The AASM Foundation is proud to spotlight the sleep research program at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, held October 17-20 in Los Angeles. This year’s gathering features 77 sessions and presentations on advances in sleep and circadian science.

We hope to see you there! Stop by booth #813 to meet staff from the AASM and the AASM Foundation, explore AASM resources and education designed to help physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, and students better integrate sleep into their work, and enter for a chance to win a free SLEEP 2027 registration.

Be sure to visit the following sessions and presentations featuring AASM Foundation grant and award recipients:

Saturday, Oct 17

  • Panel Presentation: Emerging OSA Treatments Your Patients Will Ask About: Medications, Next-generation CPAP, and Airway Exercises
    • 9:30 – 10:30 AM
    • Moderator: Yi Cai, MD – Columbia University (2024 Physician Scientist Training Grant Recipient)
    • Panelist: Eric J. Kezirian, MD, MPH – UCLA (2015 Focused Projects Grant Recipient)
    • Panelist: Michelle R. Zeidler, MD, MS, FAASM – UCLA (2019 Strategic Research Grant Recipient)

 

  • Ask the Experts – Sleep Medicine
    • 1:00 – 2:00 PM
    • Panelist: David F. Smith, MD, PhD, FACS, FAASM, FAAP – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (2017 Young Investigators Research Forum Trainee)

 

  • Panel Presentation: The GIP/GLP-1 Revolution: Implications for Otolaryngology Practice
    • 1:00 – 2:00 PM
    • Panelist: Eric J. Kezirian, MD, MPH – UCLA (2015 Focused Projects Grant Recipient)

 

Sunday, October 18

  • Scientific Oral Presentation: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Drug-induced Sleep Endoscopy Findings
    • 11:06 – 11:12 AM
    • Senior Author: Eric J. Kezirian, MD, MPH – UCLA (2015 Focused Projects Grant Recipient)

 

  • Panel Presentation: Why Does Sleep Apnea Surgery Fail?
    • 2:30 – 3:30 PM
    • Moderator: Eric J. Kezirian, MD, MPH – UCLA (2015 Focused Projects Grant Recipient)

 

  • Panel Presentation: Xll Nerve Stimulator Implants for OSA: Which Implant for Which Patient?
    • 1:00 – 2:00 PM
    • Panelist: David T. Kent, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2019 ABSM Junior Faculty Grant Recipient)

 

Monday, October 19

  • Scientific Oral Presentation: Effect of Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation on Metabolic Outcomes: Preliminary Results from a Randomized Crossover Trial
    • 1:54 – 2:00 PM
    • Presenting Author: Allison Lin, BS (2026 American Medical Association Foundation Sleep Medicine Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship Recipient)
    • Co-Author: Eric J. Kezirian, MD, MPH  – UCLA (2015 Focused Projects Grant Recipient)
    • Senior Author: Yi Cai, MD – Columbia University (2024 Physician Scientist Training Grant)

 

  • Expert Lecture: Evaluating OSA Outcomes: CPAP, Surgery, Nerve Stimulation, and GLP-1 Agonists
    • 2:30 – 3:30 PM
    • Co-Presenter: Eric J. Kezirian, MD, MPH  – UCLA (2015 Focused Projects Grant Recipient)

 

  • Panel Presentation: Redefining Success with Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation: Therapy Effectiveness and Post-implant Monitoring
    • 4:00 – 5:00 PM
    • Panelist: Yi Cai, MD – Columbia University (2024 Physician Scientist Training Grant Recipient)

 

Tuesday, October 20

  • Scientific Oral Presentation: Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study of Explanation of Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation System for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
    • 7:48 – 7:54 AM
    • Co-Author: Silvana Bellotto, MD (2026 Young Investigators Research Forum Trainee)
    • Senior Author: Eric J. Kezirian, MD, MPH  – UCLA (2015 Focused Projects Grant Recipient)

 

  • Panel Presentation: Matching Patient to Procedure: The Art and Science of Sleep Surgery Selection
    • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
    • Panelist: Yi Cai, MD – Columbia University (2024 Physician Scientist Training Grant Recipient)

 

For more information about the meeting and expo, visit https://www.entnet.org/events/annual-meeting/