Explorers Course: 2025
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Explorers Course 2025:
Surgical & Medical Management of Airway Disease in Otolaryngology
Hybrid Course with 90 Days of Access
February 27 to May 30
March 27-29 – Live/Live Stream at The Hythe, Vail, CO
As a hybrid meeting, we are excited to offer both live F2F/In Person and Virtual participation.
Pre-work - On-Demand
Coming Soon!
Please find agenda* for the live portion of the meeting in the Friday-Sunday tabs!
DRAFT AGENDA
* Subject to change, times in MDT
Thursday, March 27
6:00 PM – 6:10 PM: Welcome and Course Overview
6:10 PM – 6:25 PM: Allergy’s impact on the final sinus: the ear and mastoid
6:25 PM – 6:40 PM: Immunologic Mechanisms of Allergy Testing & Treatment in the Otology Patient
6:40 PM – 6:55 PM: Practicalities of billing, staffing, and payer issues with starting your SLIT/SCIT practice
6:55 PM – 7:10 PM: The Eustachian Tube – Advances in the Understanding of Dysfunction
7:10 PM – 7:25 PM: The Eustachian Tube – Advances in Medical Treatment
7:25 PM – 7:40 PM: The Eustachian Tube – Advances in Procedural Treatment
7:40 PM – 7:55 PM: Pearls for Allergy-Mediated Pediatric Ear Disease
7:55 PM – 8:10 PM: Practicalities of billing, staffing, and payer issues with ETD
8:10 PM – 9:10 PM: Chat and Chew – Reception with Exhibitors
Friday, March 28
6:30 AM – 6:50 AM: Asthma, Allergy, & the Unified Airway
6:50 AM – 7:05 AM: Cough Symptoms in Children
7:05 AM – 7:35 AM: Chat & Chew with Exhibitors
7:35 AM – 8:05 AM – TBD
8:05 AM – 8:20 AM: Evidence-Based Asthma Treatment Guidelines
8:20 AM – 8:35 AM: The Common Asthma & Allergy Case: What Are We Missing?
8:35 AM – 8:50 AM: The Complex Asthma & Allergy Case: What Else to Consider?
8:50 AM – 9:05 AM: Need to Know – OSA
9:05 AM – 9:20 AM: AHI – Always Having Inhalant Allergies?
9:20 AM – 9:35 AM: Allergy treatment and OSA
9:35 AM – 9:50 AM: Beyond the AHI – Best Practices in OSA testing and interpretation
9:50 AM – 10:05 AM: On the Horizon for Sleep Apnea Treatment
10:05 AM – 10:20 AM: Establishing OSA-Focused Practice: Staffing, Billing, Logistics, Pre-Authorization.
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM: Non-AAOA Satellite Event
11:20 AM – 3:30 PM: MIDDAY BREAK
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Apres Ski
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM: Overview of Cough
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM: Essentials in Adult Cough Workup (AKA What Not to Miss)
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM: Cough Symptoms in Children
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM: Fundamentals in Pediatric Cough Workup (AKA What Not to Miss)
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM: Treatment of Chronic Cough
5:15 PM – 5:40 PM: Case Wrap-Up: Patient with Cough
5:40 PM – 6:10 PM: Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block Lab
6:10 PM – 6:40 PM: Break with Exhibitors
6:40 PM – 6:55 PM: Physiology of Taste &Smell
6:55 PM – 7:10 PM: Assessment of Smell Disorders
7:10 PM – 7:25 PM: Treatment of Smell Disorders
7:25 PM – 7:55 PM: TBD
Saturday, March 29
6:30 AM – 6:45 AM: How Climate and Environmental Extremes Are Changing Allergy
6:45 AM – 7:00 AM: Allergy and Geriatric Medicine – Clinical Presentation of Allergy
7:00 AM – 7:15 AM: Allergy and Geriatric Medicine – Treatment Considerations and Polypharmacy
7:15 AM – 7:30 AM: Is My Patient Too Old for Immunotherapy?
7:30 AM – 7:45 AM: Food Allergy or Additive Sensitivity?
7:45 AM – 8:00 AM: Fact or Fiction: New Allergies in Transplant Patients
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM: Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM: Complimentary & Alternative Medicine in the Treatment of Allergy
8:50 AM – 9:05 AM: Diagnosing drug allergy and why it’s important
9:05 AM – 9:20 AM: Impact of drug allergy desensitization protocols on patients and health systems
9:20 AM – 9:40 AM: Saturday Slime Lab
9:40 AM – 9:55 AM: Break with Exhibitors
9:55 AM – 10:20 AM: Case Wrap-Ups
10:20 AM – 10:35 AM: Case Wrap-Ups
10:35 AM – 10:50 AM: Case Wrap-Ups
COVID-19 Safety
To reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission, we encourage taking personal safeguards, including but not limited to vaccination and/or wearing a mask in the meeting, to help protect your health and the health of our members and community at large.
While there are currently no restrictions in place, attendees must adhere to any updated requirements and guidelines of the State of Colorado, the City of Vail as well as the event.
AAOA will continue to monitor state and federal requirements and will update our policy accordingly.
Join Us In Vail
- Fellow Member $1,110
- Associate Member $1,225
- International Member $1,225
- NP/PA Member $1,225
- Allied Health Member $1,225
- Resident Member $600
- Non-Member Physician $2,500
- Non-Member Allied Health, NP/PA $2,500
- Non-member Resident $850
- Industry Representative $2,500
- Explorers Course Overview
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- Faculty and Invited Speaker
- Resident Travel Scholarships
- Corporate Support/Exhibit Opportunities
Registration fees are non-transferable. Refunds (less a 20% administration fee) may be considered for cancellations received in writing by the AAOA prior to February 27th, 2025.
Cancellations received after February 27th, 2025 are non-refundable.
If you have a disability or require assistance during the course, contact the AAOA at 202-955-5010 or [email protected].
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