7:00am-9:15am: Fellow Exam

9:00am-10:00am: Exhibit Opening

10:00am-10:10am: Annual Meeting Kick Off – Matthew Ryan, MD

10:10am-11:05am: AAOA-ARS Joint Session – What is “Appropriate” in CRS Diagnosis and Treatment – Sarah Wise, MD (moderator)

11:05am-11:50am: 3rd Annual BJ Ferguson Memorial Keynote Lecture – Is the Proof in the Pudding: Update on Novel Food Allergy Therapies – Andrew Bird, MD

12:00pm-1:00pm: Non-AAOA Satellite Program

1:00pm-1:30pm: Exhibit Break & OTO Shop w/ Laryngology & AAOHNS Initiatives

1:30pm-2:30pm: SLIT from a Practical Perspective – William Reisacher, MD (moderator)

2:30pm-3:15pm: One-On-One with Jack Krouse, MD, PhD, MBA – Guest Interviewee Tim Smith, MD

3:15pm-3:45pm: Exhibit Break & OTO Shop w/ Biologics

3:45pm-4:45pm: Concurrent Sessions

• Food Allergies: Are They Driving You Nuts? Updates in Food Allergy Diagnosis & Management – Andrew Bird, MD
• Smell: The Forgotten Sense – Jennifer Villwock, MD
• Intranasal Findings in Allergy: It’s Not What they Taught You in Residency – Edward McCoul, MD (moderator)
• Marketing: How to Leverage the Latest Trends – Shantel Johnson

3:45pm-5:45pm: Optional Paid Workshop – USP 797 Compliance Training and Media Fill Test – Doug Dawson, MD, Ayesha Khalid, MD, Wes VanderArk, MD – SOLD OUT

4:45pm-5:15pm: Refresh with Exhibitors

5:15pm-6:15pm: Concurrent Sessions

• The Future of Food Allergy – Glen Porter, MD
• Allergy Emergencies – Farrah Siddiqui, MD
• Office Based Sinus Procedures – John DelGaudio, MD, Sarah Wise, MD
• SoMe Social Media – Jennifer Villwock, MD (moderator)

6:15pm-7:30pm: Annual Business Meeting and Taste of New Orleans Reception with Exhibitors

6:15am-7:15am: Healthy Start: Jazz by Jogging Shoe

6:30am-7:30am: Non-AAOA Satellite Program

7:30am-8:00am: Coffee with Exhibitors

8:00am-9:00am: Clinical Keynote: AAOA Biologics and Precision Medicine Roundtable – Matthew Ryan, MD (moderator)

9:05am-10:05am: Concurrent Sessions

• Biologics Practicalities Workshop: Case Based Discussion – Cecelia Damask, DO (moderator)
• Boosting Your Bottom Line – Cheyenne Brinson, CPA (inactive), MBA
• Technology and Medicine: The Legal Side – Daniel F. Shay, Esq (moderator)
• Building the Right Office Culture – Amy Boyer, MBA
• ReCAP: Hour 1 – The Principles of Allergic Disease – Christopher Brook, MD, Jennifer Villwock, MD (moderators)

10:05am-10:35am: Exhibit Break

10:35am-11:35am: Concurrent Sessions

• AERD: Current Therapeutic Approaches – Joshua Levy, MD, Matthew Ryan, MD
• You Cannot Manage What You Do Not Measure: Using Reports and Data to Manage Your Allergy Service Line and Entire Practice – Cheyenne Brinson, CPA (inactive), MBA
• Practice Transitions: Employment and Payer Contracts; What You Need to Know/Ask Before Signing – Daniel F. Shay, Esq
• Migraine, Allergy and the Sinus Headache Patient: Practical Approach to Management – Mark Mehle, MD
• ReCAP: Hour 2 – Advanced Allergy Topics – Christopher Brook, MD, Jennifer Villwock, MD (moderators)

11:40am-12:10pm: Exhibit Break & OTO Shop w/ Early Peanut Introduction

12:15pm-1:15pm: Non-AAOA Satellite Program

1:15pm-1:30pm: Refresh with Exhibitors

1:30pm-2:30pm: Concurrent Sessions

• Jeopardy: Clinical Applications of Allergy in Otolaryngology – Cindy Lee Neighbors, MD, Paulus Tsai, MD
• Practical Troubleshooting – J. Whit Mims, MD (moderator)
• Business Management – How to Stay in Private Practice (If You Want To) – Amy Boyer, MBA
• Stop Denials in their Tracks and Plug Revenue Leaks – Cheyenne Brinson, CPA (inactive), MBA
• ReCAP: Hour 3 – Allergy Testing and Immunology – Christopher Brook, MD (moderator)

2:35pm-3:35pm: Concurrent Sessions

• My First Case that Had Me Stumped – Monica Patadia, MD (moderator)
• Efficiency: Not the Unattainable Holy Grail – Cheyenne Brinson, CPA (inactive), MBA
• Expanding Scope of Practice: The Why & How of Expanding/Changing Service Lines in Your Practice – Dole Baker, MD (moderator)
• Understanding Your Patient Compliance and Ways to Improve Compliance: Focus on Immunotherapy – Gavin Setzen, MD (moderator)
• ReCAP: Hour 4 – Immunotherapy and Vial Preparation – Christopher Brook, MD, Jennifer Villwock, MD (moderators)

3:40pm-4:40pm: Concurrent Sessions

• Component Testing – Michael Benninger, MD
• Understanding Stark and the Many Ways It Impacts Your Practice – Daniel F. Shay, Esq
• Efficiency Panel – Douglas Dawson, MD (moderator)
• Navigating Practice Models and Changing Markets: Lessons Learned in Different Practices and/or Why I Changed Practices – Elizabeth Mahoney Davis, MD (moderator)
• ReCAP: Hour 5 – Anaphylaxis and Immunotherapy Practicum – Christopher Brook, MD, Jennifer Villwock, MD (moderators)

4:40pm-5:15pm: Exhibit Break and Gather for Content Meets Culture Tours 

5:15pm-6:45pm: Big Easy Walking Tours: Content Meets Culture – Conversations with Experts (concurrent sessions)

• Allergy Emergencies/Warehouse District – Little Known Gems in an Area Transformed – Christopher Brook, MD, Michael Platt, MD
• Antigen Selection/Architecture – Eyes Wide open to Influences that Shaped the Big Easy – Doug Dawson, MD, Bruce Gordon, MD
• Chronic Cough/Central Business District – Institutional Gems from the Sacred to Secular – Melissa Hertler, MD, Monica Patadia, MD
• Epinephrine/Restaurants – Lore of Cuisine & Families – Farrah Siddiqui, MD, Robert Stachler, MD
• Food Allergy/Museums – Renaissance to Contemporary Art, Culture & History – Christine B. Franzese, MD, Glen Porter, MD, William Reisacher, MD, Maria Veling, MD
• Migraine/Architecture – Eyes Wide open to Influences that Shaped the Big Easy – Mark Mehle, MD
• Nasal Polyps/Restaurants – Lore of Cuisine & Families – John DelGaudio, MD, Sarah Wise, MD
• Pearls from Practice/ New Orleans Native Perspective – Paul Fass, MD, Jack Fornadley, MD, Jacques Peltier, MD
• Sinusitis/Old Algiers – A Different View of NOLA – Charles Ebert, MD, Kenneth Rodriguez, MD
• SLIT/French Quarter – Melded Cultures & Histories – Bryan Leatherman, MD, Sandra Lin, MD, Kieth Sale, MD, Wesley VanderArk, MD

7:00pm-8:30pm: Lagniappe at the Chicory

6:15am-7:15am: Healthy Start: Jazz by Jogging Shoe

7:00am-8:15am: AAOA Foundation Research Forum Breakfast – Charles Ebert, MD, Kenneth Rodriguez, MD (moderators)

• The Role of Home Fungal Exposure in Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis – Nicholas Rowan, MD
• Incidence and Practice Patterns in the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis – Lauren Roland, MD
• Comparison of Sinonasal Quality of Life in Allergic Patients Undergoing Sublingual Versus Subcutaneous Therapy – Hussein Ahmad, BA
• Optical Rhinometry to Objectively Monitor Double-Blinded Randomized Trial of Intranasal Capsaicin Treatment For Non-Allergic Irritant Rhinitis – Denna Zebda, MD
• The Effect of Vaping on the Unified Airway in Rodent Models – Taha Mur, MD
• Role of Trpv1+ Sensory Neurons in Driving IgE Production in Allergic Inflammation – Shreya Mathur, BA
• Disparity in Allergy Testing Results Among Patients With Allergic Rhinitis and Eustachian Tube Dysfunction – David Hurst, MD, PhD

8:20am-9:20am: Concurrent Sessions

• Adding allergy to Your Practice: What I Learned in Setting Up My Allergy Practice – Michelle Liu, MD (moderator)
• Coding Strategies – How to Avoid Billing Blunders and Keep Your Money – Teresa Thompson, BS, CPC, CMSCS, CCC
• Negotiation is Value Specific – Kieth Sale, MD, Daniel F. Shay, Esq, Jennifer Villwock, MD
• Your Rhinitis Patient Who Read the Textbook – Haidy Marzouk, MD

9:25am-10:25am: Concurrent Sessions

• Optimizing Patient Experience Through Practice Efficiency – Kieth Sale, MD
• Scary Allergy & Sinus Cases – Michael Platt, MD (moderator)
• Coding Hot Topics – Teresa Thompson, BS, CPC, CMSCS, CCC
• Unified Airway Workshop – Cecelia Damask, DO, Paul Fass, MD, Michael Parker, MD

10:30am-11:30am: Concurrent Sessions

• Biologics and Office Practicalities Workshop – Cecelia Damask, DO (moderator)
• Sleep and OSA: Where Does Allergy Play? – Douglas Dawson, MD, Andrea Lewis, MD, Alpen Patel, MD, Matthew Patterson, MD
• Evidence-Based Immunotherapy – Hunter Hoover, MD

11:30am-12:30pm: Non-AAOA Satellite Program