0830-0850

0850-0900

Powhiri & Welcome 

Mr Dean Ruske, 2018 Conference Convenor

0900-0915

Official Opening

Associate Professor Patrick Dawes, President NZSOHNS

0915-0945

Personalised Approaches to Adult OSA vs Current and Traditional Paradigms

Professor Stuart MacKay, Honorary Clinical Professor Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Illawarra ENT Head & Neck Clinic, Wollongong NSW, Australia

0945-1030

Introduced by: Bren Dorman

James Hardie Neil Lecture

Mr Colin Barber, Senior Paediatric Otolaryngologist, Starship Child Health, Auckland, NZ

1100-1130

Chair: Rob Allison

Randomised Controlled Trials in Sleep Surgery

Professor Stuart MacKay, Honorary Clinical Professor Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Illawarra ENT Head & Neck Clinic, Wollongong NSW, Australia

1130-1200

Otoplasty

Professor Shan R. Baker, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, USA

1200-1230

Tips and Lessons from 25 Years of Practice

Mr Brian Bingham, President ENT UK, Glasgow, Scotland

Coronet Room
Chair: Chris Thomson

Remarkables Room
Chair: Wouter ten Cate

CONCURRENT 1 – Rhinoplasty

1330-1400

The Art of Reconstructive Rhinoplasty

Professor Shan R. Baker, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, USA

1400-1420

Getting Noses Straight

Mr Nick McIvor, Head and Neck/ Thyroid/ Parathyroid Surgeon, Auckland Regional Head and Neck Service, Auckland, NZ

1420-1430 - FREE PAPER

A Comparative Study of Surgical Techniques in the Emergency Surgical Airway

Dr Anthony Noor, Clinical Lecturer, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

1430-1440 - FREE PAPER

Tongue Base Surface Area and Probability of Finding Head and Neck Unknown Primaries: A Cadaveric Study

Kaveshan Naidoo, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, NZ

1440-1450 - FREE PAPER

The Unknown Primary: Detection and Management

Mr Francis Hall, Head and Neck Surgeon, Counties Manukau Health and Auckland DHB, Auckland, NZ

1450-1500 - FREE PAPER

Non-Invasive and Label-Free Detection of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma using Saliva Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis

Karen Davis, Fellow, University College Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland

CONCURRENT 2 - Otology

1330-1410

The ACC National Assessment Audit, New Developments, and Process Issues

Dr Anne Greville, National Audiology Advisor, ACC, Auckland, NZ

Richard Fitzgerald, Claims Manager, Hearing Loss Team, ACC, Dunedin, NZ

1410-1420 FREE PAPER

Hearing Loss Asymmetry due to Chronic Occupational Noise Exposure

Cara Sturman, Medical Student, The University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ

1420-1440

Southern Cochlear Implantation Programme, Current Indications and Funding

Mr Phil Bird, Otologist and Neurotologist, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, NZ

1440-1500

Implantable Devices for Conductive and Mixed Hearing Loss

Dr Melanie Souter, Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon, Canterbury DHB, Christchurch, NZ

1500-1530

Afternoon Tea, Industry Exhibition & Posters

1530-1600

Thyroidectomy, the Zurich Experience
Professor Gerhard F. Huber, Head & Neck Surgeon, The University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland

1600-1620

Harmonic Scalpel
Mr John M. Chaplin, Otolaryngologist, Head & Neck Surgeon, Auckland City Hospital and Mauranui Clinic, Auckland, NZ

1620-1640

The Superior Pole is Key to Thyroid Surgery

Mr Nick McIvor, Head and Neck/ Thyroid/ Parathyroid Surgeon, Auckland Regional Head and Neck Service, Auckland, NZ

1640-1700

THRIVE
Dr Paul Templer, Consultant Anaesthetist, Dunedin Public and Mercy Hospitals; Clinical Leader, Persistent Pain Service, Dunedin, NZ

1530-1615

Management of Retrolingual Collapse
Professor Stuart MacKay, Honorary Clinical Professor Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Illawarra ENT Head & Neck Clinic, Wollongong NSW, Australia

1615-1635

Role of Nasal Surgery in OSA
Mr Scott Stevenson, Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon, Canterbury DHB, Christchurch, NZ