Baltic ENT Conference Program
04/06/2026 | ||
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Opening ceremony(Hall 1) | ||
 | SLEEP MEDICINE(Hall 1)Keynote lecture: Innovation in Sleep Surgery and Medical Therapies - Rethinking the OSA Treatment Algorithm Speaker: Maria Suurna, MD Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology and Director of Sleep Surgery, University of Miami Health System 08: 45–09: 30 | |
RHINOLOGY (Hall 1) | AUDIO-VESTIBULOGY (Hall 2) | |
 Keynote lecture: Transmaxillary Approach to the Upper Parapharyngeal Spaces and Infratemporal FossaSpeaker: Paolo Battaglia, MD, PhDAssociate Professor and Head of Otorhinolaryngology | 09: 30–10: 15 |  Keynote lecture: Vestibular Migraine 2026: Evidence, Updates, and ChallengesSpeaker: Jeffrey Sharon, MDDirector of the UCSF Balance and Falls Center |
| COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION 10: 15–10: 50 | ||
RHINOLOGY (Hall 1) | AUDIO-VESTIBULOGY (Hall 2) | |
Free Paper Session Moderator: Hanna Karoliina Kalle10:50-11:05 Svajunas Balseris: Our experience in crooked nose surgery11:05-11:20 Greta Rokaitė: Expression of metalloproteinases in chronic rhinosinusitis11:20-12:05 Mihkel Plaas: Immunological Expression Patterns in Type 2 CRSwNP  12:05-12:50 Keynote lecture: Approaching the Frontal SinusSpeaker: Jure UrbancicSenior Consultant in Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Centre | 10: 50–12: 50 | Free Paper Session Moderator: Romet Müür10:50-11:05 Eugenijus Lesinskas: Results of reconstruction surgery after canal wall down operations11:05-11:20 Eugenijus Lesinskas: Revision Stapedotomy: Findings And Functional Results11:20-11:35 Rokas Trainavičius: When Tympanoplasty Bleeds: An Unexpected High-Riding Jugular Bulb11:35-11:50 Annika Valk-Vaht, Birgit Vaher: Development of Listening and Communication Skills of a Child with an Auditory Brainstem Implant: A Case Study11:50-12:05 Vija Vainutienė: Clinical and Audiological Features of Hearing Dysfunction in Systemic Small-Vessel Vasculitis  12:05-12:50 Keynote lecture: Advances in Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness from Theory into Clinical PracticeSpeaker: David HerdmanNeurology and Vestibular Physiotherapy Department at St George’s Hospital, London |
| LUNCH Hall 1 MED-EL Medical Electronics satellite symposium – Hearing Implants and beyond Hall 2 AstraZeneca satellite symposium - The era of biologics in CRSwNP: United airways concept and learnings from Denmark 12: 50–13: 50 | ||
SLEEP MEDICINE (Hall 1) | AUDIO-VESTIBULOGY (Hall 2) | |
13: 50–14: 50 Keynote lecture: Interdisciplinary evaluation for treatment of Sleep ApneaSpeaker: Maria Suurna, MDProfessor of Clinical Otolaryngology and Director of Sleep Surgery, University of Miami Health System  14: 50–15: 50 Keynote lecture: Updated Palatopharyngoplasty Techniques for OSA: Why and HowSpeaker: Jolie ChangProfessor of Otolaryngology and Head of Sleep Surgery and General Otolaryngology, UCSF | 13: 50–15: 50 | 13: 50–15: 20 Roundtable: The journey of a vertiginous/dizzy patient Maret Gardner (Chair), Jeffrey Sharon, Irina Arechvo, David Herdman |
| COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION 15: 50–16: 20 | ||
RHINOLOGY (Hall 1) | SLEEP MEDICINE (Hall 2) | |
Roundtable: Advanced Rhinology, Skull Base and High-Risk Endonasal Surgery — Cases, Planning and Complications Saulius Vaitkus (Chair), Paolo Battaglia, Jure Urbancic, Mihkel Plaas, Ingus Vilks, Justinas Vaitkus | 16: 20–17: 50 | Roundtable: Diagnostics and treatment of OSA Tomas Balsevičius (Chair), Maria Suurna, Jolie Chang, Heisl Vaher, Līva Šperla-Skritņika |
| Gala Dinner at Seaplane Harbor of Estonian Maritime Museum (additional fee applies) 19: 30–23: 30 |
05/06/2026 | ||
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HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
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GENERAL ENT (Hall 1) | LARYNGOLOGY (Hall 2) | |
 Keynote lecture: Nose and sleep apnea- is there a role of nasal surgery?Speaker: Ashutosh KackerChief of Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York | 09: 45–10: 30 |  Keynote lecture: It's not all LPRSpeaker: Michael PitmanChief of Laryngology, Columbia University Medical Center; Director, Columbia Doctors Voice and Swallowing Institute |
| COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION 10: 30–11: 05 | ||
HEAD AND NECK SURGERY | LARYNGOLOGY (Hall 2) | |
Free Paper Session Moderator: Lauri Maisvee11:05-11:20 Petru Gurău: Office-based flexible endoscopic laryngeal surgery for glottic carcinoma11:20-11:35 Arnoldas Morozas: Electrochemotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer: Clinical Outcomes, Limitations, and Optimization Strategies11:35-11:50 Otilija Kutanovaite: De novo implementation of microsurgical free flap head and neck reconstruction: from zero to the standard of care11:50-12:05 Aurelija Vegiene: Outcomes of transoral laser microsurgery in the treatment of early stage laryngeal cancer12:05-12:20 Janis Zarins: The superficial temporal artery – how can we use this for head and neck reconstructions?  12:25-13:05 Keynote lecture: Thyroid surgery: from humble beginnings to excellence of a complex centreSpeaker: Miro TedlaAssociate Professor and ENT Consultant, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology | 11: 05–13: 05 | Free Paper Session Moderator: Kristel Kalling11:05-11:20 Marius Polianskis: Laryngeal Disorders, Minimal Invasive Treatment, and Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Tertiary Voice Clinic in Vilnius11:20-11:35 Laura Kupčinskienė: The Prevalence of Laryngeal Pathologies in Children: Experience in Vilnius University Hospital Santaros clinics11:35-11:50 Karina Elza Stiģe: Case Report: Juvenile-Onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis11:50-12:05 Petru Gurău: Non-traditional endoscopic approach to laryngeal papillomatosis12:05-12:20 Nora Ulozaite-Staniene: Voice lab in your pocket  12:25-13:05 Keynote lecture: Artificial intelligence in clinical laryngologySpeaker: Alberto PadernoHead and Neck Surgeon, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan |
| LUNCH, Poster Session Hall 2 Medison Pharma satellite symposium Recognizing a High Risk cSCC Patient: A Call for Earlier Multidisciplinary Team Involvement 13: 05–14: 05 | ||
GENERAL ENT (Hall 1) | LARYNGOLOGY (Hall 2) | |
Free Paper Session Moderator: Maile Keskpaik14:05-14:20 Vaiva Mickeviciene: Increased Incidence of Serious Complicatios of Ear, Nose and Throat Infections Among Children in Lithuania After the Pandemic14:20-14:35 Austėja Kučinskienė: Patient-Reported Concerns and Emotional Status Following Tonsillectomy Performed as Day Surgery: A Prospective Study14:50-15:05 Janis Zarins: Vascularized bone and cartilage flap transfer for different head and neck problems14:50-15:05 Ilze Prikule: Management of jaw osteonecrosis: literature review and clinical experience in Latvia.  15:20-16:05 Keynote lecture: Olfactory dysfunction: diagnosis and therapySpeaker: Thomas HummelHead of the Smell & Taste Clinic, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden | 14: 05–16:05 | 14:05-15:35 Roundtable: Laryngology in the Baltics: Cases, Controversies, and Measurements Marks Ronis (Chair), Alberto Paderno, Michael Pitman, Linda Sõber, Marius Polianskis |
| COFFEE BREAK 16: 05–16: 15 | ||
HEAD AND NECK SURGERY | GENERAL ENT (Hall 2) | |
Roundtable: Future of Head & Neck Oncology — What Will We Do Differently in 5–10 Years? Evaldas Padervinskis (Chair), Chris Holsinger, Miro Tedla, Lauri Maisvee, Renārs Deksnis and Janis Zarins | 16: 15–17: 45 | Roundtable: Post-Viral Complications Evgenia Chetverikova (Chair), Ashutosh Kacker, Alise Adoviča, Eugenijus Lesinskas |
Closing remarks17: 45 |
04/06/2026 | |
| 08:30-08:45 | Opening ceremony (Hall 1) |
| 08:45-09:30 | SLEEP MEDICINE (Hall 1)Keynote lecture Maria SuurnaInnovation in Sleep Surgery and Medical Therapies - Rethinking the OSA Treatment Algorithm |
| 09:30-10:15 | RHINOLOGY (Hall 1)Keynote lecture Paolo BattagliaTransmaxillary Approach to the Upper Parapharyngeal Spaces and Infratemporal Fossa |
| 09:30-10:15 | AUDIO-VESTIBULOGY (Hall 2)Keynote lecture Jeffrey SharonVestibular Migraine 2026: Evidence, Updates, and Challenges |
| 10:15-10:50 | COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION |
| 10:50-12:50 | RHINOLOGY (Hall 1)Free Paper SessionModerator: Hanna Karoliina Kalle 10:50-11:05 Svajunas Balseris:Our experience in crooked nose surgery 11:05-11:20 Greta Rokaitė:Expression of metalloproteinases in chronic rhinosinusitis 11:20-12:05 Mihkel Plaas:Immunological Expression Patterns in Type 2 CRSwNP 12:05-12:50 Keynote lecture Jure Urbancic Approaching the Frontal Sinus |
| 10:50-12:50 | AUDIO-VESTIBULOGY (Hall 2)Free Paper SessionModerator: Romet Müür 10:50-11:05 Eugenijus Lesinskas:Results of reconstruction surgery after canal wall down operations 11:05-11:20 Eugenijus Lesinskas:Revision Stapedotomy: Findings And Functional Results 11:20-11:35 Rokas Trainavičius:When Tympanoplasty Bleeds: An Unexpected High-Riding Jugular Bulb 11:35-11:50 Annika Valk-Vaht, Birgit Vaher:Development of Listening and Communication Skills of a Child with an Auditory Brainstem Implant: A Case Study 11:50-12:05 Vija Vainutienė:linical and Audiological Features of Hearing Dysfunction in Systemic Small-Vessel Vasculitis 12:05-12:50 Keynote lecture: David Herdman Advances in Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness from Theory into Clinical Practice |
| 12:50-13:50 | LUNCH Hall 1 MED-EL Medical Electronics satellite symposium Hall2 AstraZeneca satellite symposium - The era of biologics in CRSwNP: United airways concept and learnings from Denmark |
| 13:50-15:50 | SLEEP MEDICINE (Hall 1)13: 50–14: 50 Keynote lecture: Maria Suurna, MD Interdisciplinary evaluation for treatment of Sleep Apnea14: 50–15: 50 Keynote lecture: Jolie Chang Updated Palatopharyngoplasty Techniques for OSA: Why and How |
| 13:50-15:50 | AUDIO-VESTIBULOGY (Hall 2)13:50-15:20 Roundtable: The journey of a vertiginous/dizzy patient Maret Gardner (Chair), Jeffrey Sharon, David Herdman, Irina Arechvo |
| 15:50-16:20 | COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION |
| 16:20-17:50 | RHINOLOGY (Hall 1)Roundtable: Advanced Rhinology, Skull Base and High-Risk Endonasal Surgery — Cases, Planning and ComplicationsSaulius Vaitkus (Chair), Paolo Battaglia, Jure Urbancic, Ingus Vilks, Mihkel Plaas, Justinas Vaitkus |
| 16:20-17:50 | SLEEP MEDICINE (Hall 2)Roundtable: Diagnostics and treatment of OSATomas Balsevičius (Chair), Maria Suurna, Jolie Chang, Heisl Vaher, Līva Šperla-Skritņika |
| 19:30-23:30 | Gala DinnerGala Dinner at Seaplane Harbor of Estonian Maritime Museum(additional fee applies) |
05/06/2026 | |
| 09:00-09:45 | HEAD AND NECK SURGERY (Hall 1)Keynote lecture Chris HolsingerMultidisciplinary management of HPV+ Oropharyngeal Cancer |
| 09:45-10:30 | GENERAL ENT (Hall 1)Keynote lecture Ashutosh KackerNose and sleep apnea- is there a role of nasal surgery? |
| 09:45-10:30 | LARYNGOLOGY (Hall 2)Keynote lecture Michael PitmanIt's not all LPR |
| 10:30-11:05 | COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION |
| 11:05-13:05 | HEAD AND NECK SURGERY (Hall 1)Free Paper SessionModerator: Lauri Maisvee 11:35-11:50 Petru Gurău:Office-based flexible endoscopic laryngeal surgery for glottic carcinoma 11:20-11:35 Arnoldas Morozas:Electrochemotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer: Clinical Outcomes, Limitations, and Optimization Strategies 11:05-11:20 Otilija Kutanovaite:De novo implementation of microsurgical free flap head and neck reconstruction: from zero to the standard of care 11:50-12:05 Aurelija Vegiene:Outcomes of transoral laser microsurgery in the treatment of early stage laryngeal cancer 12:05-12:20 Janis Zarins:The superficial temporal artery – how can we use this for head and neck reconstructions? 12:25-13:05 Keynote lecture Miro Tedla Thyroid surgery: from humble beginnings to excellence of a complex centre |
| 11:05-13:05 | LARYNGOLOGY (Hall 2)Free Paper Session11:05-11:20 Marius Polianskis:Laryngeal Disorders, Minimal Invasive Treatment, and Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Tertiary Voice Clinic in Vilnius 11:20-11:35 Laura Kupčinskienė:The Prevalence of Laryngeal Pathologies in Children: Experience in Vilnius University Hospital Santaros clinics 11:35-11:50 Karina Elza Stiģe:Case Report: Juvenile-Onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis 11:50-12:05 Petru Gurău:Non-traditional endoscopic approach to laryngeal papillomatosis 12:05-12:20 Nora Ulozaite-Staniene:Voice lab in your pocket 12:25-13:05 Keynote lecture Alberto Paderno Artificial intelligence in clinical laryngology |
| 13:05-14:05 | LUNCH, Poster Session 2 Hall 2 Medison Pharma satellite symposium: Recognizing a High Risk cSCC Patient: A Call for Earlier Multidisciplinary Team Involvement |
| 14:05-16:05 | GENERAL ENT (Hall 1)Free Paper SessionModerator: Maile Keskpaik 14:05-14:20 Vaiva Mickeviciene:Increased Incidence of Serious Complicatios of Ear, Nose and Throat Infections Among Children in Lithuania After the Pandemic 14:20-14:35 Austėja Kučinskienė:Patient-Reported Concerns and Emotional Status Following Tonsillectomy Performed as Day Surgery: A Prospective Study 14:35-14:50 Janis ZarinsVascularized bone and cartilage flap transfer for different head and neck problems 14:50-15:05 Ilze PrikuleManagement of jaw osteonecrosis: literature review and clinical experience in Latvia. 15:20-16:05 Keynote lecture Thomas Hummel Olfactory dysfunction: diagnosis and therapy |
| 14:05-16:05 | LARYNGOLOGY (Hall 2)14:05-15:35 Roundtable: Laryngology in the Baltics: Cases, Controversies, and MeasurementsMarks Ronis (Chair), Alberto Paderno, Michael Pitman, Linda Sõber, Marius Polianskis |
| 16:05-16:15 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 16:15-17:45 | HEAD AND NECK SURGERY (Hall 1)Roundtable: Future of Head & Neck Oncology — What Will We Do Differently in 5–10 Years?Evaldas Padervinskis (Chair), Chris Holsinger, Miro Tedla, Lauri Maisvee, Renārs Deksnis and Janis Zarins |
| 16:15-17:45 | GENERAL ENT (Hall 2)Roundtable: Post-Viral ComplicationsEvgenia Chetverikova (Chair), Ashutosh Kacker, Alise Adoviča, Eugenijus Lesinskas |
| 17:45 | Closing remarks (Hall 1) |