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Workshops

President Message

Dr. Mutlaq Al-Sihan

Dr. Mutlaq Al-Sihan

Conference President
Head of ENT Council - MOH

I am pleased to welcome you to the 46th Kuwait Otorhinolaryngology Conference 2024, Updates in Head and Neck Surgery & Related Robotics Intervention, Updates in Advanced Rhinology & Skull Base Surgery and Updates in Sialendoscopy and Advanced Salivary Glands Disease Management Workshop on 14th November, 2024 at Hotel Grand Hyatt, Kuwait.

We all understand the importance of Education and innovation in our day-to-day lives and the ways in which they are transforming the world.

I believe that by participating in this Conference, we are in the right place and the right time. Together let us accelerate the exchange of ideas and scaling-up of good practices. I encourage all of you to attend this Conference which will take place on 12th - 13th November, 2024.

Parrallel to that workshops of audiology and speech were created to discuss updates in advance surgeries such as cochlear implants and implantable hearing aids.

I am confident that you will find new ideas, fresh energy and knowledge to sustain your efforts in better Medical & Clinical practices through education, technology and innovation.

Please mark your calendar for above dates and I wish you all a very successful Conference.

Yours Sincerely,

Our Committee

Chairman

Dr. Ahmad Al-Rasheedi

Head of Otolaryngology Department, Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait

Co-Ordinators

Dr. Hussain Jasser Al Shammari

MD, Head of Otolaryngology Department, Adan Hospital, Kuwait.

Dr. Salma Al-Hauli

Head of Otolaryngology Department , Al Jahra Hospital Kuwait

Dr. Maryam Alkandari

head of Department of Shaikh Salem Alali Hearing and Speech

Dr. Maha Al-Gilani

Head of Department - Jaber Hospital

Organizing Committee

Administration Committee

Scientific Program

16 CME CREDIT

Head & Neck and Robotic Surgery

07:00AM - 08:00AM

Registration & Breakfast

Session 1

Moderators: Dr. Abduallah AL Ali, Dr. Khairy Alhaj ,Prof. A. Omran., Dr. Mohammed Alali

08:00AM - 08:15AM

Robotic Ear-CI Surgery
Dr. Caversaccio
08:15AM - 08:30AM

Precision Cochlear Implantation
Mr: Masoud Soka
08:30AM - 08:45AM

Advanced Bionics Symposium : Remote CI management with Advanced Bionics
Ahmad Baghdadi
08:45AM - 09:00AM

Cochlear Symposium: Navigating Soft surgery :Clinical Evidence and implications
Dr. Osama Majdalawieh

Session 2 - Endocrine Session

Moderators: Dr. Khalid Al Sobeih, Dr. Maha Al Gilani, Prof. Yassin Bahgat, Dr. Hussain Zamel

09:00AM - 09:15AM

Parathyroid diseases and Surgical Indications
Dr. Opada Alzohaili
09:15AM - 09:30AM

Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Cancer Surgical Indication
Dr. Opada Alzohaili
09:30AM - 09:45AM

Robotic Assissted Thyroidectomy :- Challenges and Limitations in a North American populations
Prof. Ho-Sheng Lin
09:45AM - 10:00AM

Evidence based safety and effecting for TORS in Head and Neck
Dr. Martin John Corsten
10:00AM - 10:15AM

Long term results of Gasless transoral robotic thyroidectomy (TORT) via single vestibular incision using DaVinci SP system.: Severance Experience of 170 cases
Dr. Yoon Woo Koh
10:15AM - 10:30AM

Robotic surgery for Salivary gland tumours
Dr. Yoon Woo Koh
10:30AM - 11:00AM

Opening Ceremony

Session 3 - Robotic Surgery Basics

Moderators: Dr. Khalid Abdulhadi, Dr. Mishal Almutairi, Dr. Ramla Mohammed, Dr. Mohammed Buabbas

11:00AM - 11:20AM

Surgical Anatomy of trans oral Robbotic surgery
Dr. Yaser Najaf
11:20AM - 11:40AM

Basic concepts of Transoral robotic surgery
Dr. Ahmed Yassin Bahgat
11:40AM - 12:00PM

When to choose TORS vs Chemo Radiaiton Tumour Board Approach
Dr. Martin John Corsten
12:00PM - 12:20PM

Complication of TORS for tounge base surgery
Prof. Yassin Bhagat
12:20PM - 12:40PM

Transoral robotic surgery for OSA
Dr. Ahmed Yassin Bhagat
12:40PM - 01:00PM

Limitations of MLS and need for Robotic surgery
Prof. Yassin Bhagat
01:00PM - 02:00PM

Lunch Break

Session 4 - Head and Neck Cancer Session

Moderators: Dr. Martin John Corsten, Dr. Nourah ALyouha, Dr. Mohammed Zahran, Dr. Yaser Najaf

02:00PM - 02:20PM

TORS Total laryngecotmy How we do it!
Prof. George Lawson
02:20PM - 02:40PM

Robotic Neck Dissiction combined with Free Flap reconstruction in oral cavity cancer
Dr. Yoon Woo Koh
02:40PM - 03:00PM

Changing Pradigm in Head and Neck Cancer Treatment Emergency of New Desease aned New Technology
Prof. Ho-Sheng Lin
03:00PM - 03:20PM

Sentinel lymph node detection to enhance TORS Supraglottic Laryngectomy
Prof. George Lawson
03:20PM - 03:40PM

Transoral videoendoscopic resection of oro-laryngopharyngeal tumours
Dr. Prathamesh S. Pai
03:40PM

Closing

Sialoendoscpy, Rhinololgy and Skullbase

Session 5 - Sialoendoscpy Session

Moderators: Dr. Pasquale Capaccio, Dr.Tamim Al ali, Dr. Hamoud Alarouj, Dr. Mohammed Alomani

08:00AM - 08:20AM

How to start your Sialendoscopy Practice? A 15 year journey of experience
Dr. Emad Magdy
08:20AM - 08:40AM

Modern Management of OSGD (obstructive salivary gland diseases)
Dr. Milind Navalakhe
08:40AM - 09:00AM

Sialoendoscopy assisted transoral robotic salivary Surgery
Dr. Pasquale Capaccio
09:00AM - 09:15AM

Coffee Break

Session 6 - Basic Rhinology Session

Moderators: Dr. Amro Sobeih, Dr. Khalid Almulla, Dr. Ali Safar, Dr. Mohammed Alwashahi

09:15AM - 09:30AM

Type 2 Inflammation in CRS: Clinical Correlations
Prof. David Conley
09:30AM - 09:45AM

Type 1 and 3 Inflammation in CRS: Clinical Correlations
Prof. David Conley
09:45AM - 10:00AM

Surgical Mangement of Chronic Rhinitis
Dr. Nisreen Almusaileem
10:00AM - 10:30AM

PANEL WITH CASES: Medical Management of Sinonasal Inflammation
Panelists: Prof. David Conley, Dr. Marwan Al-Qunaee, Dr. Abdulaziz AlQahtani, Dr. Mohammed Alwashahi
Dr. Samer Fakhri
10:30AM - 11:00AM

Coffee Break

Session 7 - Advanced Rhinology and Frontal Sinus Surgery

Moderators: Dr. Bashaer Abdullah, Dr. Abdulmohsen Al Terki, Dr. Fahad Alfahed, Dr. Samer Fakhri

11:00AM - 11:20AM

Endoscopic Repair of Nasal Septal Perforation: An Overview
Dr. Abdulaziz AlQahtani
11:20AM - 11:40AM

Endoscopic DCR
Dr. Samer Fakhri
11:40AM - 12:10PM

Approaching the complex frontal sinus-the endoscopic assissted external approach
Dr. Marwan Al-Qunaee
12:10PM - 12:30PM

Simplifying Complexity Of Frontal Sinus Surgery, 25-30 minutes
Dr. Abdulaziz AlQahtani
12:30PM - 01:00PM

Endoscopic transpterigoid approach: Tips and Tricks
Dr. Mohammed Alwashahi
01:00PM - 02:00PM

Lunch Break

Session 8 - Endosopic Skull Base Surgery

Moderators: Dr. Marwan Al-Qunaee, Dr. Meshari Saghir, Dr. Abdulaziz Alqahtani, Dr. Nisreen Almusaileem

02:00PM - 02:20PM

Practical Insights into Successful Skull Base Reconstruction Techniques
Dr. Abdulaziz AlQahtani
02:20PM - 02:40PM

The use of PDS plates for Endosopic Skull Base repair
Dr. Fahad Al-Asousi
02:40PM - 03:00PM

Cranial Base Reconstruction and CSF Leak Closure
Prof. David Conley
03:00PM - 03:20PM

Olfaction in sinus and skull base surgery :prediction risk and outcome
Dr. Mohammed Alwashahi
03:20PM

Closing

Workshop

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7 CME CREDIT

GALLERY - 2
10:30AM - 12:30PM

Brand: Cochlear
The use of Stories in Intervention at different Language Levels
Venue: Gallery Works Room
Nadia Abdulhaq
02:30PM - 04:00PM

Brand: Cochlear
Optimizing Hearing Outcomes: Cochlear Implant Candidacy in Children and Adults
Venue: Gallery Works Room
Jeries Qoumsieh

GALLERY - 3
09:30AM - 10:30AM

Brand: Path Medical
Milestones in the establishment Newborn Hearing Screening
Venue: Grand Hyatt
Peter boettcher
12:00PM - 01:00PM

Brand: Starkey
THE NEW STARKEY POWER RIC: Can it fit a profound hearing loss?
Venue: Grand Hyatt
Haneen Lahseh
02:30PM - 03:30PM

Brand: Phonak
Phonak: Unlock a world of possibilities
Venue: Grand Hyatt
Hussain Salmi

Dr. Omar Bagaeen
GALLERY - 2
10:30AM - 12:30PM

Brand: Cochlear
High auditory skills and bilateral cochlear implants
Venue: Gallery Works Room
Nadia Abdulhaq
02:30PM - 03:30PM

Brand: Cochlear
The latest Cochlear™ Osia® System with MRI
Venue: Grand Hyatt
Abdelrahman Marei
12:00PM - 01:00PM

Brand: Unitech
Unitron Tech Journey
Venue: Main Lecture Hall
10:00AM - 12:00PM

Brand: Abbott
Vertigo Management
Venue: Main Lecture Hall
Dr. Maryam Alkandari

GALLERY - 3
09:00AM - 11:00AM

Brand: ATC
Wevosys-Clinical Speech and Voice Assessment Workshop
Venue: Grand Hyatt

Sialendoscopy Workshop Preliminary

Session 1 - Short Background Lectures

Moderators: Dr. Mohammed Alomani, Dr. Milind Navalakhe, Dr. Abdallah Albanna, Prof. Emad Magdy

09:00AM - 09:15AM

Introduction to Sialendoscopy
Prof. Emad A Magdy
09:15AM - 09:30AM

Sialendoscopy Indications
Prof. Milind Navalakhe
09:30AM - 09:45AM

Sialendoscopy equipment & instrumentation
Prof. Pasquele Capaccio
09:45AM - 10:00AM

Access to salivary ducts & duct navigation
Prof. Emad A Magdy
10:00AM - 10:15AM

Methods of basket stone extraction & stone fragmentation
Prof. Milind Navalakhe
10:15AM - 10:30AM

Sialendoscopy complications
Prof. Pasquele Capaccio
10:30AM - 11:00AM

Coffee Break

Session 2 - Live Sialendoscopy Procedure Demonstration

11:00AM - 12:00PM

By Expert International Guest Faculty
(On dummy models – provided by KARL STORZ company)

Session 3 - Live Sialendoscopy Procedure Demonstration

12:00PM - 03:00PM

On Sialendoscope handling, papilla identification & dilatation, basic principles of duct navigation & basket stone extraction maneuvers on dummy models & simulators

Sponsors

Diamond Sponsors


Platinum Sponsors


Gold Sponsors


Silver Sponsors

Dr. Osama Majdalawieh


Prof. Pasquele Capaccio

Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Milan. Italy


Prof. Ahmed Yassin Bahgat

Consultant Otolaryngology


Dr. Marco Caversaccio

Specialist for ENT, Head and Neck Tumor in Bern


Prof. Marco-Domenico Caversaccio is chief physician and the head of the Department of ENT surgery at the Inselspital, Medical Faculty of the University of Bern (Switzerland). Following his studies in human medicine at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) he finished his MD in 1993 on intracerebral hematomas. After various research and clinical fellowships, some at the Klinikum Rechts der Isar in Munich (Germany) and at the Imperial College and the Charing Cross Hospital (both in London, Great Britain) he returned as a senior physician back to the Inselspital in Bern. He became a private lecturer in 2004. Besides his clinical activities, Dr. Caversaccio is participating in various research projects, some of them funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) such as the National Competence Center in Research (NCCR) for Computer-Aided and Image-Guided Medical Interventions (CO-ME). Since 2008 he has been co-directing the Bern Center for Computer-Aided Surgery within the ARTORG Research Center for Biomedical Engineering Research. He is a well-known technology expert for the development and implementation of novel surgical techniques and systems in the area of rhinology and otology. He reviews for a number of scientific publications and conferences in those fields. Prof. Caversaccio is a member of the Swiss, German and French societies for ENT medicine, of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and of the European Rhinological Society.

Dr. Prathamesh S. Pai

Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Surgical Oncology


Dr. Prathamesh Pai, MS, DNB, DORL, MNAMS is a Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India. He is a teacher for the MCh (Head and Neck Surgical Oncology) a structured three-year training programme recognised by the Medical Council of India.

A versatile surgeon, Dr Pai has a special interest in Laryngeal and Skull Base surgery with a focus on Laser and minimal access. He is a convener of the Multidisciplinary Skull Base Clinic since 2007. He was a member of the Institutional Review Board, at Tata Memorial Centre for several years and is a reviewer for numerous national and international journals. Besides being a co-investigator in numerous basic and clinical studies, currently he is conducting a large randomised clinical trial on the evaluation of oral metronomic chemotherapy in advanced operable oral cancers. With over 60 peer-reviewed publications he has articles on Near-Total Laryngectomy, Transoral Laser Surgery for Early Glottic Cancers, and Endoscopic Sinonasal tumour surgery among his more cited ones. He is the co-editor of a monograph on surgery for the larynx and hypopharynx.

Dr. Pai is an alumnus of the Grant Medical College, Mumbai specialising in Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery from Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. He pursued Fellowship in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Centre. In 2002 he received the UICC ICRETT Fellowship for training in Endoscopic Approaches to Sinonasal and Skull Base tumours in Klinikum Fulda, Germany. He was awarded the Hargobind Medical Fellowship in 2007 for training in Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Surgery of the Skull Base and Pituitary at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Dr. Martin John Corsten

Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Surgical Oncology


Martin John Corsten is an Associate Professor in the Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the Dalhousie University. He completed his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario. His Clinical Interests are Thyroid Cancer, Melanoma, Head and Neck Surgery, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, and Reconstructive Surgery.

Dr. Marwan Al-Qunaee


Dr. Yoon Woo Koh


Prof. Ho-Sheng Lin

Chair of the Wayne State University Department of Otolaryngology.


Dr. Lin is a 1994 graduate of the Yale University School of Medicine.

After an internship and residency in general surgery at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in 1996, he completed a residency in otolaryngology – head and neck surgery at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in 1999. From 1999 to 2000, he served as chief resident in the department of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery at New York University Medical Center, and in 2002 he completed a fellowship in head and neck surgical oncology in the Department of Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

He joined the School of Medicine faculty as an assistant professor of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery in 2002, and was named professor in 2012.

He is the leader of the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Team for the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and chief of otolaryngology for the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Dr. Lin has served on the Surgery Performance Improvement Committee and the Medical Staff Operations Committee, and as vice chief of otolaryngology for Detroit Receiving Hospital.

Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and a diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners, he is a member of the Society of Robotic Surgery, the International Surgical Sleep Society, the American Sleep Association, the Association of VA Surgeons, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the American Head and Neck Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Opada Alzohaili

M.D., F.A.C.E


Dr. Alzohaili is a board certified endocrinologist with over 20 years experience. He specializes in Traumatic Brain Injuries, Pituitary Deficiencies, Growth Hormone Deficiency, Adrenal Insufficiency, Diabetes, Thyroid Disorders, hormone Imbalances, and Osteoporosis.

He is a frequent national and international speaker in various countries. He has also written several publications and received numerous awards for teaching.

He is the founder and director of Metro Detroit Endocrinology Center; one of the busiest endocrinology centers with over 35,000 patients in the practice with emphasis on Traumatic Brain Injury and Pituitary Gland Disease.

Dr. Samer Fakhri


Dr. Samer Fakhri is a fellowship-trained rhinologist and an internationally recognized sinus surgeon and educator with a leadership record in healthcare institutions and specialty societies nationally and internationally. He has practiced in the Houston area for over 15 years and established the division of sinonasal and skull base surgery at UT Houston. Dr. Fakhri has served as the Chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) and as Residency Program Director, Vice-Chair, and co-director of Rhinology Fellowship in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas McGovern medical school at Houston. He has trained many residents and fellow surgeons.

Dr. Fakhri received his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He completed his residency training at McGill University Health Center and pursued fellowship training in Rhinology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He also completed a research fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at the Meakins-Christie Laboratories of McGill University. Dr. Fakhri is certified by both the American Board of Otolaryngology and the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada.

Dr. Fakhri is a frequently invited national and international panelist and speaker on the management of complex sinus disease and sinonasal tumors. He has served as chair or director to international CME-accredited Rhinology meetings. He also served as chair of the Rhinology education committee of the American Academy of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Fakhri has published over 60 scientific articles and book chapters, including descriptions of new minimally invasive surgical techniques to treat complex sinus conditions.

Prof. Milind Mohan Navalakhe

Department of ENT, Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India


Prof. David Conley

Secondary Specialty, Otolaryngology


Prof. EMAD A. MAGDY

Professor & Senior Consultant, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Director of the Alexandria Sialendoscopy (AlexSIAL) Fellowship Program