WashU faculty and trainees prepare for annual meeting

Based on the number of presentations and other contributions, faculty, fellows and residents from the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University are gearing up to make quite an impact at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNSF) in Miami Beach, Florida, Sept. 28-Oct. 1.

Poster Presentations

Cross-Sectional Area of Skeletal Muscle Is Associated With Swallowing Function in Oral Cancer
Nikhil T. Vettikattu, Seth E. Amos, Andre Burnham, Lauren Ottenstein, Mark W. El-Deiry, Nicole C. Schmitt

Metabolomic Profiling of Nodal Metastasis in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Chareeni E. Kurukulasuriya, Wesley Cai, W. Temple Andrews, Richard A. Harbison, Umamaheswar Duvvuri

Opioid Dependency After Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Surgery
Amrita Hari-Raj, Sai Challapalli, Matt Keller, Joanna Buss, Dorina Kallogjeri, Jay Piccirillo, Emily Spataro

Use of Topical Furosemide to Reduce Nasal Polyp Relapse and Intraoperative Bleeding: A Systematic Review
Jenilkumar H. Patel, Andrew Parker, Milee Patel, Mahant Malempati, Nicholas Mankowski, Edward D. McCoul

Oral Diet Outcomes After Submental Island Flap Reconstruction of Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer Defects
Michael Wu, Matthew Kovoor, Derrick Lin, Jeremy D. Richmon, Daniel G. Deschler

Inflammatory-Arthritis Associated Sinusitis: A Unique Form of Vasculitis?
Amrita Bhat, Collin Diffie, Rebecca Chernock, Lauren Roland, John Schneider, Nyssa Farrell

Oral Presentations

Long-Term Outcomes of HPV+ Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Treated With Transoral Surgery
Thomas Barrett, Kwasi A. Enin, Patrik Pipkorn, Evan Graboyes, Paul Zolkind, Richard Harbison, Jason T. Rich, Anthony J. Apicelli, Peter Oppelt, Hiram Gay, Douglas Adkins, Wade Thorstad, Sidharth V. Puram, Ryan S. Jackson

Speech Performance Following Intraoperative Correction of Cochlear Implant Electrode Array Tip Fold-Overs
Miriam Smetak, Matthew Shew, Jordan Varghese, Cameron Wick, Nedim Durakovic, Craig Buchman, Jacques Herzog

Great Debate: Controversies in Cochlear Implantation: The Value of Emerging Technology
Craig Buchman

Complications of Pediatric Rhinosinusitis in the COVID-19 Era
Amrita N. Bhat, Johnny C. Wang, David W. Molter, Maithilee D. Menezes, Kate Dunsky, Judith Lieu

Updated Results: Impact of Margins in HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated With Robotic Surgery
William A. Strober, Dorina Kallogjeri, Molly N. Huston, Matthew L. Rohlfing, Jay F. Piccirillo

Development and Validation of a Shortened Severity Measurement Tool for Tinnitus
Lauren E. Mueller, Emma R. Dear, Juan A. Turcios, Harrison J. Smith, Madelyn Frumkin, Thomas L. Rodebaugh, Dorina Kallogjeri, Jay F. Piccirillo

Adverse Pathological Prognostic Factors in Surgically Treated HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Salma Ramadon, Angela Mazul, Randal C. Paniello, Jose P. Zevallos, Patrik Pipkorn, Ryan S. Jackson, Sidharth V. Puram

Swallowing Outcomes of HPV+ OPSCC Survivors by POA(C)RT Dose in the MINT and E3311 Cohorts
Theresa Tharakan, Wade L. Thorstad, Douglas Adkins, Jose P. Zevallos, Sidhart V. Puram, Ryan S. Jackson

How to Approach Margins in Head and Neck Cancer: A Practitioner’s Guide
Sidharth V. Puram, Stephen Y. Kang, Mark A. Varvares

Keepin’ It Local: Mastering Local Flaps for Scalp Reconstruction
Jason T. Rich, Rosh K. V. Sethi

Immunophenotyping invasive fungal sinusitis survival
Lauren Roland

Great Debate: Refractory Epistaxis: To Operate or To Embolize?
John S. Schneider

Updated Results: Impact of Margins in HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated With Robotic Surgery
Omar A. Karadaghy, Michael P. Wu, Marie Armache, Nadia L. Samaha, Rohith Bhethanabotla, Danielle M. Gillard, Swapnil V. Shah, Abigail E. Reid, Carole Fakhry, William R. R. Ryan, Jeremy Richom, Andrew J. Holcomb

Persistent lateral canal ageotropic nystagmus after cochlear implantation
Jordan Varghese, Mary Crumley, Lauren English, Belinda Sinks, Joel Goebel, Nedim Durakovic

Improving Multimodal Analgesic Use at Discharge After Inpatient and Outpatient Otolaryngologic Surgery
Karolina Plonowska-Hirschfeld

Amyloid and Tau Proteins: Potential Perilymph Biomarkers for Cochlear Implant Performance?
Amit Walia, Matthew A. Shew, Nedim Durakovic, Jacques A. Herzog, Melissa Manis, David M. Holtzman, Craig A. Buchman, Mark A. Rutherford

Intensity-Based Tonotopic Mapping: A Promising New Standard in Cochlear Implant Programming
Amit Walia, Amanda J. Ortmann, Jordan A. Varghese, Shannon Lefler, Matthew A. Shew, Jacques A. Herzog, Craig A. Buchman

Moderator/Panelist Roles

Molly Huston, MD, served as moderator for a session on Laryngology/Broncho-Esophagology.

Judith Lieu, MD, MSPH, will serve as a panelist for a session on Pediatric Sensorineural Hearing Loss: The First Visit.

Allison A. Ogden, MD, will serve as a panelist for a session on Not Just for Pretty Faces: Botulinum Toxin Use in the Salivary Glands.

Sidharth V. Puram, MD, PhD, and Patrik Pipkorn, MD, will serve as panelists for, Reconstructive Showdown, 2024.

Sidharth V. Puram, MD, PhD, and Ryan S. Jackson, MD, will serve as panelists for, HPV+ Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Surgical Approach to Management.

Sidharth V. Puram, MD, PhD, will serve as panelist for Older Cancer Patients: To Operate or Not to Operate, Part 2.

Nyssa Farrell, MD, will serve as a panelist on, Endoscopic vs Open/hybrid Approaches to the Lateral Frontal Recess.

Ryan S. Jackson, MD, will serve as moderator for a session on, Late-Breaking Scientific Orals: Head and Neck Surgery.

Lauren Roland, MD, MSCI, will serve as moderator for a session of oral presentations on Rhinology/Allergy.

John S. Schneider, MD, MA, will serve as a panelist for, Put Me in Coach: Importance of Mentorship, Coaching, and Sponsorship.

Cameron Wick, MD, will serve as panelist for, Best of FLEX: Pearls and Pitfalls in Evaluation/Management of Ear Canal Masses and Temporal Bone Imaging for Surgical Decision Making.

Cameron Wick, MD, will serve as moderator for a panel discussion on, Dermatology for Otology – Management of Ear Canal Pathologies.