American Society of Geriatric Otolaryngology

Headlines

• ASGO and Karen Calhoun, M.D. highlighted in the Wall Street Journal on October 18th, 2008. Click here to read!
• ALERT!!!: The United States Institute of Medicine has released its most recent report, entitled Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce, focusing on the crisis in the care of the geriatric patient. Click here for this thought provoking report!

• Click here for the current ASGO Newsletter!
• Click here for the Fall of 2008 ASGO Newsletter!
• Click here for the Spring of 2008 ASGO Newsletter!

Meeting Highlights

2009 Meeting Highlights:

• The Third Annual Meeting of ASGO was held on May 26th, 2009 at COSM in Phoenix!
• Click here for synopses of the presentations
• Click here to listen to recordings of select talks at the meeting
• Program for the 2009 Meeting: Click here

2008 Meeting Highlights:

• The Second annual meeting of ASGO was held on April 30th, 2008 at COSM in Orlando!
• Click here for synopses of the presentations
• Click here to listen to recordings of select talks at the meeting

The 2nd annual meeting of ASGO was a success thanks to the significant efforts of the Program Chair, Karen Kost, M.D. and the program committee. Attendance was increased from the prior year, reflecting growth in the membership. Dr. Joseph LoCicero, M.D., was the keynote speaker and delivered an excellent address on interspecialty relationships in Geriatrics. Frank Lucente, M.D., was the Guest of Honor and captivated the audience with his speech. Other highlights of the meeting were a multidisciplinary panel on auditory rehabilitation and four outstanding free papers. Be sure to listen to recordings of selected lectures linked above.

• Program for the 2008 Meeting: Click here

2007 Meeting Highlights:

• The First annual meeting of ASGO was held on April 25th, 2007 at COSM in San Diego!
• Highlighted by a panel of excellent speakers, the meeting was a great success and launched a new and relevant society in Otolaryngology

Program Chair, Karen Kost, M.D., prepared an outstanding program covering a diverse set of issues relevant to the Geriatric Otolaryngology patient.  Society president Jerry Goldstein, M.D. presided over the historic inaugural meeting.  Andrew Monjan, Ph.D., M.P.H delivered an insightful keynote address entitled Aging: Growing Healthy. Dr. Richard Goode was the guest of honor and spoke about research frontiers in surgical improvement of hearing.  Michael Johns, M.D. covered the diagnosis and management of the aging voice, and Greg Postma, M.D. articulated a practical approach to assessing geriatric dysphagia.  The importance of hearing loss in aging was addressed by David Eibling, M.D.  Dr. Joel Goebel offered clarity to the complex topic of dizziness in the geriatric patient, and Dr. Steve Cass summarized benign paroxysmal vertigo. The bylaws were approved at the business meeting as were the initial officers for the society.  Special thanks goes to Carol and David Eibling, as well as the American College of Surgeons, whose logistical efforts allowed the meeting to go without a hitch!

Program for the 2007 Inaugural Meeting: Click here

Press Releases:

January 26th, 2007:  Andrew Monjan to Address Inaugural Meeting of the American Society of Geriatric Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery April 25th 2007 in San Diego