Guest Lecturers
Presentations:
- “Safeguarding Physician/Surgeon Wellbeing”
- “How Diet and Dietary Habits Impact Otolaryngology Symptoms”
Dr. Wei is a Pediatric Otolaryngologist and new Division Director, the Dr. Alfred J. Magoline Chair of Otolaryngology, at Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron Ohio. She is also a Professor of Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and faculty in the ENT Division at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Dr. Wei obtained her medical degree from New York Medical College, followed by ENT residency training at Mayo Clinic Rochester. She completed two years of fellowship training at the now Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. In May 2023, she completed a master’s in medical management from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. Dr. Wei has served in many leadership roles including Surgeon-in-Chief, Director, GME Wellbeing Initiative, Chair of Medical Staff Health and Wellness Committee at Nemours Children’s Hospital Orlando, and as Chair of Otolaryngology Education and Advisor for Association of Women Surgeons at University of Central Florida College of Medicine for the past near decade. She is the immediate past president of American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology and past president of Society of Ear, Nose, Throat Advances for Children.
In 2019, Dr. Wei developed intermittent right shoulder pain for which she underwent injections. By April of 2020 during pandemic onset, she developed a frozen shoulder in middle of endoscopic surgery. This resulted in a decompression surgery after which she never thought she would struggle with losing nearly all range of motion despite physical therapy. Six months later, cervical radiculopathy symptoms on the same side developed from 4-level degenerative discs with compression of C5-C6. Severe shoulder and neck pain and constant paresthesia of the right hand resulted in an unfathomable decision to active first short, then long-term medical leave. In February 2022, she made the difficult decision to take a “PAUSE” in clinical and surgical practice to pursue total healing without surgical intervention, while living with uncertainty about her career in surgery.
During her time away from practice, Dr. Wei devoted unprecedented time to her body, undergoing scheduled chiropractic care, cervical and lumbar decompression therapy, physiotherapy/massages, and routine work out with strength training to reverse the completely atrophic right rotator cuff muscles due to frozen shoulder. Grieving and processing the trauma associated with her disability also fueled her passion to increase awareness in surgeons on surgical ergonomics, WRMSD, and permission to seek help through writing and speaking on her journey from injury to recovery. At the ASPO annual meeting in May 2022, Dr. Wei moderated a panel on surgical ergonomics to highlight prevalence in her subspecialty, risk factors, and preventive measures. Dr. Wei has spent two decades helping children and families avoid unnecessary medications and surgical procedures through nutrition and health literacy and eliminating ENT symptoms through healthier dietary habits. She has also been a champion of supporting mental health for surgeons, by addressing the stigma and lack of support for surgeons who invariable experience PTSD.
Dr. Wei has authored two books on health and wellbeing for children on Amazon, author of “Milk and Cookie Disease” TEDx, created online courses on her website on treating ENT symptoms through dietary modification. She has published over 48 peer-reviewed articles, 13 invited articles and 12 book chapters. Her upcoming book, “Safeguarding Physician Wellbeing: How to Use Checklist to Create Personal, Professional, and Psychological Safety for Physicians” is anticipated to release in February 2024.
Presentations:
- “Contemporary Approaches to Margin Assessment in Oral Cancer Surgery”
- “Current Concepts in Salivary Cancer Management”
Michael Moore graduated from the Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Combined residency in 2007 and went on to complete a head and neck ablative and microvascular reconstructive surgery fellowship at the University of Washington. Since 2008, he has spent most of his career at Indiana University and currently serves as the Department’s Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and is the Medical Director of Cancer Services in the Indianapolis Suburban Region.
Dr. Moore is active clinically in both head and neck ablative and reconstructive surgery. He has a particular interest in the management of advanced and recurrent head and neck malignancies, including those involving the anterior skull base or the thoracic inlet.
Dr. Moore’s research interest center around perioperative risk stratification and how to optimize results following major ablative and reconstructive surgery. He currently helps lead a translational group that partners with members of the IU Musculoskeletal research group looking at the mechanism of head and neck cancer cachexia and the impact it has on outcomes.
Presentations:
- “Management of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction”
- “Evolution of Endoscopic Ear Surgery, an Eyewitness’ Perspective”
Dr. Poe is a Professor of Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School and a full-time faculty member of the Department of Otolaryngology and Communications Enhancement at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he is the incumbent recipient of the Sarah Fuller Chair in Neurotology. He attended medical school at State University of NY Upstate, residency at University of Chicago, fellowship with Michael Glasscock, III in Nashville and doctorate in pathophysiology of Eustachian tube dysfunction in Tampere, Finland under Prof. Ilmari Pyykkö. He has been investigating obstructive and patulous Eustachian tube dysfunction in children and adults and his research helped to confirm that the site of pathology of most Eustachian tube disorders was within the cartilaginous portion and not the narrower bony portion, opening the door to novel treatments. He has since been developing diagnostic methods, novel medical treatments and surgical procedures, including balloon dilation. He leads an international study group and was the PI for a multicenter, randomized controlled, clinical trial of balloon dilation for obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction. The trial led to FDA approval of the balloon device, which was the first therapy to be approved for the treatment of obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction.
He has been providing education to surgeons, physicians, patients and payers about Eustachian tube disorders and treatments including balloon dilation.
UAMS Faculty Speakers
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Director, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
James Y. Suen, M.D. Chair, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Otology/Neurotology
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Department of Clinical Audiology,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Department of Radiation Oncology,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Course Leadership
Course Chairman
James Y. Suen, M.D. Chair, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Otology/Neurotology
Course Directors