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Panel Presentations

Professional and Personal Development

Practical Tips to Kickstart Your Academic Career

Monday, October 13, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Location: 121-122
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This panel, developed with a focus on medical students, trainees, and young physicians, will be presented by four past chairs of the Young Physicians Section who will discuss their career paths. Pathways for their activities and leadership in academia will be presented. Topics will include: research, establishing focused clinics programs, involvement in AAOHNS and specialty leadership. Half the session will be focused on family/work life/time management tips/tricks. Difficulties met daily in supporting work/life balance while meeting academic expectations will be explored. Pitfalls to avoid and learning failures will also be discussed.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 1: Recognize how Academy participation can help support an academic career

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 2: Explore specific challenges to work/life balance in the early career.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 3: Identify pitfalls and mistakes experienced by others in their early career as a cautionary tale

BACKGROUND STATEMENT: Young Physicians starting in academia are faced with many challenges, all often while trying to simultaneously address family and life.

Comprehensive Otolaryngology Track Statement :

    Moderator(s)

  • jeffrey C. liu, MD

    Attending Physician
    Specialty Physician Associates/Bethlehem ENT Associates
    bethlehem, PA, United States

    Disclosure(s):

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

    • Panelist(s)

  • Daniel C. Chelius, Jr., MD

    Associate Professor
    Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital
    Houston, TX, United States

    Disclosure(s):

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

  • SA

    Samantha Anne, MD

    Medical Director, Pediatric Ear and Hearing Disorders; Professor, Pediatric Otolaryngology
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Chagrin Falls, OH, United States

    Disclosure(s):

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

  • Cristina M. Baldassari, MD

    Professor
    Eastern Virginia Medical School - Dept of OTO
    Virignia Beach, VA, United States

    Disclosure(s):

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