Event Programme

Cutting Edge Scientific Programme

Wednesday 23 September 2026

09:00
Opening address
Nick Gibbins
09:20
Session 1: Robotics in laryngology
Chaired by:
Jonathan Fishman
The future of robotics and autonomous systems in surgery
Pietro Valdastri
Robotics for minimally invasive and intraluminal surgery
Dr M. Hadi Sadati
Soft robotic applications in laryngology
Martin Birchall
10:20
Free papers 1
  1. Outcomes of Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: A Retrospective Audit at Guy’s Hospital – Vanessa Das
  2. Botulinum Toxin Injection to the Salivary Glands for Tracheostomy Decannulation – A Prospective Study – Edward Cong
  3. An investigation of the feasibility and acceptability of using of ultrasound to assess muscle echogenicity and size in key speech and swallowing tissues in a head and neck cancer population undergoing radiotherapy – Gemma Clunie
  4. The Effect of Osteopathic Manipulation on Voice Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis of VDS Severity, VDS Frequency, and Maximum Phonation Time – Rehab Awad
  5. Developing Speech and Language Therapy care in paediatric laryngology: early progress of the UK Paediatric Laryngology Working Party (PLWP) – Fiona Gillies
  6. Clinical Factors Associated With Development of Laryngeal Carcinoma in Reinke’s Edema Patients: A Large Population-Based Cohort Study – Sara Abu-Ghanem
Chaired by:
Benjamin Cosway
11:10
Break
11:30
Session 2: Leukoplakia, dysplasia and early glottic cancer
Chaired by:
Natalie Watson
Treatment options for laryngeal leukoplakia
Teemu Kinnari
Optical markers of dysplasia
Taranjit Singh Tatla
The role of AI in early detection
Alberto Paderno
12:30
Keynote: When things don’t go as planned
Introduced by:
Nick Gibbins
Presented by:
Markus Hess
13:00
Isshiki Prize presentation
13:00
Lunch
14:00
Session 3: Chronic Cough
Chaired by:
Nick Hamilton
SLN block
Karuna Dewan
Cryotherapy of SLN
Shumon Dhar
Cough therapy
Claire Slinger
15:00
Case Discussion – Voice
Chaired by:
Tori Burnay
Participants:
Markus Hess
Philippa Ratcliffe
Rehab Awad
Lance Maron
16:00
Break
16:20
Session 4: Awake airway stenosis management
Chaired by:
Aphrodite Iacovidou
Awake balloon dilation
Scott Howard
Serial intralesional steroids injections
Robbi Kupfer
Laser applications
Yakubu Karagama
17:40
Wine and cheese reception

Thursday 24 September 2026

08:30
Session 5: Dynamic approaches to restore laryngeal function in BVCP
Chaired by:
Chadwan Al Yaghchi
Bilateral Laryngeal reinnervation
Jean-Paul Marie
Laryngeal pacing – minimally invasive approach to the PCA (Virtual)
Andreas Muller
Laryngeal Pacing – open approach to bilateral electrode array placement
Alexander Gelbard
09:30
Session 6: Chronic Laryngitis
Chaired by:
Winnie Yeung
Dysplasia and carcinoma: Is there a correlation and how important is it?
Teemu Kinnari
Role of pepsin and new therapeutic developments
Nikki Johnston
Rare pathology, diagnosis and management
Jennifer Anderson
10:30
Break
10:50
Keynote: Tissue Stem Cells in the Human Vocal Fold. A new Paradigm of Endolaryngeal Microsurgery
Introduced by:
Nick Hamilton
Presented by:
Kiminori Sato
11:30
Free papers 2
  1. Dysphonia in the Elderly: Looking Beyond Presbyphonia – Sevasti Konstantinidou
  2. Idiopathic subglottic stenosis and GLP-1 receptor agonists: attitudes, barriers and facilitators – Laura-Elisabeth Gosselin
  3. Tracheal Dimensions and Pretracheal Soft Tissue Depth in Adults: A National Study to Inform Airway Device Selection – Rohma Abrar
Chaired by:
Omar Mulla
12:00
Session 7: Beyond CaHA, What else can I inject?
Chaired by:
Shiying Hey
Nanofat
Peak Woo
Stromal vascular fraction
Ralph Haddad
Platlet rich plasma
Dinesh Chhetri
Testosterone
Andrew Vahabzadeh-Hagh
13:10
BLA AGM
13:10
Lunch
14:00
Session 8: Laryngeal H&N cancer survivorship
Chaired by:
Rohan Bidaye
Late toxicity and long term QoL impact
Gemma Cherry
Surgical management options for airway, voice and swallowing
Paul C. Bryson, MD MBA
Swallowing rehabilitation
Justin Roe
15:00
Case Discussion – Dysphagia
Chaired by:
Kate Heathcote
Participants:
Karen Kost
Shumon Dhar
Camilla Dawson
Gemma Jones
15:50
Break
16:10
Session 9: Laryngology Training
Chaired by:
Sadie Khwaja
Mentoring in surgical training
Elisabeth Sjogren
The imposter syndrome
Karen Kost
Best practices for teaching laryngeal procedures
Robbi Kupfer
19:00
Speakers Dinner

Friday 25 September 2026

09:00
Session 10: Thyroplasty implants – pros and cons
Chaired by:
Declan Costello
Montgomery
Elisabeth Sjogren
VOIS
Guri Sandhu
Goretex
Lance Maron
10:00
Keynote: Laryngeal cancer: on the cutting edge of laryngology?
Introduced by:
Chadwan Al Yaghchi
Presented by:
Elisabeth Sjogren
10:40
Break
11:00
Free Papers 3
  1. The Use of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor to Restore Vocal Cord Tissue Following Atrophy – Dr Aphra-Lily Middleton
  2. Evaluating Large Language Models as Patient Information Sources for Voice Feminisation Surgery: Quality, Readability and Reliability – Lucinda Knight
  3. Incidence of Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP) in Denmark, Norway and Sweden during 2000-2023 in Children and Young Adults – Chris Pereira
  4. Building a Better Chronic Cough Pathway – Georgina Wellstead
  5. Establishment and characterization of a new immortalized human subglottic endothelial cell line – Riley Larkin
  6. Competency-based evaluation of mixed reality (MR) training versus face-to-face training on basic tracheostomy care: A non-inferiority pilot study in a tertiary ENT centre – Mr Aditya Manvinkurve and Janine Bardos
Chaired by:
Todd Kanzara
11:50
Session 11: Advances in voice care
Chaired by:
Nick Gibbins
Hyaluronidase office injection for Reinke’s edema, vocal hemorrhage and HA over-injection
Peak Woo
Current challenges in laryngeal laser surgery
Markus Hess
Neuromuscular junction and basic science of laryngeal reinnervation
Dinesh Chhetri
12:50
Lunch
13:50
Session 12: Tracheostomy
Chaired by:
Matthew Cherko
Changing tube every 4 weeks?
Karuna Dewan
Challenges in brain injury population
Amy Pundole
Percutaneous tracheostomy: Technical and Safety Considerations
Karen Kost
14:50
Case Discussion – Airway
Chaired by:
Chadwan Al Yaghchi
Participants:
Scott Howard
Paul C. Bryson, MD MBA
Robbi Kupfer
Benjamin Young
15:50
Closing Remarks & Prize-giving