About this event

  • Date and time Fri 2 May 2025 from 8:30am to 2 May 2025 at 5:30pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Otology, Laryngology and Rhinology

Join our final ENT day of the academic year to gain insight into the exciting future of healthcare from pre-eminent academics around the world. 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 will highlight the latest advances in ENT, focusing on emerging developments in basic science and technology. The morning will start early with an in-depth review of Net-Zero Clinical Transformation opportunities to deliver low carbon care, presented remotely by Professor Chantelle Rizan, The Centre for Sustainable Medicine, University of Singapore. Following this, Prof Matthew Carlson, Chair of Otology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, will deliver the 2025 RSM Section of Otology Travelling Lecture on his vision for the future of otology, skull base surgery, and hearing implantation. This will be followed by Athanasia Warnecke, Professor for biological inner ear therapies, Hannover, who will present on cochlear immunotherapy advancements, including anti-inflammatory exosomes and novel delivery methods for deafness prevention. Professor Manohar Bance will then describe his journey to delivering the world’s first successful targeted gene therapy for congenital hearing loss and the potential for future gene therapies for other congenital causes of deafness. 

After the break, our final Otology Masterclass will explore the future developments in hearing and vestibular implantation, including advances in the development of vestibular implants from Professor Raymond Van De Berg, University of Maastricht; and the potential benefits of robotically inserted cochlear implant electrode arrays as well as the imminent arrival of totally implantable hearing implants by Professor Phillippe Lefebvre, Head of ENT, University of Liege. The morning will conclude with Professor Floris Wuyts, University of Antwerp, discussing the impact of micro and hyper-gravity on the balance system, based on his fascinating research on cosmonauts and its implications for wider patient care. 

Afternoon meeting

The afternoon session features two esteemed visiting professors: Prof Mike Rutter from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, who will deliver the 2025 RSM Section of Laryngology and Rhinology Travelling Lecture on the ethics of innovation, reflecting his groundbreaking work in paediatric ENT and his impact on airway pathology management, and Professor Richard Douglas from Auckland, who will discuss establishing an academic surgical service. The session will conclude with the presentation of the trainee short paper prize winner, and the day will end at 5pm.

By attending this event, you will learn:

  • The future of our specialty 
  • Future developments in inner ear immunotherapies and gene therapies for hearing loss 
  • The complex field of medical sustainability 
  • What are the next advances in auditory and vestibular implantation
  • The ethics of innovation with regards to paediatric airway surgery
  • Lessons learnt from setting up an Academic Surgery department

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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 KARL STORZ Endoscopy (UK) Ltd, Minim Healthcare Ltd and Oticon Medical 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.

Tickets

Early Bird pricing available until 21 March 2025.

Free for RSM members

Lunch is included when booking both sessions.

Member

RSM Associate
Day 1
£0.00 Morning session
£0.00 Afternoon session
RSM Fellow
Day 1
£0.00 Morning session
£0.00 Afternoon session
RSM Retired Fellow
Day 1
£0.00 Morning session
£0.00 Afternoon session
RSM Student
Day 1
£0.00 Morning session
£0.00 Afternoon session
RSM Trainee
Day 1
£0.00 Morning session
£0.00 Afternoon session

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors
Day 1
£71.50 Morning session
£71.50 Afternoon session
AHP / Nurse / Midwife
Day 1
£42.00 Morning session
£42.00 Afternoon session
Trainee
Day 1
£42.00 Morning session
£42.00 Afternoon session
Student
Day 1
£22.00 Morning session
£22.00 Afternoon session

Key speakers

Professor Matthew Carlson

Consultant Otologist and Skull Base Surgeon, Chair or the Division of Otology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Professor Floris Wuyts

Head of the Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp

Professor Mike Rutter

Paediatric Otolaryngologist, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Professor, Cincinnati University

Professor Richard Douglas

Head of the Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Auckland City Hospital

Agenda

View the programme 02 May 2025

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Mr Patrick Axon, Consultant Otologist and Skull Base Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

Sustainability in ENT - virtual presentation

Professor Chantell Rizan, Associate Professor, Centre for Sustainable Medicine, National University of Singapore

Award of the Norman Gamble Prize and the Intercollegiate Medal. Introduction of Matt Carlson, RSM Travelling Professor

Mr Patrick Axon, Consultant Otologist and Skull Base Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The future for otology and hearing implantation

Professor Matthew Carlson, Consultant Otologist and Skull Base Surgeon, Chair of the Division of Otology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Winner of the short paper prize
Current and future for inner ear immunotherapies

Professor Athanasia Warnecke, Professor of Biological Therapies, Hannover Medical School

My journey to the first successful gene therapy treatment for congenital hearing loss and the implications for the future of deafness

Professor Manohar Bance, Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Cambridge, Honorary Consultant Otologist and Hearing Implant Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

Tea and coffee break
Vestibular implantation: Outcome of the second generation device and implications for the future

Professor Raymond van de Berg, Head of Balance Disorders and Audiology Division, Maastricht University Medical School

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed

And now for something completely different: Microgravity and hyper-gravity, the study of cosmonauts and implications for vestibular rehabilitation

Professor Floris Wuyts, Head of the Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp

Lunch
Welcome and introduction

Miss Michelle Wyatt, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Award of the Intercollegiate medal. Introduction of Mike Rutter, RSM Travelling Professor

Miss Michelle Wyatt, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

RSM Travelling Lecture: The ethics of innovation

Professor Mike Rutter, Paediatric Otolaryngologist Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Professor, Cincinnati University

Presentation to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed

How to set up an Academic Surgical Service

Professor Richard Douglas, Head of the Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Auckland City Hospital

Tea and coffee break
Winner of the Short Paper Prize
Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed

Closing remarks
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 1 May 2025 at 1:00am (GMT). Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time.

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