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Full Schedule

  • Monday, October 19, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Registration Open: Express
  • 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Registration Open: JW Marriott Express
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    Prayer and Meditation Room
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    Registration Open: Main and International
  • 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM PT
    Baggage Check
  • 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM PT
    Speaker Ready Room & Lounge
  • 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM PT
    Millennium Society Donor Lounge (AAO-HNS/F Staff Set Up)
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM PT
    Sclerotherapy for Management of Epistaxis in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM PT
    Vestibular Testing: What's Warranted, What's Wasteful 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Addressing Moral Injury and Burnout Across Practice Settings: Creating Psychologically Safe Environments for Otolaryngologists
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis Clinical Management: From Clinic to Operating Room
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Dermatology in ENT –More Than Scratching the Surface
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Elderly Patients with H&N Cancer: To Operate or to Not? Part 1 - Mucosal Malignancies
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Fine-Tuning the Aging Voice: A Practical Playbook for Presbyphonia
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Getting Nosey: Comprehensive Management and Decision-Making in the Treatment of Nasal Obstruction
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Great Debate: Advanced degrees and career paths: Limitless Potential or Limited Value?
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Head and Neck On Call Disasters: To mend or to send
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    How to Manage Complete Concentric Collapse of the Velum
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    HPV- Is it in your DNA?
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Multidisciplinary Approach for the Evaluation and Management of Pulsatile tinnitus
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 3 - Care Equity, Quality, and Safety
    Care Equity, Quality, and Safety
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 4 - Otology/Neurotology
    Otology/Neurotology
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 5 - Pediatric Otolaryngology
    Moderator: Erynne A. Faucett, MD – UC Davis Health
    Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Structural Sleep Surgery in the GLP-1 Era: Phenotype-Driven Rhinoplasty and DOME for Residual OSA
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block for Cough, Odynophonia, and Irritable Larynx
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    The Future of Endoscopic Ear Surgery: Integrating Education, Imaging, and Augmented Reality
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Vexing oral mucosal lesions
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    When it is more than ear wax: managing canal cholesteatomas
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Why Surgeons Should Perform Thyroid Nodule Ablation, Part II - Case Based discussion
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    Humanitarian Efforts Forum
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Registration Open: Exhibitor
  • 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT
    Committee Meetings - Monday
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    Academy Central
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    Global Connections Lounge
  • 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT
    Committee Meetings - Monday
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM PT
    Sinus Headache, Migraine, and the Otolaryngologist
  • 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM PT
    OTO EXPO Open
  • 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM PT
    Portrait Studio sponsored by NextPatient
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    A Practical Approach to Oral Cavity Reconstruction: From Grafts to Flaps
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    AI Scribes: Everything You Need to Know about Ambient Documentation
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Awake Vocal Fold Injection in the Office: Why, When, How
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Clinical fundamentals: outcomes research and evidence-based medicine
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Do you see what I see? Emerging technology for parathyroid gland identification.
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Ear Framework Creation for Microtia Reconstruction
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Expanding Horizons: A Practical Roadmap for Engaging in Global Otolaryngology
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Great Debate: Staged vs Comprehensive Facial Feminization Surgery
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Larynx preservation in T2 glottic cancer
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Mastering the Difficult Septum
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Mid Face Plating in A Simulation Saw Bones Lab
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Open Airway Reconstruction: Tips for Success Across the Age Spectrum
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Refractory chronic cough: cases where its truly refractory to even our neurogenic treatments
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Scary Cases 2026 - New Year New Scares
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 5 - Otology/Neurotology
    Otology/Neurotology
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 6 - Pediatric Otolaryngology
    Moderator: Katherine R. Kavanagh, MD – University of Connecticut
    Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Snoring and OSA treatments in 2026 from GLP-1 agonists to Surgery
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Surgery of the Adult Airway
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    The Genetic Revolution is Here: A Practical Guide to Genetics of Sensorineural Hearing Loss
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Thermal Ablation - A Game Changer in the Management of Benign and Malignant Thyroid nódules
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Unilateral hearing loss in children
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Wait Wait - Do Tell Me
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    When it's Snot Chronic Rhinosinusitis: systemic causes of sinus disease
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM PT
    Forget Theory! Practical Applications of AI to Make Life Easier
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    OPPS Coffee Talks with ASCENT: Tips & Tools for Success (Monday)
  • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM PT
    Wellness Zone
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    Alpha Gal: What it is, What it isn't, and Future Treatment Options
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM PT
    Myth Busting Viral Diagnoses and Internet Misinformation Across Otolaryngology
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Careers in Seasons: Redefining Success Across Life Stages in Otolaryngology
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Coffee Pitstop: Brewing Ideas in Research & Quality
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Controversies in the Role of Surgery and Biologics in Management of CRSwNP:What is the evidence?
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Doing More With Less: Advancing Rhinology Care in Resource Constrained Environments
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    ENT APP Business Model & Walk-In Urgent Care - Access, Growth and Profitability
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Eugene N. Myers, MD International Lecture on Head and Neck Cancer - Ralph Gilbert, MD, RCSC, BSc (Hons)
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Evaluation and Treatment of Immunoglobulin Deficiency Disorders in Chronic rhinosinusitis
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    External Ear Disease and the Draining Ear
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    From the Clinic to the Capitol: Legislative Advocacy and the Future of Otolaryngology
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Light-guided Surgery: Exploring Fluorescence in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Management of Radiation Effects on the Ear and Temporal Bone
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Migraine, Sinusitis, and More: Management of Common Facial Pain Presentations
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    No One Left Unheard: Strengthening Primary Ear and Hearing Care Through Baselining, Training, and Policy
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    P16+ (HPV+) OPSCC: A Surgical Approach to Management
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Problem-based Learning: A Patient with Hearing Loss
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Problem-based Learning: A Patient with Nasal Polyps
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Problem-based Learning: Pediatric Ankloglossia
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis 2026: Newest therapeutic approaches and opportunity for cure
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Resourceful and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Research and Publishing
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 2 - Laryngology/Broncho-Esophagology
    Moderator: Lyndsay L. Madden, DO – Wake Forest Baptist Health
    Moderator: Molly N. Huston, MD – Washington University in St. Louis
    Laryngology/Broncho-Esophagology
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 5 - Head and Neck Surgery
    Head and Neck Surgery
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 7 - Pediatric Otolaryngology
    Moderator: Kyra M. Osborne, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    The Administrator’s Playbook for Global ENT Partnerships
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    The Surgical Management of Tracheoesophageal Fistulas and Clefts
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Tracheal Shave in Gender Affirmation: Form, Function, and the Delicate Balance
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    From Sidelines to Co-Developer: A Surgeon's Roadmap for Meaningful AI Collaboration in Otolaryngology
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT
    Lunch in the OTO EXPO
  • 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM PT
    The Return of the Preventable: Regional U.S. Perspectives on Pediatric Disease Resurgence in ENT
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT
    Should Otolaryngologists Seek Unionization?
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    19th Annual Academic Bowl
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Challenging Airway Bronchoscopy: Dos and Don'ts for a Successful Procedure
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Disruptive, Difficult, or Mostly Misunderstood? Exploring the 'Difficult Patient'
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Have You Heard? Part II: The annual update on osseointegrated implants
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    How the National Institutes of Health Can Support Clinical and Translational Research in Otolaryngology and the Communication Sciences
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    In the Gray Zone – Difficult Decisions in Pediatric ENT Care
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Making the transition from trainee to practicing surgeon: perspectives from academic, private practice, and military.
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Mandibular fixation and plating in a live Saw Bones Lab
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Mastoid obliteration techniques reconsidered: evidence gaps, technical pitfalls, and redefining indications in modern otology
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Navigating Airway Challenges: Precision DISE, Rare Disease OSA Protocols and Laser Innovations in Rhinitis
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Optimizing Quality of Life for the Laryngectomee
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Parathyroidectomy: Localized versus Bilateral Exploration for Primary Hyperparathyroidism, a Discussion
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Rhinologic Manifestations of Obesity: From CRS to CSF Leak
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Robotic/Endoscopic Approaches to the Neck
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 1 - Business of Medicine
    Business of Medicine
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 2 - Comprehensive Otolaryngology
    Moderator: Candace Waters
    Moderator: Pedrom Sioshansi, MD – Wake Forest School of Medicine
    Comprehensive Otolaryngology
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 3 - Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
    Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 3 - Rhinology/Allergy
    Rhinology/Allergy
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 3 - Sleep Medicine
    Moderator: Andrea Plawecki – Wayne State University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Yi Cai, MD – Columbia University
    Sleep Medicine
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 6 - Head and Neck Surgery
    Head and Neck Surgery
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 6 - Otology/Neurotology
    Otology/Neurotology
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Surgical Management of Obstructive Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Troubleshooting Complex Chronic Tracheostomy Issues
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM PT
    Expert’s Guide to Tympanostomy Tube Care
  • 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM PT
    From Office-Based to Open: Decision Making in Nasal Valve and Septal Surgery
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    BOG and WIO - Hot Topics for 2026
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Cutting Costs, Not Corners: A Guide to OR Efficiency for the Otolaryngologist
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Diagnosis and Management of Patulous Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Diagnosis and Management of Sinonasal Papillomas
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Evaluating OSA Outcomes: CPAP, Surgery, Nerve Stimulation, and GLP-1 Agonists
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Follow the Money: Rethinking Physician Overhead and Compensation
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    From Epiphora to Expertise: A Comprehensive Update on Endoscopic DCR
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Frontal sinus course: Basic and Advanced technique
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Functional analysis of Upper Esophageal Sphincter with HRM~ cutting edge for dignosis of oropharyngeal dysphagia~
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Little Patients, Big Impact: Climate Health and Sustainability in Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    No OR Required: Office-Based Laryngology Procedures Every Otolaryngologist Should Know
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Over-the-Counter Medications: Myth versus Reality
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Pediatric Laryngoscopes and Bronchoscopes: Features and Pearls for Pediatric Laryngoscopy, Bronchoscopy and Foreign Body Removal
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Procedures for Pain: Nerve Blocks and Botox for the Otolaryngologist
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Quality and Process Metrics Along the Cancer Continuum: Your Guide to Best Practice
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Recognizing PPPD: A Common and Treatable Functional Disorder
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Salivary Gland Assessment with Sialography - How to and Is It Worth Doing? Case Presentations
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Survivorship in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: The Importance of Comprehensive Otolaryngologic Care
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Taking off the Blinders: The Open Nose Approach Made Practical for Every Otolaryngologist
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    The Chronic Ear - Leveraging Pathology and Biomechanics for Better Outcomes
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    The State of Research on Women Otolaryngologists: Workplace Policies and Occupational Health
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    When the Immune System Goes First: Surgical Implications of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy For Oncologic Surgery
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Women’s Leadership in Global Surgery: Building Equity, Capacity, and Sustainable Partnerships in Otolaryngology
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT
    International Advisory Board (IAB) General Assembly
  • 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM PT
    Evidence-Based Management of Osteoradionecrosis and Medication Related Osteonecrosis of the Head and Neck
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Bell’s Palsy Update – AAO-HNSF Clinical Practice Guideline
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Complications of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Are We Safer Now?
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Current Status of Early Childhood Hearing Screening Around the World
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Decent Exposure: Expert Pearls for Optimizing Upper Aerodigestive Tract View in Clinic and OR
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Elderly Patients with H&N Cancer: To Operate or to Not? Part 2 - Cutaneous Malignancies
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Essentials in Tympanoplasty
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    EXPLORING PEDIATRIC RHINOSINUSITIS: Updates in the Medical and Surgical Management of Pediatric Rhinosinusitis.
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Great Debate - Business of Medicine
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Guiding Patients Through Tough Treatment Decisions and End-of-life Care
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Mid-Career Moments: Is this all and what's next?
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Practical AI for Global ENT: Implementing Safe, Equitable Clinical Decision Support in LMICs
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Preparing pediatric tracheostomy patients for decannulation: Taking a systematic approach
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Redefining success with hypoglossal nerve stimulation: therapy effectiveness and post-implant monitoring
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Residency to the Department to the Institution: Training the Otolaryngology Workforce for Access and Excellence
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Scientific Oral Presentations 7 - Head and Neck Surgery
    Head and Neck Surgery
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Show Me the Money: Simple Strategies to Improve the Bottom Line of Your Practice
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Society of Military Otolaryngology Trauma Symposium: Considerations in the Management of Pediatric Mandible Fracture
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Surgical considerations for placement of Bone-Anchored Implants before Microtia Repair: where should the implant go?
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    The Next Frontiers of Surgical Education: Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, and Surgical Coaching
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    White Lesions of the Oral Cavity: How Should These Be Managed?
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PT
    International Reception
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PT
    Women in Otolaryngology (WIO) Networking Reception
  • 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM PT
    OTO Improv