Past Meetings

Past Meetings

  • Spring Business Dinner: New Mexico Society of Otolaryngology
  •           May 18, 2023

  • Location: Hotel Albuquerque – 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, ABQ, NM 87104
  • Guest Speaker -Tsungju O-Lee, MD; Loma Linda University  School of Medicine
  • 5:00 pm Happy Hour/appetizers/meet sponsors
  • 6:30 pm Society Updates
  • 7:00 pm Dinner and Guest Speaker talk: Review of the 2020 changes to E and M coding for Otolaryngology
  • 9:00 pm Adjourn

Fall Business Dinner: New Mexico Society of Otolaryngology

            September 29, 2022

D.H. Lescombes Winery & Bistro

901 Rio Grande Blvd NW B-100, Albuquerque, NM 87104

Pause for Prevention

Guest Speaker -Elizabeth Lawrence MD, Chief Wellness Officer, University of New Mexico School of Medicine

5:00 pm Happy Hour/appetizers/meet sponsors

6:30 pm Society Updates

7:00 pm Dinner and Guest Speaker talk: Narrative Medicine

9:00 pm Adjourn

Balloon Fiesta Otolaryngology Symposium & Karl Horn Lectureship (CME sponsored event)

            September 30, 2022

Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town, 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, ABQ, NM 87104

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            Guest speaker – Ryan Orosco, MD

Board Certified Head and Neck Surgeon at UCSD who specializes in the surgical treatment of benign and malignant tumors and complex reconstruction of the head and neck.

New Mexico Society of Otolaryngology Spring Meeting 
May 12th, 2022
Speaker: Mike Fritz, MD
Section Head, Facial Plastic and Microvascular Surgery
Head and Neck Institute
Cleveland Clinic

UNM afternoon lecture

Location – Domenici North West – room 2740/1001 Stanford Dr NE ABQ, NM 87131 (map below)

 3pm – Free Flaps for Head and Neck Reconstruction: Evolutions and Advances

New Mexico Society Evening Business Dinner

Location – Hotel Chaco – 2000 Bellamah Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104

5p Cocktail hour – visit with vendors

6p New Mexico Otolaryngology Society Updates

630p Guest lecture: Innovations in Microvascular Reconstruction: Pushing the Boundaries

730p Dessert and Discussion

8pm New Mexico Otolaryngology Society 2022 Election

New Mexico Society of Otolaryngology Fall Meeting
October 7th, 2021

Parotid Tumor Extracapsular Excision
Domeneci Building Room 2710, UNMSOM
Eric J Dierks, MD, DMD, FACS, FACD, DRC (Ed)

Guest lecture: Natalie Salas, MD (Infectious Disease)
In the Face of Race: the impact of racism in what we see, how we teach and who we treat

Balloon Fiesta Otolaryngology Symposium and Karl Horn Lectureship
October 8th, 2021: 8am to 4pm
Hotel Albuquerque – Albuquerque, NM
Guest Lecturer
Eric J Dierks, MD, DMD, FACS, FACD, FRCS (Ed)
Founding partner and practicing oral and craniofacial surgeon at Head and Neck Surgical Associates
Board-Certified Oral and Craniofacial Surgery
Portland, Oregon
  • Guest Lecture and Business Dinner
    October 4, 2019
    Hotel Chaco
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  • NMSO Guest Lecture and Business Dinner
    May 17, 2019
    Hotel Parq Central
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  • NMSO Guest Lecture and Business Dinner
    October 5, 2018 – Hotel Albuquerque
    Guest Speaker – Mark Fine, JD
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  • NMSO Guest Lecture and Business Dinner
    April 27,2018 – Hotel Parq Central; Albuquerque, ND
    Guest Speaker – Dr. Dylan Chan
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  • Board of Governors Leadership Forum:
    AAO-HSN Annual Meeting for all Academy Members – no cost for registration
    March 10-12, 2018
    Alexandria, VA
    Duncan Meiklejohn, MD attended us as our Socioeconomic Grassroots Committee Representative.
    Karen Hawley, MD attended as our Governor and Legislative Affairs Representative.
    Nizhoni Denipah, MD attended as our first Society Sponsored resident to attend.
  • NMSO Guest Lecture and Business Dinner
    October 6, 2017 – Hotel Andaluz; Albuquerque, ND
    Guest Speaker – Representative Deborah Armstrong
    Click here for meeting minutes
  • NMSO Guest Lecture and Business Dinner
    April 21, 2017 – Hotel Parq Central; Albuquerque, NM
    Guest Speaker: Miriam Redleaf, MD (Neurotology from the University of Illinois-Chicago)
    Click here for meeting minutes
    Presentation from Dr. Meiklejohn regarding payer advocacy: PayerAdvocacy_MeiklejohnPresentation2017
  • Board of Governors Leadership Forum:
    AAO-HSN Annual Meeting for all Academy Members – no cost for registration
    March 10-13, 2017
    Alexandria, VA
    Duncan Meiklejohn, MD attended us as our Socioeconomic Grassroots Committee Representative. He also attended the first State OTO Society Roundtable as our Governor representative.
    Elizabeth Hobbs, MD attended as our first resident representative from the University of New Mexico.
    Presentations offered at the meeting: click here for the link to the BOG ENT Connect page which will list several presentations in PDF format.
  • NMSO Guest Lecture and Business Dinner
    Oct 7, 2016 – Hotel Parq Central; Albuquerque, NM
    Click here for meeting minutes
  • Board of Governors Meetings:
    AA0-HNS Annual Meeting (BOG meets prior to and during the Annual Meeting)
    September 17-19, 2016
    San Diego, CA
    Karen Hawley, MD updated BOG on our Society during the Society Engagement Committee Section meeting. She attended Legislative Affairs Committee meeting
    Laura Brainard, MD represented us at the Legislative Affairs Committee meeting
    Duncan Meiklejohn, MD will represented us at the Socioeconomic Grassroots Committee meeting.
  • Virtual Meeting: June 22, 2016
    Click the link below for Meeting Minutes:
    Meeting Minutes

Click the link below for PowerPoint slides from Dr. David Edelstein; Chair of the Board of Governors. These slides will give reference to the BOG structure, how the Academy can support our society and our practice as otolaryngologists in New Mexico as well as how we can become involved in the Academy.
Presentation from David Edelstein, MD

Click the below link for PowerPoint slides from Dr. Karen Hawley. These slides will have an introduction to our society, mission statement, goals, outlined structure and next steps.
Presentation from Karen Hawley, MD