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Sunday’s Guide to #OTOMTG25 Signature Series Programming

Sunday's lineup features some of our most popular and innovative programming series designed to keep you engaged, informed, and entertained. From the comprehensive CME ENThusiast track offering up to 28 CME to the fast-paced debates of our brand-new "Pardon the OTO-ruption" sessions, there's something for every learning style and career stage. Whether you're looking to tackle complex clinical challenges with Ask the Experts, witness heated discussions in our legendary Great Debates, or explore hands-on learning through our new Problem-Based Learning sessions, Sunday's signature series deliver the high-impact education and collegial exchange that is unmissable.

Ask the Experts

Join us for our popular Ask the Experts sessions, where subspecialty faculty panels tackle your most perplexing clinical challenges. These interactive sessions bring together leading experts who thrive on discussing complex cases that defy easy answers—whether due to their rarity, limited evidence base, conflicting guidelines, or uncertain risk-benefit profiles. Sunday's sessions include:

Ask the Experts: Endocrine

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: 126

Moderator Mark E. Zafereo, MD

Speakers Elizabeth E. Cottrill, MD, Allen S. Ho, MD, David L. Steward, MD, and Vaninder K. Dhillon, MD

Ask the Experts: Laryngology/Broncho-Esophagology

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: 127

Moderator Matthew Clary, MD

Speakers Blake Simpson, MD, Maggie A. Kuhn, MD, MAS, Mark S. Courey, MD, and Al Merati, MD

Ask the Experts: Otology and Neurology

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: 230

Moderator Stephanie A. Moody Antonio, MD

Speakers Elizabeth Toh, MD, MBA, Alex D. Sweeney, MD, Christine T. Dinh, MD, and Marlan R. Hansen, MD

CME ENThusiast Track

The CME ENThusiast track provides the opportunity to earn up to 28 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ with continuous continuing medical education sessions to optimize your CME/MOC credit-earning potential. Sunday’s sessions include the following topics (look in the app for time, location, and presenter details):

• Cutting Costs, Not Corners: A Guide to OR Efficiency for the Otolaryngologist
• Common Facial Injuries for the Otolaryngologist: From Initial Repair to Scar Management
• Mid-Career Moments: Is This All and What’s Next?
• Surgical Management of Obstructive Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
• Cutaneous Melanoma: 2025 Management Pearls in the Immunotherapy Era
• Evidence-based Management of Invasive Thyroid Cancer
• Vestibular Migraine for the Comprehensive Otolaryngologist

Great Debates

The Great Debates are some of the most popular events at each year’s Annual Meeting. The Academy is once again showcasing another amazing series of structured debates by prominent thought leaders on some of the specialty’s most contentious issues. Sunday’s Great Debates topics include:

In-Office versus OR-Based Procedural Treatments for Chronic Rhinitis

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: Wabash Ballroom 2

Moderator Stephanie A. Joe, MD

Panelists Henry P. Barham, MD and Peter H. Hwang, MD

Office Laser Versus Microlaryngology for Vocal Fold Lesions

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: Wabash Ballroom 1

Moderator Stacey L. Halum, MD, FACS

Panelists Lucian L. Sulica, MD and C. Gaelyn Garrett, MD

Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy or No?

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: 109-110

Moderator David M. Cognetti, MD

Panelists Luc GT Morris and Stephen Y. Lai, MD, PhD

Nonoperative Otolaryngology Pathway

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: 121-122

Moderator Annette M. Pham, MD

Panelists Tiffany Ng Chao, MD and Caroline Mauldy, MD

Should We Cut to the Chase? Debating Early Sub-specialization in Otolaryngology

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: 121-122

Moderator Ernest D. Gomez, MD, MTR

Panelists Tiffany N. Chao, MD MSEd and Carolyn M. Jenks, MD

Pardon the OTO-ruption

Based off the popular ESPN show “Pardon the Interruption,” “Pardon the OTO-ruption” features panelists debating the hottest topics across a variety of specialty areas, including Laryngology/Broncho-Esophagology, Otology/Neurology, Private Practice, and Rhinology/Allergy. A referee will decide a winner, but the real winners will be attendees who gain knowledge from some of the brightest minds in the specialty.

“The new Pardon the OTO-ruption sessions are going to be amazing! Fast-paced, evidence-based, and so much fun! The rhinology/allergy session that I will be moderating on Sunday afternoon will be full of useful information, experience from respected rhinologists and, of course, saucy banter.” — Sarah K. Wise, MD, MSCR

Pardon the OTO-ruption: Otology & Neurology

8:00 - 9:00 am Location: Wabash Ballroom 2

Moderator Michael D. Seidman, MD

Panelists David R. Friedland, MD PhD, Maja Svrakic, MD, Seilesh C. Babu, MD, Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, and Sonya M. Malekzadeh, MD

Pardon the OTO-Ruption: Private Practice

9:30 - 10:30 am Location: Wabash Ballroom 1

Moderator Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD

Panelists Annette M. Pham, MD, Steven T. Kmucha, MD, JD, Gavin Setzen, MD, FACS, Angela M. Powell, MD, and Nila Novotny

Pardon the OTO-ruption: Rhinology & Allergy

2:30 - 3:30 pm Location: Wabash Ballroom 2

Moderator Sarah K. Wise, MD, MSCR

Panelists Marc G. Dubin, MD, Jessica W. Grayson, MD, Zara M. Patel, MD, Edward C. Kuan, MD, MBA, and Matthew W. Ryan, MD

Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Sessions

Immerse yourself in our dynamic problem-based learning activities, where scientific medical evidence meets actual clinical experience in a collaborative environment designed to sharpen your clinical reasoning and decision-making skills. These carefully structured sessions challenge your critical thinking skills, placing you and your colleagues at the center of patient cases developed from clinical practice. These will be small group, interactive sessions. Sunday’s PBLs include:

Problem-Based Learning: Hearing Loss

2:30 - 3:30 pm Location: 113

Speaker: Daniel E. Killeen, MD