Academic Program 2026

27th Annual McGill University Update in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Fairmount Tremblant Hotel, Mont-Tremblant, Québec

Mali III and IV Meeting Rooms


 

 

 

PROGRAM

Friday March 13, 2026

6:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast                                                     
7:00 a.m.

Welcome
- Chairman - Dr. N. Sadeghi
- Co-Directors – Dr. K. Kost, Dr. J. Rappaport

FACIAL PLASTICS SESSION- Moderator: Dr. Mark Samaha
7:15 – 8:00 a.m.

Moderator: Dr. Mark Samaha

- Topic: Injectable dermal fillers and Neurotoxins: An introduction and practical approach

Panelists: Dr. Yalon Dolev, Dr. Amanda Fanous, Dr. Sami-Pierre Moubayed

8:00 - 8:15 a.m. Question Period
8:15 – 8:35 a.m. Morning Stretch
 

 Live Demonstration

8:35 – 9:20 a.m.

Speaker: Dr. Mark Samaha

Topic: Live Demonstration: "Injectables"
9:20 – 9:35 a.m. Question Period
3:45 p.m. Intermission
RHINOLOGY SESSION- Moderator: Dr. Marc Tewfik
4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

-Moderator: Dr. Marc Tewfik

Topic:Pearls and Pitfalls: Navigating Challenges and Implementing Strategies for Safer Sinus Surgery

4:45 – 5:00 p.m. Question Period
5:00 – 5:10 p.m. Coffee & Tea
5:10 – 5:55 p.m.

Moderator: Dr. Marc Tewfik

Topic: “Managing Complications of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery”
- Case presentations (panel/audience discussion)

- Panelists: Dr. Saul Frenkiel, Dr. Nathalie Gabra , Dr. Joseph Schwartz

5:55 – 6:10 p.m. Question Period

Saturday – March 14, 2026

7:00 a.m. Breakfast                                                            

HEAD & NECK SURGERY SESSION- Moderator: Dr. Michael Hier

7:15 – 8:00 a.m.

Speaker: Dr. Khash Esfahani

Topic: “Neoadjuvent Approaches in Cancers of the Head and Neck”
8:00 – 8:15 a.m. Question Period
8:15 – 8:35 a.m. “Morning Stretch”

8:35 – 9:30 a.m.

Topic: "Immunomodulators & other Neoadjuvent Approaches in Head & Neck Oncology"
- Case presentations (panel/audience discussion)

- Panelists: Dr. Khash Esfahani , Dr. Marco Mascarella, Dr. Alex Mlynarek, Dr. Keith Richardson, Dr. Nader Sadeghi

9:30 - 9:45 Question Period
  Intermission
LARYNGOLOGY SESSION - Moderator: Dr. Karen Kost

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. R. Jun Lin - University of Toronto
Topic: “The Difficult Adult Airway”
4:45 – 5:00 p.m. Question Period
5:00 – 5:10 p.m. Coffee & Tea
 
PEDIATRIC SESSION- Moderator: Dr. Lily HP Nguyen
5:10 – 6:15 p.m.

Topic: The Pediatric Airway: What’s Different, What’s Difficult, and What Can Go Wrong

- Case presentations (panel/audience discussion)
- Panelists: Dr. Sam Daniel, Dr. Murad Husein, Dr Erika Mercier 

Sunday – March 15, 2026

7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast                                
OTOLOGY SESSION – Moderator: Dr. Jamie Rappaport
7:15 – 8:00 a.m.

Speaker: Dr. Julien Dallaire (Université de Sherbrooke)

- Topic: "Pulsatile tinnitus : a neurotologist review"

8:00 – 8:15 a.m. Question Period
8:15 – 8:30 a.m. “Morning Stretch”
SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION – Moderators: Dr. Tamara Mijovic
8:30 – 9:15 a.m. INVITED GUEST SPEAKER : Myriam Denault-Bois & Dr. Gregory K. Berry

- Topic: "From Delays to Flow: A Multifaceted Approach to Operating Room Efficiency"

9:15 – 9:30 a.m.

Question Period

SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION – Moderators: Dr. Karen Kost
9:30 – 10:15 a.m. INVITED GUEST SPEAKERs

Speaker: Dr. R. Jun Lin - University of Toronto
- Topic: “Mentorship”

Speaker: Dr. David Eibling (University of Pittsburgh, PA)

- Topic: “Sponsorship”
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Question Period
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Closure of Meeting

 

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