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WashU Medicine Otolaryngology Leading with Expertise at 2026 COSM

Physician-scientists from WashU Medicine Otolaryngology will share their expertise and advancements in research and patient care at the upcoming Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM) in Phoenix, April 22-26.

The annual meeting brings together the membership of the nine COSM societies, otolaryngology residents and fellows in training, medical students, and allied health professionals for the purpose of disseminating advances in patient care and the latest cutting edge clinical, translational and basic science research.

In addition to scientific presentations, the many contributions as panelists and moderators illustrate the strong leadership roles played by our faculty in these societies.

AAFPRS

ERAS in Rhinoplasty: Effects on Pain, Opioid Use, and Recovery (Poster)
Matt Wu, Amrita Hari-Raj, Mariel Watkins, Holly Sprow, Branden Yee, Gregory Branham, Eric Barbarite, John Chi, Emily Spataro

ANS

Converging Pathways: Reconciling Training Gaps and Practice Realities in Otologic and Skull Base Care (Panelist)
Jacques Herzog, Oliver Adunka, Samantha Anne, Jaqueline Weinstein, Doug Backous, Rick Nelson

Cochlear Implant Mapping Without a Target: Basal Deactivation and the Role of Electrophysiologic-Guided Alignment (Oral Presentation)
Amit Walia, Shannon Lefler, Matthew A. Shew, Nedim Durakovic, Craig A. Buchman, Jacques A. Herzog,  Amanda Ortmann

AOS

Comparing Low-Frequency Threshold Functions of Intracochlear Electrocochleography and Perioperative Pure Tone Audiometry (Oral presentation, April 24)
Jordan Varghese, Amit Walia, Matthew A. Shew, Amanda J. Ortmann, Nedim Durakovic, Jacques A. Herzog, Craig A. Buchman

Real-time intracochlear distance sensing and navigation using optical coherence tomography (Oral presentation)
Pawina Jiramongkolchai, Senyue Hao, Ratul Paul, AJ Adkins, Jacques Herzog, Craig Buchman, Chao Zhou

ARS

Multi-omic profiling of noninvasive and invasive fungal sinusitis (Oral presentation, April 26, 8:00 a.m.)
Khai Nguyen, John Schneider, Nyssa Farrell, Lauren Roland

Leadership Coaching (Panelist, April 25)
John Schneider

Balloon Dilation 20+ Years Later: Data, Misconceptions, and Appropriate Use (Panelists, April 25, 11:00 a.m.)
Nyssa Farrell, Jay Piccirillo

Evaluating Biologic Use for Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis: A Population Study (Poster presentation)
Nyssa Farrell, Matthew Saenz, Dorina Kallogjeri, Jay Piccirillo

ASPO

Genetic Variances in Otorhinologic symptoms in children with primary ciliary dyskinesia (Poster presentation)
Yuanyuan Ding, Katherine Dunsky, Meha Pandya, Prithwijit Roychowdhury, Maithilee Menezes

TRIO

Lessons Learned from Management of Eustachian Tube Disorders: Indications for Treatment, Pearls, Challenges and Complications (Panelist)
Seilesh Babu, Judith Lieu, Dennis Poe

Determining the Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) for the Hearing Environments and Reflection on Quality of Life-26 (HEAR-QL-26) in Children with Hearing Loss (Poster presentation)
Amit Walia, Shannon Lefler, Matthew A. Shew, Nedim Durakovic, Craig A. Buchman, Jacques A. Herzog, Amanda Ortmann

Also contributing their service as moderators of various scientific panels are Lauren Roland, MD, MSCI (ARS), Keiko Hirose, MD (ASPO), and Nyssa Farrell, MD (ARS).