ASOHNS ASM 2026

COMPLEX AIRWAY SYMPOSIUM (TICKETED EVENT)

Workshop

Workshop

9:15 am

19 March 2026

Grand Ballroom 3

Themes

ASOHNS

Session Description

Proudly sponsored by: Ambu, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, and Karl Storz Endoscopy Australia

Session Program

9:15 am

Welcome and Housekeeping

Kevin Nguyen (VIC)

9:30 am

Head and Neck: Surgeon’s checklist Head & Neck Surgery

Ben Dixon (VIC)

9:37 am

Head and Neck: Anaesthetist’s checklist Head & Neck Surgery

Julia Dubowitz (VIC)

9:44 am

Head and Neck: Approach to the TORS airway

Gurdeesh Kaur (VIC)

9:51 am

Case Discussion with panel: Mass in airway, Post treatment altered airway, GA in the elderly

Ben Dixon (VIC), Julia Dubowitz (VIC), Jessica Prasad (VIC), Kevin Nguyen (VIC), Gurdeesh Kaur (VIC)

10:15 am

Airway and Neck Trauma: Surgeon's checklist

Jessica Prasad (VIC)

10:22 am

Airway and Neck Trauma: Anaesthetist’s checklist

10:29 am

Case discussion with panel: The talking trauma patient, Multi trauma: expanding neck, Penetrating Neck trauma

Clive Rachbuch (VIC), Keat Lee (VIC), Jessica Prasad (VIC), Depak Patel (VIC), Upasna Pratap (VIC)

11:00 am

Sleep and Nasal Surgery: Surgeon’s checklist for sleep surgery

June Choo (VIC)

11:07 am

Sleep and Nasal Surgery: Surgeon’s checklist for nasal/ skull base surgery

Upasna Pratap (VIC)

11:14 am

Sleep and Nasal Surgery: Anaesthetist’s checklist

Timothy McIver (VIC)

11:21 am

Case discussion with panel: Case discussion with panel, Complex OSA patient, Severe epistaxis, Sinus surgery and CSF leak

June Choo (VIC), Julia Dubowitz (VIC), Kevin Nguyen (VIC), Timothy McIver (VIC), Upasna Pratap (VIC)

11:45 am

Tubeless Airway: Surgeon’s checklist for tubeless surgery

11:52 am

Tubeless Airway: Anaesthetist’s checklist for tubeless surgery

Clive Rachbuch (VIC)

11:59 am

Tubeless Airway: Advances and application of Optiflow

Jack Madden (TAS)

12:06 pm

Case discussion: Subglottic stenosis, Transoral laser surgery, Airway Foreign Body

Clive Rachbuch (VIC), Lisa Wun (VIC), Sor Way Chan (VIC), Jack Madden (TAS), Depak Patel (VIC)

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:15 pm

Practical Stations

3:00 pm

Conclusion and feedback QR code

Kevin Nguyen (VIC)