2021 Conference Presentations

Day 1:

• Welcome
  Dr. Barbara Salmon-Grandison – President of the Caribbean Association of Otolaryngology

• Formal Opening
  Dr. Duane Taylor – Immediate Past President of the AAO-HNS

• Legend of Otolaryngology (Prof. Halda Shaw)
  Reflections – Airway Diseases in Children – from Congenital and Acquired, from Whooping Cough and Diphtheria to COVID 19

• Aging and Otology
  Prof. Howard Francis

• Aging and Rhinology
  Prof. Ignazio Tasca

• Aging and Laryngology
  Prof. Greg Postma

• HPV infection and Head & Neck cancer at EWMSC, Trinidad
  D. Richards

• Cystic Hygroma in Adults
  J. K. Fortson

• Tracheostomies in ICU’s in Trinidad
  C. Felix

• Legend of Otolaryngology (Prof. Harold Pillsbury)
  Evolution of Hearing Technology – How Did We Get There?

• Coronavirus and the Otolaryngologist/Doctors
  Dr. Karen Shaw

• Coronavirus – Risks and precautions in Otolaryngology
  Dr. Barbara Salmon-Grandison

• Update on Coronavirus Vaccination
  Prof. Celia Christie

• Legend of Otolaryngology (Prof. Hal Shaw)
  Personal contemplations in Otolaryngology – Allergic Rhinitis in the Caribbean, with a particular emphasis on Jamaica

• Subdural Empyema
  B. Dixon

• Chronic Rhinosinusitis at San Fernando General Hospital
  S. Dookhoo

• Ocular cardiac reflex during Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
  C. Cho

Day 2

• Legend of Otolaryngology (Prof. Eugene Myers)
  The Evolution of Reconstruction of Major Defects in Head and Neck Surgery

• Telemedicine in the Caribbean
  Dr. Che Bowen

• Challenges in Telemedicine
  Dr. Kino Francis

• Changing face of Medical Education
  Dr. Tomlin Paul

• Assessment of Potential Risk Factors for Development of Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness: a case-control pilot study
  A. Trinidade

• The Prevalence of Hearing Impairment in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in Trinidad and Tobago and its Associated Factors
  L. Noel

• Do Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Patients with a neural pattern of hearing loss have the same recovery profile as other Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss patients
  R. Xu

• A review of primary temporal bone and external ear malignancies in Jamaica – a retrospective case series
  G. Channer

• Legend of Otolaryngology (Prof. Harold Pillsbury)
  The Development of Statewide Pediatric Auditory Rehabilitation Program

• Management of Mandibular fractures – Current concepts
  Dr. Val Sharma

• Biologics in Chronic Rhinosinusitis
  Prof. Amin Javer

• Management of the troublesome mastoid cavity through secondary obliteration surgery: a prospective series of 228 paediatric and adult cases
  A. Trinidade

• Management of unilateral hearing loss in children
  S. Anne

• Where the Psyche/ Mind presses the ENT
  G. Rach

• A Retrospective analysis of patients with TMJ dysfunction (TMD) from 2011-2020 – Increased incidence of TMD due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  R. Ramoutar

• Xanthous Vocal Cords in a jaundiced patient with Laryngitis
  H. Dani

• The lingual thyroid – A practical approach to the management of a rare condition
  G. Jugmohansingh

• Legend of Otolaryngology (Prof. Eugene Myers)
  Should Frozen Sections be Taken From the Specimen or the Defect in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tongue?