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About Rush Update in Otolaryngology

The Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Rush University Medical Center is pleased to announce Rush Update in Otolaryngology 2022—a comprehensive, two-day virtual program dedicated to the study of contemporary issues in ear, nose, throat, head and neck disorders.

Practicing physician participants have requested this type of continuing medical education activity to provide for a method of assimilating new medical knowledge into individual practices, to offer a forum to share and validate current practice standards and to incorporate new strategies in the management of the patient with ear, nose, and throat disorders in an evolving field.
 

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Faculty

Course Directors
 
Pete Batra, MD
Pete Batra, MD

Friedberg Chair & Professor

Mihir Bhayani, MD
Mihir Bhayani, MD

Associate Professor

Inna Husain, MD

Assistant Professor

Bobby Tajudeen
Bobby Tajudeen, MD

Assistant Professor

Richard Wiet, MD
Mark Wiet, MD

Associate Professor

 

Guest Faculty
 

 

Thomas Carroll, MD
Thomas Carroll, MD

Director, Brigham and Women’s Voice Program, Assistant Professor, Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School

 

 

Rush University Otolaryngology Faculty
 
  • Samer Al-Khudari, MD
    Associate Professor
  • Mike Hutz, MD
    Assistant Professor
  • Ashok Jagasia, MD
    Assistant Professor
  • Anatoli Karas, MD
    Assistant Professor
  • Jill Jeffe, MD
    Assistant Professor
  • Phillip LoSavio, MD
    Associate Professor
  • Eli Michaelides, MD
    Associate Professor
  • Peter Papagiannopoulos, MD
    Assistant Professor
  • Peter Revenaugh, MD
    Assistant Professor
  • Ryan Smith, MD
    Assistant Professor
  • Kerstin Stenson, MD
    Professor
  • Dean Toriumi, MD
    Professor
  • Richard Wiet, MD
    Professor

 

Rush University Faculty
 
  • Mike Hefferly, PhD
    Manager, Division of Audiology
  • Cindy Hildner, MS, CCC-SLP
    Senior Speech Language Pathologist, Rush Physical Therapy
  • Michael Jelinek, MD
    Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Cell Therapy
  • Nikhil Joshi, MD
    Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
  • Sarah Khalife, MD
    Fellow, Advanced Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery
  • Maha Mahdavinia, MD
    Associate Professor, Division of Allergy/Immunology
  • Matthew May, MD
    Fellow, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Joshua Teitcher, MS
    Head and Neck Speech Language Pathologist, Rush University Cancer Center

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Learning Objectives

  1. Review perioperative considerations to optimize sinus surgery outcomes and discuss new options for office-based rhinologic procedures
  2. Describe recent advances in work-up and treatment for various common ENT conditions, including globus pharyngeus, laryngopharyngeal reflux, ankyloglossia, and Eustachian tube dysfunction
  3. Discuss advances in management of facial nerve paralysis, skin cancer defect reconstruction, and chronic otitis media
  4. Appreciate innovations in management of sleep-disordered breathing, including interpretation of drug-induced sleep endoscopy in children and adults
  5. Discuss innovations in management of thyroid malignancy and minimally invasive salivary gland surgery

 

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Schedule

Friday, January 7, 2022

1/7
Welcome
12:50 – 1:00 p.m.
1/7
Session 1 - Rhinology
1:00 – 2:55 p.m.
1/7
Break
2:55 – 3:10 p.m.
1/7
Session 2 - Laryngology/General
3:10 – 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 8, 2022

1/8
Non-CME Product Theater
7:10 a.m. - 7:55 a.m.
1/8
Break
7:55 – 8:00 a.m.
1/8
Session 3 - Sleep/Pediatric
8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
1/8
Break
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
1/8
Session 4 - Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
1/8
Lunch
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
1/8
Session 5 - Head & Neck Surgical Oncology
1:00 – 2:45 p.m.
1/8
Break
2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
1/8
Session 6 - Otology
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
1/8
Closing
4:50 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Accreditation

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Rush University Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity is being presented without bias and with/without commercial support.

Credit Designation Statements

Rush University Medical Center designates this live internet activity for a maximum of Eleven (11.00) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Rush University Medical Center designates this live internet activity for a maximum of Eleven (11.00) nursing contact hour(s).
 

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