Friday, February 21, 2025 • 2 to 6pm
Reception follows
Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
This symposium is sponsored by the American Hearing Research Foundation and Hearing Health Foundation. Hosted by the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), it will be held on the Friday before – and at the same location as – the 48th Annual ARO MidWinter Meeting in Orlando.
The goal for the symposium is to boost research that eventually will ease the challenges of Meniere’s disease and lead to improved quality of life for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Talks and panel discussions will be research-focused, intended for investigators and clinicians. Insights and findings arising from the symposium will be shared by AHRF and its partners with the wider community as appropriate.
Click this button to register for the ARO meeting:
UPDATE January 30, 2025: Please note there is a cap on the number of Meniere’s Symposium attendees due to space. The maximum number of attendees has been reached. Please use this link to place your name on a waitlist, being maintained by our partner Hearing Health Foundation.
Questions? Please email info@hhf.org.
*Note that symposium registration is free of cost for ARO MidWinter Meeting attendees. There is a nominal registration fee for registering for the symposium only (without registering for the ARO MidWinter Meeting).
Part 1: Clinical Topics
Presenter bios can be found on the Hearing Health Foundation website.
- Patient Perspective – Heather Davies; VeDA ambassador, author, podcast host
- History of Ménière’s Disease – Robin Bigelow, MD; The House Foundation
- Treatment: State of the Art of Clinical Care, Clinical Unmet Needs – Habib Rizk, MD; Medical University of South Carolina
- Migraine and Ménière’s Disease – Jeffrey Sharon, MD; University of California, San Francisco
- Imaging and MRI – Amy Juliano, MD; Mass Eye and Ear
- Panel Discussion: Management of Ménière’s Disease – Habib Rizk, Jeffrey Sharon, William Slatterly (House Institute Foundation)
Part 2: Lab Science, Knowledge Gaps
- Grant Funding Sources – Amy Poremba, PhD; NIDCD, along with AHRF, HHF, and other foundations TBD
- Molecular Insights – Andreas Eckhard, MD; Harvard Medical School/Mass Eye and Ear
- Genetics – Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez, MD, PhD; University of Sydney, Australia
- Immunology and Ménière’s Disease – Andrea Vambutas, MD; Northwell Health, Long Island, New York
- Social/Psychological Triggers – Joanna Wolfson, PhD; NYU Langone Health
- Panel Discussion: Barriers to Ménière’s Disease Research – Andrea Vambutas, Andreas Eckhard, and Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez
Symposium concludes with a reception including food and beverages.
Questions? Contact us at info@american-hearing.org.
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