School of Medicine

Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM) 2025:

LSU ENT Faculty/Resident Presentations

Wednesday, May 14:

AAFPRS

9:00-9:40AM: Panel Discussion: Non-Traditional Approach to Defect Management

                Panelist: Alyssa Ovaitt, MD

10:50-11:30AM: Panel Discussion: Building an Aesthetics Practice in Academia

                Moderator: Laura Hetzler, MD

                Panelist: Celeste Gary, MD

1:00-1:20PM: Oral Abstract Author Showcase

                Moderator: Lisa Morris, MD

Thursday, May 15:

AAFPRS

7:00-8:30AM: Neurorhaphy Workshop

                Instructor: Laura Hetzler, MD

9:20-9:50AM: Oral Abstract Author Showcase

                Moderator: Alyssa Ovaitt, MD

ABEA

9:15-9:45AM: Panel I: Endoscopic Zenker’s Panel

                Panelist: Andrew McWhorter, MD

Poster Presentation: Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis and Medical Management

                Authors: Reilly Helm, BS; Lacey Adkins, MD; Andrew McWhorter, MD

AHNS

4:30-4:40PM: The Effects of Cancer Multimodality Therapy on the Vestibular-Auditory Systems

                Faculty: Rahul Mehta, MD

Poster Presentation: Breaking the mold: treating laryngeal mucormycosis while sparing the larynx

                Authors: Christian Lemoine, MD; Vilija Vaitaitis, MD

Friday, May 16:

TRIO

9:25-10:05AM: Panel: Otolaryngology Aspects of Vaccine Preventable Diseases

                Panelist: Jill D’Souza, MD

ANS

Poster Presentation: Delayed Facial Nerve Weakness Following Middle Fossa Tegmen Repair

                Authors: Armand Jacques, MD; Katelyn Robillard, MD, PhD; Ethan Hoaskoe, BS; Moises Arriaga, MD, MBA

ARS

Poster Presentation: Invasive Fungal Sinusitis Due to Candida Auris

                Carley Boyce, MD; Katelyn Robillard, MD; Stephen Hernandez, MD

Poster Presentation: Ipsilateral Versus Contralateral Nasoseptal Flaps for Repair of Sphenoid Lateral Recess Defects

                Kurt Mueller, MD; Stephen Hernandez, MD

Saturday, May 17

ARS

10:24-10:32AM: Evaluating Surgical Field Clarity and Cost in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

                Presenter: Kurt Mueller, MD; Michael Dunham, MD; Katie Melder, MD; Stephen Hernandez, MD

AOS

3:30-4:00PM: The Big Easy: Local Expert Presentation

                Introduction: Moises Arriaga, MD, MBA

                Ushers Disease: Diagnosis and New Treatment Options

                Presenter: Jennifer Lentz, PhD

4:25-4:31PM: Meningitis and Temporal Bone Pathology – A Diagnostic Recommendation

                Ava Karam, BS; Rahul Mehta, MD; Moises Arriaga, MD, MBA

Poster Presentation: Audiologic Outcomes in Temporal Bone Trauma Patients

                Authors: Nina Gallo, MD; Anna Rawls, BS; Rahul Mehta, MD

 

Find the schedule-at-a-glance here.