15TH ASIA OCEANIA ORL-HNS CONGRESS HOSTED ALONGSIDE 73RD ASOHNS ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING

15th Asia Oceania ORL-HNS Congress hosted

alongside 73rd ASOHNS Annual Scientific Meeting
Event Details
Date: 8 March 2023 - 12 March 2023

Location name: Brisbane, Australia

Location address: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Glenelg Street, South
Brisbane QLD 4101, Australia

Report

Imtiaz Ather Siddiqui (left), Chiniot General Hospital,

Karachi, Pakistan and Zahoor Ahmed (right), Auckland University Hospital, Auckland,
New Zealand.
After acknowledging the traditional custodians of the Australian land, the opening
ceremony of the congress began with a recital by an Aboriginal from the Turrbal tribe
and a performance on the didgeridoo. These were followed by speeches from the
incoming and outgoing presidents, Professor Bernard Lyons and Professor Sudhakar
Vaidya, respectively.
Among the keynote speakers, who followed a busy two days of pre-congress events,
Dr Seiji Kakehata spoke on ‘Heads-up surgery with the endoscope’. ‘The future of ear
surgery is looking up,” said this co-pioneer in otoscopic ear surgery, talking about
another emerging technique, exoscopic ear surgery. The goals of transcanal
endoscopic ear surgery (TEES), he said, should be to remove diseased tissue, make
a dry ‘safe’ ear, preserve normal anatomy and improve hearing. TEES is heads-up
surgery and, since 2018, 3D exoscopic ear surgery (ExoES) has almost replaced
endoscopic ear surgery.
Elsewhere, Lisa Orloff delivered a special RP Morton Head and Neck Oncology
Oration on ‘The ultimate feedback loop: head and neck ultrasound and neck
dissection’. Zahoor Ahmed delivered the Randall Morton Research Lecture in a
concurrent talk entitled ‘Managing plunging ranula – lessons learned’. Imtiaz A
Siddiqui highlighted his experiences in ‘Early diagnosis and risk factors in oral
cancer’.

L to R: Collin Baber (New Zealand), Imtiaz Ather Siddiqui (Pakistan) and Zahoor
Ahmed (New Zealand).
Breakfast meetings were well attended, as were social events, including a welcome
reception and an early-morning parkrun. Old friends met and new friendships
started. At the gala dinner on the top floor Plaza Ballroom, many members of Asia
Oceania and ASOHNS were celebrated and presented with medals for their
contribution to the societies and medical education.
The next Asia Oceania bid was won on majority votes by Japan and will be held in
Kyoto Japan in 2027.