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108th Amsterdam workshop:
September 26-27, 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 H8)
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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PROGRAMME
 
Thursday:
07:45 Assembly in hotel lobby for bus transfer to venue
08:00 Bus transfer to the Netherlands Cancer Institute
08:30 Opening and evaluation of participants’ basic knowledge / Introduction to basic physiology of prosthetic speech
09:45 Speech therapy introduction and patient demonstration, olfaction rehabilitation and patient demonstration

10:45 Coffee break

11:00 Continued: Speech therapy introduction and patient demonstration, olfaction rehabilitation and patient demonstration
11:30 Hands-on session, practicing voice prosthesis replacement and use of accessories

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Surgical techniques and refinements
14:15 Novel strategy for intractable aspiration – Laryngeal voice reacquisition surgery (TED with TEP) - Guest lecture by Prof. Toshiro Umezaki, MD PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, International University of Health and Welfare; Director of the Voice and Swallowing Center, Fukuoka Sanno Hospital, Japan
15:00-16:00 Cadaver dissection demonstration by dr. Baris Karakullukcu
16:00-17:00 Cadaver dissection demonstration by Prof. Toshiro Umezaki
17:15 Bus transfer to WestCord Fashion Hotel

19:00 Course dinner at WestCord Fashion Hotel

Friday:
08:15 Assembly in hotel lobby for bus transfer to venue
08:30 Bus transfer to the Netherlands Cancer Institute
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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