ASOHNS ASM 2025

7:00 am - 8:30 am - 29 March 2025

BREAKFAST SESSION: THE ROLE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IN HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

Breakfast Session - Default - Meeting Room C2.5 - Meeting Room C2.6

7:00 am

Point of care 3D printing in head and neck reconstructive surgery

Masako Dunn (NSW)

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7:10 am

Advances in Virtual Surgical Planning for Jaw Reconstruction

Jonathan Clark (NSW)

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7:30 am

Advancing technologies and prosthodontic rehabilitation in a head and neck team

Dale Howes (NSW)

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7:50 am

Subperiosteal implant in prosthetic reconstruction

Tsu-Hui (Hubert) Low (NSW)

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8:00 am

The role of 3D scanning in Virtual Surgical and Prosthetic Planning for Facial Prosthetic Reconstruction

Sophie Fleming (NSW)

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8:20 am

Applications of virtual reality in head and neck surgery

Tim Manzie (NSW)

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7:15 am - 8:30 am - 29 March 2025

BREAKFAST SESSION: PEARLS AND OTHER GEMS OF LARYNGOLOGY

Breakfast Session - Default - Meeting Room C3.4

7:15 am

Red flags in laryngology

Sarah Emmett (QLD)

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7:30 am

Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction and its management

Theo Athanasiadis (SA)

7:45 am

An ENT approach to dysphagia

Anthony Rotman (VIC)

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8:00 am

Retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction

Daniel Novakovic (NSW)

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8:15 am

Gold laser for endoscopic cricopharyngeal myotomy

Brian Yeom (Auckland)

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8:22 am

Improving Dysphagia Detection: Routine Swallowing Screening for Older Adults on Admission to hospital

Bena Law (Auckland)

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7:30 am - 8:30 am - 29 March 2025

BREAKFAST SESSION: NASAL VALVE DYSFUNCTION; SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO THE COMPLEX

Breakfast Session - Default - Meeting Room C2.2 - Meeting Room C2.3

7:30 am

Introduction

Sim Choroomi (NSW)

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7:35 am

Nasal Obstruction - Beyond the Septum and Turbinates

Catherine Meller (Nsw)

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7:47 am

Investigation and management of nasal valve dysfunction

Richard Harvey (NSW)

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7:59 am

Nasal Valve Tensioning versus Crural Strut Grafts in the Management of Nasal Valve Dysfunction

Kaitong Liang (NSW)

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8:07 am

My Experience with the Latera Device

Yuresh Naidoo (NSW)

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8:19 am

Questions

8:30 am - 10:00 am - 29 March 2025

PLENARY 3

Scientific Session - Default - Pyrmont Theatre

8:30 am

Innovations in otolaryngology and rhinology future directions and transorbital work

Darlene Lubbe (South Africa)

9:00 am

“Invisible” barriers to selection and a diverse workplace

Ian Incoll (NSW)

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9:30 am

Why don’t cochlear implants work better and is there anything we can do about it?

Manohar Bance (United Kingdom (Great Britain))

10:00 am - 10:30 am - 29 March 2025

MORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY

Catering - Default - The Gallery

10:30 am - 12:30 pm - 29 March 2025

PLENARY 4

Scientific Session - Default - Pyrmont Theatre

10:30 am

Contemporary Facial Reanimation

Babak Azizzadeh (United States of America)

11:00 am

Shifting paradigm in the management of pharyngo-esophageal tumours

Velda Chow (Hong Kong)

11:30 am

ASOHNS President’s lecture: GO Foundation

Charlotte Ryan (NSW), Charlene Davison (NSW)

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12:00 pm

Diversity, equity and inclusion in ENT update

Alethea Grobler (South Australia)

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12:15 pm

Board Chair update

Andrew Foreman (SA)

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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - 29 March 2025

LUNCH WITH INDUSTRY

Catering - Default - The Gallery

12:45 pm - 1:15 pm - 29 March 2025

SMITH +NEPHEW LUNCH SYMPOSIUM: THE IMPACT OF COBLATION INTRACAPSULAR TECHNIQUE ON NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC HEALTH

Scientific Session - Default - Pyrmont Theatre

12:45 pm

The Impact of Coblation Intracapsular Technique on New Zealand Public Health – Insights from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Edward Toll (Auckland)

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12:55 pm

Discussion

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm - 29 March 2025

CONCURRENT SESSION 3A: LARYNGOLOGY

Scientific Session - Default - Meeting Room C2.2 - Meeting Room C2.3

1:30 pm

Contemporary Management of Laryngeal Trauma and penetrating neck injuries

Amanda Richards (VIC)

1:45 pm

Airway Reconstruction

Elizabeth Hodge (QLD)

2:00 pm

Nanofat – a new take on an old trick

Paul Paddle (VIC)

2:15 pm

Supraglottic laryngeal injections – whats new?

Thomas Stewart (NSW)

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2:30 pm

Superior laryngeal nerve block for neurogenic cough: a two-year, single-center experience

Richard Tjahjono (NSW)

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2:38 pm

Serial Adjuvant In-office Steroid Injection for Subglottic Stenosis: Effect on surgery-free interval in 80 patients

Jennifer Anderson (Ontario)

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2:46 pm

Laryngeal cryptococcosis: a case series and literature review of this rare cause of hoarseness

Benjamin Worrall (NSW)

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2:54 pm

Discussion

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm - 29 March 2025

CONCURRENT SESSION 3B: FACIAL PLASTICS AND RHINOPLASTY

Scientific Session - Default - Meeting Room C2.5 - Meeting Room C2.6

1:30 pm

Contemporary management of the nasal tip

George Marcells (NSW)

1:45 pm

Straightening the crooked nose

Sim Choroomi (NSW)

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1:55 pm

Managing the Underprojected nose

Kien Ha (SA)

2:05 pm

Optimising outcomes in Nasal Reconstruction

Stephen Park (United States of America)

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2:20 pm

From good to great rhinoplasty results; tips for surgeons

Babak Azizzadeh (United States of America)

2:35 pm

Panel; Ask the experts - Post operative management in nasal surgery

George Marcells (NSW), Stephen Park (United States of America), Babak Azizzadeh (United States of America), Catherine Meller (Nsw)

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm - 29 March 2025

CONCURRENT SESSION 3C: OTOLOGY AND SKULL BASE

Scientific Session - Default - Pyrmont Theatre

1:30 pm

Cochlear MRI Signal and Hearing Outcomes in Vestibular Schwannoma Patients

Timothy Matthews (NSW)

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1:45 pm

Cochlear Implant Outcomes Associated with the Treatment of Vestibular Schwannoma

Amshuman Rao (NSW)

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1:53 pm

Stylojugular syndrome, intracranial hypertension and CSF leaks

Michael Elliott (NSW)

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2:08 pm

Insights in the immune response and genetic underpinnings of Meniere disease

Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez (NSW)

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2:23 pm

Outreach Otology Services in Northern Canada

Brian Westerberg (BC)

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2:38 pm

Round Table Questions

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm - 29 March 2025

CONCURRENT SESSION 3D: RURAL ENT

Scientific Session - Default - Meeting Room C2.4

1:30 pm

Rural surgery: What it is, why we need it and lessons from General Surgery

Hugh Lukins (NSW)

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1:40 pm

Accessing care on country: Why it matters

Kelvin Kong (NSW)

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1:50 pm

The economic impact of a rural surgeon

Bridget Clancy (VIC)

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2:00 pm

Rural workforce challenges: The current picture and the path forward

Fiona Davies (NSW)

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2:10 pm

Improving access to care for Rural patients with head and neck Cancer

Rebecca Venchiarutti (NSW)

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2:20 pm

Development of a rural training post and its implications for workforce development

Natalie Rainger (NSW)

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2:30 pm

Expanding the model for regional outpatient surgical management of keratinocyte cancers of the head and neck; costs and outcomes.

Zachary Wilson (QLD)

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2:38 pm

Presentation and Management of Acute Otitis Externa in a Rural Emergency Department: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Nicholas Schnitzler (New South Wales)

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2:46 pm

Panel Discussion

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm - 29 March 2025

CONCURRENT SESSION 3E: FREE PAPERS

Scientific Session - Default - Meeting Room C3.4

1:30 pm

Simultaneous Bilateral Cochlear Implantation for Children: An Effective and Cost-saving Intervention in an Australian State-wide Service

Claire Iseli (Victoria)

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1:38 pm

Technique and Efficacy of Sialendoscopy in the Management of Recurrent Sialadenitis: the Melbourne Experience

Seraphina Tze Manne KEY (VIC)

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1:46 pm

Do paediatric patients need ENT follow up after grommets? An alternative cost effective model of care

Sophie Dunmall (SA)

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1:54 pm

Are AI-Generated ENT Outpatient Letters Any Good? Using a Large Language Model and Validated Tool to Assess Letter Quality

Jared Panario (VIC)

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2:02 pm

Microbiology of mastoiditis: a review

Jia Hui Lim (Hamilton)

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2:10 pm

A Review of Submandibular Gland Extirpation in an Australian Quaternary Referral Centre: Aetiologies and Trends over 35 years

Aki Flame (NSW)

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2:18 pm

Risk of malignancy in incidental oropharyngeal lesions exhibiting fluorodeoxyglucose uptake which proceed to tissue biopsy

Seraphina Tze Manne KEY (VIC)

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2:26 pm

Identification of the lingual artery in neck dissection and transoral surgery for oropharyngeal tumours

Samuel Sharp (VIC)

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2:34 pm

Is TORS useful as a salvage technique in head and neck cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sahil Goel (SA)

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2:42 pm

Down Under BRP: Friedman 3 No Longer a Barrier for Surgical Success.

Mylestone Monna (VIC)

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2:50 pm

How we do it – Trans-Palatal Advancement for Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: From patient selection, surgical planning and step by step instructions

Adil Lathif (NSW)

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3:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 29 March 2025

AFTERNOON TEA WITH INDUSTRY

Catering - Default - The Gallery

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm - 29 March 2025

CONCURRENT SESSION 4A: PAEDIATRICS

Scientific Session - Default - Meeting Room C3.4

3:30 pm

Current Research in Paediatric Sleep Surgery - Implications for Practice

Derek Lam (United States of America)

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4:00 pm

Management of Tracheomalacia

Alan Cheng (NSW)

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4:30 pm

Training for CICO in the Paediatric Airway: A Novel Training Model

Cliff Reid (NSW)

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4:45 pm

Paediatric Academic Bowl - Game Show Host

Eric Levi (Victoria)

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm - 29 March 2025

CONCURRENT SESSION 4B: RHINOLOGY AND ANTERIOR SKULL BASE

Scientific Session - Default - Pyrmont Theatre

3:30 pm

Panel 1 Inflammatory and Nasal Airway Cases: Everyday decisions - Moderated by Rahuram Sivasubramaniam and Jo Rimmer

Olivia Ruskin (VIC), Harshita Pant (SA), Dakshika Gunaratne (NSW), Lauren Cooper (South Australia), Narinder Singh (NSW), Joanne Rimmer (VIC), Rahuram Sivasubramaniam (NSW), Dakshika Gunaratne (NSW), Daman Bhatia, Larry Kalish (NSW)

4:10 pm

A study of the association between the carrying of mutations in the PCD gene and the development of CRSwNP in children

Xiaoxu Chen (China)

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4:18 pm

Relationship Between Sleep and Nasal Airway Resistance in Patients Presenting to a Tertiary Rhinology Clinic

Liam Grouse (NSW)

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4:26 pm

The effect of systemic bevacizumab on epistaxis-related outcomes in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Anna Symons (VIC)

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4:34 pm

A phase 1 research trial to evaluate the effectiveness of intranasal Botulinum Toxin Type A Spray for patients with Rhinitis

James Bates (Oxfordshire)

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4:42 pm

Panel 2 Skull Base Cases and Controversy - Moderated by Chris Dhepnorrarat and Raewyn Campbell

Rahuram Sivasubramaniam (NSW), Eng Ooi (SA), Raymond Kim (Auckland), Claudio Callejas (SA), Lauren Cooper (South Australia), Catherine Barnett (QLD), Alexander Zhang (NSW), Raewyn Campbell (NSW), Chris Dhepnorrarat (WA)

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm - 29 March 2025

CONCURRENT SESSION 4C: FACIAL PLASTICS AND FACIAL NERVE REANIMATION

Scientific Session - Default - Meeting Room C2.5 - Meeting Room C2.6

3:30 pm

The Deep Plane in Facial Surgery

George Marcells (NSW)

3:40 pm

Safety in Facial surgery

Babak Azizzadeh (United States of America)

3:50 pm

Recognising and Managing Synkinesis

Babak Azizzadeh (United States of America)

4:10 pm

Managing facial complications after surgery of the head and neck

Ryan Winters (NSW)

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4:18 pm

Evidence based management of scarring in the head and neck

Emma Ho (NSW)

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4:26 pm

A new understanding in marginal mandibular nerve palsy (the books have it wrong!)

Catherine Meller (Nsw)

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4:34 pm

Approaches to managing the ptotic brow

Zenia Chow (VIC)

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4:42 pm

Algorithms for Managing Acute Iatrogenic and Traumatic facial palsy

Hannah North (NSW)

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4:50 pm

Otoplasty-The Legendary Tony Bull's technique.

Gillian Dunlop (NSW)

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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm - 29 March 2025

CONCURRENT SESSION 4D: MASTERCLASS: NAVIGATING FAULTS AND ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN SURGERY

Scientific Session - Default - Meeting Room C2.2 - Meeting Room C2.3

3:30 pm

Leading a team to perform effectively

Pecky De Silva (NSW)

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3:47 pm

Making your practice/clinic a culturally safe space

Allen Stanley (NSW)

3:59 pm

Training Surgeons from Neophyte to Expert – The Impact of Allostatic Load

Guy Rees (South Australia)

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4:11 pm

Carbon Emission and Plastic Waste Audit in Adenotonsillectomy and Grommet Surgery

Madison Boot (New South Wales)

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4:21 pm

Treading lightly - reducing your carbon footprint at work

Benjamin Dunne (VIC)

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4:38 pm

What I would tell my younger self

Raymond Sacks (NSW)

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3:30 pm - 5:38 pm - 29 March 2025

CONCURRENT SESSION 4E: FREE PAPERS

Scientific Session - Default - Meeting Room C2.4

3:30 pm

Changes in airflow during DISE in OSA patients undergoing a novel ultrasound-guided neurostimulation of ansa cervicalis and hypoglossal

Eng Ooi (SA)

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3:38 pm

Contralateral Neck Recurrence in Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Identifying Indications for Bilateral Neck Treatment in cN0 Contralateral Neck

Jacinta Lin (NSW)

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3:46 pm

Local Anaesthetic Head and Neck Cancer Diagnostics; Is Panendoscopy Obsolete?

Dan Leopard (United Kingdom (Great Britain))

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3:54 pm

Diagnostic value of FNA in evaluating parotid masses and factors influencing it - a single centre experience

Jia Hui Lim (Hamilton)

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4:02 pm

Worst Pattern of Invasion as a predictor of patient outcomes for early-stage oral cavity SCC in Queensland

Sahil Chopra (QLD)

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4:10 pm

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the distribution of nodal metastasis based on levels of neck dissections and T stage of maxillary sinus cancers

Gabriel Osie (NSW)

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4:18 pm

Value of Bronchoscopy in Diagnosis of Second Primary Lung Cancer in Head and Neck Cancer Patients; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Jennifer Chen (QLD)

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4:26 pm

Transoral Robotic Surgery Protocols and associated outcomes for oropharyngeal carcinoma in the elderly

Alexandra Murray (NSW)

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4:34 pm

Unlocking eosinophils to modulate anti-tumour immunity in head and neck cancer

Carly Whyte (SA)

4:42 pm

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols in Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgery: A four year analysis

Jonathan Daniel (SA)

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4:50 pm

Cochlear implant outcomes in the elderly

Catherine Birman OAM (NSW)

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4:58 pm

A novel technique for human perilymph sampling, and characterising the human cochlea microRNA transcriptome

William Shute (VIC)

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5:06 pm

Beyond AHI Reduction: Exploring the Relationship Between Mean Disease Alleviation and Symptom Improvement in OSA

Blake Lindsay (NSW)

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5:14 pm

Vocal fold paresis: Which clinical signs are important?

Rhea Darbari Kaul (NSW)

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5:22 pm

Enhancing Efficiency in Clinical Documentation: A Study on the Adoption and Clinician Experience of AI-Scribes

Ayden Tchernegovski (VIC)

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5:45 pm - 6:30 pm - 29 March 2025

ASOHNS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Scientific Session - Default - Pyrmont Theatre

5:45 pm

FNU ENT PGD

Suren Krishnan (SA)

7:00 pm - 11:00 pm - 29 March 2025

GALA DINNER

Catering - Default - Hyatt Regency

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