About this event

  • Date and time Fri 1 Feb 2019 from 9:15am to 12:30pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Otology

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Join us at this morning meeting on facial paralysis.

Topics covered:
- How facial therapy can be used alongside surgery to reduce facial paralysis
- The processes of facial reanimation surgery and when it is feasible
- The challenges of facial nerve procedures and best options for treatment

Key speakers

Ms Sally Glover

Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Tessa Hadlock

Chief, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Director, Facial Nerve Center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Massachusetts, USA

Mr Patrick Axon

Consultant Otologist, Hearing Implant and Skull Base Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Agenda

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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Facial therapy

Ms Sally Glover, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Question and answer session
Facial reanimation surgery

Dr Tessa Hadlock, Chief, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Director, Facial Nerve Center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Massachusetts, USA

Question and answer session
Tea and coffee break
Panel discussion: Facial nerve

Chair: Mr Patrick Axon, Consultant Otologist, Hearing Implant and Skull Base Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Panellists: Tessa Hadlock, Rory McConn Walsh (Dublin), Rupert Obholzer (Guy’s & St Thomas’ London), Ahmed Youssef (Liverpool)

Question and answer session
Closing remarks
Close of session

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom