomies versus transoral laser microsurgery: indications, oncologic and functional outcomes – Giorgio Peretti • Supracricoid partial laryngectomy – Luca Muscatello, Riccardo Lenzi • Surgical management of stage 4 larynx – Ahmed Tantawy • Organ preservation for larynx carcinoma – Faraz Khan, Maroun Khoury • Larynx replacement by a device after total laryngectomy, initial clinical experience with 4 patients future steps – Christian Debry • Speech rehabilitation post total laryngectomy – Fadi Kanaan Discussion Panelists: Christian Debry, Fadi Kanaan, Dennis Kraus, Luca Muscatello, Giorgio Peretti, Ahmed Tantawy, Faraz Khan, Maroun Khoury, Riccardo Lenzi 15:50 Coffee 16:10 Reconstruction and Management of complex patient after Head and Neck cancer Surgery Moderator: Roger Moukarbel • Principle of rehabilitation in oral cancer patients – Pietro Salvatori • Advanced head and neck reconstructive surgery - Qatar Experience – Faisal A. Gadir • Perforator flaps in head and neck reconstruction – Davood Fallahdar • Head and neck reconstructive surgery - Lebanon Experience – Roger Moukarbel • Midface reconstruction: keep it simple with pedicle flaps – Homere Al Moutran • Patient’s survival after free flap surgery – Pietro Salvatori Discussion Panelists: Davood Fallahdar, Faisal A. Gadir , Pietro Salvatori, Roger Moukarbel 18:00 Close The Middle East otolaryngology conference and exhibition reminded me why i fell in love with otolaryngology, it expands the horizon for young otolaryngologists such as myself, it sheds the light on all the potentials of our future Dr. Muneera Abdulla AL Khalifa, Resident, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, Bahrain Relevent to ENT, Audiologists & Speech Therapists 6 4 EASY WAYS TO BOOK YOUR DELEGATE PLACE NOW Conference Day 2 - Monday 21 April, 2014 Room 4 8:00 Instructional Course The Septum in Septo-rhinoplasty – Ashim Desai 9:00 State of the Art: Rhinoplasty Room 6 Mini-seminar: Healing Process problems and Management Moderator: Bashar Bizra • Post tip plasty healing problems and management – Bashar Bizrah • Polly beak deformity: aetiology, treatment, prevention – Alireza Mesbahi • Step by step approach in augmentation of the difficult nose post traumatic/revision/ congenital deformity – Brajendra Baser • Alar base surgery – Alireza Mesbahi Discussion 10:30 Coffee 11:00 Instructional Course How I do Rhinoplasty – Bashar Bizrah 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Challenging Cases Case presentation: Alireza Mesbahi Panel: Ashim Desai, Thomas Romo, Bashar Bizrah, Brajendra Bashar, Mohsen Naraghi 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Challenging Cases Moderator: Bashar Bizrah Panel: Ashim Desai, Alireza Mesbahi, Thomas Romo, Bashar Bizrah, Brajendra Bashar, Mohsen Naraghi 17:30 Close 8:30 Moderator: Ghada Ajamieh • Newborn hearing screening: What have we learned in the past ten years – Elizabeth Fitzpatrick 9:30 Moderator: Ghada Ajamieh • New challenges in early identification of paediatric hearing loss: children with mild bilateral and unilateral hearing loss – Elizabeth Fitzpatrick , Nusaiba Sallam 10:30 Coffee 11:00 Guest University Session: Tanta University Session Moderator – Ahmed Elguindy Education in TU-ENT • Modular Learning for the medical student (Patient-centred ENT modules) – Ahmed Elguindy • The new residency program: adopting and adapting CanMEDS framework – Ahmed Elguindy Research in TU-ENT • Research network (A Joint TUH and CCHE Project):PET-CT for head and neck lymphomas in children – Eman Marie • Clinical trials: balloon sinuplasty as a medical procedure – Hossam Elsherief • Outcomes research: QoL measures in patients treated for cancer larynx – Haytham Elafandi Tanta Cochrane Journal Club • Bringing evidence to TU-ENT practice – Ahmed Elguindy TU-ENT Healthcare • Towards a better quality of life in cancer patients: swallow restoration in supracricoid laryngectomy – Emad Shehata • TU-ENT experience in cochlear implant – Mahmoud Mandour 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Guest Society Session: Adaptation of advanced surgical techniques in Otolaryngology Head and Surgery in Lebanon Moderator: Usamah Al Hadi • History of the Lebanese otolaryngology society – Usamah Al Hadi • The evolution of endoscopic pituitary surgery – Usamah Al Hadi • Head & neck surgery in era of free tissue transfer – Roger Moukarbel • The versatility of grafting techniques in open rhinoplasty – Paul Yazbeck • Survival of advanced laryngeal cancer – Amine C. Haddad • Benefits of open rhinoplasty approach for tip surgery – Tony Jaklis 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Moderator: Lubaina Sharafally Room 5 8:00 Instructional Course Migraine in otolaryngology, review and updates – Omar Sabra 9:00 Instructional Course: Importance of bacteriological eradication & antimicrobial sensitivity in the treatment of respiratory tract infections – Daryl J. Hoban 10:00 11:00 Instructional Course An update on the treatment of inflammation in the nose and sinuses – Claus Bachert Head impulse test – Mohmmad Shabana 16:30 Mini-seminar: Pediatric Airway Disorders Moderator: Talal Alkhatib Panelist: Ala Jebreel, Christian Debry Etiological work up for early childhood deafness – Vedat Topsakal 17:00 Moderator: Lubaina Sharafally Moderator: Lubaina Sharafally 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Instructional Course Sleep studies: The significance of all those other number (adult or paediatric) – Stacey Ishman 17:30 15:00 Instructional Course Preauricular sinus management – Amr Elhakeem, Aisha Larem 18:00 16:00 Abstract Presentation – Otology/Hearing /Balance Moderator: Mustafa Mahesri, Firas Alzoubi • Antioxidants and neuro-otology: facts and future perspectives – Abdulaziz Jifrey • Role of neurtrophic and antioxidants in protection against gentamicin-induced ototoxicity in guinea pigs – Takwa Adly Gabr • Ear barotraumas – Hatim Shawli • Enterobius vermicularis of the external auditory canal – Abdelgadir Ahmed Eltayeb • Avulsion of Malleo-incudal complex with dislocation- a rare ossicular chain injury by using an indigenous claw like ear hook with review – Seema Punnoose • Meniere’s disease versus vestibular migraine: similarities and differences – Mohamed Fawzy Moustafa • Malleus obstacles in ossiculoplasty – Saad Elzayat • Hyaluronic acid fat graft myringoplasty: how i do it? – Musaed Alzahrani • Keys for diagnosis the cause of vertigo from the patient history – Badr Zagzoog • Pure tone threshold improvement after myringoplasty in sudanese patients – Rasha Ali • Efficacy of paroxetine HCL in the treatment of tinnitus – Mustafa Adnan • Seasonality of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) – Basil Saeed 18:10 Moderator: Lubaina Sharafally Update on Genetic Hearing Loss – Konstantina Stankovic CI in Single Sided Deafness in Children – Rudolf Hagen Close Most of what I saw I felt like I had not seen before, every year the event is improving and changing steps forward, it’s the best of the best. Close Mohamed Ahmed, Speech Therapy Specialist and Auditory Verbal therapist, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar Relevent to Audiologists Relevent to ENT, Audiologists Relevent to ENT, Audiologists & Speech Therapists Relevent to Audiologists & Speech Therapists +971 4 336 7334 +971 4 336 4021 [email protected] www.me-oto.com 7 Conference Day 3 - Tuesday 22 April, 2014 Room 2 Room 1 8:00 State of Art: Rhinology Moderator: Ali Ibrahim Al Amri • What is appropriate medical therapy in chronic rhinosinusitis? – Michael G. Stewart • Avoidance and management of complications in FESS – Benjamin Bleier • Surgical Management of inferior turbinate hypertrophy – Raj Sindwani • Update on management of orbital abscesses – Samer Fakhri • The impact of endoscopic sinus surgery on healthcare use – Michael S Benninger 10:00 Coffee 10:30 Mini-seminar: Headache and Sinus Moderator: Marilene B. Wang • Atypical facial pain: an integrative approach – Marilene B. Wang • Characteristics of sinus related pain – Muaaz Tarabichi • Rhinogenic headache – Michael G. Stewart • Sinonasal CT findings in migraine: clinicopathological correlation – Yasser A. Nour Discussion Moderator: Marilene B. Wang Panelists: Samer Fakhri, Michael G. Stewart, Muaaz Tarabichi, Raj Sindwani, Benjamin Bleier 12:00 Mini-seminar: Balloons Moderator: Raj Sindwani • Emerging role – Raj Sindwani • Indications, efficacy, cost-effectiveness – Marilene B. Wang Discussion: Moderator: Raj Sindwani Panelists: Marilene B. Wang, Omar A. El-Banhawy, Michael S. Benninger, Usamah Al Hadi 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Abstract Presentation: Rhinology Moderator: Ali Ibrahim Al Amri, Usamah Al Hadi • Endoscopic anatomy of the middle ethmoidal artery: a cadaver study – Ahmed Youssef • Evidence based approach to medical and surgical treatment of nasal polyposis – Robert M. Naclerio • Balloon sinuplasty: A treatment Option for Chronic Sinusitis – James Fortson • A Noval transnasal endoscopic reconstruction of the orbital floor with septal cartilage graft – Mohammad Alessa • Invasive fungal sinusitis: cause of unilateral orbital cellulitis and blindness – Sanjay Kemalramani • Unusual presentation of lymphamatoid granulomatosis – Sharfi Abdelgadir Omer Ahmed • Endoscopic endonasal transphenoidal approach in the management of pituitary lesions : a review of 27 cases – Vandana Binu • Endoscopic resection of nasopharyngeal angiofibromas exclusively versus combined transnasal and transcranial routes – Mohsen Naraghi • Efficacy of coblation turbinoplasty in inferior turbinate hypertrophy – A. Rahman Al-Ghareeb • Silent sinus syndrome-a case report and literature review – Yaser Najaf • Endoscopic septoplasty: indications, technique and complications - a review of 87 cases – Nazik Abdullah • Anatomical variations on ct study of the nose, paranasal sinuses and skull base in normal and diseased Sudanese population – Salah Hamed Elneel • Endoscopic assisted septoplasty: surgical technique and outcome – Yaser Nour • Sinonasal chloroma myeloid leukemia – case report & literature review – Hana Ibrahim • Giant nasal mass causing feeding difficulty in tuberous sclerosis (case report) – András Burián • Management of trabecular juvenile ossifying fibroma case report – Hassan Mohammed Hawsawi 8:30 Difficult scenarios in Middle Ear surgery Moderator : Anjum Naveed Panel: Rudolf Hagen, Georg Sprinzl, Abdelkader Taibah 10:00 Coffee 10:30 Mini-seminar: Management of conductive Hearing loss Moderator: Hassan Wahba • Tympanosclerosis: surgical options – Ashesh Bhumkar • Otosclerosis: Is there still place for surgery? – Hassan Wahba • Ossicular reconstruction: decision making & prudent options – Ashesh Bhumkar • Otosclerosis revision surgery – surgical dilemmas – Ashim Desai • Implantable hearing solutions – which, when & why? – Sujana S. Chandrasekhar Discussion 12:00 Instructional Course Opd situations in ENT practise : special reference to TMJ & its management, including dental splints – Ashish Bhumkar 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Instructional Course Management protocol of sudden sensory neural hearing loss – Amr Elhakeem, Walid Ezzeldin Karrar 15:00 Instructional Course Vertigo - moving beyond labyrinthine suppressants – Alok Thakar 16:00 Instructional Course Arts of diagnosis and management of Benign Paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) – Mohamed F. Moustafa 17:00 Close Middle East Update Otolaryngology was a treat to attend, with wonderful content including all the aspects on Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery. I would love to attend next year’s meeting as well. Vimal Hemani, ENT and Head & Neck Surgeon, Hemani Hospital, India 18:00 Close 8 4 EASY WAYS TO BOOK YOUR DELEGATE PLACE NOW Conference Day 3 - Tuesday 22 April, 2014 Room 3 Room 4 Young Otolaryngology Day 8:00 10:00 10:30 12:30 14:00 15:30 16:00 18:00 Session I: Head & Neck Moderator: Ossama Hamid, Carmelo Barbaccia • The posterior glottis: structural and clinical considerations – Peter Milad Mikahail • Optimal thyroid replacement therapy post total thyroidectomy – Ahad Khalid Aloraier • Recent minimally invasive parathyroid surgery – Mohamed Hassan Abd ALLAH Hassan • Evaluation of the distance between anterior commisure of true vocal cords and the first tracheal ring in 40 human cadavers – Rahman Movahed Ghodsinia • Hypoglossal nerve stimulation in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome – Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Eesa • Pattern of ebv expression using in-situ hybridization among saudi nasopharyngeal cancer patients – Raneem Abdurrahman Mohammed • Epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in different states of Iran – Shervin Ghavami • To contribute to insight for the need of level V neck dissection with N0 – N1 neck in T3 – T4 oral cancer – Syed Salman Hashmi • Evaluation of risk factor of facial nerve palsy post parotidectomy – Omar Ahmad M. Suliman • Evaluation of effect of adenotonsillectomy on pulmonary function tests in children with obstructive test results – Alireza Dodgostar • Results of rigid stroboscopy in evaluation of the upper airway of children – Meysam Kiani • Head and Neck Computerized Tomography (CT) images Algorithmic interpretation – Shereen Yankisari Coffee Session II: Head & Neck Moderator: Carmelo Barbaccia, Ahmed Tantawy • Sialendoscopy: how to deal with the first 26 cases – Chadi Farah • Sialendoscopy in the pediatric population – our experience – Abdul Aziz Al Azri • Al Nahdha hospital experience in the management of parotid gland neoplasm – Fahad Mansoor Al-Zadjali • Frequency of benign vocal cord mucosal lesions – Abdullah Khalaf Hamad • Statistical study for the distribution of the vocal cord polyps among the laryngeal benign lesions and the predisposing factors – Yasmin Issa Romia • To determine the diagnostic efficacy of the ultrasound guided FNA ( including: specificity and sensitivity) in the study of neck masses , in order to recommend it as a beneficial diagnostic tool – Rabbei Harfoush • Serum level Of Interleukin-6 in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma – Rezvan Notash • A survey to investigate the effect of oral administration of honey on pain relief after tonsillectomy in 5-15 years old patient referred to a hospital in Bandarabbas city – Farbood Kalantari • Comparative study of transoral robotic surgery versus conventional surgery in the management of OSA – Ahmed Yassin Bahgat • Tongue base reduction surgery in multilevel surgical management of OSA – Ahmed Ali El Baramawy • Endoscopic resection of malignant anterior skull base tumors – Osama Mohamed Abd El Hamid Hassan • Killian-Jamieson Diverticulum – Yarah Haidar • Accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology in thyroid swellings - Faiza Sajjad • Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) in the Cervical Lymphadenopathy Fatima Askari Lunch Session III: Head & Neck Moderator: Ahmed Tantawy, Faruque Riffat • Proper size of endotracheal tube for cleft lip and palate patients and intubation outcomes – Gholamreza Bayazian • Relation of tumor thickness to cervical lymph node metastasis and prognosis in carcinoma tongue – Hira Fareed • Nodal regional recurrence in well-differentiated thyroid cancers – Mohammed AlNoury • To determine the frequency of hypocalcaemia in post thyroidectomy patients admitted at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi – Syed Sajjad Ali Zaidi • Cervical node involvement in the upper respiratory and digestive tracts cancers – Jawad Lahma • Laser cordotomy vs lateralization of vocal folds in management of bilateral vocal fold paralysis (Meta Analysis Study) – Mohamed Naguib Mohamed El Sayed • Comparative study of powered intracapsular tonsillectomy versus conventional tonsillectomy in paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome – Ehsan Hendawy Mohammed Abd Elaal • Recent advances in the management of OSA & snoring – Ahmed Nabil Abdel Hamid Ahmed • Treatment of adenotonsillar hypertrophy: a prospective randomized trial comparing azithromycin vs. fluticasone – Azade Kheradmand Coffee Session IV: Head & Neck Moderator: Amine Haddad, Roger Moukarbel • Depression in post surgical head and neck cancer patients – Nabeel Humayun Hassan • Head and neck malignancy database study – Goubran Fikry Goubran Eskander • Clinical applicability of the Thy3 sub-classification system for head & neck category – Gentle Wong • CT SCAN as imaging modality for staging laryngeal carcinoma among patients visiting at tertiary care hospital in Karachi – Salman Ahmed Mangrio • Treatment of advanced laryngeal cancer; surgery versus Chemo RT – Ramiz Muhammad Mumtaz • Elective neck treatment in T3N0 glottic carcinoma – Ahmed Mohamed Kamel Hussein • Topographic and histological analysis of neck nodes in patients with laryngeal carcinoma – Ahmed Mahmoud Ahmed El Batawi • Oncologic results of partial laryngeal surgeries, and time course for decanulation and NGT removal. (Al Mwasat Hospital Experience) – Rodaina Nawaf Mehrez • Cricotracheal and tracheal resection with end to end anastomosis in treatment of subglottic & tracheal stenosis – Azhar Abdulhuseen Gatea • The use of balloon-expandable metallic stents in the treatment of grade III & IV subglottic & upper tracheal stenosis in adults – Duha Khalil Ahmed • The impact of early oral feeding after total laryngectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Mohammed Bahgat • Tongue carcinoma: Case series and demographic analysis – Gholamreza Bayazian Close +971 4 336 7334 +971 4 336 4021 8:00 Instructional Course Protocol of assessment and management of dysphagic patients - Moataz Elzayat 9:00 Instructional Course Sialendoscopy – Rashid Al-Abri 10:00 Coffee Young Otolaryngology Day 10:30 Session V – Rhinology Moderator: Ali Ibrahim Al Amri, Satish Jain • Histopathological evaluation of ecballium elaterium applied nasal mucosa in rat rhinosinusitis model – Can Mehmet ETI • Complication in septoplasty in patients at tertiary care centre – Irfan Ahmed Shaikh • Outcome of nose deviation correction with spreader graft and L-strut graft – Parisa Moghaddam • Systematic review on the effect of turbinectomy by laser ablation and cold instruments on nasal obstruction and mucocilliary clearance (Meta-Analysis) – Ahmed Mahmoud Ahmed Maarouf • Variations in paranasal sinus pneumatization and mucosal contact points: is radiological appearance enough to predict headache causality? – Salem M. Salem • Hints and pitfalls in the management of a hypo plastic maxillary sinus – Zeina Korban • The outcome of endoscopic surgery on patients with sinonasal inverted papilloma: a 10 year experience – Lila Sistani Karampur • Epistaxis: aetiology and management – Fareed Kadhim Jabar Al Obaid • Olfactory disorder in chronic rhinosinusitis at cipto mangunkusumo hospital – Febriani Endiyarti • Development and validation of a short arabic University of Pennsylvania smell identification test – Ammar Hussain Habibullah • Septal perforations – Mohammad Ibrahim Mousa al-Alawneh • Evaluation of adenoidectomy for pediatric rhinosinusitis – Ahmed El-Nagggar 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Abstract Presentation Session I – Head & Neck Moderator: Talal Alkhatib, Rashid Al Abri • Oral cavity carcinoma - treatment dilemmas – Norhafiza Mat Lazim • Lateral pharyngeal wall myeloid sarcoma as a relapse of acute biphenotypic leukaemia: a case report and review of the literature – Redha Ali J Alrumaih • Synchronous bilateral parotid with multifocal lymph node – Abdullah Ghafori • Presentation and management of foreign body tracheobronchial bodies – Adnan Khan • Evaluation of the efficacy of recurrent laryngeal nerve identification utilizing zuckerkandl tubercle landmark- Sherif K Mohamed • Unusual foreign body (bee-stinger) in a patient’s esophagus – Shaban Mourtaga • Slide tracheoplasty applied to acquired subglottic and upper tracheal stenosis – Wael M. Abdelkafy • All stridors are not laryngomalacia: a word of caution – Mrutyunjay Ramchandrappa Bilagi • Spectrum analysis of parapharyngeal tumor – Produl Hazarika • Kimura disease manifesting as synchronous bilateral parotid swelling in a young Middle-Eastern patient – Fatimah Nabeel Faras 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Abstract Presentation Session II – Head & Neck Moderator: Talal Alkhatib, Ala Jebreel • Experience with total thyroidectomy for massive multinodular goitre – James Fortson • Malignant laryngeal fibrous histiocytoma: case report and new concept – Ali Aboloyoun • Pattern of neck metastasis in cancer larynx – Samir El Kotb Mostafa Shaheen • Role of laryngopharyngeal reflux in minor associated pathological lesions of the larynx – Mohammed Gamal • Effect of adenoid hypertrophy on the voice and laryngeal mucosa in children – Mohammed Gomaa • Giant submandibular sialolith; a case report and literature review – Omaimah Anwar Abdullah • The musculocutaneous infrahyoid flap: surgical key points – Haitham Mirghani • Soft palatal webbing flap palatopharyngoplasty for both soft palatal and lateral pharyngeal wall collapse in the treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea; a new technique without tonsillectomy – Ahmed Mohamed Mohye El Din Elbassiouny • Outpatients radiofrequency procedures for snoring/sleep apnoea – Neha Shah • Case report of extramedullary plasmacytoma – Somaya Albuhaisi 17:30 Close It was well-organised, dedicated, and informative meeting. The instructional courses format was well organised and the venue was very nice. Yasser Abdulrazzak, Specialist Otolaryngologist, Abdulrazzak Clinic, USA Relevant to Speech & Language Pathologists [email protected] www.me-oto.com 9 Conference Day 3 - Tuesday 22 April, 2014 Room 5 Room 6 Young Otolaryngology Day 8:00 Session I: Rhinology Moderator: Omar A. El-Banhawy, Usamah Al Hadi • 3D computed tomographic analysis of frontal recess configuration in pediatric patients – Diala Tawfiq Hashem Al-Mardeeni • Zamzam nasal irrigation for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps – Mohammed Abduljalil Khan • Efficacy & tolerability of isotonic normal saline nasal irrigation during post –operative nasal surgery – Aqeel Challap Yousief Alyasiery • To evaluate the efficiency and clinical outcome of endoscopic sinus surgery in the management of chronic rhinosinusitis – Basil M. Rasheed • Determining the role of helicobacter pylori in chronic sinus infections using PCR technique – Mojtaba Jahani • Does anatomical variation predispose to chronic frontal sinusitis? A comparative study using three dimensional computerized tomography – Saud Ahmed • Can serum IgE consider as an indicator of response to medical treatment in patients with recurrent chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis – Akram Fereidani • Study of complications of FESS – Waeel Kamel Hamad • Ominous orbital cues for the diagnosis of an impending complication in sinusitis – Ibrahim Toufic Bawab • Endoscopic sphenopalatine artery ligation for sinus and skull base: indications and outcome -Muawya Bani Younes • Comprehensive endoscopic sinus surgery – an innovative technique – Gaurav Shankar Medikeri • A randomized controlled trial of long – term low dose macrolides therapy in the postoperative period in chronic rhinosinusitis – Hossein Ghazavi Khorasgani 10:00 Coffee 10:30 Session II: Rhinology Moderator: Omar A. El-Banhawy, Samy Elwany • Endoscopic management of extensive (FISCH III-IV) juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas – Anshul Vijay • Evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of coblation vs microdebrider turbinoplasty – Hasan Ibrahim al Balas • Effect of middle meatal silastic splinting in endoscopic sinus surgery – Mohammed K.I. Murad • Applied endoscopic anatomic situation of lacrimal sac – Afrooz Eshaghian • Outcome of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy – Ali Abather Abdalwahid Alkhazraji • Kerrison punch versus powered drill in endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy: a comparative study – Bawazeer, Naif Abdullah • Technique and outcome of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy in patients with posttraumatic dacaryocystitis –Sara Saleh • Retrospective study for diagnosis and management of fibro osseous lesions affecting paranasal sinuses – Ayman Samir Megahed Mahmoud Awad • Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: classification and guidelines for endoscopic repair – Elhamy Samak • Endoscopic anatomy of the middle ethmoidal artery: a cadaver study – Ahmed Sobhy Ahmed Mahmoud Youssef 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Session III: Rhinology Moderator: Michael G. Stewart, Samy Elwany • Failed frontal sinus surgery: a study of causes of failure at the time of revision surgery – Mohamed Magdi Elsayed • Image guided nasal & skull base surgery; a case control study -Mina Safwat Fahim Sourial • Nasopharyngeal versus hypopharyngeal packing during sino-nasal surgeries: prospective randomized double blind study – Roa’a Omar AlMousa • Anthropometric evaluation of bony nasal septum deviation and its relationship with craniofacial development – Mehmet Durmusoglu • The outcome of temporalis facia in rhinoplasty – Baraa Ibrahim Awad • Dose post-operative antibiotic in septorhinoplasty or septoplasty increase chance of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus colonization in nasal flora? – Samane Zand • Is combination therapy of intranasal steroids and oral antihistamines more effective than monotherapy in improving the outcome in treatment of allergic rhinitis? – Hayat Mustapha Fawaz Adib • Is nasal endoscopy a reliable diagnostic tool in allergic rhinitis patients? – Georges Ziade 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Session IV: Rhinology Moderator: Michael G. Stewart, Omar A. El-Banhawy • Botulinum toxin a in patients with allergic rhinitis in septum or inferior turbinates – Abbas Nadali Nejad • Common allergens causing allergic rhinitis and asthma in patients attending allergy clinic at a tertiary care centre in Makkah, Saudi Arabia: a retrospective study – Malak Jamal A. Gazzaz • Management of the middle nasal vault by spreader graft and flaps – Saba Tavassoli • Efficacy of the functional endoscopic sinus surgery on quality of life in nasal polyposis – Masomae Sayar • Disease characteristics among patients with fungal and non fungal allergic nasal polyposis at a quaternary care center in Saudi Arabia – Abrar Adnan Suqati • The effect of an absorbable gelatin dressing impregnated with triamcinolone within the olfactory cleft on polypoid rhinosinusitis smell disorders – Haneyeh Shahbazian 17:00 Close Young Otolaryngology Day 8:30 Session: General Otolaryngology Moderator: Ala Jebreel, Faruque Riffat • The probable risks during cadaver dissections and guidelines of protection methods: the informative and status analysis of questionnaire with anatomists, clinicians and students – Zeynep Cansu Aladag • The comparison of cross sectional areas of the sigmoid sinus-jugular vein complex in fetus morphometry – Dilan Karsiyaka • Ear, nose, throat and head & neck injuries in patients presenting with the history of trauma in accident and emergency department of Civil Hospital Karachi – Muhammad Paras Naseem • Comparison of temporomandibular joint reduction methods: conventional, extra oral and wrist pivot method – Niloofar Tari • The appropriate selection of laboratory animals in experimental investigations in comparison of human anatomy and physiology – Fuat Cem Başkan • The perception of otolaryngology-related diseases among parents of children with down syndrome in Saudi Arabia – Abdulrahman Mohammed Althubaiti • The perception of otorhinolaryngology- head and neck surgery among physicians at King Abdulaziz University Hospital – Mariam Ahmed M. Al sheikah • The pattern of otolaryngological problems that affect syndromic patients at King Abdulaziz University Hospital – Zainab Adel Bakhsh • Retrospective review of ORL-H&NS day cases – Wafaa Magboul 10:00 Coffee 10:30 Session I: Otology Moderator: Mustafa Mahesri, Amr Elhakeem • Complications of chronic suppurative otitis media: challenge for a developing country – Dr Fazal I Wahid • Endogenous bone marrow stem cells mobilization in rats: Its potential role for homing and repair of the damaged inner ear – Ahmed Mohamed Hussein Elbana • Otomycosis aetiology, predisposing factors and management – Ala’A I. Saleh Alobedy • Navigation-guided transmodiolar approach for auditory nerve implantation in human – Walid Farouk Sobhy Afifi • An innovative smartphone-based otoendoscope and smartphone-based audiometry in screening for hearing impairment in the elderly and their application in mobile health and teleotolaryngology – Dr Cheng-Jung WU • Factors affecting the extrusion middle ear of ventilation tubes – Yi-Chih Lin • Accuracy of high resolution computed tomography in locating facial nerve injury sites in temporal bone trauma – Shirin Irani • Effects of bomb blast injury to the ears: Aga Khan University Hospital experience – Talha Ahmed Qureshi • To study the frequency of complicated chronic suppurative otitis media and factors influencing complications – Uneeba Rehman • A comparative study of temporalis fascia and cartilage-perichondrium grafts in tympanoplasty : preliminary results – Shaden Zakariya Yahya Al-Riyami • Necrotizing otitis externa(noe): prospective analysis of aetiology, presentation and management strategies – Maria Qamar • Malignant otitis externa: management & follow up – Muneer Subhi Ibrahim Alabdullah 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Session II: Otology Moderator: Mustafa Mahesri, Hassan Wahba • Pressure splintage by coat buttons versus simple pressure dressing in management of hematoma pinna: a randomized clinical trial – Arfat Jawaid • Effects of neonatal screening program on an early cochlear implant performance – Husam Adel Hamameh • Correlation between neural response telemetry thresholds, and ct scanning of electrode position in paediatric cochlear implant patients – Ahmed Hassan Allam • Study of auditory steady response in patients diagnosed with auditory neuropathy with different degrees of hearing loss – Eman Hamdy Mahmoud Salama • Audio logical profile in diabetic patient – Rasheed Saddam Subeh Al-Hallaf • Correlation of stapedial reflex and otosclerosis: a retrospective study – Henri Traboulsi • Middle ear exploration results in suspected otosclerosis cases: are ossicular and footplate area anomalies rare? – Sayed Mohammad Aghajanpour • Study of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials results for saccule dysfunction in patients with meniere’s disease – Reihane Heidari 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Session III: Otology Moderator: Amr Elhakeem, Hassan Wahba • Oxytocin as a protective agent in cisplatin ototoxicity in rat model – Zekiye Eda Bekmez Bilmez • Ototoxicity: a reminder to the menace of silent disaster – Muhammad Sani Ibrahim • Role of osteoprotegrin “OPG” in suppression of otic capsule remodeling – Tamer Sayed Moustafa Ebaied • A comparison between long and short term medical treatment in serious otitis media – Azadeh Kazerouni • Outcomes of myringoplasty in CSOM – Abbas M. Sulaiman Qarot • Comparison of chemical cautery and fat plug myringoplasty in small tympanic membrane perforations – Manzoor Ahmad • Our experience of combined microscopic and endoscopic tympanoplasty at our centre – Furrukh Younus • The result of Canal Wall Up Mastoidectomy (C.W.U.M.) in the treatment of active chronic otitis media, in respect to dryness of the middle ear – Mustafa A. Ismaeel • Clinical Application of an Amniotic Membrane in covering mastoid cavity after CWD tympanoplasty – Hajar Bahrani Fard • The protective effect of Intratympanic alfa lipoic acid on cisplatin induced ototoxicity – Niyazi Altintoprak 17:30 Close 10 4 EASY WAYS TO BOOK YOUR DELEGATE PLACE NOW 2014 Speaker Faculty Organising Committee Muaaz Tarabichi MD, Chairman Middle East Academy of Otolaryngology Chairman Otology Program, Middle East Update in Otolaryngology Head of ENT Department, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE Ameen Alherabi, FRCSC, FACS Co-Chairman Middle East Update in Otolaryngology Chairman Young Otolaryngologist Day 2014 Associate Professor, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia Consultant & Chair of Head & Neck Surgery Section, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia Consultant & Head of Department - Otolaryngology - Head& Neck Surgery, International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Samer Fakhri, MD, FACS, FRCS(C) Chairman Rhinology Program, Middle East Update in Otolaryngology Professor, Vice Chair & Residency Program Director Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery University of Texas Medical School at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA Carmelo Barbaccia Chairman Head & Neck Program, Middle East Update in Otolaryngology ENT Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE Hussain Abdulrahman MD Director of Medical Affairs and Consultant and Head of ENT Department, Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE Murtaza Najmi MD Program Director ENT Specialist American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE Michael S. Benninger MD Activity Director Chairman, Head and Neck Institute, Professor of Surgery, Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA International Faculty Abdelkader Taibah, Consultant Otology, Neurotology, Skull Base Surgery, Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza-Rome, Italy Ala Jebreel MSc FRCSEd (ORL-HNS) DOHNS MBBS, Consultant ENT Head and Neck Surgeon, Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK Agnès Dupret-Bories, MD, PhD, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Alok Thakar MS, FRCSEd, Professor of Otolaryngology & Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Ashesh Chidanand Bhumkar, ENT Specialist, Director, Bhumkar ENT Hospital, Thane, Maharashtra, India Ashim Desai, Senior Consultant, Dr. A.B.R. Desai ENT Clinic and Research Center, Mumbai, Thane, Maharashtra, India Ashkan Monfared, MD, Director of Otology, Neurotology, Skullbase Surgery Department / organization: Surgery and Neurosurgery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA Bashar Bizrah, MD, FRCS, Consultant ENT & Facial Plastic Surgeon, The Bizrah Clinic, Jeddah & Welbeck Hospital, London Benjamin S. Bleier, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Otology and Laryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Bert W. O’Malley, Jr., M.D., Gabriel Tucker Professor and Chairman, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Cesare Piazza MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Brescia, Italy Christian Debry, MD, PhD, Professor of ENT, Chairman, ENT Department, University of Strasbourg, Alsace, France Dennis Kraus, MD, FACS, Director, the Center for Head & Neck Oncology, New York Head & Neck Institute, New York, USA Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Ottawa Senior Scientist, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Faruque Riffat MD, Consultant ENT/Head and Neck Surgeon, Westmead Hospital, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Filippo DiLella, Consultant Otology and Skull Base Surgery, Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza-Rome, Italy Georg Sprinzl, MD, Deputy Director, Department of Oto-Rhino-laryngology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria Giorgio Peretti, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy Hassan Wahba, Professor of Otology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Homere Al Moutran, M.D. Facial Plastic, Cranial Base Surgery, New York, USA James Fortson, CEO, ENT Associates of South Atlanta, Tucker, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Konstantina Stankovic, MD, PhD, FACS, Assistant Professor of Otology and Laryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Laura Prigge, AuD., Clinical Specialist, Grasan Stadler Health, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA Laurent Tavernier MD, PhD, Head of the UH of Besançon’s Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Head of the UH of Besançon’s Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Director of the School of Speech and Language Therapy of Besançon University, Besançon, France Luca Muscatello, Director ENT Unit, Massa E Carrara Hospital, Carrara, Italy Claus Bachert, PhD, MD, Professor, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium Marilene Wang, MD, Professor, UCLA Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Chief of Otolaryngology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, USA Daniel J. Lee MD, FACS, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Director, Pediatric Ear, Hearing and Balance Center, Director, Wilson Auditory Brainstem Implant Program, Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Marimar Medina MD, Consultant Otology & Skull Base Surgeon, Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza-Rome, Italy Mario Sanna, Founder & Director, Gruppo Otologico, Professor and Head of the Otolaryngology Clinic, University of Cheiti, Cheiti, Italy Daryl J. Hoban, PhD, FCCM, D(ABMM), F(AAM), Clinical Microbiologist, Diagnostic Services of Manitoba, Professor, Dept of Med Microbiology & ID,University of Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Michael Buschermohle PhD, Researcher, HorTech GmbH, Marie-Curie-Strasse, Schwarmstedt, Germany Davood Fallahdar, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, The London Welbeck Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK +971 4 336 7334 +971 4 336 4021 Michel Lacour, Professor Neuroscience, Director of Research, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris, France [email protected] www.me-oto.com 11 2014 Speaker Faculty Michael Oko MD FRCS(Ed) FRCS(ORL-HNS, Consultant ENT Surgeon & Clinical Lead for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust & Dept of Health Advisor on OSA, Director of the Sleeping Disorders Centre, London, UK Michael G. Stewart, MD, MPH, Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Vice Dean of the Medical College Department, Weill Cornell Medical College New York, New York, USA Milton Waner, M.D., Ch. (WITS), FCS(SA), MD, Director, Pediatric Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Vascular Birthmark Institute of New York, New York, USA Munahi Al-Qahtani, Consultant Otology and Neurotology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Riyadh Military Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Natalia Rita Pizzi, Consultant, ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery, National Institute of Cancer,Milan, Italy Paolo Bossi, Medical Doctor at IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation, Milan, Italy Peter Catalano, MD, FACS, FARS, Chief of Otolaryngology, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Professor of Otolaryngology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Medical Director of Research, Steward Healthcare, Brighton, Massachusetts, United States. Peter Costantino MD, FACS, Executive Director, New York Head & Neck Institute (NYHNI), Senior Vice President, Head & Neck Surgery Service Line, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Director, Center for Cranial Base Surgery, New York Head & Neck Institute, New York, USA Pietro Salvatori, Consultant Head & Neck Surgery, Legnano Hospital, Legnano, Italy Ram Dhillon, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Middlesex University; Director of Medical Education, Rila Institute of Health Sciences; Senior Lecturer, Imperial College; Consultant ENT Surgeon, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust Advisor, Department of Health (NHS) on Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, London, UK Raj Sindwani, Md, FACS, FRSC(C), Head of Rhinology, Sinus, and Skull Base Surgery, Head and Neck Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Riccardo Lenzi, 1st Unit Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Roland Laszig MD, Medical Director, University of Freiburg, ENT Clinic, Freiburg, Germany Roberto Puxeddu MD, FRCS, Professor and Chairman, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Cagliari School of Medicine, Azienda OspedalieroUniversitaria, Cagliari, Italy Robert M. Naclerio, MD, Professor and Chief of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Rudolf Hagen, Director, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, University of Würzburg, Germany Satish Jain, Senior Consultant ENT & Skull Base Surgery, Director, Jain ENT Hospital, India Sampath Chandra Prasad MS, DNB, Consultant Head, Neck and Skull Base Surgeon, Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza-Rome, Italy Stacey Ishman MD, MPH, Surgical Director, Upper Airway Center, Associate Professor, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, USA Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, FACS, Director of Neurotology, New York Head and Neck Institute, President-Elect Candidate, AAO-HNS, New York, USA Sumit Mrig MS, DNB, MNAMS, Senior Consultant & Head, Dept of ENT & Cochlear Implant Surgery, Chief Cochlear Implant Surgeon, Primus Super Speciality Hospital, India Thomas Romo, III, MD, FACS, Director, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, Co-Director, The Center for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, New York Head & Neck Institute, New York, USA Vedat Topsakal MD PhD, Department Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Netherlands Yosef P. Krespi MD FACS, Director, Center for Sleep Disorders, New York Head & Neck Institute, New York, USA Regional Faculty Aaron Han, Chief of Pathology, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE Abdelgadir Ahmed Eltayeb, MBBS MD, Consultant ORL-HNS, Khartoum ENT Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan Abdul Rahman Mohd Al Ghareeb MD, Director & Senior Consultant, ENT Sleep Well Center, Noor Specialist Hospital, Assistant Professor, Arabian Gulf University Medical College, Manama, Bahrain Anjum Naveed FRCS(Ed), Senior Consultant ENT and Head & Neck Surgeon, Head of the department, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Badr Zagzoog Md, Assistant Consultant, ENT Department, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Jifrey, MD, Associate Professor, Consultant, King Abdulaziz University, Medical College Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Basil Saeed, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Mosul University College of Medicine, Mosul, Iraq Abdullah Ghafori Brajendra Baser, Professor and Head of ENT/Facial Plastic Surgery, Department of ENT Shri Aurbindo Institute of Medical Sciences, President, Indian Society of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive surgery Director Pan Asia Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mumbai, India Adnan Khan, Senior Registrar, ENT & Head & Neck Surgey, Post Graduate Medical Institute, Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar, Pakistan Ahmed Elguindy, MD, Vice Dean for Graduates and Research, Tanta University Faculty of Medicine, Supreme Council Medical Sector, Supreme Council ENT Promotion Committee, Curriculum Designer and Developer, Medical Educator and QA Instructor, Tanta, Egypt Ahmed Mohamed Mohy ElDin El-Bassiouny, Professor of Otolaryngology, Cairo University, Otolaryngology Consultant, Al Salam International Hospital, Dasma, Kuwait Emad Kowatli, Pulmonology / Respiratory Diseases Specialists, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE Emad Mohammed Kamel Shehata, Lecturer, ORL-HNS Department, Tanta University, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta, Egypt Eman Ezzat Marie, Teaching Assistant, Diagnostic Radiology and Medical Imaging, Tanta University, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta, Egypt Ahmed Tantawy, Professor of ORL/H&N surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt Fadi Kanaan MD, Division Chief Surgery-ENT / Maxillo Facial, Medical Affairs, Tawam Hosptial, Al Ain, UAE Aisha Larem, Arab Board ENT, Consultant ENT Surgeon, ENT Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar Faisal A. Gadir Ali Aboloyoun, Phoniatrics/ORL, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Fatimah Nabeel Fares Ali Ibrahim Al Amri MD, Consultant, Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Director General, Prince Salman Bin Abdelaziz Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Firas Alzoubi, MD, FRCS, Consultant and Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Ar Ramtha, Jordan Alireza Mesbahi MD, Otorhinolaryngologist, Facial Plastic Surgeon, International Secretary of Iranian Rhinologic Society, Secretary of Fars Rhinologic society, Director of ENT & facial plastic surgery, Khodadoust hospital, Shiraz, Iran Ghada Ahmed Ajamieh, MA, Speech & Language Pathologist, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE Ameen Alherabi, FRCSC, FACS, Associate Professor, Umm Al-Qura University; Consultant & Chair of Head & Neck Surgery Section, King Abdullah Medical City; Consultant & Head of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Department, International Medical Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Amine C. Haddad MD, FRCSC, Professor of Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology, St-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon Amr A. Elhakeem MBBS, FRCS, Head of Otology and Paediatric Otolaryngology, ENT Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 12 András Burián M.D., Senior Resident, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck surgery, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary Faraz Khan, Oncologist, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE Gholamreza Bayazian, Assistant Professor, Iran University of Medical Science, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Haitham Mirghani, MD, Consultant ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Institute Gustavo Roussy, Paris, France Hana Ibrahim, Medical Intern, Umm Al Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia Hassan Ahmed Hassan Diab, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Associate, Saint Petersburg ENT Research Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia 4 EASY WAYS TO BOOK YOUR DELEGATE PLACE NOW 2014 Speaker Faculty Hassan Mohammed Hawsawi, Resident in Otolaryngology & HNS, Western Region Program, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Hatim Shawli, MD, FRCSC, Consultant, Head of Section, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Ossama Ahmad Mohammad Abdel Hamid, Professor Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery, Ain Shams University, Secretary General, ESENTAS, Co-editor, EJENTAS journal, PAFOS Regional Secretary for North Africa, Cairo, Egypt Paul Yazbek, MD, Director, Dr. Paul Yazbek Clinic, Beirut, Lebanon Haytham Elafandi, Teaching Assistant, ORL-HNS Department, Tanta University Faculty of Medicine, Tanta, Egypt Produl Hazarika MBBS, DLO, MS, FACS, FRCS (Edin), FIAO, FUWAI, Fellow of UICC, Consultant in NMC Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE Hossam Sayed Gamil Elsherif, Lecturer, ORL-HNS Department, Tanta University Faculty of Medicine, Tanta, Egypt Rana A. Batterjee, Au.D., CCC-A, ASHA-F, F-AAA, Board Certified in Audiology (American Board of Audiology), Director of the Cochlear Implant Center of Excellence, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE Ibrahim Alzahrani, Director of Hearing screening program, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia, Audiology Med Consultant, Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia Jamal Kassouma, MD, Professor and Head of ENT, Department Medical College Damascus University, Damascus, Syria Jean-Pierre Bébéar, ENT Professor, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France Khabti Almuhanna, Consultant ORL, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Lily Shakibnia M.D., FRCPC, Radiation Oncologist, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE Lubaina Sharafally, M.A. CCC-A F-ASHA, F-CASLPA, Clinical Audiologist, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE Mahmoud Fawzy Mandour, Teaching Assistant, ORL-HNS Department, Tanta University Faculty of Medicine, Tanta, Egypt Maroun El Khoury, Hematology Oncology Consultant, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE Mete Iseri, ENT Department, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey Moataz Elzayat, Phoniatrician, ENT Department, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, UAE Mohamed Abdeltawwab MD PhD, Assistant Professor of Audiology and Vestibular Disorders, ORL Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), Mediterranean Society of Otology and Audiology (MSOA) and British Society of Audiology (BSA), Mansoura City, Egypt Mohamed Fawzy Moustafa, MD, AuD, Otoneurologist & Audiologist, Otoneurology Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine, USA Consultant of ENT, Director of Hearing and Balance Clinic, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE Mohamed Shabana, Professor of Audiological Medicine, Director of Audiology Unit, Department of ENT, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Mohammad Alessa, Resident, ORL – Head & Neck, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Abdullah Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Mohammad Zahran, ENT Consultant, King Fahad Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Mohammed Gamal, ORL-Registrar, King Fahd Military medical complex, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Mohammed Gomaa MD, Professor of Otolaryngology, Minia University, Minia, Egypt Mohsen Naraghi MD, Faculty Board, Division of Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mrutyunjay Ramchandrappa Bilagi MS, Bilagi Nursing Home & Laser Surgery Centre, Delhi, India Musaed Alzahrani MD, Consultant Otology & Neurotology, Fellow of the French Board of ORL- CCF, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Mustafa Mahesri, ENT Specialist Surgeon, Prime Medical Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Mustafa Adnan MBBS, FACHARZT, Consultant ENT Surgeon & Director of Departments, Alhada Military Hospitals, Assistant. Professor, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia Nazik Abdullah, Assistant Professor ORL – HNS, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan Neha Shah, DNB, FCPS, DORL, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Bafna Clinic, Mumbai, India Norhafiza Mat Lazim, ORL-HNS Surgeon, Hospital Universiti Sains, Kelantan, Malaysia Nusaiba Salam, PhD. Candidate, CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada Omaimah Anwar Abdullah, Natural Guard Hospital, Resident, Otolaryngology Head and Neck surgery, Dammam University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Omar A. El-Banhawy, Professor, El-Menofia University, Egypt, Visiting Professor, Prince Salman Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, President, Damietta Society of Otorhinolaryngology, President of Health Care Society for Employments in ElMenofia University, Shebeen El-Kom, Egypt Ranganathan Mathivanan MSc PhD, Reader, Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Sweekaar Academy of Rehabilitation Sciences, New Delhi, India Rasha Ali, Consultant ENT Department, Khartoum, Sudan Rashid Al Abri, MD, Senior ENT Surgeon and Head of Department, SQUH HospitalGovernment, Muscat, Oman Redha Ali J Alrumaih, ORL-HNS Resident/Demonstrator, University of Dammam, King Fahd Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Roger Moukarbel MD, Assistant Professor, Head & Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon Saad Elzayat, Lecturer of ENT, Tanta University Hospital, Tanta, Egypt Salah Hamed Elneel, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan Salim Chaib Rassou, MD, Consultant Radiation-Oncologist, Chief of Radiotherapy Department, Director of Radiotherapy Programme, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE Samir El, Kotb Mostafa Shaheen, Consultant Otolaryngology, Al Rafie Hospital, Makka, Saudi Arabia Samy Elwany, Professor of Otolaryngology, Alexandria Medical School, Member of Collegium of Otolaryngology, Chairman, Alexandria Society of Rhinology, Alexandria, Egypt Sanjay Kewalramani, MD, ENT Specialist, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, UAE Seema Punnoose, MS, ENT Specialist, NMC Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE Shaban Mourtaga, MD, ENT Specialist, Gaza, Palestine Sharfi Abdelgadir Omer Ahmed, MBBS, MD ORL, DOHNS, Associate Professor and Head of ENT department, Faculty of Medicine, Omdurman Islamic University, Khartoum, Sudan Sharifa Al-Balushi, BSc (Hons), Audiologist, Armed Forces Hospital, Oman, School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh, UK Sherif K Mohamed, MD, MS, PhD, FEBORL-HNS, Consultant ORL, KAMC, KSA, Associate Professor ORL, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Somaya A. M. Albhaisi MBBS, Intern House Officer at Dubai Health Authority, 6th year MBBS Resident, Dubai Medical College for Girls, Dubai, UAE Syed Muhammad Tariq Rafi MD, Professor of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan Takwa Adly Gabr PhD, Associate professor, Audiovestibular Medicine, Tanta University Hospits, Tanta, Egypt Talal Al-Khatib, MBBS, MSc, MHPEd, FRCSC, Assistant professor, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tony Jaklis, Beirut, Lebanon Usamah Hadi, M.D, F.A.C.S, Clinical Professor Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Department of OTO-HNS, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Fellow of American College of Surgeons, President of the Lebanese society of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Beirut, Lebanon Vandana Binu MD, ENT Specialist, New Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE Wael M. Abdelkafy, M.D, Consultant otolaryngology-head & Neck surgery (Erfan hospital), Saudi Arabia, Lecturer, Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery, Suez Canal University, School of Medicine, Egypt, Research & Clinical fellowship, OtolaryngologyHead & neck surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Walid Ezzeldin Karrar, Specialist, ENT and Audiology Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar Yaser Najaf MBbcH, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Kuwait Yasser A. Nour, Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Alexandria University, Egypt ENT Consultant, Al Ahli Hospital, Doha, Qatar Omar Sabra, Consultant Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Saad Specialist Hospital, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia +971 4 336 7334 +971 4 336 4021 [email protected] www.me-oto.com 13 2014 Speaker Faculty Fahad Mansoor Al Zadjali, Resident Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery , Oman Medical Speciality Board, Seeb, Oman Faiza Sajjad, ENT Resident, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan Residents Farbood Kalantari, Otolaryngology Chief Resident, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Abbas Mohammed Sulaiman Qarot, Resident, Sho Mosul Teaching Hospital, Mosul, Iraq Abbas Nadali Nejad, Resident of Otolaryngology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Abdul Aziz Al Azri, ENT Resident, Oman Medical Specialty Board, Seeb, Oman Abdullah Khalaf Hamad, Resident Doctor, Al Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Al Yarmouk City, Iraq Abdulrahman Mohammed Althubaiti, Resident, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Abrar Adnan Suqati, House Officer, Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Department, Umm Al Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia Afrooz Eshaghian, Resident of Otolaryngology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Ahad Khalid Aloraier, Medical Intern, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Ahmed Ali El Baramawy, ORL Registrar, Department of Orl, Head & Neck Surgery, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt Ahmed El Nagggar, Assistant Lecturer ORL-HNS, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt Ahmed Hassan Allam, Assistant Lecturer, Otolaryngology Department, Mansoura University, Mansoura City, Egypt Ahmed Mahmoud Ahmed El Batawi, Lecturer, Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Kasr Alaini Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt Ahmed Mahmoud Ahmed Maarouf, Assistant Lecturer, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Ahmed Mohamed Hussein Elbana, ENT Registrar, King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Al Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Ahmed Mohamed Kamel Hussein, Assistant Lecturer, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Ahmed Nabil Abdel Hamid Ahmed, Lecturer, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Ahmed Sobhy Ahmed Mahmoud Youssef, Assistant Lecturer, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt Ahmed Yassin Bahgat, Assistant Lecturer of Otorhinolaryngology, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt Akram Fereidani, Resident of Otolaryngology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Ishfahan, Iran Ala’A I. Saleh Alobedy, 5th year Candidate, Arab Board of Medical Specialization, Al Jumhori Teaching Hospital, Mosul, Iraq Ali Abather Abdalwahid Alkhazraji, ENT Resident, Baghdad Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq Alireza Dodgostar, ENT Resident, Isfahan University, Ishfahan, Iran Ammar Hussain Habibullah, Medical Intern, Umm Al Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia Anshul Vijay, Post-Graduate Resident, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & Post-Graduate Institute, Madhya Pradesh, India Aqeel Challap Yousief Alyasiery, Resident, Arab Medical Specialization, Otolaryngology, Al Sader Medical City, Najaf, Iraq Arfat Jawaid, MBBS, DLO, FCPS, ENT Consultant, PAF Faisal Base Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Ayman Samir Megahed Mahmoud Awad, Clinical Teaching Demonstrator, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Azade Kheradmand, Otolaryngology Residency Training, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Baghdad, Ishfahan, Iran Azadeh Kazerouni, Resident, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Ishfahan, Iran Azhar Abdulhuseen Gatea, ENT Resident, Baghdad Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq Baraa Ibrahim Awad, ENT Resident, King Abdullah Medical City, Mecca, Saudi Arabia Basil M. Rasheed, Resident, Al-Yarmook Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq Bawazeer Naif Abdullah, ENT Resident, King Abdullah Medical City, Mecca, Saudi Arabia Can Mehmet Eti, Resident, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey Chadi Farah, Pgy3 in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon Cheng-Jung Wu, Resident in Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Diala Tawfiq Hashem Al-Mardeeni, ENT Resident, King Abdullah University Hospital, Ar Ramtha, Jordan Dilan Karsiyaka, Medical Student, Mersin University Medical Faculty, Mersin, Turkey Duha Khalil Ahmed, ENT Resident, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Ehsan Hendawy Mohammed Abd Elaal, Assistant Lecturer of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt Elhamy Samak, Lecturer & Specialty Registrar of Otolaryngology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Eman Hanmdy Mahmoud Salama 14 Fareed Kadhim Jabar Al Obaid, Chief Resident, Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, AlYarmouk, Iraq Fatima Askari Fazal I Wahid, Senior Registrar, ENT, Hns Peshawar, Pakistan Febriani Endiyarti, ENT Doctor, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia Fuat Cem Baskan, Medical Student, Turkey Furrukh Younus, Resident Otorhinolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan G.R. Bayazian, Pgy-4 Otolaryngology Resident, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran Gaurav Shankar Medikeri, Consultant Fellow in Endoscopic Sinus & Skull Base Surgery, ENT Department, Jain Ent Hospital, Rajasthan, India Gentle Wong, ENT Specialist Registrar, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, London, United Kingdom Georges Ziade, Resident Otolaryngology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Goubran Fikry Goubran Eskander, Demonstrator at Otolaryngology Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Hajar Bahrani Fard, Senior Resident, Shiraz University of Medical, Shiraz, Iran Haneyeh Shahbazian, ENT Resident, Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Yazd, Iran Hasan Ibrahim Al Balas, ENT Resident, King Abdulla University Hospital, Ar Ramtha, Jordan Hayat Mustapha Fawaz Adib, 1st year Resident, Pgy1, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon Henri Traboulsi, 3rd year (Pgy-Iv) Resident, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon Hira Fareed, Resident Trainee, ENT - Head and Neck Surgery Department Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan Hossein Ghazavi Khorasgani, ENT Resident, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Husam Adel Hamameh, ENT Specialist, Tishreen Hospital, Damascus, Syria Ibrahim Toufic Bawab, Pgyiv, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon Irfan Ahmed Shaikh, Postgraduate Trainee, ENT - Head and Neck Surgery Department, Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan Jawad Lahma, Resident in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Specialities Hospital, Rabat, Morocco Lila Sistani Karampur, ENT Resident, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran Malak Jamal A. Gazzaz, Demonstrator, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Umm Al Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia Manzoor Ahmad, ENT Registrar, Department Pns Shifa Hospital Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan Maria Qamar, Resident Trainee, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan Mariam Ahmed M. Al Sheikah, Trainee, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Masomae Sayar, Resident of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran Mehmet Durmusoglu, Resident, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey Meysam Kiani, ENT Resident, Medical Sciences Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran Mina Safwat Fahim Sourial, Assistant Lecturer, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Mohamed Hassan Abd Allah Hassan, Assistant Lecturer, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Eesa, Assistant Lecturer of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt Mohamed Magdi Elsayed, 5th year Resident, Assistant Lecturer ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt Mohamed Naguib Mohamed El Sayed, Assistant Lecturer, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Mohammad Ibrahim Mousa Al Alawneh, ENT Resident, King Abdullah University Hospital, Ar Ramtha, Jordan Mohammed Abduljalil Khan, 6th year Medical Student, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al Noury, Resident, Demonstrator, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bahgat, Senior Resident, ENT - Head & Neck Surgery Department, Alexandria University Hospitals, Egypt Mohammed.K.I.Murad, ENT Resident, King Abdulla University Hospital, Ar Ramtha, Jordan Mojtaba Jahani, ENT Resident, Ahvaz Jundishapur Medical University, Ahvaz, Iran Muawya Bani Younes, ENT Resident, King Abdullah University Hospital, Ar Ramtha, Jordan 4 EASY WAYS TO BOOK YOUR DELEGATE PLACE NOW 2014 Speaker Faculty Muhammad Paras Naseem, Post Graduate Trainee, Civil Hospital Karachi, Pakistan Muhammad Sani Ibrahim, Chief Resident, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria Muneer Subhi Ibraheem Alabdulla, ORL-HNS Chief Resident, Baghdad Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq Mustafa Abdulrahman Ismaeel, Resident, Baghdad Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq Nabeel Humayun Hassan, ENT Resident, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Niloofar Tari, Resident, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran Niyazi Altintoprak, Resident, Dr.Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Turkey Seyyed Mohammad Aghajanpour, Resident, ENT-HNS, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran Shaden Zakariya Yahya Al Riyami, ENT Resident, Oman Medical Specialty, Seeb, Oman Shereen Ghazi Yankisari, Senior Resident, ORL & HNS, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Shervin Ghavami Lahiji, Final Year Resident, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Shirin Irani, Resident, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran Syed Sajjad Ali Zaidi, Resident Postgraduation Tranee, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Omar Ahmad M. Abu Suliman, Resident, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Saudi Arabia Syed Salman Hashmi, Chief Resident, ENT Dept Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan Osama Mohamed Abd El Hamid Hassan, Assistant Lecturer, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Talha Ahmed Qureshi, ENT Resident, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Tamer Sayed Moustafa Ebaied, Senior Resident ENT, El Merry Hospital, Egypt Parisa Moghadam, ENT Resident, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Uneeba Rahman, Trainee Resident, ENT - Head and Neck Surgery Department, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan Peter Milad Mikahail, Assistant Lecturer, Oto-Rhinology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Waeel Kamel Hamad, ENT Resident, Al Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Al-Yarmouk, Iraq Rabbei Harfoush, ENT Resident, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria Wafaa Magboul, Medical Intern, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Rahman Movahed Ghodsinia, Resident of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Walid Farouk Sobhy Afifi, Resident of Otorhinolarygology, Alexandria University Hospitals, Alexandria, Egypt Ramiz Muhammad Mumtaz, Resident Postgraduate Trainee, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Yarah Haidar, Pgy1 Resident Physician, University of California - Irvine, Medical Center, Irvine, California, USA Raneem Abdulrahman Alshareef, Resident, King Saud University, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Yasmin Issa Romia, Resident ENT, Al Mwasat Hospital, Damascus, Syria Rasheed Saddam Subeh Al Hallaf, Arabic Board for Medical Specialization, AlKadhimiyah Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq Reihane Heidari, Resident of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran Rezvan Notash, ENT Resident, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Roa’A Omar Almousa, Medical Intern, King Abdulla Medical City, Mecca, Saudi Arabia Rodaina Nawaf Mehrez, Resident, ENT Department, Al Mwasat Hospital, Damascus, Syria Saba Tavassoli, ENT Resident, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Yi-Chih Lin, Chief Resident, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Zainab Adel Bakhsh, Otolaryngology Demonstrator, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Zeina Korban, Chief Resident, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon Zekiye Eda Bekmez Bilmez, ENT Resident, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Research and Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey Zeynep Cansu Aladag, Medical Student, Mersin University Medical Faculty, Mersin, Turkey Salem M. Salem, Medical Student, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt Salman Ahmed Mangrio, Resident Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Samane Zand, Resident of Otorhinolaryngology, Shahidbeheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran Sara Saleh, Medical Intern, Umm Alqura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia Saud Ahmed +971 4 336 7334 +971 4 336 4021 Faculty Disclosure Statement: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education has implemented a policy to comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support requiring resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a relevant commercial interest will be identified in the activity syllabus. [email protected] www.me-oto.com 15 ENT786 20-22 April 2014 Madinat Arena, Dubai, UAE Delegate Booking Form. 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