43rd Annual Ogura Lectureship
The 2025 Ogura Lectureship and Resident Research Day will be held Friday, June 27 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) on the medical school campus, 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Our guest speaker will be Al Merati, MD, professor and chief, Division of Laryngology, Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine.
Merati is an internationally recognized leader in Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery. Following medical school at the University of Washington, he completed his Otolaryngology residency at the University of California, San Diego. From there, he went to Vanderbilt to study laryngology with Robert Ossoff at the premier training institution for academic laryngologists. Merati returned to his native Seattle in 2007 to head up the Laryngology program at the University of Washington.
He has over 140 peer reviewed publications and also is the lead editor for the Textbook of Laryngology. He co-founded the Laryngology Education Foundation, the force behind the growth of the Fall Voice Conference, the largest conference of its kind in the world.
He has earned two Distinguished Service awards from the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery and is Past-President of the AAO-HNS as well as of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association, one of only a few who have held both posts. In 2023 Dr Merati was selected to join the AAOHNS Hall of Distinction as a “Living Legend” for his contributions to the AAO-HNS and to the field of Otolaryngology.
Merati will provide two presentations during the Ogura Lectureship:
- What have I learned in 25 years of managing vocal fold paralysis?
- Aim True: Careers, Leadership and the Future of Otolaryngology
The full agenda will be available soon.
About the Ogura Lectureship
Joseph H. Ogura, MD, was a member of the Washington University School of Medicine from 1948 to 1982. He served as Lindburg Professor and Head of the Department of Otolaryngology and Otolaryngologist-in-Chief. He was a member of 30 professional societies and held presidencies in the American Society of Head & Neck Surgery, the American Laryngeal Society and the Triological Society.
The endowment for the Ogura Lectureship was established in 1982 in his honor. Support for for the lectureship is raised through his grateful patients, friends, colleagues and graduates.
In 1986, the Resident Research Day was added to this program in appreciation of these outstanding men and women. The work presented by residents represents their research experience, a minimum of three-six months research for all residents or a maximum of two and one half years for those in our Advanced Physician Scholars Program.
Places to Stay
The following hotels are within walking distance of the medical school campus:
DoubleTree by Hilton St. Louis Forest Park
Close by, but not walking distance:
Drury Inn & Suites near Forest Park
Past Ogura Lecturers
| 2023 – Tessa Hadlock, MD 2022 – Amber Luong, MD, PhD 2021 – Ellis Arjmand, MD, PhD, MMM 2019 – Eric M. Genden, MD, MHA 2018 – Michael M. E. Johns, MD 2017 – Richard L. Carrau, MD, FACS 2016 – Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH 2015 – Richard A. Chole, MD, PhD 2014 – Bevan Yueh, MD, MPH 2013 – Carol R. Bradford, MD 2012 – Jonas T. Johnson, MD 2011 – Robin T. Cotton, MD, FRCSC 2010 – Jeffrey N. Myers, MD, PhD 2009 – Michael G. Stewart, MD 2008 – Patrick J. Gullane, MB, FRCSC 2007 – Gregory T. Wolf, MD 2006 – Robert W. Bastian, MD 2005- Randal S. Weber, MD 2004 – Gerald B. Healy, MD 2003 – Jennifer Rubin Grandis, MD | 2002 – Wolfgang Steiner, MD 2000 – Marshall Strome, MD, MS 1999 – Jesus Medina, MD, FACS 1998 – K. Thomas Robbins, MD 1997 – Gordon B. Snow, MD 1996 – Willard E. Fee, Jr, MD 1995 – Roger L. Crumley, MD 1994 – John A. Kirchner, MD 1993 – David E. Schuller, MD 1992 – Charles J. Krause, MD 1991 – H. Bryan Neel III, MD, PhD 1990 – Bryon J. Bailey, MD 1989 – Charles W. Cummings, MD 1988 – Patrick J. Doyle, MD 1987 – Hugh F. Biller, MD 1986 – Roger Boles, MD 1985 – Eugene N. Myers, MD 1984 – Paul H. Ward, MD 1983 – John J. Conley, MD 1982 – Max L. Som, MD |