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7.00am - 8.00am      Registration and Exhibition Open, Arrival Tea & Coffee

8.00am - 8.30am     Mihi Whakatau / Welcome 
                                   Conference Convenor & President NZSOHNS                                  

8.30am - 9.15am     James Hardie Neil Lecture - 30 Years of a Changing Rhinological World 
                                  Professor Raymond Sacks, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Macquarie University, Australia

9.15am - 10.00am   Global Update on Sleep
                                  Dr Stacey Ishman, Pediatric ENT Surgeon and Sleep Medicine Specialist, Cincinnati Children's, Ohio USA

10.00am - 10.30am     Morning Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays 

​RURAL ORL

10.30am - 11.00am   RACS Rural Health Equity Strategic Action Plan- Excellence through Equity
Dr Bridget Clancy, Ear, Nose, Throat & Head & Neck Surgeon, Victoria, Australia

11.00am - 11.30am    Cutting to the Chase - The Opportunities of the Health Reforms
Associate Professor Andrew Connolly, General and Colorectal Surgeon, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, NZ

11.30am - 11.40am  RACS Aotearoa/NZ Rural Health Equity Strategy
Dr Mark Stewart, General Surgeon, Aotearoa New Zealand Regional Health Equity Steering Committee

11.40am - 11.50am   Free Paper Presentation    

11.50pm - 12.10pm  Rural Patients’ Data for ENT/ORL
Emmanuel Jo, Manager, Analytics and Intelligence, Health Workforce Directorate, Ministry of Health, Wellington, NZ

12.10pm - 12.20pm   
​Hayleigh Miller 

12.20pm - 12.30pm   Free Paper Presentation    

NURSING FORUM​
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11.00am - 11.20am
Management of Grommets
Dr Melanie Souter, Otologist, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, NZ
 
11.20am - 11.40am
Managing Paediatric Sleep Disordered Breathing
Dr Sam Greig, Otolaryngologist – Head & Neck Surgeon, Southern Cross Hospital, Christchurch, NZ
 
11.40am - 12.00pm
Airway Emergencies
Benjamin Chan, Otolaryngologist Head and Neck Surgeon, Christchurch Hospital, NZ
 
12.00pm - 12.20pm
Management of Epistaxis
Rebecca Field, Consultant Rhinologist and General Otolaryngologist, Christchurch Hospital, NZ
 
12.20pm - 12.30pm
Flaps 101
Blair York
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​12.30pm - 1.30pm    Lunch, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays

 HEAD & NECK / LARYNGOLOGY
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1.30pm - 1.50pm  Locoregional Flap Reconstruction in the Head and Neck
Professor S. Mark Taylor, Professor and Head, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

1.30pm - 2.00pm Robots
Dr Veronika Van Dijk, ORL, Head and Neck Surgeon, Waitematā DHB, Auckland, NZ
 
2.00pm – 2.10pm 3D Printing
Peter Coglhan 

2.10pm – 2.20pm Free Paper Presentation

2.20pm – 2.30pm Laryngology
Alice Coombs 

2.30pm – 2.40pm Free Paper Presentation

2.40pm – 2.50pm Regional H+N
Aneesh Kumar

2.50pm – 3.00pm Free Paper Presentation

SLEEP / VERTIGO​
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1.30pm - 2.00pm  Sleep Panel
Dr Stacey Ishman, Pediatric ENT Surgeon and Sleep Medicine Specialist, Cincinnati Children's, Ohio, USA

2.00pm - 2.10pm Free Paper Presentation

2.10pm - 2.20pm Free Paper Presentation

2.20pm – 2.50pm  Vertigo
Justine Bradley, Otolaryngologist, Christchurch Hospital, NZ
 
2.50pm – 3.00pm Free Paper Presentation
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​3.00pm - 3.30pm    Afternoon Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays 

RHINOLOGY / FACIAL PLASTICS​
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3.30pm - 3.45pm  Complexities of Frontal Sinus Surgery
Professor Raymond Sacks, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
 
3.45pm - 3.55pm  Free Paper Presentation
 
3.55pm - 4.05pm  CT Scanning and its Role in Pre-Clinic Assessment
Rebecca Field, Consultant Rhinologist and General Otolaryngologist, Christchurch Hospital, NZ
 
4.05pm - 4.15pm Free Paper Presentation
 
4.15pm - 4.30pm TBC
 
4.30pm - 4.40pm Free Paper Presentation
 
4.40pm - 5.00 pm Top 10 Tips on Nasal Reconstruction
Professor S. Mark Taylor, Professor and Head, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

OTOLOGY​
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3.30pm - 4.00pm  Atresia Clinic and Review of Bone Conduction Implantable Devices
Clinical Professor Catherine Birman, Medical Director NextSense Cochlear Implant Program (Formerly SCIC), Sydney, Australia

4.00pm - 4.30pm  Tympanoplasty Type 1 in Children with Syndromes
Clinical Professor Catherine Birman, Medical Director NextSense Cochlear Implant Program (Formerly SCIC), Sydney, Australia
 
4.30pm - 5.00pm  Vertigo in the Emergency Room
A/Prof Miriam Welgampola, Neurologist / Neuro-Otologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia





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​7.00pm - 10.00pm     President’s Dinner (by invitation only)                                                                                           5th Avenue Restaurant