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10/25/2016  |   4:30 PM - 6:00 PM   |  BGPOP Building 402/403/404

Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Ear Disease

Considering the high prevalence of middle ear infections in low- and middle-income countries, discussions on the different chronic middle ear infections and their respective management are both relevant and appropriate. The session aims to provide attendees with information on the proper identification, diagnosis, and management of chronic middle ear infections.

• Recognize the clinical manifestations of diseases of the middle ear
• Discuss the complications of chronic middle ear infections if left untreated
• Provide appropriate information and management options to patients with chronic middle ear infections

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Sujana S. Chandrasekhar (Primary Presenter), AAO-HNS/F, Hofstra-Northwell Sch of Med, sujana1@gmail.com;
Dr. Chandrasekhar attended medical school at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, graduated at the age of 22, and completed her residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at New York University Medical Center in New York and fellowship in Otology and Neurotology at the House Ear Clinic and Institute in Los Angeles, California. She served on the full-time academic faculty of both UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School and Mount Sinai School of Medicine before entering private practice in New York City in October 2004. She is currently Director of New York Otology, Director of Neurotology at the James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center, Otologist/Neurotologist at the New York Head and Neck Institute, and Clinical Professor at Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine. Her clinical interests include management of disorders of hearing, balance, tinnitus, facial nerve, and lateral skull base, as well as cochlear and Baha implants. Dr. Chandrasekhar's research interests include hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, skull base tumors and temporal bone histopathology. She has published several papers, monographs, and book chapters in otology/ neurotology and otolaryngology including a landmark paper on sudden hearing loss and four Clinical Practice Guidelines. She has also written on, and is funded for, gender research in otolaryngology. Dr. Chandrasekhar was honored with the AAO-HNS's Distinguished Service Award in September 2006 and 2012, with the Helen Krause Trailblazer Award from the AAO-HNS Women in Otolaryngology Section in 2012, and with the Physician Mentor Recognition Award, American Medical Association Women Physicians Section in 2013. She has participated in several Humanitarian missions – medical, surgical, and teaching – in Central America, India, and South America. Dr. Chandrasekhar served as President of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2015-2106. She is the third woman and the first person of Indian descent to hold that office. She has a husband, Kris Ramanathan, and four children, ranging in age from 20 to 11.

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Suchitra Prasansuk (Co-Presenter), Hearing International, drsuchitrap@yahoo.com;
Dr. Prasansuk was one of the founders and head of the first Center of Hearing International.. She has served in many capacities in the organization and in intentionally, including WHO, ISA, and IFOS. She is a tireless advocate for hearing health in developing countries and has organized many symposia devoted to this field.

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Isaac M. Macharia, MBChB, MMed (Co-Presenter), TBA, immuthure@gmail.com;
TBA

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