Thursday 9 October 2025

7.30am - 8.30am     Registration, Arrival Tea & Coffee and Exhibition Open

7.45am - 9.15am  NZSOHNS AGM  - all members welcome!

9.15am-9.45am 
Dr Michael Teixido, Neurotologist, ENT & Allergy Delaware, Christiana Care Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
 
9.45am-10.15am Biologicals in CRSwNP: Real-Life Use and Future Perspectives
Dr Marjolein Cornet, ENT Surgeon/Rhinologist, Alrijne Hospital, Naarden, The Netherlands
 
10.15am-10.45am The Future of H&N Surgery: Robotics
Dr JP Jeannon, Consultant Head & Neck Surgeon, Guy's & St Thomas NHS Hospital; Associate Professor, Kings College London, UK

10.45am - 11.15am     Morning Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays

GENERAL
 
11.30am-11.50am Diagnostic Conundrums. What to Test For When You Don’t Know
Dr Steven Sawyers, Rheumatologist, Te Whatu Ora - Hawke's Bay, NZ
 
11.50am-12.00pm Novel Skin Cancer Treatment
Dr Rachelle Steyn, Nuclear Medicine Specialist, Hawke’s Bay, NZ
 
12.00pm-12.20pm Operating on the Eyelids
Dr Liz Insull, Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon, Eye Institute, NZ 
 
12.20pm-12.30pm Free Paper Presentation

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LARYNGOLOGY
 
11.30am-11.50am How I Do It - In the Office and In the Theatre
Dr David Vokes, Laryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon, Auckland, NZ
 
11.50am-12.00pm Beyond the Endoscope: The Case for External Cricopharyngeal Myotomy
Dr Aneesh Kumar, Head and Neck Surgeon, St John of God Hospital Geelong, Australia
 
12.00pm-12.20pm Chronic Cough, Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block
Dr Chris Kennel, Otologist, Hawke’s Bay, NZ
 
12.20pm-12.30pm Free Paper Presentation

​12.30pm - 1.30pm     Lunch, Industry Exhibition & Poster Presentations

1.30pm-2.00pm Training To Be An ENT Surgeon - The Current State of Affairs: A Trainee’s Perspective
Ben Thomson, RACSTA Committee ORL Subspecialty Representative
 
2.00pm-2.30pm Regional ENT Networks
Dr Cathy Ferguson, Otolaryngologist, Wellington, NZ

2.30pm-3.00pm Registrar Prizes, Presidential Citations, Conference Close