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Stephen P. Cragle, MD, Member, and Lance A. Manning, MD, Chair, Practice Management Education CommitteeWhile there are different and important academic and non-academic medical practice models that serve patients in various settings and fulfill varying roles in providing healthcare, private practice has been the…

James C. Denneny III, MDAAO-HNS/F EVP/CEOAs I went through my typical morning routine on a recent Tuesday, checking my emails from the previous night and early morning prior to heading off to the office, there was a particularly interesting email from a…

Jeffrey P. Simons, MD, MMMAAO-HNSF Coordinator for EducationJeffrey P. Simons, MD, MMM, AAO-HNSF Coordinator for EducationCore to the mission of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and its Foundation (AAO-HNS/F) is education. The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact…

M. Eugene Tardy, Jr., MD, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois School of Medicine at Chicago, and the first Legends of Otolaryngology honoreeMosquitoes, boils, frostbite, dysentery, and venereal disease test the mettle of explorers and their caretakers Hordes of mosquitos plagued the men incessantly.One rainy…

The premier global education event for the specialty will be held in San Diego this September When you arrive in San Diego for the 2016 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPOSM, you’ll experience a meeting like no other—a meeting focused solely on bringing you robust…

Deborah X. Xie; MD, Nicole L. Aaronson, MD, MBA; Lisa R. Chase, MBA; Inna A. Husain, MD; Geoffrey A. Smith, MD; Yu-Lan Mary Ying, MD; and Erich P. Voigt, MD (Chair)With the transition of news from print to predominantly digital spaces, more than…

Nausheen Jamal, MD, YPS ChairThis year’s main goals of the AAO-HNS Young Physicians Section (YPS) are to promote diversity, inclusion, and equity, Nausheen Jamal, MDYPS Chairwhile embracing the important role of peer mentorship. We were excited, therefore, to debut our initiative for mentoring…

As Reg-entSM measures are vetted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for use in Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), AAO-HNSF continues to develop new quality measures to drive quality improvement and to address gaps in measurement, regardless of MIPS inclusion…

The AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting Program Committee recognizes that the results of some exciting research may not have been available in time to meet the general abstract submission deadline. To further enrich the Annual Meeting program, the committee accepted the following late-breaking abstract submissions…

Dr. Sara Yang leading a patient into the operating roomSara Yang, MDIn March a group of Loyola University physicians, including myself, and nurses traveled to the Dominican Republic (DR) with the goal of providing much-needed ENT care. We spent a week in San Juan…

Daniel C. Chelius, Jr., MDAnnual Meeting Program CoordinatorDaniel C. Chelius, Jr., MDAnnual Meeting Program CoordinatorConnecting with Colleagues and Engaging with the Global Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Community. When I hear from attendees about engagement at the AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting & OTO Experience, there are…

Sarah N. Bowe, MD, MEd, and Matthew M. Smith, MDDuring the past year, many of us have experienced reduced clinical and surgical volume, decreased income, change in job roles/titles, adverse health conditions, loss of loved ones— and the list goes on and on. While…

Committees are the lifeblood of the AAO-HNS/F and a great way for Members to contribute meaningfully to the organization and the specialty. At the AAO-HNSF 2016 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPOSM in San Diego, CA, Academy and Foundation committees met and discussed achievements…

In observance of Better Hearing and Speech Month, the AAO-HNSF offers the following Clinical Practice Guidelines that provide physician- and patient-related resources on hearing-related topics: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update)Ménière’s DiseaseSudden Hearing Loss (Update)Earwax (Cerumen Impaction) (Update)Otitis Media…

Ofer Jacobowitz, MD, PhDOfer Jacobowitz, MD, PhD, Sleep Disorders Committee Chair-elect Whether you call them oral appliances, mandibular advancement devices, or as some of my patients say, “the mouthpiece,” they have become an established and valuable therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). There are…

All active members and fellows who are not retired or in training are automatically included in the Academy’s “Find an ENT” search feature as part of your member benefits. The Find an ENT button is located at the top of the Academy homepage, www…

Angela M. Powell, MDAngela M. Powell, MD, Chair, 125 Strong Campaign, Diversity, EquityThe 125 Strong Campaign is awaiting your individual contribution to the future of the specialty in support of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) focus areas that draw the intellect toward discovering how social…

The Physician Payment Policy (3P) Workgroup serves as an Academy advisory board covering a wide array of reimbursement issues that affect the specialty. The primary scope of work includes interfacing with payers, notably private insurers and Medicare, to address policy that is potentially detrimental and…