We hope you will join us for these exciting programs that can ultimately result in better outcomes and quality of life for many of your patients.
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Please Note: Pre-Meeting Course registration is separate from the AHNS Annual Meeting & COSM registration. To register for the AHNS Annual Meeting at COSM, please visit the COSM Website.
2025 AHNS Innovation and Entrepreneurship Symposium
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans
Non-CME Course – Lunch Included
The symposium will be an introductory, all-day course designed for surgeons and academic physicians. It offers insights into entrepreneurship, covering key aspects such as intellectual property protection, capital raising, balancing clinical responsibilities, navigating technology transfer offices, patenting, commercialization, manufacturing, regulatory compliance, and conflict of interest management.
Target audience: Practicing Physicians, Residents, Fellows, and Allied Health
Head and Neck Microvascular Reconstructive Workshop
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans
In this workshop, a group of experts will provide insights and pearls of wisdom as they provide a variety of defect-oriented solutions to some of the most challenging head and neck reconstructive defects. In the second part of the workshop, the expert panelists will face each other off in mini debates on the latest controversial topics in head and neck reconstruction. This workshop is designed to be interactive with opportunities to participate and ask questions.
Target audience: Residents, Fellows, Practicing Physicians (Non-CME Course)
Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Neck Ultrasound Course
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans
7.75 CME credit hours, Verification Level II – Lunch Included
The objective of this course is to introduce the practicing surgeon to office-based ultrasound examination of the thyroid and parathyroid glands and related pathology. The distinction of normal from malignant lymphadenopathy is emphasized with a demonstration of the comprehensive examination of lymph node basins in cervical zones I-VI. The process of ultrasound guided FNA of thyroid nodules and enlarged lymph nodes is demonstrated in didactic lecture format. In addition, skill sessions allow the surgeon to learn varied techniques of FNA of lesions in phantom models.
The use of patient volunteers with thyroid and parathyroid pathology and lymphadenopathy will allow supervised hands-on experience with transverse and longitudinal ultrasound methods. Participants will be instructed in the practical details and hurdles in developing office-based ultrasound.
Target audience: Practicing Physicians, Residents, Fellows, and Nurse Practitioners
AHNS Head & Neck Surgery Symposium for Residents & Fellows
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans
7:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Non-CME
This half-day symposium presents several informative lectures on head and neck surgical procedures and treatments, presented by leading head and neck surgeons.
Target audience: Residents and Fellows
Mark Gilbert Drawing Course
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Non-CME
For medical and especially surgical teaching careful observation, tolerance to uncertainty and the need to for empathy either side of the healthcare interaction is critical. The visual arts are increasingly recognized as providing powerful resources to effectively address competencies related to a more patient-centered, empathic, and holistic approach to care.
This interactive workshop draws upon the role the artistic medium of portraiture to develop emotional responses, provide alternative forms of representation, and promote dialogue in ways that parallel the relational and diagnostic challenges experienced in clinical interactions.
The workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Mark Gilbert who has worked on a number of high profile art projects, illuminating patient and caregiver experience of illness. The resultant collections were exhibited in venues around the world, including the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Target audience: All Attendees