2026 Annual Conference

7:00 – 7:55

Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00

Welcome, Abe White, MD; KCSO&O President

8:00 – 8:45

“Update on IOLs and IOL Formulas” Michelle Boyce, MD

9:00 – 9:45

“Pediatric Myopia” Erin Stahl, MD

9:45 – 10:15

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Foyer

10:15 – 11:00

“Update on TED and Tepezza” Nicole West, MD

11:15 – 12:00

“Neuro-ophthalmology Review” Sara Krachmalnick, MD

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

1:15 – 2:00 

“Rural Medicine” Anne Wishna, MD

2:15 – 3:00

“Rural Medicine” Gary Weiner, MD

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

3:30 – 4:15

“Resident Lectures”

Moderators: Anne Wishna, MD and Katherine Anjard, MD

Presenters: Dylan Hailey, MD; Parth Patel, MD; Robert Boyle, MD; Kais Karowadia, MD; Aaron Veenis, MD; Sara Walden, MD

4:30 – 5:15

“Glaucoma” Neeti Alapati, 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, Jason Brown, DO & Omar Karadaghy, MD

8:00 – 8:45

“Bringing US Guided Procedure into Your Practice” Erin Buzcek, MD

9:00 – 9:45

“Otology NOS” Alex Arambula, MD

9:45 – 10:15

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Foyer

10:15 – 11:00

“Rhinology NOS” Vidur Bhalla, MD

11:15 – 12:00

Multidisciplinary Sleep Panel

Moderator: Jason Brown, DO

Panelists: Chris Larsen, MD; Damien Stevens, MD; David Ingram, MD 

12:00 – 1:00

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

1:15  – 2:00

“Scary Cases by KU ENT Chief Residents”

Macaulay Ojeaga, MD; Cynthia Chweya, MD; Jennifer Diebolt, MD; Jamie Oliver, MD

2:15 – 3:00

“Mohs Surgery Panel”

Moderator: Clinton Humphrey, MD

Panel Members: John Flynn, MD; Matt Glynn, MD; Adam McCann, MD; Atieh Jibbe, MD; David Rouse, MD

3:00 – 3:30

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Foyer

3:30 – 4:15

“Business in Medicine” David Rouse, MD; Adam Morgan, MD; Douglas Cowan, MD 

4:30 – 5:15

"Noncomplete Clauses in Physicians Contracts” Laura Brown, JD 

5:30 – 6:30

Reception for conference participants and exhibitor representatives: Rooftop

7:00 – 7:55

Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00

Welcome, Abe White, MD; KCSO&O President

8:00 – 8:45

“Mitochondrial optic neuropathies -LHON” Alina Dumitrescu, MD

9:00 – 9:15

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

COMBINED SESSIONS

9:15 – 10:00

"Medical Oncology Perspective of Melanoma" Nina Mathew, MD

10:00 – 10:45

"Ocular and Rhinologic Manifestations of Allergies and Work-Up Pathways" Keith Sale, MD

10:45 - 11:30

"Systemic Allergy Treatments" Selina Gierer, MD

7:00 – 7:55

Registration, Exhibition Viewing, and Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00

Welcome, Jason Brown, DO & Omar Karadaghy, MD

8:00 – 8:45

“How to Build Your Own Practice” Sinehan Bayrak, MD

9:00 – 9:15

Break and Exhibition Viewing: Lobby

COMBINED SESSIONS

9:15 – 10:00

"Medical Oncology Perspective of Melanoma" Nina Mathew, MD

10:00 – 10:45

"Ocular and Rhinologic Manifestations of Allergies and Work-Up Pathways" Keith Sale, MD

10:45 - 11:30

"Systemic Allergy Treatments" Selina Gierer, MD