ANZSPO

Challenges and Controversies in Pediatric Otolaryngology
2025-03-01 09:00 - 10:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Virtual
The Global Grand Rounds Webinar, Challenges and Controversies in Pediatric Otolaryngology, will take place March 1, 2025 – beginning at 9:00am.

The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Foundation invites you to attend the Global Grand Rounds Webinar, Challenges and Controversies in Pediatric Otolaryngology. This event is co-sponsored by the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery.Sign up today — Registration is free of charge!Topics for discussion include:

Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Implants & Patient Options
Early Identification of Etiology Improves Treatment in Children with Hearing Loss
Skull Base Pathology in Children
Contemporary Concepts in Pediatric Thyroid Surgery

Distinguished panelists:

Sharon L. Cushing, MD, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
Sam J. Daniel, MDCM, CPC(HC), Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Vincent Couloigner, MD, Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, France
Amy L. Dimachkieh, MD, FACS, FAAP, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States

Moderators:

Daniel C. Chelius, Jr., MD, Baylor College of Medicine; Texas Children’s Hospital, United States
Elise Graham, MD, IWK Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Details on their website can be found here: click here

Advanced Techniques in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
2025-04-12 09:00 - 11:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Virtual
The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Foundation invites you to attend the Global Grand Rounds Webinar: Advanced Techniques in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Including Live Dissection Demonstration. This event is in collaboration with the Pan American Association of Otorhinolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, and is sponsored by Medtronic.
Topics for discussion include:

Evolution of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Complex frontal sinus surgery
Extended access in endonasal surgery

Distinguished panelists include:

Professor Dame Valerie J. Lund, DBE CBE; University College London, United Kingdom
Peter John Wormald, MD, FAHMS, FRACS, FACS, FCS(SA), FRCS (Ed), MBChB; University of Adelaide, Australia
Rodolfo Nazzar, MD: University of Chile Clinical Hospital, Chile

Dissection Participants:

Joseph K. Han, MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School, United States
Corinna G. Levine, MD, MPH, University of Miami, United States

Moderated by:

Jolie Crespo,MD Clínica Crespo, Panama
Pablo Stolovitzky, MD, Emory University, United States

ESPO 2025 17th Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
2025-05-03 08:00 - 2025-05-06 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
View program here – https://www.espo2025.com/programme
Stuttgart warmly welcomes all participants of ESPO 2025!
Our congress motto “Creating innovations – implementing innovations” is intended to underline on the one hand how important it continues to be to develop new processes and techniques for the benefit of our patients. But it should also make clear that it has probably become more difficult than in the past to integrate these successful innovations into everyday clinical practice across the board and at a high level. In addition to the increasingly noticeable financial constraints, administrative and regulatory limitations are making themselves felt, which require a lot of time and energy. If we want to represent the interests of our patients in the best possible way, agreement on our goals and a close exchange on the ways to achieve them are the best starting position. To this end, with the help of an outstanding international faculty, we will once again put together a diverse, carefully coordinated scientific programme that will cover all aspects of paediatric ORL. In addition to the latest developments in airway surgery, hearing implants and endoscopic procedures, the increasingly important influence of digitalisation and artificial intelligence will be addressed. A special focus will be on imparting knowledge and practical skills, both through numerous courses and keynote lectures as well as an extensive simulation programme.
We are therefore very pleased to welcome ESPO to Germany for the first time! Stuttgart is a modern and culturally diverse major city in the scenically and climatically privileged southwest of Germany, which forms the centre of one of the economically strongest metropolitan regions in the country. The accessibility of the city and the international congress centre are excellent and make it possible to get to know the diverse attractions of the city and the region. Last but not least an exiting social programme will await you and will provide many possibilities for communication and networking.
On behalf of the ESPO2025 Programme Committee, we look forward to meeting you in 2025!

Register here – https://abbey.eventsair.com/espo-2025/keep-me-informed/Site/Register

Otology Focus 2025 Webinar
2025-07-26 09:00 - 10:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Virtual
More details to come on their website!

2025 ANZSPO Annual Meeting
2025-08-28 08:00 - 2025-08-31 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Sails in the Desert, Ayers Rock, Uluru
Invitation from ANZSPO President
Dear Members,
We welcome you to join us at ANZSPO 2025 annual members conference at the Voyages conference centre set against the breath-taking backdrop of Uluru from 28th – 31st August 2025.
We will hopefully involve some of the local healthcare teams and focus on the challenges of rural and remote paediatric ENT care – in one of the most iconic and awe-inspiring locations in the world.
Sails in the Desert, Ayers Rock, Uluru

Thursday 28 August – arrive
Friday 29 August – conference / exhibition
Saturday 30 August – conference / exhibition
Sunday 31 August – leave

Registrations are now open and can be accessed through this events page in the members area, so please login. Once you have completed the registration process you will be provided a link to book your accommodation with our special group rate. There is also an option in the registration portal to notify us if you are not able to attend the conference.
Look forward to seeing you all there!
Shyan Vijayasekaran

Sleep Apnea Management Webinar
2025-11-22 09:00 - 10:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Virtual

2026 Brisbane Paediatric Airway Course
2026-10-07 07:30 - 2026-10-08 18:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Royal Brisbane Hospital Simulation Centre
This two day intensive course is an interactive update on paediatric airway and life support management for the ENT surgeon. Aimed of both the registrar and consultant especially those without tertiary paediatric appointments. The course involves simulation, skills stations and live and cadaveric animal work. Small group lectures and demonstrations by an expert faculty will allow participants to acquire advanced airway skills.
Day 1: Participants will spend 4 hours in the simulation laboratory and 4 hours in the animal lab. Small group discussions will be provided in both settings. While in the animal laboratory, participants will have the opportunity to practice tracheostomy on an anaesthetised spontaneously breathing rabbit, under the watchful eye of a paediatric anaesthetist and surgeon. Open airway surgery will be discussed and taught on a cadaveric animal. In the simulation laboratory skill stations and real time simulation scenarios involving paediatric life support and paediatric airway management will be taught using high fidelity mannequins.
Day 2: Lectures and case studies will provide an overview of paediatric airway conditions. An Australasian faculty will cover sleep disordered breathing, neonatal and infantile stridor, diagnosis and management of common and unusual airway disorders. Management of airway disorders often require an multidisciplinary approach and lectures will include updates from anaesthetic and respiratory specialists.

Please send an email to members@asohns.org.au to express your interest in attending

ANZSPO 2026 Annual Conference
2026-10-09 12:30 - 2026-10-11 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Peppers Noosa Resort & Villas, Sunshine Coast, 33A Viewland Dr, Noosa Heads, Queensland, 4567, Australia
Dear Colleagues
It is my great pleasure to invite you to attend the 2026 ANZSPO Members’ Conference in Noosa, October 9-11.
Our annual members’ conference remains one of the most valuable forums in our calendar — a deliberately small, discussion-driven gathering that allows us to explore complex clinical scenarios, controversies and emerging advances in paediatric otolaryngology in a candid and collegial environment.
This year, the conference will follow directly on from the Brisbane Airway Course, which is also open to ANZSPO members and fellows as either attendees or faculty. The sequencing provides a valuable opportunity to extend the academic discussions from the airway course into the broader subspecialty conversations that define our members’ conference.
I am delighted this year’s academic convenors are Dr Emily Perry and Dr Alex Treble, who are curating a thoughtful and contemporary program.
As always, the strength of ANZSPO lies in the room — in the willingness of members to present difficult cases, share complications, challenge assumptions and reflect honestly on practice. I warmly encourage you to reach out to Emily or Alex if you have cases, controversies, research updates, or emerging topics you would like to contribute. This conference is built by members, for members.
The conference will be held at Peppers Noosa Resort & Villas, providing an ideal environment for both focused academic discussion and informal collegial connection. Transfers to Noosa can be coordinated through Consec, our longstanding and highly experienced conference organising team, to ensure smooth travel logistics for those attending from interstate or internationally. Our conference dinner will be held at Spirit House, one of the region’s most celebrated dining venues, and coordinated transfers will be arranged for those who require them. We will also continue the tradition of the informal morning walk, followed by breakfast — a valued opportunity to connect with colleagues in a relaxed setting before commencing the day’s academic sessions.
Beyond the scientific sessions, this conference advances our broader mission: strengthening paediatric otolaryngology across Australia and New Zealand, fostering meaningful research collaboration and sustaining excellence in training for the next generation of specialists. Fellows and new members are warmly encouraged to attend. The AGM on Sunday will provide an opportunity to formally nominate new colleagues into ANZSPO, reinforcing the growth and continuity of our community.
I strongly encourage you to prioritise attendance. Your presence, your cases and your perspective are what make this conference exceptional.
I look forward to seeing you in Noosa.
Warm regards
Hannah
Dr Hannah Burns
President, ANZSPO
