Pardon the OTO-ruption: Otology & Neurology

Sunday, October 12, 2025

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT

Location: Wabash Ballroom 2

Throughout the practice of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, gaps in evidence leave clinicians without definitive answers to important questions. But as colleagues share their experiences and air their disagreements, those spaces of uncertainty can start to fill with valuable insights—and more than a few laughs.
This exchange of ideas will play out on stage once again during the Pardon the OTO-ruption session. Expert panelists will challenge each other on rapid-fire topics during a game show format that educates as much as it entertains.
The moderator will award points to the panelists for their answers, as well as their sass. The audience has the opportunity to vote up or vote down those points. A referee will clarify the actual evidence behind the panelists’ responses at the end.
The real winners will be attendees who gain knowledge from some of the brightest minds in the specialty.

Moderator(s)

Michael D. Seidman, MD

Professor-Oto-HNS University of Central FLA
AdventHealth
Celebration, FL, United States

Disclosure(s):
faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Panelist(s)

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David R. Friedland, MD PhD

Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin-Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Maja Svrakic, MD

Associate Professor
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
New Hyde Park, NY, United States

Disclosure(s):
faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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Seilesh C. Babu, MD

Neurotology/Skull Base Surgery
Michigan Ear Institute
Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
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Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD

Partner
ENT & Allergy, LLP
New York, New York, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
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Sonya M. Malekzadeh, MD

Professor
Georgetown University
Washington, DC, United States

Disclosure(s):
faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.