Otology Fellows Congress and Advanced Course in Ear & Skull Base Surgery

The7th Annual Otology Fellows Congress and Advanced Course in Ear & Skull Base Surgeryscheduled for October 18-20, 2024 at the Yasargil Surgical Skills Laboratory and Education Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will be a unique and outstanding opportunity for 24 otology/neurotology fellows-in-training to focus on advanced surgical techniques that are well beyond the scope of a typical temporal bone course while networking alongside other otology/neurotology fellows from all around the world. 

Lead by program chairs John Dornhoffer, Brandon Isaacson, and J. Walter Kutz, this course will include lectures and extensive laboratory dissections covering topics such as advanced soft tissue techniques/local flaps, malleostapedotomy, endoscopic ear surgery, complex ossiculoplasty, mastoid cavity obliteration, difficult cochlear implant cases , as well as broad dissection sessions on a variety of lateral skull base approaches including infratemporal fossa, extended middle cranial fossa, translabyrinthine, jugular foramen, and retrosigmoid/retrolabyrinthine. 

Priority registration is given those currently participating in dedicated subspecialty surgical fellowship training in otology/neurotology and it is expected that attendees will subspecialize in otology/neurotology during their careers. As a prerequisite, applicants must have completed full training regimen in otolaryngology-head & neck surgery. A total of 24 otology/neurotology fellows will be accepted into the course. Accepted applicants will be notified by August 19. There is no registration fee and acceptance will include lodging and meals. Registrants will be responsible for their own travel expenses to and from Little Rock, AK. 

 Link to Preliminary Agenda 

John L. Dornhoffer, MD  
Professor and Chairman
Division of Otolaryngology/Neurotology 
University of Arkansas For Medicine Sciences
Little Rock, AR 
Brandon Isaacson, MD 
Professor  
Department of Otolaryngology 
UT Southwestern Medical Center 
Dallas, TX 

 

J. Walter Kutz Jr., MD,  
Professor 
Department of Otolaryngology 
UT Southwestern Medical Center 
Dallas, TX 

Location 
Yasargil Surgical Skills Laboratory & Education Center  
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences  
Little Rock, AR 

Contact Information 
Jamie Conte 
VP of Logistics 
contej@cmeoutfitters.com   

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