2022 Honor Award Recipients
December 5, 2022Special congratulations to the 2022 Honor Award recipients. Honor Awards are part of the Academy’s system for recognizing meritorious service and is the first award a member can obtain for participation in certain activities. A member can earn only one Honor Award in a…
Pearls from your Peers: Implicit Bias
December 5, 2022Thank you for joining me, Dr. Faucett. At the AAO-HNSF 2022 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, we, along with Dana M. Thompson, MD, MS, and Michael L. Hinni, MD, presented an interactive simulation-enhanced panel, “Combating Implicit Bias in Healthcare,” cosponsored by the Diversity, Equity…
ENT PAC: Building Invaluable Support for Key Academy Initiatives Impacting Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
December 5, 2022Paul Imber, DO, recently attended a political event for U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (R-Delaware) in her district on behalf of ENT PAC, the nonpartisan, issue-driven political action committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS). Dr…
AAO-HNSF 2023 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience Call for Science: The Trip to Nashville Starts Now
December 5, 2022Daniel C. Chelius, Jr., MD Annual Meeting Program CoordinatorDaniel C. Chelius, Jr., MDAnnual Meeting Program CoordinatorI can’t wait to get to Nashville next October. I’ve been hoping to visit Vanderbilt for over 20 years. To borrow from Lewis Carroll, it has become my…
OTO Source Education Opportunities: Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
December 2, 2022The Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery unit in OTO Source offers an array of topics from Botox to psychological evaluation of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery candidates. Investigate the free online content at www.otosource.org.…
2022 Distinguished Service Award Recipients
December 1, 2022Special congratulations to the 2022 Distinguished Service Award (DSA) recipients. The DSA represents an individual’s service and volunteerism to the Academy, offering personal reward as well as benefit to the AAO-HNS/F and the specialty as a whole. The DSA is a recognition…
AAO-HNSF Humanitarian Travel Grant Trip Report: Migori, Kenya
November 30, 2022Atif J. Cheema, MDThank you to the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) for the Humanitarian Travel Grant that helped fund my recent humanitarian outreach trip to Kenya.The trip was arranged through Kenya Relief, an organization that operates an…
2022 MIPS Submission & Audit Webinar
November 29, 2022The Reg-ent team will be hosting a 2022 MIPS Submission & Audit Webinar on January 19, 2023, for Reg-ent participants. This webinar will cover the 2022 MIPS submission requirements, demonstrate the 2022 MIPS submission module functionalities, and highlight important information about the data validation…
PPSG WEBINAR: Save the Date Finding Your Happy Place: Current Practice Paradigms in Otolaryngology 2023
November 29, 2022WEBINAR: Save the DateFinding Your Happy Place: Current Practice Paradigms in Otolaryngology 2023January 11, 2023, 8:00 pm (ET)This session, sponsored by the Private Practice Study Group (PPSG), will provide insight into the variety of practice opportunities and employment models currently available to otolaryngologists…
FROM THE EDUCATION COMMITTEES: Gender-Affirming Care Provided by the Otolaryngologist
November 29, 2022Laura Garcia-Rodriguez, MD, member of the Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Education Committee, and AJ Flaherty, MDYour patient, named John by his parents, tells you he really prefers being called Jack. He has simply never felt that “John” fit him as well as “Jack…
The Mighty Force of a Niche Specialty: Otolaryngology Impacts in 2022
November 29, 2022James C. Denneny III, MDAAO-HNS/F EVP/CEOAs I look back over 2022 and put together my final printed Bulletin column, it has certainly been a remarkable year in terms of world events, transition to a more chronic COVID-19, adjustments to supply and…
Gratitude
November 29, 2022Kathleen L. Yaremchuk, MD, MSAAAO-HNS/F PresidentAs we appear to be emerging from the pandemic, wrapping up the end of 2022 is a time we may be cautiously celebrating life returning to “normal.” The holidays can be a time for us to gather safely…
Pearls from Your Peers | Molecular Diagnostics and Targeted Therapeutics for Salivary Gland Neoplasms
November 16, 2022What molecular testing is necessary right now when deciding management for certain salivary gland malignancies?For many salivary gland malignancies, histology alone may not be sufficient for accurate diagnosis and categorization. The use of additional protein, hormonal, and fusion markers is commonplace and necessary to…
Education Opportunities in Rhinology
November 16, 2022Whether you are a resident, program director, faculty, or practicing otolaryngologist, access OTO Source to review topics from treatment options of epistaxis in the pediatric patient to sinonasal disease in the elderly. The Rhinology Unit in OTO Source provides you with education options to assist…
Re-imagining the Bulletin for the Future
November 4, 2022James C. Denneny III, MDAAO-HNS/F EVP/CEOI am excited to announce the next phase of our organization-wide re-imagination of our publication strategy. The Academy and Foundation have been engaged in upgrading our product lines in publications and education over the last…
The AAO-HNSF 2023 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience Call for Science: Nashville
November 4, 2022Daniel C. Chelius, Jr., MD, Annual Meeting Program Coordinator, and Michael J. Brenner, MD, Annual Meeting Program Committee MemberWith over 2,200 submissions, the Call for Science for the AAO-HNSF 2022 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was one of the largest ever…
PERSPECTIVES OUT OF COMMITTEE: Veterans Affairs Easing Out of Active Practice: What Are You Going to Do Now? Consider Part-Time VA Employment
November 4, 2022David E. Eibling, MDDavid E. Eibling, MDMany retired surgeons have emphasized that the dramatic changes of sudden retirement for many of us active older surgeons can lead to a lesser than anticipated quality of life. Like many approaching retirement (I am 74), I know that…
Tech Talk | Medical Device Cybersecurity: What You Need to Know
November 4, 2022Mike Robey, MS, AAO-HNS/F Senior Director, Information TechnologyEver since the first iPhone was released in June 2007, things have become more connected. Today, there is an app for everything. Medical devices are no exception. They have become an important subset of the Internet…
