2025 Annual Conference

7:00 – 7:55

Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00

Welcome, Abe White, MD

8:00 – 8:45

“Clinical Trial for Endothelial Keratoplasty: What We Know and Don't Know” Win Chamberlain, MD

9:00 – 9:45

“CXL” Miles Greenwald, MD

9:45 – 10:15

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Foyer

10:15 – 11:00

“Uveitis” Akhila Alapati, MD

11:15 – 12:00

“Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty—Don't Give up on me!”

Win Chamberlain, MD

12:00 – 1:00
Lunch, Awards, and Annual Business Meeting: Salons 1A and 1B

1:15 – 2:00 

“Dilemmas and Challenges in Anterior Segment Surgery”

Moderator - Sam Garg, MD 

Panel Members – Win Chamberlain, MD; Megan Hagnegahdar, MD; Chris Ketcherside, MD; Miles Greenwald, MD

2:15 – 3:00

“LiGHT Trial Update” Stephen Ambrose, MD

3:00 – 3:30
Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

3:30 – 4:15

“Neuro-Ophthalmology Potpourri, An Update on the Evaluation and Management of Important Neuro-Ophthalmic Conditions” Sean Gratton, MD

4:30 – 5:15

“Endothelial Dysfunction: DMEK, DSO, and the future …”

Sam Garg, MD

5:30 – 6:30

Reception for conference participants and exhibitor representatives: Rooftop

7:00 – 7:55

Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast: Salon 2

7:55 – 8:00

Welcome, Joe Ursick, MD, KCSO&O President-Elect

8:00 – 8:45

Tongue Tie Panel Moderator - Kaitlin July, MD 

Panel Members – Linda Ernst; Renee Foerg, SLP; Jairrah Godsil, OT; Timothy Herre, DDS; Adriane Latz, ENT 

9:00 – 9:30

“Tobacco Cessation and Cancer Prevention” Andrew Holcomb, MD

9:45 – 10:15

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Foyer

10:15 – 11:00

“Clinical Ultrasonography and FNA” Jake Dahl, MD

11:15 – 12:00

“Sialandoscopy” Alexandra Kajner, MD

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch, Awards, and Annual Business Meeting: Salons 1A and 1B

1:15  – 2:00

“Hearing Loss and Aging” Beth McNulty, MD

2:15 – 3:00

“Role of Immunotherapy in Advanced Cutaneous Malignancy” Gary Doolittle, MD

3:00 – 3:30

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Foyer

3:30 – 4:15

“H&N Surgery” Omar, Karadaghy, MD

4:30 – 5:15

“Oropharynx Cancer” Andrew Holcomb, MD

5:30 – 6:30

Reception for conference participants and exhibitor representatives: Rooftop

7:00 – 7:55

Welcome, Abe White, MD

7:55 – 8:00

Welcome, Scott Hickman, MD, KCSO&O President-Elect

8:00 – 8:45

“Ocular Surface Toxicity Associated with Systemic Drugs—What You Don't Know Can Hurt Your Patients” Win Chamberlain, MD

9:00 – 9:45

“Cataract Surgery in Complex Eyes” Sam Garg, MD

9:45 – 10:15

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

10:15 – 11:00

“Detecting Subclinical Corneal Edema in Fuchs’ Endothelial Dystrophy Using Pentacam” and “Boston K Pro Type 1: A History”

Megan Hagnegahdar, MD

11:15 – 12:00

Challenging Cases 

KU and UMKC Residents

7:00 – 7:55

Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00

Welcome, Joe Ursick, MD, KCSO&O President-Elect

8:00 – 8:45

“Biologics in Chronic Rhinosinusitis” Selina Gierer, DO

9:00 – 9:45

“Leadership Talk” St. Peter, MD

9:45 – 10:15

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

10:15 – 11:00

“p16/TORS” Alexandra Kejner, MD

11:15 – 12:00

“Superior Semicircular Canal dehiscence” Beth McNulty, MD