109th Amsterdam workshop:
November 28-29, 2019

CHAIRMEN:
Prof Michiel WM van den Brekel, MD PhD
Prof Fons Balm, MD PhD

SECRETARY:
Mrs. Marion van Zuilen
e-mail: [email protected]

VENUE:
The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital (Meeting room Zaal 5)
Plesmanlaan 121
1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0) 20 512 2550

Workshop Hotel
Corendon City Hotel Amsterdam
Aletta Jacobslaan 7
1066 BP Amsterdam
Tel. +31 (0) 20 820 7820
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FOR DETAILED PROGRAM, SEE NEXT COLUMN

PROGRAMME
 
Thursday:
08:00 Assembly in hotel lobby for 10-minute walk to venue
08:30 Opening and evaluation of participants’ basic knowledge / Introduction to basic physiology of prosthetic speech
09:45 Hands-on session, practicing voice prosthesis replacement and use of accessories

10:45 Coffee break

11:00 Speech therapy introduction and patient demonstration, olfaction rehabilitation and patient demonstration

12:30 Lunch

13:15 Patient VP change (if available)
13:30 Surgical techniques and refinements
14:30-16:30 Cadaver dissection demonstration of total laryngectomy and the surgical refinements optimizing vocal and pulmonary rehabilitation

18:45 Assembly in hotel lobby for 15-minute walk to Restaurant-bar De Stijl (in Dutch Design Artemis Hotel)
19:00 Course dinner at Restaurant-bar De Stijl

Friday:
08:45 Assembly in hotel lobby for 10-minute walk to venue
09:00 Long term results and adverse events and trouble shooting

10:15 Coffee break

10:30 Pulmonary rehabilitation; basic physiology research, clinical research
11:15 Hands-on session, practicing with HME’s, stoma valves and appliances

12:15 Lunch

13:15 Patient VP change (if available)
13:30 Tracheoesophageal voice and speech analysis with automated tools
14:15 Treatment of advanced larynx cancer: to CUT or to CRT?
15:00 Interactive learning with a multiple choice quiz (using your smartphone)
15:30 Evaluation, closing remarks and handing out certificates
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