Patient Care

WashU Medicine to be a show of force at 2025 COSM

Faculty and trainees from the Department of Otolaryngology at WashU Medicine will share their expertise and advancements in research and patient care at the upcoming Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM) in New Orleans, May 14-18.

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.

Otolaryngology at WashU Med contributions will include the following.

Panelist/Moderator Contributions

Lauren Roland, MD, MSCI, will serve as panelist for the session on, Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis: Current and Future Research Directions.

Nyssa Farrell, MD, will serve as moderator for the morning session of the American Rhinology Society.

Sid Puram will serve as moderator for a scientific session on, HPV-positive Oropharyngeal Carcinoma.

Nedim Durakovic, MD, and Jacques Herzog, MD, will serve as moderators for, Complications in Neurotologic Surgery: Management Considerations.

Emily Spataro, MD, will serve as panelist for, Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Clinical Practice and Research.

John Chi, MD, MPHS, will serve as moderator for a discussion on, Lessons Learned–How My Practice Evolved in Rhinoplasty.

Matthew Shew, MD, will serve as panelist for a Triological Society session on, Big Data in Otolaryngology

Craig Buchman, MD, will serve as panelist for a discussion on, Tonotopic Coding in Cochlear Implants

Scientific Presentations

Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

The Impact of Rhinoplasty Straightening Techniques on Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Amrita Hari-Raj, Nneoma Wamkpah, Dorina Kallogjeri, Jay Piccirillo, and Emily Spataro

Relating Cartilage Source in Rhinoplasty and Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Daniel Du, Amrita Hari-Raj, Nneoma Wamkpah, Dorina Kallogjeri, Jay Piccirillo, and Emily Spataro

The Impact of Nasal Obstruction on Work Productivity and Activity Impairment
Kavita Bhatnagar, Pua I, Merkouris H, Champaloux E, Grewal M, Javier Rincon, John Chi, Akkina S, Lu N, Loyo M

Decisional Conflict Scale Validation Among Elective Otolaryngology Surgical Patients
Kassandra Jade, Javier Rincon, Y Ding, and John Chi

General Otolaryngology

Efficacy of Nasal Theophylline Irrigation for COVID-19-Related Olfactory Dysfunction: The SCENT3 Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial
Theresa Tharakan, Dorina Kallogjeri, Jay Piccirillo

Secondary Validation of the Parosmia Olfactory Dysfunction Outcomes Rating (DisODOR)
Andrew Peterson, Dorina Kallogjeri, Dean Adkins, Aseeyah A. Islam, Jay F. Piccirillo, Lara W. Crock, Nyssa Fox Farrell

Head and Neck Surgery

Unilateral vs. Bilateral Transoral Surgery for Tonsillar Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Andrew Peterson, Lucas Cruz, Michael P. Wu, Spencer R. Bockover, Dorina Kallogjeri, Lauren H. Yaeger, Alex Harbison, Paul Zolkind, Jason T. Rich, Patrik Pipkorn, Sidharth V. Puram, and Ryan S. Jackson

Outcomes of Unilateral vs. Bilateral Transoral Robotic Surgery for HPV+ Tonsillar Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Andrew Peterson, Spencer R. Bockover, Dorina Kallogjeri, Katherine Chang, Theresa Tharakan, R. Alex Harbison, Paul Zolkind, Jason T. Rich, Patrik Pipkorn, Sidharth V. Puram, and Ryan S. Jackson

Effectiveness and Feasibility of an Ototoxicity Screening Protocol in a Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Clinic
David S. Lee, Lauren Mueller, Melissa Portell, Sidharth V. Puram, Kate McClannahan

Laryngology

Autologous Muscle Progenitor Cells Enhance Reinnervated Adductor Muscle Activity in the Rat Larynx
Randal Paniello and Gretchen Meyer

Functional Comparison of Motor Neurotization with Conventional Nerve Repairs
Randal Paniello

Neurotology

Comparing Pediatric and Adult Chronic Otitis Media with Cholesteatoma at the Single-cell Level
Daniel Romano, Song-Zhe Li, Richard A. Chole, Micael Hoa, Sid Puram and Keiko Hirose

SSD and CI Utilization
Matthew Wu, Pawina Jiramongkolchai, Nedim Durakovic, Jacques Herzog, Jill Firszt, Craig Buchman, and Matthew Shew

Risk Factors Associated with Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence: A National Database Study
Prithwijit Roychowdhury, Miriam Smetak, Pawina Jiramongkolchai, Matthew Shew, Jacques Herzog, Craig Buchman, and Nedim Durakovic

Risk Factors Associated with Otosclerosis: A National Database Study
Prithwijit Roychowdhury, Miriam Smetak, Pawina Jiramongkolchai, Matthew Shew, Jacques Herzog, Craig Buchman, and Nedim Durakovic

Perimodiolar Electrode Locations Outperform Lateral Wall Arrays When Controlling for Cochlear Health and Speech Processing Strategy
Amit Walia, Matthew A. Shew, Amanda Ortmann, Matthew Wu, Shannon Lefler, Jacques A. Herzog, Craig A. Buchman

Rhinology

The role of proteases in epithelial dysregulation in invasive fungal sinusitis
Lauren Roland, S Verma, John Schneider, Nyssa Farrell and P Kendall

Auto-Obliteration of the Frontal Sinuses in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Lucas Cruz, Matthew J. Wu, Elise Krippaehne, Vivek C. Pandrangi, Kara Y. Detwiller, Mathew Geltzeiler, Timothy L. Smith, John S. Schneider, Nyssa F. Farrell