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THE ANNUAL MICHIGAN EAR INSTITUTE SPRING CONFERENCE

June 7-8, 2008

Otology Update for the Practicing Otolaryngologist is the focus of the 2008 Michigan Ear Institute Spring Conference. A variety of topics of interest will be surveyed at this year's conference. CME: 8.5 credit hours. The meeting will again be held at the Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City, June 7-8, 2008.

Our format will be didactic lectures and interactive panel discussions with case presentations. We invite all to bring problem questions and patient cases to the meeting for the interactive format.

Conference Reservations may be made by returning the Registration Form to the Michigan Ear Institute. This can also be faxed to us if you are paying by credit card at 248-865-6161. The registration form must be submitted to MEI with remittance by May 1, 2008. Please be sure to include your Activities Registration Form along with your conference registration form.

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Hotel Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-748-0303. Inform them that you are with the Michigan Ear Institute.

Please see the detailed schedule for more information about topics and faculty.


TUITION

  • Physicians-in-practice - $100
  • Audiologists - $25
  • Residents and Students - Complimentary

CONFERENCE LOCATION

The conference will be held at the Grand Traverse Resort, 6300 U.S. 31 North, Grand Traverse Village, Michigan. For additional resort services call directly at 1-800-748-0303.

ADVANCE REGISTRATION

Please print our online Registration Form and Activities Registration Form and return by May 1st, 2007, or contact us using the information below:

Program Coordinator
Alison Devine, Adm. Assistant
MEI Annual Spring Conference
Michigan Ear Institute
30055 Northwestern Hwy., #101
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
(248) 865-4135
Fax: (248) 865-6161
e-mail: earmei@aol.com

GOLF: There will be a golf outing on Friday June 6, 2008. We will the Spruce Run course on Friday. Please RSVP for these activities by including the Activities Registration Form (with your Conference Registration Form). The Golf outing for Saturday afternoon, June 7th (the Wolverine course) is free for conference participants (RSVP required) and $100 for non-participants.



FACULTY

Program Chairmen

  • Michael J. LaRouere, M.D.
  • Dennis I. Bojrab, M.D.

Guest Faculty

  • Stephen Cass, M.D.

Michigan Ear Institute Faculty

  • John J. Zappia, M.D.
  • Dennis I. Bojrab, M.D.
  • Michael J. Larouere, M.D.
  • Eric W. Sargent, M.D.
  • Seilesh Babu, M.D.
  • Gregory Artz, M. D.
  • Edwin Monsell, M.D.

Providence Hospital, an organization accredited by the Michigan State Medical Society Committee on CME Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians, designates that this activity meets the criteria for a maximum of 8.5 credit hours in Category I toward the requirements for Michigan relicensure and toward the Physician's Recognition Award of the AMA provided it is completed as designed. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.



SCHEDULE

Friday June 6, 2008
  • Arrive Grand Traverse Resort
  • Golf outing - Spruce Run - 1:33 p.m.
(PLEASE RSVP for golf.)

Saturday June 7, 2008
6:30 a.m. Registration
Continental Breakfast
6:50 a.m. Welcome
Eric W. Sargent, M.D
6:55 a.m. Morning Session Moderator:
Eric W. Sargent, M.D.
7:00 a.m. Pseudohypoacusis
John J Zappia, M.D.
7:30 a.m. Eustachian Tuboplasty-Update
Seilesh C. Babu, M.D.
8:00 a.m. CPOP: Is it good for your practice?
Eric W. Sargent, M.D.
8:30 a.m. Neurotologic Outcomes of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Skull Base Tumors: The MEI Experience
Gregory Artz, M.D.
9:00 a.m. Coffee Break with Exhibitors
9:30 a.m. Baha Update: Tips and Pearls
Stephen Cass, M.D.
10:00 a.m. Laser-Assisted Myringoplasty: Alternative to Tympanoplasty
Dennis I. Bojrab, M.D.
10:30 a.m. Chronic Ear Disease, Otosclerosis, ETD, CPOP’s
Panel Discussion
Moderator: John J. Zappia, M.D.
Panelists: Stephen Cass, M.D.
Dennis I. Bojrab, M.D.
Michael J. LaRouere, M.D.
Eric W. Sargent, M.D.
Seilesh C. Babu, M.D.
Gregory Artz, M.D.
11:30 a.m. Lunch Buffet
Sponsored by Anspach
1:30 p.m. Golf - The Wolverine (Complimentary for conference participants, $100 for non-participants)
PLEASE RSVP
6:30 p.m. BARBEQUE - Sponsored by ALCON LABORATORIES
Participants and family invited - PLEASE RSVP.

Sunday June 8, 2008
7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
7:25 a.m. Morning Session Moderator:
Michael J. LaRouere, M.D.
7:30 a.m. Stapes Surgery – Old and New
Edwin Monsell, M.D.
8:00 a.m. Endoscopic Surgery of the Posterior Fossa
Gregory Artz, M.D.
8:30 a.m. Vestibular Update
Eric W. Sargent, M.D.
9:00 a.m. Ins and Outs of VEMP Testing
Stephen Cass, M.D.
9:30 a.m. Petrous Apex Lesions
Michael J. LaRouere, M.D.
10:00 a.m. Intratympanic Gentamicin for Severe Meniere’s Disease
Stephen Cass, M.D.
10:30 a.m. Break with Exhibitors
11:00 a.m. Neurotology, Dizziness, Otosclerosis
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Seilesh C. Babu, M.D.
Panelists: Stephen Cass, M.D.
Dennis I. Bojrab, M.D.
Michael J. LaRouere, M.D.
John J. Zappia, M.D.
Eric W. Sargent, M.D.
Gregory Artz, M.D.
Edwin Monsell, M.D.
12:00 noon Closing Remarks
Michael J. LaRouere, M.D.

Adjourn


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