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Advanced Practices in
Voice & Dysphagia

February 18-21, 2026

2026 Course Schedule

Thursday, February 19, 2026

7:00

Registration

8:00

Welcome — Blake Simpson, MD & Peter Belafsky, MD, MPH, PhD

8:20

The 20 Year History of Sin City Laryngology: What Have We Learned? — Blake Simpson, MD

8:50

Aging Voice Poker: The Royal Flush of Parameters to Consider — Edie Hapner, PhD, CCC-SLP

9:20

On Broadway: Phonotrauma in the Professional Singer — Lucain Sulica, MD

09:50

What a Tangled Cricopharyngeal Web We Weave: All You Ever Wanted to Know About Pharyngoesophageal Webs — Peter Belafsky, MD, MPH, PhD

10:10

Break with Exhibitors

10:40

When Sphincters Attack — Lisa Evangelista, CScD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

11:00

R-O-X-A-N-N-E, Put on Your Red Light Therapy — Liza Blumenfeld, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

11:30

From Tube to Trouble: Early Recognition of Acute Laryngeal Injury After Intubation — Kathleen Tibbetts, MD

11:50

Q&A

12:00

Lunch on Your Own

1:10

Give it Your Best Shot: Ozempic, Longevity, and the Lifestyle to Make it Work — Jonathan Aviv, MD, FACS

1:40

Beyond PPIs: The Data Behind Lifestyle Modifications in GERD — Jim Callaway, MD

2:10

H2 No Way – Why We Don’t Recommend the Use of H2 Blockers in the Treatment of Acid Reflux — James Clark, MD

2:30

Break with Exhibitors

2:50

Advancing Regenerative Therapy or Stepping into Psycho?: Platelet Rich Plasma in the Treatment of Vocal Fold Scar, Sulcus, and Atrophy — Michael Johns, MD

3:20

Abracadabra: Predicting Aspiration on Swallowing Fluoroscopy — Rebecca Leonard, PhD, CCC-SLP

3:50

If You Don’t Have a Seat, Build Your Own Table: The Role of the SLP in Novel Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Trials — Liza Bluemenfeld, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

4:20

Viva Lost Vagus: 20 Years of Vagal Neuropathy — Catherine Rees Lintzenich, MD, FACS

4:40

Vocal Vodou — Steve Uliana, MM, MS, CCC-SLP

5:00

It's Hard to Enjoy a Glass of Wine When You're Being Waterboarded: It All Starts With Secretion Management — Ianessa Humbert, PhD

5:30

Adjourn

The cost for the Laryngology course is:

$675* for Physicians

$575* for ARNPs and PAs

$475* for SLPs and other practitioners

$450* for Residents/Fellows

$310* for SLP Masters students

*If postmarked after Jan 12, 2026, add $50

NOTE: The Sinus Course and Voice Symposium are separate fees. See the Sinus Course page or the Voice Symposium page for details.

Friday, February 20, 2026

7:45

Hands-On Workshops

9:00

What's New with Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis? — Milan Amin, MD

9:20

The Art and Science of SOVTs — Sarah Schneider, MS, CCC-SLP

9:50

The Spirit of a Medical Pioneer — Greg Postma, MD

10:10

The World is Yours: Our 100,000-Patient Global Swallowing Registry — Bonnie Martin-Harris, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

10:30

Break with Exhibitors

11:00

Vesicular Homicide: Exosomes in Laryngology: Fact or Fiction?? — Jacqui Allen, MD

11:30

Why the Extracellular Matrix Matters — Mark Courey, MD

11:50

The History of Modern Laryngology in 30 Minutes — Clark Rosen, MD

12:20

Lunch on Your Own

1:20

Less is More: Radiation De-Escalation Through Surgical Escalation — Greg Farwell, MD, FACS, MAMSE

1:50

Comparative Swallowing and Dysphagia: Aardvarks to Zebras — Stan Marks, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM

2:20

The Future of Healthcare is Brighter Than You Think… — Dave Godin, MD, FACS

2:40

Break with Exhibitors

3:10

The Status of Laryngeal Transplantation in 2025: 1 and Done or Just Getting Started… — Greg
Farwell, MD, FACS

3:30

Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Crossing the Threshold from Normal to Impaired Swallowing — Bonnie Martin-Harris, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

4:00

Fab Fluoro — Jacqui Allen, MD

4:30

Laryngeal Karaoke

5:30

Adjourn

Saturday, February 21, 2026

7:45

Hands-On Workshops

9:00

The Real Problem is Not Whether Machines Think But Whether Men Do: How Robotics Will Extend Human Potential in Laryngology — Martin Birchall, MD

09:30

We Can’t Solve Our Problems with the Same Thinking We Used When We Created Them: How I Fixed Difficult Dysphagia Cases — Liza Evangelista, CScD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

10:00

Flexing Isn't Always Showing Off: Ehlers Danlos Syndrome & the Laryngologist — Martin Birchall, MD

10:30

Sucksess: Tech-Enhanced Breastfeeding Diagnostics — Erin Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP, IBCLC, BCS-S

11:00

Back to the Future: All My Pearls for the Next Generation — Rebecca Leonard, PhD, CCC-SLP

11:30

Q&A

12:00

Adjourn

* This presentation counts toward the DEI requirement

Click here to download the 2026 course brochure.