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Celebrating Over 80 Years Of Service!

The American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA) represents over 2,700 Board-certified otolaryngologists and health care providers. Otolaryngology, frequently referred to as Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT), uniquely combines medical and surgical expertise to care for patients with a variety of conditions affecting the ears, nose, and throat, as well as commonly related conditions. AAOA members devote part of their practice to the diagnosis and treatment of allergic disease. The AAOA actively supports its membership through education, research, and advocacy in the care of allergic patients.

"Advance the comprehensive management of allergy and inflammatory disease in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery through training, education, and advocacy."

AAOA Member Benefits

  • Up to 60% discount for CME programs and free Annual Meeting. All AAOA’s CME programs meet ABOTOHNS Continuing Certification.
  • AAOA US ENT Affinity program, where AAOA members can gain savings on antigen, allergy supplies, and any of the other 5 service lines US ENT offers. For more email [email protected].
  • Tools and resources to comply with US General Chapter 797 and practice management tools.
  • Advocacy support.
  • And much more! Learn More

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT CORNER

As part of our on-going member support, we are introducing a new website feature to help with common practice management challenges. We welcome your input with questions or challenges you would like to address. Read More

ADVOCACY UPDATES

Congress Considers Extension of Telehealth Flexibilities Post-Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic forced Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to…

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Changes To E/M Codes Beginning On January 1st

Effective January 1, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) finalized significant changes to…

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Additional COVID-19 Relief Up in the Air

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appeared to be moving closer…

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Upcoming Dates

12/01/24: Research Grant Cycle
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04/01/25: Fellow Exam Application Deadline
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06/01/25: Research Grant Cycle
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08/08/25: Scientific Abstract Submission Deadline
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EDUCATION

What Happened to the AAOA Advanced Course?

Thanks to your feedback, we have reimagined our Advanced Course in Allergy & Immunology to give you educational programming that encompasses your full scope of practice.  Join us for the new Explorers Course 2025: Surgical & Medical Management of Airway Disease in Otolaryngology. Learn More

Call For Proposals

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 2025 AAOA Annual Meeting Call for Proposals. Do you have burning content ideas to be presented at the Annual Meeting? The AAOA is seeking proposals to incorporate in the educational sessions for the 2025 Annual Meeting. Learn More

RESIDENTS

For information about Resident membership, opportunities, DosedDaily, research grants, and other resources. Learn More

IFAR

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IFAR Impact Factor: 2.454

IFAR Featured Content: COVID-19 - Free Access
Endonasal instrumentation and aerosolization risk in the era of COVID‐19: simulation, literature review, and proposed mitigation strategies . Read More

Changes in Managing Practices

Working together with AAOA staff, volunteer leadership and members will enable us to have a positive impact on our members’ practices.

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Live and Online CME

2024 AAOA Annual Meeting - Hybrid
November 8-10, 2024
Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas
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Explorers Course 2025:
Surgical & Medical Management of Airway Disease in Otolaryngology — Hybrid
90-days Access Feb 27 – May 27, 2025 
March 27-29, 2025 - Live
The Hythe, Vail, CO
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2025 AAOA Basic Course in Allergy & Immunology - Hybrid
90-days Access June 10 – Sep 15, 2025
July 10-12, 2025 - Live
The Chateaux Deer Valley, Park City, UT
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2025 AAOA Annual Meeting - Hybrid, Independent
November 14-16, 2025
The Seabird Resort, Oceanside, CA
(access from San Diego or Santa Anna Airports)


USP 797 Online Module

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AAOA Educational Stacks
Available Now!

News and Updates

Experience New Mexico While Attending AAOA Advanced Course

While attending the 2024 AAOA Advanced Course in Santa Ana Pueblo, outside Albuquerque, in New Mexico, make…

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New Member Benefit for 2024

AAOA is proud to announce its new Affinity Program with US ENT, a group purchasing…

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CEO Update, Fall 2023 -Winter 2024

“But time, keeps flowing like a river….on and on to the sea”  Alan Parsons Project…

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College Allergy Symptoms Treatment Back to Shcool

PRACTICE RESOURCES

AAOA Practice Resource Tool Kit

The American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA) Practice Resource Tool Kit is intended as a guide to help AAOA members integrate allergy into their otolaryngology practice and to continually improve on this integration as new information, regulations, and resources become available.

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PARTNER RESOURCE CENTER

AAOA has launched a Partner Resource Center to bring you partner resources that can assist your practice and patient care.

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PATIENT CORNER

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Sponsored Product Theaters

2021 Non-AAOA Satellite Events

These commercially supported Product Theaters are independent of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA) educational activities and are not accredited by AAOA.

ALK Sponsored Non-CME Webinar – Real-World Options for Your Patients With Perennial and Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 8:00 PM ETD
Presenter: Cecelia Damask, DO
Key Topics:
  • Discuss patient case study involving perennial and seasonal allergic rhinitis
  • Review role of SLIT-tablets in the treatment of polysensitized AR patients
  • Efficacy and safety considerations when prescribing SLIT-tablets
  • Review aspects of utilizing SLIT-tablets during the COVID-19 pandemic
To register, please go to hlxregister.com and reference invite code: X5KL6M.
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Integrity Continuing Education Inc. – Steroids, Surgery, or Biologics? Evaluating the Options on the Path to Individualized Management of CRSwNP

Thursday, October 14th, 2021 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM EDT/4:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT
Presenters: Cecelia Damask, DO; Christine Franzese, MD; Robert Naclerio, MD

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Analyze the phenotypes and endotypes of chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps based on what is understood thus far about immunologic pathophysiology and its impact on disease burden
  • Summarize the inflammatory targets of CRSWNP and biologic efficacy and safety profiles revealed in clinical trials
  • Implement appropriate selection criteria for patients with CRSWNP who might benefit from treatment with novel targeted biologics over steroids or surgery

To REGISTER, click here

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GlaxoSmithKline – Diagnostic Dilemmas & Pearls for the Practicing Otolaryngologists in CRSwNP
October 16th, 2021 12:45 PM -1:45 PM EDT/9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PDT
Presenters: Cecelia Damask, DO and Amber Luong, MD
Program Description:
Join our experts as they use illustrative patient cases to highlight the diagnostic, prognostic, and management challenges that may be encountered when managing patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.. The experts will then discuss strategies and methods they have used to
overcome these diagnostic and treatment challenges.
To attend, please register for the 2021 AAOA Annual Meeting. Then, click on NON-AAOA SATELLITE EVENT on the day/time of the event in Agenda on Whova platform or go to Agenda now and click “Add to My Agenda”.
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Merck
Merck Sponsored Non-CME Virtual Medical Education Program – Considerations in Chronic Cough:
Patient Presentation and Clinical Assessment
Saturday, October 16th, 5:20pm EST
Presenter: Craig H. Zalvan, MD, FACS
A Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Medical Director at the Institute for Voice and Swallowing Disorders and Chief of Otolaryngology at Phelps Hospital in NY
Learning Objectives:
– Discuss patient cases and understand patient presentation of chronic cough
– Review clinical management guidelines
– Understand potential mechanisms of disease in chronic cough
Upon clicking “Register now”, you will be directed to sign up for this event on the Merck Webcast registration page. You will receive a confirmation email from Merck Webcast with information on how to attend the event on October 16 at 5:20pm EST.
Reminder emails with information on how to attend the event will also be sent from Merck Webcast.
This virtual medical education program is intended for health care professionals and health care business professionals of the United States, its territories and Puerto Rico. Merck is sponsoring this forum and the speaker is presenting on behalf of Merck. The program is a non-CME event. Information presented in this forum is consistent with FDA guidelines.
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GlaxoSmithKline – Evidence for Use of a Biologic in the Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP)
October 17th, 2021 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EDT/10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
Presenter: Cecelia Damask, DO
This program will review the clinical evidence for the use of a biologic, non-surgical treatment option in adult patients with CRSwNP. The presentation will incorporate a patient case and discuss the role of eosinophilic inflammation in recurrent nasal polyps.
To attend, please register for the 2021 AAOA Annual Meeting. Then, click on NON-AAOA SATELLITE EVENT on the day/time of the event in Agenda on Whova platform or go to Agenda now and click “Add to My Agenda”.
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Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron – Take a Different Path to Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis (CRSwNP) Control

October 18th, 2021 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
Presenter: Jayant Pinto, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery, Section of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

To attend, please register for the 2021 AAOA Annual Meeting. Then, click on NON-AAOA SATELLITE EVENT on the day/time of the event in Agenda on Whova platform or go to Agenda now and click “Add to My Agenda”.
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Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron – A Focus on Type 2 Inflammation in Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis

October 19th, 2021 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
Presenter: William W. Busse, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

To attend, please register for the 2021 AAOA Annual Meeting. Then, click on NON-AAOA SATELLITE EVENT on the day/time of the event in Agenda on Whova platform or go to Agenda now and click “Add to My Agenda”.
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ThermoFisher

October 20th, 2021 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT

Register now to join otolaryngologist Michael S. Benninger, MD, as he dives into the benefits of using pet allergen component testing in ENT practices and how it can optimize accurate allergy diagnoses and patient management.

In this presentation, you’ll find…

  • An exploration into the challenges that ENTs face ​when managing patients with suspected pet allergies.
  • Insightful information on the molecular science behind pet allergen component testing.
  • How to interpret and use pet allergen component testing to assist in the prediction of severity of asthma as well as for patient management and pet selection.

Presenter information:
Michael S. Benninger, MD
Professor and Chair: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

To attend, please register today. Once you register, you will get a link to join the webinar.
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These commercially supported Product Theaters are independent of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA) educational activities and are not accredited by AAOA.

Become Our Partner

Interested in sponsoring a satellite event? Check out the 2021 AAOA Exhibitor Prospectus or contact AAOA today

Cancellation Policy

The sponsorship fees are non-transferable and non-refundable. Contact the AAOA at 202-955-5010 or [email protected] if you have any questions.

2021 ANNUAL MEETING

We would like to thank our 2021 Corporate Sponsors and Exhibitors!

New! Virtual Exhibit Bag for the 2021 AAOA Annual Meeting Attendees. Submit your insert by October 1st, 2021. See the 2021 Exhibitor Prospectus for more details or contact [email protected] for more information.

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