Dr Tasmin Brown
Cambridgeshire Consultant Community Paediatrician
About this event
- Date and time Fri 7 Mar 2025 from 9:00am to 7 Mar 2025 at 5:30pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Otology, Laryngology and Rhinology
Join the fourth ENT day to learn from past controversies in ENT and how to manage patients who present diagnosis or treatment challenges. These meetings offer the perfect opportunity for networking with colleagues and renowned speakers. Lunch is included when booking the morning and afternoon meetings.
Morning meeting
This session covers common paediatric ENT issues, starting with parent FAQs. Haytham Kubba (Glasgow) will discuss glue ear, Su De and Sunil Sharma (Liverpool) will address recurrent acute otitis media, Steven Powell (Newcastle) will explore nasal blockages post-adenoidectomy, and Kate Blackmore (Middlesbrough) will cover neck lumps. Professor Julina Ongkasuwan (Texas Children's Hospital), a specialist in both Paediatric ENT and laryngology, will deliver a keynote address.
After coffee, the Paediatric ENT Update Series continues with Vicky Thorpe and Alex Stewart (Great Ormond Street) on speech and language therapy, Reema Nandi on paediatric anaesthesia, and Jason Powell (Newcastle) on the role of tonsils and adenoids. The session concludes with Ravi Thevasagayasm (Sheffield) discussing Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction in children.
Afternoon meeting
This session covers advanced paediatric ear disease management. Jessica Bewick and Konstance Tzifa will discuss their paediatric hearing loss MDT, genetic investigations, and Cytomegalovirus-related hearing loss. Isobel Fitzgerald O’Connor will highlight surgical ear care in resource-limited settings, and Tamsin Brown will present HearGlueEar, a low-cost hearing device for children.
After the break, the Otology Masterclass will focus on childhood cholesteatoma management. The day concludes with Michel Poulain sharing insights from his research on Blue Zones—regions with the world’s longest-lived populations.
By attending this event, you will learn:
- The minimum requirements for a paediatric hearing loss MDT
- The difficulties supporting resource-limited regions of the world and what we can do to help
- State-of-the-art childhood cholesteatoma management
- Insight into exceptional health and lifespan and what we can gain personally by adopting a “Blue Zone” philosophy
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The Laryngology, Rhinology and Otology Sections would like to thank our Annual Sponsors B.Braun Medical Ltd, DP Medical Systems LTD, Medtronic and Soluvos Medical for their valued support of the 2024 to 2025 Academic Programme. We would also like to thank our sponsors Carleton Medical Ltd, KARL STORZ Endoscopy (UK) Ltd, Minim Healthcare Ltd, Oticon Medical, Smith & Nephew and Stryker for supporting this meeting.
Please note that none of the companies listed has had any influence or involvement over the agenda, content or organisation of this meeting.
Key speakers
Dr Michel Poulain
Astrophysicist, Doctor of Demographics, Author and founder of Longevity Blue Zones – the science behind becoming a centenarian
Agenda
View the programme 07 March 2025
Morning session: Laryngology & Rhinology
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Miss Michelle Wyatt, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
What's the best treatment for my child?
Moderator – Mr Andy Hall, Consultant Paediatric ENT Surgeon, Cardiff
With glue ear?
Mr Haytham Kubba, Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist, Glasgow Children’s Hospital
With recurrent middle ear infections?
Ms Sujata De, Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, and Mr Sunil Sharma, Paediatric ENT Consultant, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool
With a blocked nose after the adenoids have been removed?
Mr Steven Powell, Consultant Paediatric ENT Surgeon, The Great North Childrens Hospital Newcastle
With a lump in their neck?
Miss Kate Blackmore, Consultant Paediatric ENT Surgeon, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Middlesborough
Questions and answers
Paediatric airway and voice – an American perspective
Ms Julina Ongkasuwan, Professor of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Texas Childrens Hospital, Houston USA
Tea and coffee break
Update in paediatric otolaryngology
Moderator: Ms Tash Kunanandam, Consultant Paediatric ENT Surgeon, Glasgow Children's Hospital
Anaesthesia for paediatric ENT
Dr Reema Nandi, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
What are tonsils and adenoids for doctor and can my child do without them?
Mr Jason Powell, MRC Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant Paediatric ENT Surgeon, Newcastle University and The Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
Swallowing issues in children
Ms Alex Stewart, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and Ms Vicky Thorpe, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Inducible laryngeal obstruction - why kids "choke" under pressure
Mr Ravi Thevasagayam, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Sheffield Children's Hospital
Panel discussion
Lunch
Afternoon session: Otology
Welcome and introduction
Mr Patrick Axon, Consultant Otologist and Skull Base Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
What constitutes an effective paediatric hearing loss multidisciplinary team
Ms Jessica Bewick, Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cytomegalovirus - the hidden cause of congenital hearing loss
Ms Konstance Tzifa, Consultant Adult and Paediatric Otolaryngologist and Hearing Implant Surgeon, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham
Does the UK have a responsibility to improve outcome in resource limited settings?
Ms Isobel Fitzgerald O’Connor, Consultant Otolaryngologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
"Hear Glue Ear" my story on the road to improving childhood deafness
Dr Tamsin Brown, Cambridgeshire Consultant Community Paediatrician
Tea and coffee break
Management of the paediatric ear
Moderator: Mr Patrick Axon
Training surgeons towards independent cholesteatoma surgery, best practice for trainers and requirements for trainees
Professor Lucy Dalton, Consultant Otolaryngologist, Simulation Lead (ENT) West Midlands School of Surgery, Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
How I do it: My decision process for managing childhood cholesteatoma
Ms Kerrie McAllister, Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow
How I do it: My use of endoscopes in paediatric ear surgery
Mr Harry Powell, Consultant Otolaryngologist and Hearing Implant Surgeon, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Evelina London Children's Hospital
Tips and tricks: Performing canal wall up cholesteatoma surgery
Mr Robert Nash, Consultant Otologist and Cochlear Implant Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Questions and answers
Mr Patrick Axon
And now for something completely different: Healthspan and lifespan what we have learned from Blue Zones
Dr. Michel Poulain, Astrophysicist, Doctor of Demographics, Author and founder of Longevity Blue Zones – the science behind becoming a centenarian
Close of meeting
Sponsors
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close on 6 March 2025 at 1:00am (GMT). Late registrations will not be accepted.
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