Minnesota Academy of Otolaryngology
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Annual Meeting
January 11, 2025 - Hyatt Regency Bloomington-Mall of America

Scientific Schedule 

7:00 AM            Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM            Welcome
                           Neil Brown, MD  

8:10 AM           Ask Your Legislators Session
                         Representatives: Kristin Bahner, Robert Bierman, Steve Elkins, Liz Reyer

 9:00 AM           Keynote Presentation
                         Retrograde Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction 
                         Karen Kost, MDCM (McG), FRCSC

 9:30 AM           New Approaches to Documentation:  How We Do It
                          How I Use AI for Clinical Notes
                          Megan McCoy, PA-C

                          How I Use a Scribe for Clinical Notes
                          Ian Lalich, MD

 10:15 AM          Break - Visit Exhibitors

 10:30 AM          Biologics for Sinusitis: The 2025 Update
                          Erin O’Brien, MD

 11:00 AM          Preservation Septoplasty “I Can’t Breathe Through My Nose”
                          Grant Hamilton, III, MD

 11:30 AM         Ups and Downs of Endoscopic Nasal Septal Perforation Repair
                         John R. Craig, MD

12:00 PM         Lunch / Business Meeting / Visit Exhibitors

1:00 PM          Thyroid RFA
                        Rami M. Almokayyad, MBBS, ECNU

1:30 PM          How Do You Approach Patients With Sleep Disordered Breathing?
                        Ian Lalich, MD

2:00 PM          Medical Management of Weight Loss
                        Laurie D. Kaiser Sund, MD, MPH, FAAFP

2:30 PM          ENT Rapid Resident Talks – Moderators:  Kelly & Friederick

3:00 PM          Break & Visit Exhibitors

3:15 PM          What I Have Learned from My Own Mistakes: Cartilage Backed Tympanoplasty
                       Manuela Fina, MD

3:45 PM          Non-Narcotic Options for the Treatment of Pediatric Post-Tonsillectomy Pain:
                       The Current State of the Art
                       Andrew J. Redmann, MD, FACS

4:15 PM         Afternoon Keynote
                      Odontogenic Sinusitis, NOT Rhinosinusitis
                      John R. Craig, MD

 5:00 PM        Poster Session/Reception/Visit Exhibitors

 Industry partners have the opportunity to offer a separate event/hands-on training/meetings at the conclusion of the MAO Annual Meeting.  All attendees MUST be registered for the MAO Annual Meeting to attend these events. Invitations will be only sent out to those registered for the MAO Annual Meeting in a couple of weeks. So, DON’T DELAY REGISTERING to avoid missing these opportunities.