Dear colleagues:
Please join us for the next Pediatric Head and Neck Surgical Society meeting to
be held in conjunction with AAO-HNS in New Orleans.
Meeting time: Sunday September 15, 2019 at 7:00 pm.
Location:
Landry's Seafood House in the French Quarter
620 Decatur Street (in the JAX Brewery building)
This is about a mile from the convention center in the French Quarter. The cost
will be $50/person to cover the room and food/tax/gratuity. There will be a
cash bar.
As a reminder, our goal is to discuss interesting and complex topics in
pediatric head and neck surgery, among a group of physicians encompassing the
range of subspecialties within our field. Participants are encouraged to share
surgical experiences and innovations, as well as complications. We are a forum
in which complex/rare/interesting/difficult cases can be discussed in depth
among a group of surgeons (and non-surgical related specialties) that is open
to honest discussion and disagreement. We’ve had great, lively discussions,
including heated debate. At past meetings, we have discussed topics including
difficult airway reconstruction, thyroid surgery, skull base surgery, complex
vascular anomalies, pediatric free flap surgery and considerations in microtia
repair, trauma, and adult VPI.
In honor of Jim Sidman, we will continue to have our "Go Long" case
presentations. Jim was instrumental in bringing PHNSS to life from its infancy
to obtaining 501(c)(3) status, and serving as director on our board. He wanted
to stay behind the scenes during this process, but the vision for this society
and its direction stems from many of his philosophies. We are requesting
submissions for the biannual Jim Sidman “Go Long” case presentation. This is a
phrase Jim would say to those who presented a very hard case with no easy
answer. As Jim thrived on treating complex entities, you can imagine that he
was not one to shy away from most things (unless it involved the ear). As such,
a “Go Long” case should be a very difficult surgical case with at least one of
the following qualities:
- may or may not have a solution
- possibly no one has seen or done before
- does not have an easy answer
- makes you think outside the box
The board will review submissions to be presented, and select one "Go Long"
case to be recognized as the winner, which involves a nominal prize - the drink
of your choice.
For the upcoming meeting, suggested topics are prenatal/peripartum ENT,
pediatric thyroid/parathyroid dilemmas, anterior and posterior tongue reduction
techniques and indications, the thyroglossal duct cyst that keeps coming back.
If you have an interesting case or question to present (whether it's been
treated, or yet to be and you'd like advice), please send a succinct case
presentation in powerpoint format to rajpetersson@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:rajpetersson@xxxxxxxxx>. We will have AV capabilities with a laptop and
screen. (Please keep in mind, that due to time constraints, we may not be able
to discuss all submissions.)
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Finally, we have created an email Listserv, so that going forward, group
discussions and group information can be shared in an efficient manner. This
will allow for crowd-based discussions in real-time. To sign up for this list,
please send an email to phnss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:phnss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' in the subject line.
If you know of someone who might be interested and not included on this
ever-expanding email list, please forward on to them. We will communicate via
old school email and the listserv until we have everyone on the listserv. If
interested in joining us in New Orleans, please reply to rajpetersson@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:rajpetersson@xxxxxxxxx> or grischkan@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:grischkan@xxxxxxxxx>. We are looking forward to another session of fun
discussion over drinks and food!
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Sincerely,
Raj Petersson, MS, MD, FACS
Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
VA
President
Andrew Scott, MD, FACS
Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts University, Boston, MA
Vice-President
Chris Discolo, MD, MSCR
Medical University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital, Charleston, SC
Treasurer
Jon Grischkan, MD, MS, FAAP, FACS
Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University Medical Center,
Columbus, OH
Secretary
Travis Tollefson, MD, MPH, FACS
UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
Board Member
