FLEX – Focused Lifelong Education Xperience

2026-2027 FLEX Registration Is Now Open!

One of AAO-HNSF’s flagship education products, FLEX—Focused Lifelong Education Xperience, provides the knowledge, education, clinical tools, and professional support to help you meet the challenges of your otolaryngology practice and build mastery throughout your career.

The eight specialty topics for 2026-2027 include:

Subscription begins September 1, 2026, and ends August 31, 2027

  • Surgery for Sinonasal Inflammatory Disease (September)
  • Temporal Bone Imaging (October)
  • Cosmetic Rhinoplasty Techniques (November)
  • Benign Laryngeal Lesions (January) 
  • Update on Pediatric Sleep Disorders (February) 
  • Assessment of Normal and Pathologic Sleep (March) 
  • Management of the Parapharyngeal Space (April) 
  • Behind the Scenes: The Physician, the Patient, and the Practice (May) 

Please note that registration for the 2025-2026 FLEX program has closed onlineplease reach out to [email protected] for questions or assistance. The 2025-2026 FLEX program closes August 31, 2026 for content access and CME submissions. 

FLEX Learning Modalities


xSVP

Two annotated surgical video procedures to develop critical skills.

xRead

Five timely journal articles with expert summaries.

xCase

An interactive case of the week — diagnose and choose a treatment pathway.

xChat

Peer discussion on clinical cases and journal articles from the specialty section.

xCast

Two topical podcasts featuring leading experts.

xPerts OnDemand

A case-based presentation diving deeper into the specialty topic.

Spanning across all eight specialty areas throughout the year, each topic will be presented in a variety of creative and contemporary learning modalities.

Built on a fundamental learning philosophy that the needs and preferences for otolaryngology education will continue to evolve over time—so will the tools provided in the FLEX subscription to ensure they remain timely and relevant for all learners.

Annual Subscription Fee

  • Physician and Advanced Practice Providers
    • Member $550 | Nonmember $975
  • Resident: Member $385 | Nonmember $610
  • International Physician, Fellow and Resident Members
    • Low Middle Income: 30% off (Rate applicable to World Bank Low Middle Income Designated Countries, plus Mexico and Brazil.)
    • Low Income: 50% off (Rate applicable to World Bank Low Middle Income Designated Countries, plus India and Philippine residents.)

The discount will process once the product has been added to your shopping cart and you proceed to payment.

CME and Accreditation Information

This CME activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. AAO-HNSF is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AAO-HNSF designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge Stacey T. Gray, MD, FLEX Curriculum Chair, FLEX Workgroup Chairs, and more than 180 Foundation education experts who have contributed to the success of the third year of FLEX.

FLEX CURRICULUM CHAIR

  • Stacey T. Gray, MD
  • Ashoke Khanwalkar, MD, Chair-Elect

FACIAL PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Laura E. Hetzler, MD, Chair

GENERAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND SLEEP MEDICINE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Sveta Karelsky, MD, Chair

HEAD AND NECK SURGERY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Jessica Maxwell, MD, MPH, Chair

LARYNGOLOGY & BRONCHOESOPHAGOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Michael Orestes, MD, Chair, Chair

OTOLOGY & NEUROTOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Erika McCarty Walsh, MD, Chair

PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Kara Meister, MD, MD, Chair

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Betty Tsai Do, MD, Chair
  • Srinivas R. Kaza, MD, Chair-Elect

RHINOLOGY & ALLERGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Devyani Lal, MD, Chair

2025-2026 FLEX FOUNDATION EDUCATION COMMITTEE FACULTY

  • Nicole L. Aaronson, MD
  • Yassmeen Abdel-Aty, MD
  • Meredith E. Adams, MD
  • Lacey K. Adkins, MD
  • Iram Ahmad, MD
  • Clint Allen, MD
  • James Alrassi, MD
  • Jennifer Alyono, MD, MS
  • Ameya A. Asarkar, MD
  • Michael Baddour, MD
  • Christopher E. Bailey, MD
  • Audrey Baker, MD
  • Fuad M. Baroody, MD
  • Ryan Belcher, MD
  • Margo McKenna Benoit, MD
  • Mathieu Bergeron, MD
  • Tarika Bhuta, MD
  • Jason A. Brant, MD
  • Ciersten Burks, MD
  • Jaquelyn Kemmer Callendar, MD
  • Bruna R. Castro Silva, MD
  • Divya A. Chari, MD
  • David Chi, MD
  • Wade Chien, MD
  • Steven Y. Chinn, MD
  • Karen Y. Choi, MD
  • Christine M. Clark, MD, MSc
  • Kevin J. Contrera, MD, MPH
  • Stephen P. Cragle, MD
  • John R. Craig, MD
  • Christine E. DeMason, MD
  • Karuna Dewan, MD
  • Angela M. Donaldson, MD
  • Anas A. Eid, MD
  • Mohamed Elrakhawy, MD
  • Antoine Eskander, MD, ScM, FRCSC
  • Janice Farlow, MD
  • Eric Formeister, MD
  • Torrey Fourrier, MD
  • Sairisheel R. Gabbireddy, MD
  • William Z. Gao, MD
  • Daniel Gerges, MD
  • Mark R. Gilbert, MD
  • Neil Gildener-Leapman, MD
  • Richard Goldman, MD
  • Zhen Gooi, MD
  • Satish Govindaraj, MD
  • Nathan C. Grohmann, MD
  • Rex S. Haberman, II, MD
  • Nadine Haykal, MD
  • Tsung-yen Hsieh, MD
  • Agnes M. Hurtuk, MD
  • Michelle S. Hwang, MD
  • Abraham Jacob, MD
  • Ameya A. Jategaonkar, MD
  • Anita Jeyakumar, MD
  • Nicole T. Jiam, MD
  • Andrew K. Johnson, MD
  • David H. Jung, MD PhD
  • Anne Kane, MD
  • Srinivas R. Kaza, MD
  • Ashoke R. Khanwalkar, MD
  • Grace Soon Kim, MD
  • Diana Kirke, MD
  • Nikita V. Kohli, MD
  • Yann-Fuu Kou, MD
  • Elton Lambert, MD
  • Christopher Le, MD
  • Victoria S. Lee, MD
  • Hung-Che Lin, MD
  • Patricia Loftus, MD
  • Jennifer L. Long, MD PhD
  • Kimberly Lu, MD
  • Chengetai Ruvimbo Mahomva, MD
  • Matthew Maksimoski, MD
  • Ted Mau, MD
  • Jason May, MD
  • Edward D. McCoul, MD, MPH
  • Michael Marino, MD
  • Valeria Silva Merea, MD
  • Suresh Mohan, MD
  • Rodrigo Martinez Monedero, MD, PhD
  • Emily Montgomery, MD
  • Cindy M. Moore, MD
  • Danielle A. Morrison, MD
  • Garrett Ni, MD
  • Carrie L. Nieman, MD, MPH
  • Eduardo Lopez Orozco, MD
  • Alexandra S. Ortiz, MD
  • Ranjit Peter, MS
  • Katie M. Phillips, MD
  • Phillip R. Purnell, MD, PHD
  • Liana Puscas, MD
  • Uneeb Ahmed Qureshi, MD
  • Amrita Ray MD, MPH
  • Mallory J. Raymond, MD
  • Lara K. Reichert, MD MPH
  • Ryan Rimmer, MD
  • Alexander Rivero, MD
  • Habib Rizk, MD, MSc
  • Mark D. Rizzi, MD
  • Brianne Roby, MD
  • Pamela C. Roehm, MD PhD
  • Caroline M. Schlocker, MD
  • Isaac L. Schmale, MD
  • Melissa Scholes, MD
  • Heather Schopper, MD
  • Scott J. Schwartz, MD
  • Jeffrey D. Sharon, MD
  • Vusala Snyder, MD
  • Samuel A. Spear, MD
  • Jeffrey J. Stanley, MD
  • Kristen Steenerson, MD
  • Robert N. Strominger, MD
  • Patrick Tassone, MD
  • Sherard Tatum, MD
  • Arielle Thal, MD
  • Vanessa F. Torrecillas, MD
  • Vilija J. Vaitaitis, MD
  • Aurora G. Vincent, MD
  • Nathan John Wallace, MD
  • Nneoma Wamkpah, MD
  • Weitao Wang, MD
  • Amy Whigham, MD
  • Lyndy J. Wilcox, MD
  • Elizabeth S. Willingham, MD
  • Yu-Lan Mary Ying, MD
  • Helena T. Yip, MD
  • Christina Yver, MD
  • Habib Zalzal, MD
  • Nina W. Zhao, MD
  • Bovey Z. Zhu, MD

We gratefully acknowledge Stacey T. Gray, MD, FLEX Curriculum Chair, FLEX Workgroup Chairs, and more than 180 Foundation education experts who have contributed to the success of the third year of FLEX.

FLEX CURRICULUM CHAIR

  • Stacey T. Gray, MD

FACIAL PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Daniel Knott, MD, Chair
  • Laura E. Hetzler, MD, Chair-Elect

GENERAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND SLEEP MEDICINE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Sveta Karelsky, MD, Chair

HEAD AND NECK SURGERY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Vikas Mehta, MD, Chair
  • Jessica Maxwell, MD, MPH, Chair-Elect

LARYNGOLOGY & BRONCHOESOPHAGOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Michael Orestes, MD, Chair, Chair

OTOLOGY & NEUROTOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Erika McCarty Walsh, MD, Chair

PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Kara D. Meister, MD, MD, Chair

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Betty S. Tsai Do, MD, Chair

RHINOLOGY & ALLERGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Zara M. Patel, MD, Chair
  • Devyani Lal, MD, Chair-Elect

2024-2025 FLEX FOUNDATION EDUCATION COMMITTEE FACULTY

  • Nicole L. Aaronson, MD
  • Yassmeen Abdel-Aty, MD
  • Meredith E. Adams, MD
  • Lacey K. Adkins, MD
  • Oliver F. Adunka, MD
  • James Alrassi, MD
  • Jennifer Alyono, MD, MS
  • Mursalin M. Anis, M.D, Ph.D
  • Ameya A. Asarkar, MD
  • Brandon J. Baird, MD
  • Mathieu Bergeron, MD
  • Tarika Bhuta, MD
  • Kathleen R. Billings, MD
  • Lauren Bohm, MD
  • Jason A. Brant, MD
  • Jenna W. Briddell, MD
  • Paul C. Bryson, MD
  • Cristina Cabrera-Muffly, MD
  • Daniel Campbell, MD
  • Daniel J. Cates, MD
  • Srinivas Chadaram, MD
  • David H. Chi, MD
  • John J. Chi, MD
  • David W. Chou, MD
  • Christine M. Clark, MD
  • Kevin J. Contrera, MD, MPH
  • Stephen P. Cragle, MD
  • Steven D. Curry, MD
  • Christine E. DeMason, MD
  • Karuna Dewan, MD
  • Laura M. Dominguez, MD
  • Angela M. Donaldson, MD
  • William M. Dougherty, MD
  • Anas A. Eid, MD
  • Antoine Eskander, MD, ScM, FRCSC
  • Janice Farlow, MD
  • Bruce L. Fetterman, MD
  • Daniel S. Fink, MD
  • D Scott Fortune, MD
  • Meha G. Fox, MD
  • Deepa J. Galaiya, MD
  • William Z. Gao, MD
  • Daniel I. Gerges, MD
  • John Paul Giliberto, MD
  • John P. Gniady
  • Frederick A. Godley, III, MD
  • Nathan C. Grohmann, MD
  • Rex S. Haberman, II, MD
  • Ralph Abi Hachem, MD
  • Abdulsalam R. Hasbini, MD
  • Nadine H. Haykal, MD
  • Tsung-yen Hsieh, MD
  • Jacob B. Hunter, MD
  • Agnes M. Hurtuk, MD
  • Elisa A. Illing, MD
  • Abraham Jacob, MD
  • Aria Jafari, MD
  • Anita S. Jeyakumar, MD MS
  • Stephanie Joe, MD
  • Andrew K. Johnson, MD
  • Matthew Johnson, MD
  • David H. Jung, MD PhD
  • Dev P. Kamdar, MD
  • Anatoli F. Karas, MD
  • Srinivas R. Kaza, MD
  • Ashoke R. Khanwalkar, MD
  • Diana N. Kirke, MD
  • Nikita V. Kohli, MD
  • Yann-Fuu Kou, MD
  • Elton M. Lambert, MD
  • Victoria S. Lee, MD
  • Ashton E. Lehmann, MD
  • Jessyka G. Lighthall, MD
  • Hung-Che Lin, MD
  • Christopher V. Lisi, MD
  • Patricia A. Loftus, MD
  • Jennifer L. Long, MD PhD
  • G. Nina Lu, MD
  • Kimberly Luu, MD
  • Matthew Maksimoski, MD
  • Alexander P. Marston, MD
  • Jason G. May, MD
  • Edward D. McCoul, MD, MPH
  • Valeria Silva Merea, MD
  • Lisa M. Morris, MD
  • David Myssiorek, MD
  • Akash N. Naik, MD
  • Chetan S. Nayak, MD
  • Carrie L. Nieman, MD, MPH
  • Ade Obayemi, MD
  • Alexandra S. Ortiz, MD
  • Krishna G. Patel, MD, PhD
  • Reena Dhanda Patil, MD
  • Nora W. Perkins, MD
  • Katie M. Phillips, MD
  • Kellous A. Price, MD
  • Phillip R. Purnell, MD, PHD
  • Liana Puscas, MD
  • Apoorva Tewari Ramaswamy, MD
  • Sanjeet V. Rangarajan, MD
  • Mallory J. Raymond, MD
  • Miriam I. Redleaf, MD
  • Elliot Regenbogen, MD
  • Lara K. Reichert, MD MPH
  • Clare Richardson, MD
  • Ryan A. Rimmer, MD
  • Habib Rizk, MD, MSc
  • Brianne B. Roby, MD
  • Brianne B. Roby, MD
  • Christopher R. Roxbury, MD
  • Amy L. Rutt, DO
  • Alok T. Saini, MD
  • Mirabelle B. Sajisevi, MD
  • Caroline M. Schlocker, MD
  • Isaac L. Schmale, MD
  • Melissa A. Scholes, MD
  • Heather Schopper, MD
  • Scott J. Schwartz, MD
  • Anne M. Selleck, MD
  • Abhay V. Sharma, MD
  • David A. Shaye, MD
  • Charles Shih, MD
  • Elizabeth A. Shuman, MD
  • Bruna R. Castro Silva, MD
  • Matthew Smith, MD, MPH
  • Jeffrey J. Stanley, MD
  • Robert N. Strominger, MD
  • Patrick T. Tassone, MD
  • Sherard A. Tatum, III, MD
  • Arielle Thal, MD
  • Travis T. Tollefson, MD, MPH
  • Lauren F. Tracy, MD
  • Benjamin C. Tweel, MD
  • Vilija J. Vaitaitis, MD
  • Aurora G. Vincent, MD
  • Esther X. Vivas, MD
  • Aaron Schuyler Wallace, MD
  • Erika McCarty Walsh, MD
  • Patrick C. Walz, MD
  • Michael S. Weinstock, MD
  • Amy S. Whigham, MD, MS-HPEd
  • Cameron C. Wick, MD
  • Elizabeth S. Willingham, MD
  • Mike Yao, MD
  • Yu-Lan Mary Ying, MD
  • Habib G. Zalzal, MD
  • Andrea M. Ziegler, MD
  • Shane Zim, MD

We gratefully acknowledge Stacey T. Gray, MD, FLEX Curriculum Chair, FLEX Workgroup Chairs, and more than 180 Foundation education experts who have contributed to the success of the third year of FLEX.

FLEX CURRICULUM CHAIR

  • Stacey T. Gray, MD

FACIAL PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Daniel Knott, MD, Chair

GENERAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND SLEEP MEDICINE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Jeffrey J. Stanley, MD, Chair

HEAD AND NECK SURGERY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Vikas Mehta, MD, Chair

LARYNGOLOGY & BRONCHOESOPHAGOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Paul C. Bryson, MD, Chair

OTOLOGY & NEUROTOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Maura Cosetti, MD, Chair

PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Kara D. Meister, MD, MD, Chair

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Betty Tsai Do, MD, Chair

RHINOLOGY & ALLERGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Zara M. Patel, MD, Chair

2023-2024 FLEX FOUNDATION EDUCATION COMMITTEE FACULTY

  • Nicole Aaronson, MD
  • Marianne Abouyared, MD
  • Sara Abu-Ghanem, MD MMedSc
  • Meredith E. Adams, MD
  • Lacey K. Adkins, MD
  • Oliver F. Adunka, MD
  • Mohammed A. Alessa, MBBS, SBORL
  • Jennifer Alyono, MD, MS
  • Mursalin M. Anis, MD, PhD
  • Fuad M. Baroody, MD
  • Tarika Bhuta, MD
  • Alexander G. Bien, MD
  • Kathleen R. Billings, MD
  • Christopher M. Bingcang, MD
  • Jenna W. Briddell, MD
  • Cristina Cabrera-Muffly, MD
  • Daniel Campbell, MD
  • C.W. David Chang, MD
  • David H. Chi, MD
  • John J. Chi, MD
  • Wade Chien, MD
  • John D. Clinger, MD
  • Stephen P. Cragle, MD
  • John R. Craig, MD
  • Nicole Crimi, MD
  • Peter M. Debbaneh, MD
  • Robert H. Deeb, MD
  • Nicholas L. Deep, MD
  • Christine E. DeMason, MD
  • Karuna Dewan, MD
  • Laura M. Dominguez, MD
  • Angela M. Donaldson, MD
  • Anas Eid, MD
  • Matthew D. Ellison, MD
  • Madison V. Epperson, MD
  • Antoine Eskander, MD, ScM, FRCSC
  • Erynne A. Faucett, MD
  • Bruce L. Fetterman, MD
  • Daniel S. Fink, MD
  • Jakob Fischer, MD
  • Thomas Fitzpatrick, MD
  • Valerie A. Flanary, MD
  • David Forner, MD, MSc
  • D. Scott Fortune, MD
  • Shekhar K. Gadkaree, MD
  • Deepa J. Galaiya, MD
  • Emily Gall, MD
  • Eric A. Gantwerker, MD, MMSc (MedEd)
  • William Z. Gao, MD
  • Laura R. Garcia-Rodriguez, MD
  • Alexandros Georgolios, MD
  • Alexandros Georgolios, MD
  • Daniel I. Gerges, MD
  • Neil Gildener-Leapman, MD
  • Christina M. Gillespie, MD
  • Frederick A. Godley, MD
  • Jason C. Goodwin, MD
  • Nathan C. Grohmann, MD
  • Anne E. Gunter, MD
  • Nikita Gupta, MD
  • Rex S. Haberman, II, MD
  • Ralph Abi Hachem, MD
    Nadine H. Haykal, MD
  • Oz A. Henriquez Ajami, MD
  • Laura E. Hetzler, MD
  • Marc Hale Hohman, MS
  • Eric H. Holbrook, MD
  • Agnes M. Hurtuk, MD
  • Inna A. Husain, MD
  • Aria Jafari, MD
  • Gina D. Jefferson, MD
  • Anita S. Jeyakumar, MD, MS
  • Stephanie Joe, MD
  • Andrew K. Johnson, MD
  • Srinivas R. Kaza, MD
  • Matthew L. Kircher, MD
  • Nakita V. Kohli, MD
  • Maggie A. Kuhn, MD
  • Chris H. Le, MD
  • Ashton E. Lehmann, MD
  • Christopher V. Lisi, MD
  • G. Nina Lu, MD
  • Kimberly Luu, MD
  • Lyndsay L. Madden, DO
  • Daniel O. Manrique, MD
  • Jessica Maxwell, MD, MPH
  • Jason G. May, MD
  • Margo M. McKenna Benoit, MD
  • Katie L. Melder, MD
  • Valeria Silva Merea, MD
  • Mark M. Mims, MD
  • Ashkan Monfared, MD
  • Wojciech K. Mydlarz, MD
  • Carrie L. Nieman, MD, MPH
  • Jacob Pieter Noordzij, MD
  • Adrian A. Ong, MD
  • Michael Ian Orestes, MD
  • Aru Panwar, MD
  • Andrea M. Park, MD
  • Kevin Albert Peng, MD
  • Roy Rajan, MD
  • Sanjeet Rangarajan, MD, MEng
  • Miriam I. Redleaf, MD
  • Miriam I. Redleaf, MD
  • Elliot Regenbogen, MD
  • Lara K. Reichert, MD MPH
  • Clare Richardson, MD
  • Habib Rizk, MD, MSc
  • Brianne B. Roby, MD
  • Alexander A. Romashko, MD
  • Scott B. Roofe, MD
  • Nicholas R. Rowan, MD
  • Mirabelle B. Sajisevi, MD
  • Jeffrey M. Schafer, MD
  • Heather Schopper, MD
  • Anne M. Selleck, MD
  • Matthew S. Sitton, MD
  • Matthew Smith, MD, MPH
  • Samuel A. Spear, MD
  • Kevin P. Stavrides, MD
  • Alexis M. Strohl-Bryan, MD
  • Robert M. Strominger, MD
  • Larissa Sweeny, MD
  • Patrick T. Tassone, MD
  • Brittny N. Tillman, MD
  • Andrew T. Tkaczuk, MD
  • Benjamin C. Tweel, MD
  • Dale A. Tylor, MD, MPH
  • Vilija J. Vaitaitis, MS
  • Aurora G. Vincent, MD
  • Erika McCarty Walsh, MD
  • Patrick C. Walz, MD
  • Peter C. Weber, MD, MBA
  • Aileen P. Wertz, MD
  • Cameron C. Wick, MD
  • Elizabeth S. Willingham, MD
  • Eric L. Wu, MD
  • Mike Yao, MD
  • Habib G. Zalzal, MD

We gratefully acknowledge Stacy T. Gray, MD, FLEX Curriculum Chair, FLEX Workgroup Chairs, and more than 180 Foundation education experts who have contributed to the success of the third year of FLEX.

FLEX CURRICULUM CHAIR

  • Stacey T. Gray, MD

FACIAL PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • P. Daniel Knott, MD, Chair

GENERAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND SLEEP MEDICINE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Cristina Cabrera-Muffly, MD, Chair

HEAD AND NECK SURGERY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Vikas Mehta, MD, Chair

LARYNGOLOGY & BRONCHOESOPHAGOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Paul C. Bryson, MD, Chair

OTOLOGY & NEUROTOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Maura Cosetti, MD, Chair

PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Meredith Merz Lind, MD, Chair

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Betty S. Tsai Do, MD, Chair

RHINOLOGY & ALLERGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Zara M. Patel, MD, Chair

2022-2022 FLEX FOUNDATION EDUCATION COMMITTEE FACULTY

  • Nicole L. Aaronson, MD, MBA
  • Yassmeen Abdel-Aty, MD
  • Marianne Abouyared, MD
  • Meredith Adams, MD
  • Oliver Adunka, MD
  • Iram N. Ahmad, MD
  • Syed Ahsan, MD
  • Mursalin M. Anis, MD
  • Michael Avillion, MD
  • Christopher H. Azbell, MD
  • Douglas D. Backous, MD
  • H. Michael Baddour, MD
  • Marc Bennett, MD
  • Mathieu Bergeron, MD
  • Daniel M. Beswick, MD
  • Arnaud Bewley, MD
  • Kathleen R. Billings, MD
  • Benjamin Bleier, MD
  • Lauren A. Bohm, MD
  • Jenna W. Briddell Huckel, MD
  • Scott E. Brietzke, MD, MPH
  • Chris Brook, MD
  • Seth Brown, MD
  • Paul Bryson, MD
  • Ken Byrd, MD
  • Cristina Cabrera-Muffly, MD
  • Matthew Carlson, MD
  • Salvatore M. Caruana, MD
  • Erika Celis-Aguilar, MD
  • Yvonne Chan, MD
  • Christopher Y. Chang, MD
  • CW David Chang, MD
  • Jeffrey Cheng, MD
  • David H. Chi, MD
  • Robert H. Chun, MD
  • David Cognetti, MD
  • Brett Comer, MD
  • Michael J. Coulter, MD
  • Maura Cosetti, MD
  • Stephen P. Cragle, MD
  • Brianna Crawley, MD
  • Roberto Cueva, MD
  • Shiva Daram, MD
  • Robert H. Deeb, MD
  • Christine E. DeMason, MD
  • Joseph E. Dohar, MD
  • Laura Dominguez, MD
  • Matthew D. Ellison, MD
  • Antoine Eskander, MD
  • Erynne A. Faucett, MD
  • Daniel Fink, MD
  • Valerie A. Flanary, MD
  • Adam Folbe, MD
  • Scott Fortune, MD
  • Eric Gantwerker, MD, MSc, MS
  • William Gao, MD
  • Laura R. Garcia-Rodriguez, MD
  • Lauren Gardiner, MD
  • Alexandros Georgolios, MD
  • Daniel I. Gerges, MD
  • Neil Gildener-Leapman, MD
  • Christina M. Gillespie, MD
  • John Goddard, MD
  • Jason C. Goodwin, MD
  • Zhen Gooi, MD
  • Steven L. Goudy, MD
  • Anne E. Gunter, MD
  • Nikita Gupta, MD
  • Edie Hapner, MD
  • Kyle Hatten, MD
  • Nadine H. Haykal, MD
  • Oswaldo A. Henriquez, MD
  • Laura T. Hetzler, MD
  • Marc H. Hohman, MD
  • Jacob Hunter, MD
  • Inna Husain, MD
  • Abraham Jacob, MD
  • David Jang, MD
  • Gina Jefferson, MD
  • Anita S. Jeyakumar, MD, MS
  • Sveta A. Karelsky, MD
  • Srinivas R. Kaza, MD
  • Steven T. Kmucha, MD, JD
  • P. Daniel Knott, MD
  • Darius Kohan, MD
  • Maggie Kuhn, MD
  • Walter Kutz, MD
  • Devyani Lal, MD
  • Elton M. Lambert, MD
  • April M. Landry, MD
  • Claire M. Lawlor, MD
  • Stella E. Lee, MD
  • Jivianne K. Lee, MD
  • Corinna G. Levine, MD
  • Meredith Merz Lind, MD
  • Christopher V. Lisi, MD
  • Myriam Loyo Li, MD, MCR
  • G. Nina Lu, MD
  • Kimberly Luu, MD
  • Sara MacDowell, PT, DPT
  • Stephen C. Maturo, MD
  • Alice Z. Maxfield, MD
  • Jessica Maxwell, MD
  • Jason G. May, MD
  • Susan McCammon, MD
  • Edward McCoul, MD
  • Hilary McCrary, MD
  • Margo M. McKenna Benoit, MD
  • Kevin E. McLaughlin, MD
  • Vikas Mehta, MD
  • Kara D. Meister, MD
  • Abie Mendelsohn, MD
  • Alan Micco, MD
  • Sean M. Miller, MD
  • Mark Mims, MD
  • Ashkan Monfared, MD
  • Wojciech Mydlarz, MD
  • Mohsen Naraghi, MD
  • Jacob Pieter Noordzij, MD
  • Daniel O’Brien, MD
  • Adrian A. Ong, MD
  • Michael Orestes, MD
  • Zara M. Patel, MD
  • Aru Panwar, MD
  • Jon-Paul Pepper, MD
  • Kellous A. Price, MD
  • Dan Quall, MS, CCC-A
  • Roy Rajan, MD
  • Anais Rameau, MD
  • Sanjeet Rangarajan, MD
  • Lara K. Reichert, MD, MPH
  • Scott M. Rickert, MD
  • Brianne B. Roby, MD
  • Nicholas Rowan, MD
  • Amy Rutt, MD
  • Michael J. Rutter, MD
  • Mirabelle Sajisevi, MD
  • Joe Saliba, MD
  • Nikki Schmitt, MD
  • Evan Schreyer, MD
  • Scott J. Schwartz, MD
  • Matthew S. Sitton, MD
  • Mark C Spaw, MD
  • Samuel A. Spear, MD
  • Maie St. John, MD
  • Heather Starmer, SLP
  • Kevin P. Stavrides, MD
  • Robert N. Strominger, MD
  • Larissa Sweeny, MD
  • Abtin Tabaee, MD
  • Andrew Tassler, MD
  • Dana M. Thompson, MD, MS, MBA
  • Brittny Tillman, MD
  • Betty S. Tsai Do, MD
  • Dale A. Tylor, MD, MPH
  • Esther Vivas, MD
  • Patrick C. Walz, MD
  • Weitao Wang, MD
  • Debra G. Weinberger, MD
  • Michael S. Weinstock, MD
  • Aileen P. Wertz, MD
  • Cameron Wick, MD
  • Elizabeth S. Willingham, MD
  • Sarah Wise, MD
  • Francis A. Wolf, MD
  • Bradford A. Woodworth, MD
  • William Yao, MD
  • Mike Yao, MD
  • Mary Ying, MD
  • Habib G. Zalzal, MD
  • George H. Zalzal, MD
  • Daniel M. Zeitler, MD
  • David A. Zopf, MD

We gratefully acknowledge Stacy T. Gray, FLEX Curriculum Chair, FLEX Workgroup Chairs, and more than 166 Foundation education experts who have contributed to the success of the second year of FLEX.

FLEX CURRICULUM CHAIR

  • Stacey T. Gray, MD

FACIAL PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • P. Daniel Knott, MD, Chair

GENERAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND SLEEP MEDICINE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Jeffrey Stanley, MD, Chair
  • Christina Cabrera-Muffly, MD, Chair-elect

HEAD AND NECK SURGERY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Vikas Mehta, MD, Chair

LARYNGOLOGY & BRONCHOESOPHAGOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Paul C. Bryson, MD, Chair

OTOLOGY & NEUROTOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Maura Cosetti, MD, Chair

PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Meredith Merz Lind, MD, Chair

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Lance Manning, MD, Chair
  • Betty S. Tsai Do, MD, Chair-elect

RHINOLOGY & ALLERGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Stacey T. Gray, MD, Chair
  • Zara M. Patel, MD, Chair-elect

2021-2022 FLEX FOUNDATION EDUCATION COMMITTEE FACULTY

  • Nicole L. Aaronson, MD
  • Yassmeen Abdel-Aty, MD
  • Marianne Abouyared, MD
  • Meredith E. Adams, MD
  • Lacy K. Adkins, MD
  • Oliver F. Adunka, MD
  • Syed F. Ahsan, MD
  • Ahmed Al-Sayed, MBBS
  • Mursalin M. Anis, MD
  • Elton Ashe-Lambert, MD
  • Michael P. Avillion, MD
  • H. Michael Baddour Jr., MD
  • Cristina Baldassari, MD
  • Melynda A. Barnes, MD
  • Marc L. Bennett, MD
  • Mathieu Bergeron, MD
  • Daniel M. Beswick, MD
  • Arnaud F. Bewley, MD
  • Kathleen R. Billings, MD
  • Benjamin Saul Bleier, MD
  • Nikolas Block-Wheeler, MD
  • Lauren A. Bohm, MD
  • Maurits Boon, MD
  • Chris M. Brook, MD
  • Seth M. Brown, MD
  • James K. Byrd, MD
  • Matthew L. Carlson, MD
  • Salvatore M. Caruana, MD
  • Erika Celis-Aguilar, MD
  • Dylan K. Chan, MD, PhD
  • Yvonne M. Chan, MD
  • Daniel R. Clayburgh, MD, PhD
  • David M. Cognetti, MD
  • Brett T. Comer, MD
  • Stephen P. Cragle, MD
  • Brianna K. Crawley, MD
  • Roberto A. Cueva, MD
  • Terry A. Day, MD
  • Robert H. Deeb, MD
  • Karuna Dewan, MD
  • Laura M. Dominguez, MD
  • Lee D. Eisenberg, MD, MPH
  • Antoine Eskander, MD
  • Waleed Ezzat, MD
  • Erynne A. Faucett, MD
  • Daniel S. Fink, MD
  • Valerie A. Flanary, MD
  • Adam J. Folbe, MD
  • D. Scott Fortune, MD
  • Eric A. Gantwerker, MD, MMSc (MedEd)
  • William Z. Gao, MD
  • Laura R. Garcia-Rodriguez, MD
  • Celeste C. Gary, MD
  • Neil Gildener-Leapman, MD
  • Christina M. Gillespie, MD
  • John C. Goddard, MD
  • Nira A. Goldstein, MD, MPH
  • Zhen Gooi, MD
  • Anne Gunter, MD
  • Niki Gupta, MD
  • Edie R. Hapner, PhD
  • Kyle M. Hatten, MD
  • Oswaldo A. Henriquez, MD
  • Heather Herrington, MD
  • Jacob B. Hunter, MD
  • Colin T. Huntley, MD
  • Inna A. Husain, MD
  • Abraham Jacob, MD
  • David W. Jang, MD
  • Gina D. Jefferson, MD
  • Anita S. Jeyakumar, MD
  • John H. Joseph, MD
  • David H. Jung, MD, PhD
  • Sveta A. Karelsky, MD
  • Margaret A. Kenna, MD, MPH
  • David Kent, MD
  • Steven T. Kmucha, MD, JD
  • Darius Kohan, MD
  • Nikita V. Kohli, MD
  • Alan Kominsky, MD
  • Theda C. Kontis, MD
  • Maggie A. Kuhn, MD
  • Devyani M. Lal, MD
  • April M. Landry, MD
  • Linda N. Lee, MD
  • Stella E. Lee, MD
  • Christopher V. Lisi, MD
  • Yi-Chun Carol Liu, MD, MS
  • Phillip S. LoSavio, MD
  • G. Nina Lu, MD
  • Prashant S. Malhotra, MD
  • Benjamin D. Malkin, MD
  • Alice Z. Maxfield, MD
  • Jessica Maxwell, MD, MPH
  • Hilary C. McCrary, MD
  • Edward D. McCoul, MD
  • Kara D. Meister, MD
  • Abie H. Mendelsohn, MD
  • Alan G. Micco, MD
  • Mark M. Mims, MD
  • Ashkan Monfared, MD
  • Wojciech K. Mydlarz, MD
  • Mohsen M. Naraghi, MD
  • Jacob Pieter Noordzij, MD
  • Daniel C. O’Brien, MD
  • Michael I. Orestes, MD
  • Aru Panwar, MD
  • Andrea M. Park, MD
  • Kellous A. Price, MD
  • Patricia L. Purcell, MD, MPH
  • Sanjeet V. Rangarajan, MD
  • Lara K. Reichert, MD MPH
  • Brianne B. Roby, MD
  • Nicholas R. Rowan, MD
  • Alexander Rivkin, MD
  • Michael J. Ruckenstein, MD, MSc
  • Amy L. Rutt, DO
  • Mirabelle B. Sajisevi, MD
  • Joe Saliba, MD, MSc
  • Jeffrey M. Schafer, MD
  • Nicole C. Schmitt, MD
  • Christopher A. Schutt, MD
  • Rahul Seth, MD
  • Ava Shamban, MD
  • Rodrigo C. Silva, MD
  • Alyssa J. Smith, MD
  • Ryan J. Soose, MD
  • Mark C. Spaw, MD
  • Samuel A. Spear, MD
  • Todd A. Spock, MD
  • Maie St. John, MD, PhD
  • Robert N. Strominger, MD
  • Larissa Sweeny, MD
  • Abtin M. Tabaee, MD
  • Andrew B. Tassler, MD
  • Brittny N. Tillman, MD
  • Dale A. Tylor, MD, MPH
  • Ronald J. Vilela, MD
  • Esther X. Vivas, MD
  • Johnathan M. Walsh, MD
  • Patrick C. Walz, MD
  • Michael S. Weinstock, MD
  • Aileen P. Wertz, MD
  • Cameron C. Wick, MD
  • Lyndy J. Wilcox, MD
  • Elizabeth S. Willingham, MD
  • Andre M. Wineland, MD
  • Sarah K. Wise, MD
  • Mike Yao, MD
  • William C. Yao, MD
  • Yu-Lan Mary Ying, MD
  • Daniel M. Zeitler, MD

We gratefully acknowledge Richard V. Smith, MD, past Coordinator for Education, FLEX Workgroup Chairs, and more than 130 Foundation experts have contributed to the successes of this inaugural year.

EDUCATION STEERING COMMITTEE

  • Jeffrey P. Simons, MD, Chair

FACIAL PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Scott B. Roofe, MD, Chair

GENERAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND SLEEP MEDICINE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Jeffrey Stanley, MD, Chair

HEAD AND NECK SURGERY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • David M. Cognetti, MD, Chair

LARYNGOLOGY & BRONCHOESOPHAGOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Thomas L. Carroll, MD, Chair
  • Paul C. Bryson, MD, Chair-elect

OTOLOGY & NEUROTOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Marc L. Bennett, MD, Chair

PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Meredith Merz Lind, MD, Chair

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Lance Manning, MD, Chair

RHINOLOGY & ALLERGY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Stacey T. Gray, MD, Chair

2020-2021 FLEX FOUNDATION EDUCATION COMMITTEE FACULTY

  • Marianne Abouyared, MD
  • Oliver F. Adunka, MD, FACS
  • Garima Agarwal, MD
  • Jamie Andrews, MD
  • Arvind K. Badhey, MD
  • Cristina Baldassari, MD
  • Mathieu Bergeron, BPharm, MD
  • Daniel Beswick, MD
  • Kathleen R. Billings, MD
  • Nikolas R. Block-Wheeler, MD, MS
  • Brian J. Boyce, MD
  • Joseph P. Bradley, MD
  • Scott E. Brietzke, MD, MPH
  • Christopher Brook, MD
  • Seth M. Brown, MD, MBA
  • Cristina Cabrera-Muffly, MD
  • Matthew L. Carlson, MD
  • Salvatore M. Caruana, MD
  • Mohamad R. Chaaban, MD
  • Yvonne Chan, MD, FRCSC, MSc, HBSc
  • Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD
  • David Chang, MD
  • Eunice Y. Chen, MD, PhD
  • Nipun Chhabra, MD
  • David H. Chi, MD
  • Daniel R. Clayburgh, MD, PhD
  • Daniel H. Coelho, MD
  • Maura Cosetti, MD
  • Stephen Cragle, MD
  • Brianna K. Crawley, MD
  • James J. Daniero, MD, MS
  • Shiva Daram, MD, MBA
  • Robert Deeb, MD
  • Joe DePietro, MD
  • Ellen S. Deutsch, MD
  • Karuna Dewan, MD
  • Joseph E. Dohar, MD, MS
  • Laura M. Dominguez, MD
  • Megan Durr, MD
  • Antoine Eskander, MD, ScM, FRCSC
  • Waleed H. Ezzat, MD
  • Erynne A. Faucett, MD
  • Valerie Flanary, MD
  • Ramon Franco, MD
  • Norman R. Friedman, MD, DABSM
  • Eric A. Gantwerker, MD, MMSc (MedEd)
  • Celeste Gary, MD
  • Alexandros Georgolios, MD
  • Marc J. Gibber, MD
  • John Paul Giliberto, MD
  • Christina Gillespie, MD
  • Jordan Glicksman, MD
  • Frederick Godley, MD
  • John C. Goddard, MD
  • Nira A Goldstein, MD, MPH
  • Zhen Gooi, MD
  • Nikita Gupta, MD
  • Christopher J. Hartnick, MD
  • Oswaldo A. Henriquez Ajami, MD
  • Heather C. Herrington, MD
  • Laura Hetzler, MD
  • Alexander Hillel, MD
  • Tsung-yen Hsieh, MD
  • Jacob B. Hunter, MD
  • Inna A. Husain, MD
  • Stacey L. Ishman, MD, MPH
  • David W. Jang, MD
  • Gina D. Jefferson, MD
  • Anita S. Jeyakumar, MD, MS
  • Nancy Jiang, MD
  • Christopher M. Johnson, MD
  • Romaine F. Johnson, MD, MPH
  • David H. Jung, MD, PhD
  • Sveta Karelsky, MD
  • Nikita V. Kohli, MD
  • Esther Kim, MD
  • Dennis J. Kitsko, DO
  • Maggie A. Kuhn, MD
  • Robbi A. Kupfer, MD
  • Walter Kutz, MD
  • Devyani Lal, MD, FARS
  • Derek J. Lam, MD, MPH
  • Claire M. Lawlor, MD
  • Gi Soo Lee, MD, EdM
  • Stella E. Lee, MD
  • Robin W. Lindsay, MD
  • Yi-Chun Carol Liu, MD, MS
  • Phillip LoSavio, MD
  • G. Nina Lu, MD
  • Benjamin D. Malkin, MD
  • Amy Manning, MD
  • Deepak Mehta, FRCS, DLO
  • Vikas Mehta, MD, MPH
  • Craig Miller, MD
  • Ron B. Mitchell, MD
  • Matthew C. Mori, MD
  • Heather C. Nardone, MD
  • Matthew O. Old, MD
  • Michael Orestes, MD
  • Ashli K. O’Rourke, MD
  • Kyra Osborne, MD
  • Loring I. Perry, MD
  • Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH
  • Kellous A. Price, MD
  • Sarah K. Rapoport, MD
  • Elliot Regenbogen, MD
  • Lara Reichert, MD, MPH
  • Nicholas R. Rowan, MD
  • Sanjeet V. Rangarajan, MD
  • Amy L. Rutt, DO
  • Ravi N. Samy, MD, FACS
  • Mirabelle B. Sajisevi, MD
  • Maya G. Sardesai, MD, MEd
  • Nicole C. Schmitt, MD
  • Christopher A. Schutt, MD
  • Rahul Seth, MD
  • Gopi Shah, MD
  • Sunthosh Sivam, MD
  • Robert Strominger, MD
  • Larissa Sweeny, MD
  • Duane J. Taylor, MD
  • Lauren W. Tracy, MD
  • Betty S. Tsai Do
  • Debra G. Weinberger, MD
  • Lyndy J. Wilcox, MD
  • Daniel L. Wohl, MD
  • Charles R. Woodard, MD
  • Christina J. Yang, MD
  • Mike Yao, MD
  • Linda X. Yin, MD
  • Daniel M. Zeitler, MD

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