Unified Care: Integrating Voice, Swallowing, and Upper Airway Disorders

September 4-6, 2025
Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Tower
Cleveland, OH

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Agenda

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Thursday, September 4
All times in Eastern Time
7:30 AM
 Registration/Breakfast
7:50 AM
 Welcome
8:00 AM
 Two Experts, One Airway: A Dynamic Duo’s Approach to the Mystery of Functional Breathing Disorders
Andrej Petrov, Mary Sandage
9:00 AM
 Voice Over: A Physician and SLP’s Take on Tuning Up Voice Disorders
Tom Carroll, Amanda Gillespie
10:00 AM
 Break
10:30 AM
 The Swallow Squad: How Physicians and SLPs Tackle Swallowing Troubles Together
David Paydarfar, Giselle Carnaby
11:30 AM
 Bringing It All Together: Keynotes Go At It
12:00 PM
 Lunch
1:00 PM
 Breath, Voice, and Swallow: How ENTs and SLPs Synthesize the Essentials of Function: MD perspective
Tim McCulloch
2:00 PM
 Breath, Voice, and Swallow: How ENTs and SLPs Synthesize the Essentials of Function: SLP perspective
Julie Barkmeier-Kramer
3:00 PM
 Break
3:30 PM
 Breath, Voice, and Swallow: How ENTs and SLPs Synthesize the Essentials of Function: Research/science perspective
Teresa Pitts
4:30 PM
 Bringing It All Together: Keynotes Go At It…Too
5:15 PM
 Wrap-up
5:30 PM
 Adjourn
6:30 PM
 Welcome reception

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Friday, September 5
Please choose one lecture per track per timeframe
All times in Eastern Time

Track 1 - Airway
7:30 AM
 Registration/Breakfast
7:55 AM
 Welcome
8:00 AM
 The Silent Choreography: Balancing Airway Management, Anesthesia, and the Impact on Voice and Swallow
10:00 AM
 Break
10:15 AM
 Airway All-Stars: A Team Approach to Tackling the Toughest Airways
12:15 PM
 Lunch
1:15 PM
 Anaphylaxis vs. ILO: A Breathless Face-Off of Lookalike Conditions
3:15 PM
 Break
3:30 PM
 Out of Breath and Out of the Game: Pulmonologists and SLPs Take on EILO
5:30 PM
 Adjourn

Track 2 - Voice
7:30 AM
 Registration/Breakfast
7:55 AM
 Welcome
8:00 AM
 Twitches, Quivers & Wobbles: Unraveling Movement Disorders of the Larynx, Head, and Neck
10:00 AM
 Break
10:15 AM
 Voices Beyond the Binary: A Whole-Team Tune-Up for Authentic Expression
12:15 PM
 Lunch
1:15 PM
 Mic Drop… or Voice Drop? Navigating Vocal Injuries of Voice Professionals
3:15 PM
 Break
3:30 PM
 Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop (Coughing): Teaming Up to Tackle the Tickle
5:30 PM
 Adjourn

Track 3 - Swallowing
7:30 AM
 Registration/Breakfast
7:55 AM
 Welcome
8:00 AM
 Swallowing the Facts: Evidence for the Management of Dysphagia
10:00 AM
 Break
10:15 AM
 It’s all about the pressure: How One-Way Valves Impact Taste, Smell, and Swallow
12:15 PM
 Lunch
1:15 PM
 Lips to LES: The Epic Adventure of a Swallow in Motion
3:15 PM
 Break
3:30 PM
 From Spoon to Tube: Navigating the Pathways of Enteral and Parenteral Feeding
5:30 PM
 Adjourn

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Saturday, September 6
All times in Eastern Time
7:30 AM
 Registration/Breakfast
7:55 AM
 Welcome
8:00 AM
 Rerouted: The Interplay of Airway, Voice, and Swallow in Alternative Pathways
9:20 AM
 The Gentle Tube: Saving Airways without Sacrificing Function
10:40 AM
 Break
11:00 AM
 Wired Wrong: Brain Quirks in Functional Neurological Disorders
12:20 PM
 Lunch
1:20 PM
 Problems/Roadblocks with Standardization and Perception
2:25 PM
 The Grand Finale: Keynote Speakers Uniting on Integrated Care
3:30 PM
 Adjourn

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