15th Annual

Sin City Laryngology and Pre-Conference

Voice Course

February 22-25, 2020 Las Vegas, NV

Laryngology Course Directors

Peter Belafsky, MD C. Blake Simpson, MD

Laryngology Faculty

Liza Blumenfeld, CCC-SLP

Danny Enepekides, MD

Ianessa Humbert, PhD

Stan Marks, DVM

Clark Rosen, MD

Erin Walsh, CCC-SLP

Ronda Alexander, MD

Laura Dominguez, MD

Edie Hapner, PhD

Maggie Kuhn, MD

Greg Postma, MD

Lucian Sulica, MD

Tim Carson

Greg Farwell, MD

Michael Johns, MD

Al Merati, MD

Sarah Schneider, CCC-SLP

Voice Course Director

Sarah Schneider, CCC-SLP

Voice Faculty

Edie Hapner, PhD Amanda Gillespie, PhD Leah Helou, PhD

Since February 2005, we have featured countless speakers

and thousands of participants. The presentations are topical,

cutting-edge, and varied. Unique to this course, though, is the

level of entertainment mixed into the education. This keeps

the attendees engaged and coming back year after year.

And things just keep getting better!

But don’t take our word for it (we’re a little biased), take it

directly from the attendees:

“Excellent conference! I very much enjoyed the humor

and entertainment intertwined with the remarkable

presentations! Made for a highly memorable first

conference, and I will DEFINITELY return!”

“Fantastic course highlighting recent research and a

need for a multidisciplinary approach.”

“Most fun I’ve had at a conference…ever.”

“The topics presented are diverse and forward-thinking.”

“I look forward to this conference every year!”

“This was so much fun! I feel as if I will be returning to

practice with such a wealth of new information!”

“Very fun, informative, and useful conference. Thank

you!”

“Superb overall conference. I like the short presentations,

and fun mixed in with content.”

“This was an awesome course — no more needs to be

said.”

Why Sin City Laryngology?

At the conclusion of this CEU activity, each participant should be

better able to:

Laryngology Course:

• Discuss the manifestations of laryngopharyngeal reflux disease

and success and complications in the treatment of this disease

• Describe outcome measures commonly used in laryngology and

cultural biases with these measures

• Discuss the most common methods for improving laryngeal

hygiene

• Describe the function and pathophysiology of the esophagus

• Discuss the role of HPV in the development of head and neck

cancer

• Describe the manifestations of autoimmune disease in the larynx

Voice Course:

• Define meta-therapy and how this applies to therapy sessions

• Describe the goals of exuberant voice therapy

• Identify and implement one exuberant voice therapy technique

• Identify and implement one resonant voice therapy technique

• Describe the components of Conversation Training Therapy (CTT)

• Understand components of CTT to determine candidacy

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

ACCREDITATION:

This course is offered for up to 2.5 CEUs (Intermediate Level; Professional Area)

Please check our website for the updated brochure, in the event that ASHA requires any modifications.

NEEDS ASSESSMENT Laryngology Course: This course is designed for otolaryngologists and

speech pathologists who wish to enhance their understanding of the

advanced diagnostic and therapeutic options for individuals with

complex swallowing and voice disorders. Participants will be presented

with an understanding of the biomechanics of normal and pathologic

voice and swallowing function. Disease diagnostics will be discussed

including endoscopy, fluoroscopy and videostroboscopy. In addition,

participants will gain knowledge of the state-of-the-art treatments for a

variety of voice and swallowing disorders, including autoimmune

disease, vocal fold paresis, chronic cough, chronic aspiration, reflux

disease and intractable dysphagia.

Voice Course; Voice therapy is a subspecialized area of speech

language pathology. In the voice community, the request for continuing

education opportunities focusing on voice therapy is frequent. This need

is also highlighted in the referral patterns within various communities

across the United States. By providing a one-day workshop focusing on

voice therapy, a clear need will be addressed for SLPs to increase their

knowledge of voice therapy with regard to identifying candidacy and

providing efficacious and evidenced based patient care.

If you have any special needs due to a disability as specified in the Americans with Disabilities Act, please call us at (813) 810-6027 so we may make the necessary accommodations for you.

Register online at www.SinCityLaryngology.com

Visit our website for MD offerings and pricing!

Questions? E-mail Julie or Holly at info@sincitylaryngology.com

REGISTRATION FEE: (Receipt/Confirmation will be emailed within two weeks)

Early Discount Postmarked after Jan 21, 2020

Main Conference $410 $460

(separate registration fee from main conference)

Pre-Conference Voice Workshop $130295 $150345

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Advanced Practices in Voice & Dysphagia

February 22-25, 2020 Federal Tax ID

45-3556921

/SinCityLaryngology

/c/SinCityLaryngology

@LVLaryngology

/SinCityLaryngology

COURSE DIRECTORS

Peter Belafsky, MD Center for Voice & Swallowing, UC Davis

C Blake Simpson, MD University of Texas Voice Center

Faculty disclosure information: http://www.sincitylaryngology.com/faculty.html

Ronda Alexander, MD University of Texas, Houston

Liza Blumenfeld, CCC-SLP University of California, San Diego

Tim Carson Vocal Artistry

Laura Dominguez, MD University of Texas Voice Center

Danny Enepekides, MD Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Greg Farwell, MD University of California, Davis

Edie Hapner, PhD USC Voice Center

Ianessa Humbert, PhD University of Florida

Michael Johns, MD USC Voice Center

Maggie Kuhn, MD University of California, Davis

Stan Marks, DVM University of California, Davis

Al Merati, MD University of Washington

Greg Postma, MD Medical College of Georgia

Clark Rosen, MD UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center

Sarah Schneider, CCC-SLP UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center

Lucian Sulica, MD Weill Cornell Medical College

Erin Walsh, CCC-SLP University of California, San Diego

2020 FACULTY

Sunday, February 23, 2020

8:00 Registration

9:00 Why Elvis Had Reflux - Al Merati, MD

9:30 The Goose is Loose: The 30-Minute Esophagology Course -

Peter Belafsky, MD

10:00 Good as Gold: The Gold Standard Diagnosis of Vocal Fold

Paresis - Lucian Sulica, MD

10:30 Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block for Cough and the

Misbehaving Larynx - Blake Simpson, MD

10:50 Post-Intubation Phonatory Insufficiency - Michael Johns, MD

11:10 Head and Neck Cancer is a Sexually Transmitted Disease -

Danny Enepekides, MD

11:30 A Little of the Old In and Out: Respiratory Muscle Strength

Training - Edie Hapner, PhD

12:00 Lunch on Your Own

1:30

Bare Bones Dysphagia: What Everyone Should Know About

Dysphagia Diagnosis and Management - Ianessa

Humbert, PhD

2:00 Outcome Instruments in Laryngology: A PROM Date - Clark

Rosen, MD

2:20 Ripley’s Believe It or Not – Laryngeal Edition - Michael

Johns, MD

2:40 Animal Esophageal Foreign Bodies: Your Dog Ate What?? -

Stan Marks, DVM

3:10 Break with the Exhibitors

3:40 There’s Nothing Wrong with Your Larynx; You Just Can’t Sing -

Sarah Schneider, SLP

4:00 Laryngeal Karaoke Master Class - Tim Carson and Erin

Walsh, SLP

4:30 Laryngeal Karaoke

5:30 Adjourn

Monday, February 24, 2020

8:00 Endoscopy Demonstration - Faculty

9:00 The Hardest Patient of My Life - Liza Blumenfeld, SLP

9:20 Laryngeal Tells and Other Pearls from the Poker Table - Al Merati, MD

9:50 Reflux Has Made Us Stupid - Lucian Sulica, MD

10:10 Ripley’s Believe It or Not – Dysphagia Edition - Greg Postma, MD

10:40 Quality of Life Questionnaires and Cultural Influences - Ronda

Alexander, MD

11:00 Singing the Money Notes Without Draining the Account - Tim Carson

11:30 Top 10 List of Vocal Hygiene Recommendations - Sarah Schneider, SLP

12:00 Lunch

1:30 Everything I Don’t Know About Dysphagia - Greg Postma, MD

2:00 Everything I Don’t Know About the Larynx - Clark Rosen, MD

2:20 Laryngeal Transplantation is Not Easy - Greg Farwell, MD

2:40 Success and Complications of Medical Therapy for Reflux - Maggie

Kuhn, MD

3:10 Break with Exhibitors

3:40 Flap My Ride: Choosing the Right Free Flap for Laryngeal

Reconstruction - Danny Enepekides, MD

4:00 It's Sooo Big: Canine Megaesophagus - Stan Marks, DVM

4:20 Challenges and Outcomes of Functional Laryngectomy for Chronic

Aspiration - Greg Farwell, MD

4:40 Family Feud - Ronda Alexander, MD

5:30 Adjourn

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Please register early – space is limited. Early tuition for Sin City

Laryngology is $410 for SLPs and other non-physician practitioners.

Tuition will increase $50 after January 21, 2020. Tuition may be paid by

check or credit card, but must be received in advance of the course.

Cancellations after February 1, 2020 will be refunded less a $50

administration fee.

ENROLLMENT AND CANCELLATION

8:00 Endoscopy Demonstration - Faculty

9:00 Volitional Control of the Upper Esophageal Sphincter and

Implications for Manometric Biofeedback - Maggie Kuhn, MD

9:20 "I've Got the Sinus": Managing Mucus in the Age of Hyperphlegmia -

Blake Simpson, MD

9:40 Reimbursement Roulette - Edie Hapner, PhD

10:10 What Swallowing Specialists Don’t Know About Swallowing - Ianessa

Humbert, PhD

10:40 Stay Young, Stay Foolish: Innovations in Speech Language

Pathology - Liza Blumenfeld, SLP

11:10 Sjogrens Needs Love Too: Autoimmune Disorders and the Larynx -

Laura Dominguez, MD

11:40 Shock Doc – ECT for Intractable Dysphagia - Peter Belafsky, MD

12:00 Adjourn

Pre-Conference Voice Course

VOICE COURSE DIRECTOR

Sarah Schneider, MS, CCC-SLP Co-Director, UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center

Speech-Language Pathology Director, OHNS

Assistant Clinical Professor

Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

University of California, San Francisco

Join us Saturday, February 23rd for the pre-conference voice

workshop! The pre-conference workshop will focus on updates

and advances in voice therapy ranging from candidacy and

decision making for specific therapy techniques to meta-therapy

considerations. The day will begin with didactic lecture and then

each topic will be explored in break-out sessions with the

presenters. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions,

try out specific techniques, and practice application. You asked

for more voice therapy and we've answered! Please join us for the

Pre-Conference Voice Course for interactive voice therapy break

out sessions with course faculty.

Audience: Intermediate level

The cost for the voice course is a separate registration fee from

the main conference:

$130 if postmarked before Jan 21, 2020

$150 if postmarked after Jan 21, 2020

Amanda Gillespie, PhD Co-Director of the Emory Voice Center

Director, Speech Pathology, Emory Voice Center

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Emory University

Edie Hapner, PhD Professor Caruso Department of Otolaryngology,

Head and Neck Surgery

Director of Speech Language Pathology, USC Voice Center

University of Southern California

Leah Helou, MA, PhD Assistant Professor

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Pittsburgh

VOICE COURSE FACULTY

Saturday, February 22, 2020

7:00 Registration

8:00 Opening Remarks

8:05 Meta-Therapy: What’s Your Framework? - Leah Helou, PhD

8:50 Q&A

9:00 Flow and Resonance: Candidacy and Decision Making - Sarah

Schneider, MS, CCC-SLP

9:45 Q&A

9:55 Break

10:10 Exuberant Voice Therapy: Candidacy and Decision Making - Edie

Hapner, PhD

10:55 Q&A

11:05 Let’s Talk: Conversation Training Therapy - Amanda Gillespie, PhD

11:50 Q&A

12:00 Lunch

1:30 Break-Out Session #1 - Faculty

2:15 Transition

2:20 Break-Out Session #2 - Faculty

2:55 Transition

3:00 Break-Out Session #3 - Faculty

3:45 Transition

3:50 Case Panel: Putting Therapy Techniques into Practice - Faculty

4:45 Q & A /Wrap-up

5:00 Adjourn

Voice Course Schedule

To book your room at

Planet Hollywood Las Vegas,

please go to

https://resweb.passkey.com/go/SMSCL0

before Jan. 21 to make your reservation.

• Rooms are $151 per night for single or double occupancy

• Additional persons will be charged at a rate of $30 per person

per night, with a maximum of four (4) persons per guestroom

• There is a $32/night resort fee, which includes basic in-room

wifi for up to two devices per day and fitness center access

• The hotel charges $15 + tax for reservations made by phone, so

we encourage you to use the link above to reserve your room

HOTEL INFORMATION