Professor Matthew Carlson
Consultant Otologist and Skull Base Surgeon, Chair or the Division of Otology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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 explores the latest advances in ENT, focusing on developments in basic science and technology. The morning begins with Professor Chantelle Rizan (University of Singapore) presenting on Net-Zero Clinical Transformation and low-carbon care opportunities. Professor Matthew Carlson (Mayo Clinic) follows with the 2025 RSM Otology Travelling Lecture on the future of otology, skull base surgery, and hearing implantation. Professor Athanasia Warnecke (Hannover) will discuss cochlear immunotherapy advancements, including anti-inflammatory exosomes and novel delivery methods for deafness prevention. Professor Manohar Bance will then share his journey in delivering the world’s first targeted gene therapy for congenital hearing loss and the potential for future gene therapies. After the break, our final Otology Masterclass will cover future developments in hearing and vestibular implantation, featuring Professor Raymond Van De Berg (Maastricht) on vestibular implants and Professor Phillippe Lefebvre (Liège) on robotic cochlear implant insertion and the imminent arrival of totally implantable hearing implants. The session concludes with Professor Floris Wuyts (Antwerp) discussing how micro- and hyper-gravity affect balance, based on his research with cosmonauts and its implications for patient care.
Afternoon meeting
The afternoon session hosts two extremely distinguished visiting professors - Prof Mike Rutter and Professor Richard Douglas. Prof Rutter from the Childrens Hospital in Cincinnati will deliver the 2025 RSM Section of Laryngology and Rhinology Travelling Lecture on the Ethics of Innovation. Mike is a world leader in Paediatric ENT, with the advances he has made in managing airway pathology improving practice for all involved. He has trained a generation of surgeons and his expertise and good humour are hard to match. Looking to the future Dr Jonathan Abbas will present on extended reality technology with regards to training in ENT surgery followed by the winners of the trainee short paper prizes. After coffee Prof Jane Dacre, Emeritus Professor of Medical Education at University College London, will speak on the future of the NHS with her unique view on how to fix it. Innovation in our specialty is most welcome and the Section encourages new ideas with the award of the Shaw Innovation Prize. This year's winner will present their idea which will hopefully change things for the better for all of us! We are honoured that Professor Richard Douglas from Auckland New Zealand has kindly agreed to speak at the RSM. He has an international reputation both as a surgeon and leading academic. He will speak on Surgery for Nasal Polyps in the Age of Biologics. Finally Mr Zaid Awad from Imperial College will talk on Transoral Robotic Surgery, looking at current practice and where this technology may evolve over the next few years.
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
- Whether surgery for nasal polyps still has a role with the introduction of biologics
- What can be done to allow the NHS to flourish in the future
- Using technology to train the next generation of surgeons.
- What the current status of transoral robotic surgery is and where it will hopefully be in the future
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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, Oticon Medical, Severn Healthcare and Smith & Nephew 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
Standard pricing available until 01 May 2025.
Free for RSM members
Lunch is included when booking both sessions.
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Key speakers
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
Morning session: Otology
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
Questions and answers
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
The development of the totally implantable cochlear implant and is there value in controlled robotic insertion of the electrode array
Professor Philippe Lefebvre
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
Afternoon session: Laryngology and Rhinology
Welcome and introduction
Miss Michelle Wyatt, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Award of the Intercollegiate medal to Mr Ding Yang. 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
Extended reality technology - the possibilities within ENT education
Dr Jonathan Abbas, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur, and Specialty Trainee in the North West Region
Short Paper Prize Winners
Tea and coffee break
How to fix the NHS - does it have a futue?
Prof Jane Dacre, Emeritus Professor of Medical Education, University College London
Winner Shaw Innovation Prize
Surgery for nasal polyps in the age of biologics
Transoral robotic surgery - where are we and what the future holds
Mr Zaid Awad, Consultant Otolaryngologist Head and Neck Surgeon, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Closing remarks
Miss Michelle Wyatt
Close of meeting
Sponsors
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
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