A to Z of Parotid Cancers and Tumors: All Controversies Answered

Saturday, October 17, 2026

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

Location: 515B

Lead Presenter(s)

Michael V. Medina, MD

Staff Physician
Sinus And Respiratory Disease Center At The Texas Institute
Weston, Texas, United States

Mentor(s)

BB

Brian Burkey, MD

Dr.
Cleveland Clinic Florida, Florida, United States

Co-Presenter(s)

Eric D. Lamarre, MD

Chief, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, United States

This is a one-hour comprehensive course on the management of Parotid tumors from initial presentation to treatment. This will be a step by step guide to the important steps in the management of parotid tumors including important aspects of history and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis and treatment plan. It will answer lingering controversies on diagnostics, eg. the need for a fine needle aspiration
biopsy, tumor pathology, can you observe a tumor diagnosed as possible Warthin's tumor, and treatment: When to do a total parotidectomy rather than a superficial or lateral parotidectomy specifically in the setting of malignancy, the need for nerve monitoring, extra-capsular dissection,
should all parotid tumors including malignancies be reconstructed and parotidectomy as a same day ambulatory procedure

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, the participants who see patients presenting with parotid tumors will have a good working knowledge on how to approach these patient's, ask the pertinent history and request the appropriate diagnostics needed for the work up.
Upon completion the participants will understand the different treatment recommendations including surgical management, surgical approaches and extent of surgery based on the pathology.
Upon completion the participants will learn the different surgical reconstructive techniques, including novel methods of reconstruction to address the expected deformity from a parotidectomy