Advanced Practices

in Voice & Dysphagia February 22-24, 2015

Course Directors Peter Belafsky, MD C. Blake Simpson, MD

Faculty

Sponsored by:

Milan Amin, MD

Mark Courey, MD

Gaelyn Garrett, MD

Edie Hapner, PhD

Stan Marks, DVM

Greg Postma, MD

Clark Rosen, MD

Lucian Sulica, MD

Jacqui Allen, MD

Liza Blumenfeld, CCC-SLP

Greg Farwell, MD

David Godin, MD

Maggie Kuhn, MD

Daniel Novakovic, MD

Catherine Rees Lintzenich, MD

Martin Birchall, MD

Danny Enepekides, MD

Jackie Gartner-Schmidt, PhD

Michael Johns, MD

Al Merati, MD

Jan Pryor, CCC-SLP

Sarah Schneider, CCC-SLP

Sin City Laryngology Turns Ten!

It has been a fun ride, and a ride that is poised to continue for years

to come. Our inaugural conference took place at the Sun Coast

Casino in February of 2005. Since that time we have convened at the

Renaissance, The Flamingo, Planet Hollywood, and, most recently, at

Bally's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. We have featured countless

speakers and thousands of participants. Some of the highlights over

the past decade include a Dr. Langmore/Leonard FEES Fest, a

speaker getting arrested off of the podium, a drunken Bruce

Springsteen, the introduction of laryngeal karaoke, Laryngeal and

Esophageal Believe It or Not, Family Feud Laryngology, and myriad

other priceless memories. We have covered topics from aspiration to

Zenker’s. We have introduced new surgical techniques, and have

refuted old ones. Our work, however, is not done. We are excited for

our tenth birthday celebration, and 2015 is gearing up to be our best

event yet. Plans for this year’s conference include a hands-on

surgical workshop (TNE/Stretta/Advanced Esophageal and Airway

Dilation/Injection Medialization) to accompany the speech

pathology workshop on Saturday, February 21st. The conference will

see a return of Laryngeal Family Feud, Karaoke, and introduce – for

the very first time – a FEES Pie Eating Contest.

Can't wait to see you in Vegas!!

The Sin City Laryngology Family

COURSE DIRECTORS

Peter Belafsky, MD Center for Voice & Swallowing, UC Davis

C Blake Simpson, MD University of Texas Voice Center

Faculty disclosure information: www.SinCityLaryngology.com/html/faculty.html

Jacqui Allen, MD University of Auckland

Milan Amin, MD Langone Medical Center, NYU

Martin Birchall, MD UCL Ear Institute, London

Liza Blumenfeld, SLP Scripps Center for Voice and Swallowing

Mark Courey, MD University of California, San Francisco

Danny Enepekides, MD University of Toronto

Greg Farwell, MD University of California, Davis

Gaelyn Garrett, MD Vanderbilt Voice Center

Jackie Gartner-Schmidt, PhD University of Pittsburgh Voice Center

David Godin, MD ENT and Allergy Associates, New York

Edie Hapner, PhD Emory University School of Medicine

Michael Johns, MD Emory University School of Medicine

Maggie Kuhn, MD University of California, Davis

Stan Marks, DVM University of California, Davis

Albert Merati, MD University of Washington

Daniel Novakovic, MD University of Sydney

Greg Postma, MD Georgia Health Sciences University

Jan Pryor, CCC-SLP University of Washington

Catherine Rees Lintzenich, MD Riverside ENT Physicians & Surgeons

Clark Rosen, MD University of Pittsburgh Voice Center

Sarah Schneider, CCC-SLP UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center

Lucian Sulica, MD Weill Medical College of Cornell University

2015 FACULTY

Sunday, February 22, 2015

9:00 Registration

10:00 False Vocal Fold Injection with Botox for Voice Disorders — Blake

Simpson, MD

10:20 The History of Botulinum Toxin — Lucian Sulica, MD

10:40 Thick May Make You Sick – The Effect of Aspirated Thickened

Liquids on the Lungs — Maggie Kuhn, MD

11:00 Laryngeal Tells: What Poker Has Taught Me About Treating Voice

Disorders — Al Merati, MD

11:30 Phagophobia: The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Food Itself —

Liza Blumenfeld, CCC-SLP

12:00 What It Takes to be a Laryngeal Diva — Catherine Rees

Lintzenich, MD

12:20 Lunch on your own

1:30 iRobot: The Past, Present, and Future of Transoral Robotic Surgery

— Greg Farwell, MD

1:50 The Use of Muscle Stem Cells for Tongue Regeneration — Peter

Belafsky, MD

2:20 “Beware; For I Am Fearless, and Therefore Powerful.” What an

Interview with Three Frankensteins Can Teach Us About the

Future of Laryngology — Martin Birchall, MD

2:50 Break with Exhibitors

3:20 Pushing the Limits of Human Sound Production — Milan

Amin, MD

3:40 Heavy Metal Larynx: Slash and Burn — Lucian Sulica, MD

4:10 How Can We Prevent Vocal Fold Scar? — Jacqui Allen, MD

4:30 Family Feud Laryngology: Part 2 — Michael Johns, MD

5:00 FEES Pie Eating Contest Hosted by David Godin, MD

6:00 Adjourn

Monday, February 23, 2015

9:00 Endoscopy Demonstrations with Exhibitors: Group A — Faculty

10:00 Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid – State-of-the-Art Screening in the Face of a

Head and Neck Cancer Epidemic — Danny Enepekides, MD

10:20 Thyroplasty Pearls — Clark Rosen, MD

10:40 Is the Aging Voice a Disease? — Michael Johns, MD

11:00 Pathophysiology and Treatment Strategies for Neurogenic Cough —

Jacqui Allen, MD

11:30 “Lasers” — Mark Courey, MD

11:50 Judging Vocal Pathology Through a Critical Analysis of Sin City Laryngeal

Karaoke — Jackie Gartner-Schmidt, PhD

12:20 BOX LUNCH and LARYNGEAL KARAOKE

1:30 A Surgeon’s Approach to Muscle Tension Dysphonia — Daniel

Novakovic, MD

2:00 Laryngeal Fakes and Phonies — Edie Hapner, PhD

2:20 It’s a Numbers Game: Validated Symptom Indices for Laryngology —

Clark Rosen, MD

2:40 Laryngeal Re-Innervation, Past, Present, and Future — Martin Birchall, MD

3:10 Break with Exhibitors

3:40 A Dog Named Bean – A Tail of Survival in a Canine Post Total

Laryngectomy for Dysphagia — Stan Marks, DVM

4:00 Current Concepts in Laryngeal Transplantation — Greg Farwell, MD

4:30 What Vocal Fold Lesions Respond to Voice Therapy?: The Strobe Does

Not Lie — Sarah Schneider, CCC-SLP

4:50 What I’ve Learned in 10 Years of Sin City Laryngology — Greg

Postma, MD

5:10 Adjourn

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

9:00 Endoscopy Demonstrations with Exhibitors: Group B — Faculty

10:00 Twenty Microlaryngoscopy Tips in 20 Minutes — Blake Simpson, MD

10:20 Is FEES Ever the Gold Standard Dysphagia Evaluation? — Jan

Pryor, CCC-SLP

10:40 Techniques, Outcomes and Indications of Arytenoid Adduction —

Gaelyn Garrett, MD

11:10 Initial Clinical Experience with Endoscopic Management of Reflux

with Radiofrequency Augmentation of the LES (Stretta) — Peter

Belafsky, MD

11:30 The Use of iPhone Apps as an Adjunct to Voice and Swallowing

Therapy — Liza Blumenfeld, CCC-SLP

11:50 Open Your Eyes: Open vs Endoscopic Management of Zenkers

Diverticulum — Al Merati, MD

12:10 Wrap-Up and Q&A

12:30 Adjourn

ENROLLMENT AND CANCELLATION

Please register early – space is limited. Early tuition for Sin City Laryngology is

$750 for physicians and $395 for all others. Tuition will increase $50 after

January 16, 2015. Confirmation of registration will be sent via email within two

weeks after receipt of payment. Tuition includes lunch on Day 2, refreshment

breaks, syllabus and a certificate of attendance. Tuition may be paid by

check or credit card, but must be received in advance of the course.

Program materials cannot be guaranteed unless enrollment is received by

January 16, 2015. Cancellations after February 1, 2015 will be refunded less a

$50 administration fee.

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Contemporary TNE and Advanced Procedures Course

8:00 Welcome and Registration

8:30 Historical Perspective (TNE vs EGD) — Dr. Postma

9:00 Contemporary Indications for Office-based TNE —

Dr. Postma

9:15 Technique of TNE — Dr. Amin

9:45 Interpretation of TNE — Dr. Belafsky

10:30 Break

10:45 Indications and Advanced Techniques of

Esophageal Dilation — Dr. Belafsky

11:00 Office-based TEP — Dr. Postma

11:45 Indications and Advanced Techniques of Vocal Fold

Injection Medialization — Dr. Amin

12:00 Indications and Advanced Techniques of Airway

Dilation — Dr. Postma

12:30 Working Lunch (provided)

1:00 Indications and Advanced Techniques of Stretta for

Endoscopic Management of Reflux — Dr. Belafsky

1:30 Hands-on Training

4:00 Adjourn

Presenters: Peter Belafsky, MD

Gregory Postma, MD

Milan Amin, MD

The cost for the workshop is a separate registration fee from the

main conference:

Tuition: $500 for Saturday only

$250 for workshop if also attending Sun-Tues

Workshop Schedule:

Workshop sponsored by

7:00 Registration

8:00 Opening Remarks

8:15 Voice Therapy: All Hands on Deck! — Sarah Schneider,

CCC-SLP

9:00 “Phonation, Please Meet Respiration” — Amanda

Gillespie, PhD

9:45 Break

10:00 Assessment and Treatment of Vocal Fatigue — Jackie

Gartner-Schmidt, PhD

10:45 Assessing Outcomes in SD in Our New Healthcare

Environment? — Edie Hapner, PhD

11:30 Lunch on your own

1:00 Patient Interview = 80% of the Diagnosis — Jackie

Gartner-Schmidt, PhD

1:30 Let’s Talk Numbers: Quantifying a SLP’s Importance to

Therapeutic Success — Amanda Gillespie, PhD

2:00 Break

2:15 Say /i/: Pearls of Wisdom for Stellar Videostroboscopy

Exams — Sarah Schneider, CCC-SLP

2:45 Exercises for the Aging Larynx: Fact or Fiction? — Edie

Hapner, PhD

3:15 Q&A

3:30 Cases by Panel

4:30 Q&A and Wrap-Up

4:45 Adjourn

Come a day early for this pre-conference workshop!

Learn practical information about voice therapy, assessment,

spasmodic dysphonia/tremor, videostroboscopy and much

more.

Audience: Intermediate level

Presenters: Jackie Gartner-Schmidt, PhD, Amanda Gillespie,

PhD, Edie Hapner, PhD, and Sarah Schneider, CCC-

SLP

The cost for the workshop is a separate registration fee from

the main conference:

$125 if postmarked before Jan 16, 2015

Workshop Schedule:

Saturday, February 21, 2015

At the conclusion of this CME activity, each participant should be better able to:

Discuss methods to establish multidisciplinary case for the voice and

swallowing patients

Describe the distinguishing features of the spectrum of benign lesions of the

larynx as well as the appropriate treatments

Discuss the surgical treatment of vocal fold paresis and paralysis

Discuss contemporary treatment of laryngeal cysts, scar and vocal fold

paresis

Discuss the current indications and techniques of office based

esophagoscopy

Describe fluoroscopic evaluation of swallowing disorders of the pharynx and

esophagus

Discuss the evaluation and management of aspiration during swallowing

Describe current treatment trends in patients with advanced oropharyngeal

dysphagia

Summarize the conclusions from previous conference years and education

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

NEEDS ASSESSMENT This course is designed for otolaryngologists, speech language pathologists, and

paramedical personnel who wish to further their understanding of the advanced

diagnostic and treatment options for individuals with swallowing and voice

disorders. Participants will be presented with a thorough understanding of the

biomechanics of normal swallowing function. Swallowing diagnostics will be

discussed in detail including fluoroscopy, endoscopy, and manometry. In

addition, participants will gain knowledge of the state-of-the art treatments for

swallowing disorders, both with dysphagia therapy and surgery. Participants will

also gain knowledge in the diagnosis and treatment of benign laryngeal lesions

and neurologic conditions. Participants will learn the medical, behavioral, and

surgical approaches (including office-based treatments) of laryngeal/vocal

disorders.

ADDITIONAL ACCREDITATIONS

This course is offered for up to 2.3 CEUs (Intermediate Level, Professional Area)

ACCREDITATION: UP TO 23.25 HOURS OF CME CREDIT This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of Oakstone Publishing, LLC and Sin City Laryngology. The Oakstone Publishing, LLC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Oakstone Publishing, LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 23.25 CME Credit. Physicians should

claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Intended audience is

health professionals dealing with voice and dysphagia.

HOTEL INFORMATION

To book your room at Bally’s, please scan the

QR code or call the hotel at 800-358-8777

before Jan. 16 to make your reservation.

Rooms are $115 per night.

Ask for reservation code SBSCL5. Scan the code above to

reserve your room online.

REGISTRATION FEE: (Receipt/Confirmation will be emailed within two weeks)

Early Discount Postmarked after Jan 16, 2015

Physician $750 $800

Other Practitioner $395 $445

Optional

SLP Workshop

(separate registration fee from main conference)

$125 $150

Optional

MD Workshop

(separate registration fee from main conference)

$500 workshop only

$250 if also attending main conference

REGISTRATION FORM

Advanced Practices in Voice & Dysphagia

February 22-24, 2015

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Name (as you would like it to appear on your badge and certificate)

MD DO PA NP RN SLP — ASHA #: ______________________

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Address

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City State Zip

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Daytime Phone Fax Number

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Please note: I require a vegetarian lunch

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Mail registration and payment to:

Julie Jaunese, Conference Coordinator 4312 Autumn Leaves Dr, Tampa, FL 33624

Telephone: (813) 810-6027 Fax: (813) 961-6027

Online: www.SinCityLaryngology.com

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