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3rd Irish Head and Neck Society Annual Meeting

19 April 2024 -20 April 2024 | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy, ENTA-Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
Nadia Van Den Berg, ST3 Otolaryngology, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork. Set in the picturesque grounds of the Lyrath Hotel, the third IHNS conference was a huge success, welcoming over 200 delegates and talks from 12 world-renowned international faculty....

What does an Olympic medal and surgery have in common?

1 November 2016 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Paediatrics
Competing against female Eastern Bloc athletes in the 1980s was a thankless task, demanding a mulish tenacity in an often futile cause. Ideal preparation for a career in surgery? My path to medicine was unusual, in that I left school...

What I look for at a conference (and why you should go to BACO 2023)

5 July 2022 | | ENTA-ENT
Professor Claire Hopkins has attended more than her fair share of international meetings, and she shares her top tips. COVID has changed the face of medical education forever – who would have thought only a few years ago that we...

Management of benign oesophageal strictures

30 April 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Benign strictures of the upper oesophagus and pharynx, while not very common, can be a challenging condition to successfully manage. The authors of this article provide us with a detailed description of their technique for using the CO2 laser, balloon...

Incoming RSM Presidents share their plans for the year

8 October 2021
Section of Laryngology & RhinologyMichael Kuo – PresidentVictoria Possamai – Honorary Secretary Another academic year for the RSM beckons. The programmes that Tim Woolford and Guri Sandhu presented, culminating in the first ‘face to face’ ENT meeting this year, both...

World’s oldest recipient of a cochlear implant

6 June 2022
What do you ask for on your birthday when you are 103 years old? Leslie Hodgson (above) knew exactly what he wanted: his hearing back. And clinicians at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were happy to help, breaking two...

Bringing space science to balance and tinnitus

1 July 2016 | | ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
Jameel Muzaffar is a specialist registrar in ENT surgery in the West Midlands. His research interests include applications of imaging to ENT. Chris Coulson is a consultant otologist, particularly interested in the development of technological solutions. He is part of...

BIOHIT HealthCare and the British Laryngological Association agree to corporate partnership

12 August 2022 | Company Profiles, Contracts & Distributors
BIOHIT HealthCare is pleased to announce its corporate partnership with the British Laryngological Association (BLA) for 2022-2023, which brings together two organisations with the mission to advance laryngology diagnostics.

Did you ever meet Draffin on your travels?

2 September 2022 | | ENTA-ENT
Draffin’s rods or bipods are a well-known ENT instrument. Before their invention in 1951, the attendant anaesthetist or nurse was obliged to support the mouthgag during tonsillectomy. Their originator, David Alexander Draffin (born in 1917 in Ballybey, Co Monaghan), was...

OBE for Mike Smith

5 February 2023
Congratulations to Mike Smith, a contributor to ENT & Audiology News, for being awarded an OBE, one of the UK’s most prestigious honours.

IFOS 2026 – Istanbul

6 February 2023
There was much celebration from the Turkish contingent at IFOS 2023 in Dubai where it was announced that Istanbul will be the destination for IFOS 2026. The Istanbul bid won by a landslide, picking up 61% of the vote and...

Kelvin Kong made Member of the Order of Australia

29 January 2024
Congratulations to Professor Kelvin Kong, Australia’s first Indigenous ENT surgeon, who has been given one of the country’s most prestigious honours.