Game Changers: Congenital Cytomegalovirus Testing Outcomes From the ValEAR Trial

Saturday, October 11, 2025

4:15 PM - 4:20 PM EDT

Location: Wabash Ballroom 2

Disclosure(s):

Stephanie A. Moody Antonio, MD:

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

Michel N. Nassar, MD, MSc:

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

AAO-HNSF journals Editor in Chief Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MS has selected 12 breakthrough studies that have fundamentally impacted clinical practice, patient outcomes, and our understanding of the specialty. Authors from these 12 studies will have the opportunity to showcase the impact their work has had on patient care and clinical decision-making across the specialty. A variety of topics within the specialty are covered in the selected research, ensuring relevant takeaways regardless of your specific area of practice or interest. The audience will then vote on which of these articles was truly the most impactful to the specialty of otolaryngology. The winner will be awarded THE Game Changer of 2025!

Presenting Author(s)

Albert H. Park, MD

Professor
Primary Children's Medical Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.

Co-Author(s)

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Quinn T. Orb, MD

Assistant Professor
Primary Children's Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Iram N. Ahmad, MD, MME

Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Kristan P. Alfonso, MD

Associate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine, Department Otolaryngology and Head and Neck
Houston, TX, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
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Stephanie A. Moody Antonio, MD

Professor
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA, United States

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

Assistant Professor
Saint Louis University
St Louis, Missouri, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Daniela S. Carvalho, MD, MMM

Professor
Department of Otolaryngology, UCSD
San Diego, CA, United States

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Dylan K. Chan, MD, PhD

Professor
University of CA San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
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Alan G. Cheng, MD

Professor
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
David H. Chi, MD

Professor
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Michael S. Cohen, MD

Assistant Professor
Mass Eye and Ear/ Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Christopher M. Discolo, MD

Associate Professor
Indiana University - Dept of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Indianapolis, IN, United States

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John A. Germiller, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
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Eli Grunstein, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Kenneth H. Lee, MD, PhD

Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Plano, TX, United States

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Karen Hawley, MD

Associate Professor
University of New Mexico, New Mexico, United States

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Carol J. MacArthur, MD

Professor and Division Chief
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
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Phayvanh P. Pecha, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Scott R. Schoem, MD

Director of Otolaryngology
Connecticut Childrens Medical Center
West Hartford, CT, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
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Frank W. Virgin, MD

Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, United States

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Co-Author(s)

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James E. Saunders, MD

Professor
Dartmouth Hitchcock Med Ctr
Lebanon, NH, United States

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Co-Author(s)

Mark R. Schleiss, MD

Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
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Richard Smith, MD

Professor
University of Iowa Dept of Otolaryngology
Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Megan H. Pesch, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, United States

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CA

Chelsea Allen

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Co-Author(s)

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Ashlea Wilkes

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Co-Author(s)

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Leena Mithal Bhattacharya

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CD

Carlos Duran

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LG

Laura Gibson

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SK

Stephanie Kohlhoff

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AM

Ann Melvin

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MN

Michel N. Nassar, MD, MSc

Associate Professor
Children's Hospital At Montefiore- Pediatric Otolaryngology Division
Bronx, NY, United States

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

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CS

Christine M Salvatore, MD

Associate Professor
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
New York, NY, United States

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SS

Sunil Sood

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