Annual Meeting Reflections
Nausheen Jamal, MD, Chair of the Young Physicians Section, and Cecelia Damask, MD, Annual Meeting Program Committee Member, share their thoughts on the importance of the AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting & OTO Experience
— Nausheen Jamal, MD, Chair, Young Physicians Section
Now as an adult and a practicing comprehensive otolaryngologist, that excitement hasn’t changed too much. Nothing better than opening a new notebook with a special pen, reviewing the learning objectives provided in the program for each education session, and starting to visualize that first live lecture at the AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting in Los Angeles after a year and half in isolation and quarantine.
I am looking forward to live, in-person learning after never-ending Zoom calls and webinars. I can’t wait to interact with faculty and ask questions to an expert in person. It seems like our learning was in overdrive this past year and half trying to understand the novel coronavirus. But so much more has happened this year in the world of otolaryngology. I am looking forward to the new debate format at this year’s Annual Meeting; particularly the Great Debate, “Biologics for Nasal Polyps: Is This the End of Sinus Surgery?” between Anju Peters, MD, and James Palmer, MD, about where biologics fit into the treatment paradigm for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis.
This fall, I again find myself thinking about my friends and colleagues, the faculty at the 125th Annual Meeting, and all of the new things that I will learn, and I again am drawn to a magic that I just can’t resist. I hope that you will join me at #OTOMTG21 in Los Angeles.”
— Cecelia Damask, MD, Annual Meeting Program Committee Member