Our Conferences and Upcoming Courses

Temporal Bone Course

The Michigan Ear Institute offers a 5 day, comprehensive temporal bone surgical dissection course several times per year. The course involves didactic lectures on otologic, neurotologic, and audiologic topics and hands-on instruction on temporal bone micro-dissection. In addition to didactic lectures, case presentations and group discussion regarding management of otologic disorders will be held. The course is taught by the staff of the Michigan Ear Institute.

The temporal bone lab is located in the lower level of the Providence Hospital in Southfield, MI. It is a state of the art facility outfitted with the newest, most advanced instruments and stations for adequate, individualized learning.

Download the Temporal Bone Course Registration Form

Upcoming Courses:

Annual MEI Conference held in Traverse City, Mi Saturday and Sunday June 2-3, 2012

Download the Annual MEI Conference Registration Form

Guest Speaker
JOHN P. LEONETTI, M.D.

Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
Director of the Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
Loyola University Medical Center
2160 South First Avenue
Maywood, Illinois 60153

6:30 a.m. Registration
Continental Breakfast

6:50 a.m. Welcome
Eric Sargent, MD

6:55 a.m. Morning Session Moderator:
Dennis Bojrab, MD

7:00 a.m. Advanced Tumors of the Parotid Gland
John Leonetti, MD

7:40 a.m. Tinnitus: Everything You Want to Know About It
Eleanor Chan, MD

8:20 a.m. Cholesteatoma Management 2012
Dennis Bojrab, MD

9:00 a.m. Break & Visit with Exhibitors

9:30 a.m. Facial Monitoring – Emerging Standards: When & How to Monitor
Jack Kartush, MD

10:10 a.m. Intratympanic Steroids
John Zappia, MD

10:50 a.m. Diagnosis and treatment of Patulous Eustachian Tube
Seilesh Babu, MD

11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion

• Moderator: Dennis Bojrab, MD
  
• Panelists: John Leonetti, MD
  
• Seilesh Babu, MD
  
• Eleanor Chan, MD
  
• Jack Kartush, MD
  
• Michael LaRouere, MD
  
• John Zappia, MD
  
• Robert Hong, MD
  
• Ryan Porter, Sr, MD

12:00 p.m. Lunch Buffet

1:30 p.m. Free Time

6:00 p.m. Barbeque

6:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
Morning Session Moderator:
Eleanor Chan, MD

7:00 a.m. Lower Cranial Nerve Schwannomas
John Leonetti, MD

7:40 a.m. The Management of Meniere’s Syndrome
Robert Hong, MD

8:20 a.m. Vestibular Testing for the Practicing Otolaryngologist
Michael LaRouere, MD

9:00 a.m. Hearing Restoration: Beyond Hearing Aids
Ryan Porter, Sr, MD

9:40 a.m. Break & Visit with Exhibitors

10:20 a.m. Genetic Hearing Loss Update
Eric Sargent, MD

11:00 a.m. When Cochlear Implants Fail
Paulette McDonald

11:40 a.m. Implantable Hearing Aids
Eleanor Chan, MD

12:20 am Panel Discussion

• Moderator: Eleanor Chan, MD
  
• Panelists: John Leonetti, MD
  
• Seilesh Babu, MD
  
• Michael LaRouere, MD
  
• John Zappia, MD
  
• Eric Sargent, MD
  
• Robert Hong, MD
  
• Ryan Porter, Sr, MD

1:00 p.m. Closing Remarks – Michael LaRouere, MD