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The American Rhinologic Society's spring meeting at COSM (Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings) will take place on April 26th and 27th at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, California. This is a perfect time of the year to visit Southern California, and the program for our meeting will be superb. The program committee has received a large number of abstracts. I am certain we will have outstanding presentations for both the podium and poster sessions. As prior program chairs have noted, we have an abundance of excellence, which is reflected in the quality of our educational content. Two panels will be taking place in response to the needs and requests of our membership.
The first panel is on "Indications for CT Scanning in Rhinology," moderated by Michael Sillers. This addresses the ever-increasing requirements for preapproval for scans by third party payers. I feel that otolaryngologists are best suited to know when a scan is needed for a patient, yet our colleagues continue to face this ever increasing hurtle.
The second panel "New Technology: How it is Brought to the Healthcare Provider and the Public" has been developed as a consequence of the discussions around balloon sinuplasty. This example is only one of many that face us as new techniques and technologies are brought forward and incorporated into our care of patients. Our members, William Bolger and Donald Lanza, will be on the panel, as well as William Facteau, President of Acclarent, Inc. Also, Nancy Snyderman, Chief Medical Editor for NBC, will give us her perspective as a health care reporter.
A panel on "Reflux in Rhinology" is also being organized, which is planned as a breakfast symposium. This topic is certainly in evolution and will be stimulating to all present.
I would like to thank all the members of the Program Committee, Alexander Chiu, Noam Cohen, Karen Fong, Hong-Ryul Jin, Stephanie Joe, Todd Kingdom, Richard Lebowitz, Howard Levine, James Palmer, Sanjay Parikh, Rodney Schlosser, Brent Senior and James Stankiewicz. Without their efforts, the planning and implementation of a successful meeting would not be possible.
If you have any suggestions for future meeting, please feel free to be in touch with me at mfried@montefiore.org.
Looking forward to seeing you in San Diego!
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