Wednesday 28 October 2026

7.00am - 8.00am       Registration and Exhibition Open, Arrival Tea & Coffee

8.00am-8.30am Mihi Whakatau / Welcome ~ Associate Professor Murali Mahadevan, President NZSOHNS & Dr Sandro Leite, 2026 Conference Convenor

8.30am-9.00am Guest Speaker

9.00am-9.30am James Hardie Neil Lecture ~ Dr Andrew Gordon, ORL Surgeon, Counties Manukau Health, NZ

9.30am-10.00am Every Child Deserves to Hear: Rethinking Hearing Health Equity in Aotearoa ~ Professor Suzanne Purdy, Audiologist, The University of Auckland, NZ

10.00am - 10.30am   Morning Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays 

ORL CONFERENCE
​10.30am-11.00am Ergonomic Rhinology
Col(ret) Erik K Weitzel, Otolaryngologist, Connally Memorial Medical Center, Floresville, Texas & Adjunct Professor, University Texas Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA

11.00am-11.30am The Future of Paediatric Airway Surgery: Lessons from a High-Volume Tertiary Centre
Associate Professor Benjamin Hartley, Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children; GOS UCL Institute of Child Health, University College  London, UK
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11.30am-12.00pm State of Art  RRP in Laryngology
Associate Professor Simon Best, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

12.00pm-12.30pm Randall Morton Lecture
Dr Nick McIvor, Head & Neck Surgeon, Health NZ - Auckland, NZ

NURSING FORUM                                                                          
​10.30am-11.00am NF2 / Skull Base MDM
Jing Feng, Nurse Practitioner, Greenlane Clinical Centre ORL Service, Auckland, NZ

11.00am-11.30am The Value of the Nurse Practitioner Role in a Surgical Service
Fiona McIver, Health NZ, Auckland, NZ

11.30am-12.00pm Paediatric Airway
Dr James Johnston, Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland & Consultant, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, NZ

12.00pm-12.30pm Creating an Ear Nurse Service in Tuvalu
Hannah Holm Hansen, Health NZ, Auckland, NZ

​​12.30pm - 1.30pm    Lunch, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays

RHINOLOGY
 
1.30-1.50pm Grafting in Rhinoplasty - Learning over the Years
Dr Steve Floreani, Facial Plastics and Rhinologist, Adelaide, Australia
 
1.50-2.05pm Office-Based Balloon Sinuplasty Under Local Anaesthesia: A Step-by-Step, CT-Guided Approach to Patient Selection, Anaesthesia, and Procedural Technique
Dr Martin Moller, Chief Medical Officer, Venteus Aps, Copenhagen, Denmark
 
2.05-2.10pm Free Paper ~ Effects of Mechanical Nasal Stimulation on Olfaction
Dr Jim Bartley, Consultant, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Auckland, NZ
 
2.10-2.15pm Free Paper ~ Sinonasal Leiomyosarcoma: Systematic Review and Pooled Patient Data Meta-Analysis
Joseph Luna, House Officer, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Christchurch Hospital, NZ

2.15-2.30pm The Microbiome in CRS: Friend, Foe, or Bystander?
Dr Raymond Kim, Rhinologist, ​Auckland City & Starship Hospitals, Auckland, NZ

2.30-2.45pm 
Professor Richard Douglas, Professor in Surgery, The University of Auckland, NZ

OTOLOGY   

1.30-1.50pm Vestibular Migraine
Dr Justine Bradley, Otolaryngologist, Te Whatu Ora - Waitaha, NZ
 
1.50-2.10pm Chronic Dizziness: PPPD, Vestibular Migraine, Bilateral Vestibular Loss
Associate Professor Miriam Welgampola, Neurologist / Neuro-Otologist, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia
 
2.10-2.20pm Australian and New Zealand Living Guidelines for Cochlear Implantation in Adults: A Consensus-Based and Evidence-Informed Guideline Adaptation Process
Dr Mike Bergin, Surgeon, Health NZ - Christchurch, NZ
 
2.20-2.30pm Paediatric Cochlear Implant Surgical Considerations in Cases of Inner Ear Malformation
Professor Catherine Birman, ENT Surgeon, Sydney University, Children's Hospital at Westmead and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
 
2.30-2.45pm Otologic Surgery: Endoscope, Microscope or Exoscope?
Professor Brandon Isaacson, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
 
2.45-3.00pm Endoscopic Management of Cholesteatoma
Dr Alice Stringer, Surgeon, Te Whatu Ora - Capital & Coast, Wellington, NZ​

NURSING FORUM   
1.30pm-2.00pm Nutrition in Head and Neck Patients
Kimberley Browning, Dietitian, Health NZ, Auckland, NZ

2.00pm-2.30pm Rehabilitation after Major Head and Neck Surgery
Freya Try, Health NZ, Auckland, NZ

2.30pm-3.00pm Tracheostomy and Laryngectomy Management
Catherine Allen, Health NZ, Auckland, NZ

​3.00pm - 3.30pm    Afternoon Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays 

HEAD & NECK
3.30pm-3.50pm Immunotherapy Advances in Head and Neck Cancer - Current Evidence
Dr Julia Crawford, Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
 
3.50-4.10pm PROMs in HNC- What Is Meaningful?
Dr Nick McIvor, Head & Neck Surgeon, Health NZ - Auckland, NZ
 
4.10-4.15 Free Paper ~ Confidence of Healthcare Professionals in Managing Carotid Blowout Syndrome
Dr Eleanor Gurr, Resident Doctor, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Australia
 
4.15-4.30pm Head and Neck Lump Clinic - Advancing HN Care
Dr Veronika Van Dijck, ORL, Head and Neck Surgeon, Waitakere Hospital, Auckland, NZ
 
4.30-4.45pm Thyroid Nodules: Surgery, Surveillance or Abalation?
Dr Francis Hall, Head of Department, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Counties Manukau Health, NZ
 
4.45-5.00pm Update on Diagnostic Radiology of Cervical Schwannomas and Paragangiomas
Dr Lee Chee Young

PAEDIATRICS

3.30-3.45pm When to Observe, When to Intervene: Managing Vascular Lesions in Children
Associate Professor Ben Hartley, Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, UK
 
3.45-4.00pm Beyond Adenotonsillectomy: When to Operate on the Nose, Palate and Beyond?
Alan Cheng
 
4.00-4.05pm Free Paper ~Improving Access to ENT Services for Children with Otitis Media via Advanced Audiology
Dr Kiren Dulku, Otolaryngologist (SMO), Health NZ - Bay of Plenty, Tauranga, NZ
 
4.05-4.10pm Free Paper ~ Safety of Day-Case Extracapsular Tonsillectomy in Rural Children between 1 and 3 Years of Age in Rural Australia
Kieran Dunne, ENT Registrar, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia
 
4.10-4.15pm Free Paper ~ Managing Residual Sleep-Disordered Breathing Following Adenotonsillectomy in Children with Trisomy 21
Kimberly D’Mello, Senior House Officer, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, NZ 
 
4.15-4.30pm A Community Based Equity-Centred  Solution to Reducing ENT First Specialist Assessment Wait Times
Hannah Holme-Hansen, Paediatric Ear Nose and Throat Nurse Specialist, Health NZ
 
4.30-4.45pm Audiology-Led Triage Pathways for Paediatric Otitis Media with Effusion: The Christchurch Experience
Dr Mike Bergin, Otologist, Health NZ - Christchurch, NZ
 
4.45-5.00pm Congenital Neck Masses in Children: An Evidence-Based Approach
Kumanen Selvarajah

NURSING FORUM   
3.30pm-4.00pm UARS vs Severe OSA
Vvaishnavi Paranjape, Registered Nurse, Health NZ, Auckland, NZ
 
4.00pm-4.30pm What is Radiation Treatment?
Judith Moselen, Health NZ, Auckland, NZ

4.30pm-5.00pm Head and Neck Wound Management
Felix Mariano Jr, Clinical Nurse Educator, Health NZ, Auckland, NZ