RRP Focus Session 2007

Agenda

Saturday 15 September 2007 1 – 5 PM

Renaissance Hotel Washington, D.C., Renaissance Ballroom West B

(In conjunction with the annual American Academy of Otolaryngology meeting)

Program:

1-1:15PM Bill Stern - Welcome and Introductory Remarks - RRP Foundation update

1:15-1:30PM Michael Green - International RRP ISA Center update

1:30-1:50PM Craig Derkay, MD – RRP Task Force activities

1:50-2:10PM Farrell Buchinsky, MD - Understanding RRP - a genetic undertaking

2:10-2:50PM Surgical approaches for RRP

2:10-2:30 Matt Brigger, MD - Pulse Dye Laser for treating RRP (powerpoint plus a "WMV" video clip)

2:30-2:50 Carter Wright, MD - In office BeamPath flexible CO2 laser fiber for treating RRP (powerpoint plus 2 "mpg" video clips)

Break

3:10-4:10PM Adjuvant therapies

3:10-3:30 Mark Shikowitz, MD - Celebrex therapy for RRP - Update on initial study and plans for a larger trial

3:30-3:50 Nigel Pashley, MD - An heterologous effect of MMR vaccine will induce remission in patients with RRP

3:50-4:10 Dr. Richard Schlegel - A canine model demonstrates that papillomavirus vaccines can be therapeutic as well as preventive

4:10-4:30PM HPV Vaccines: Dalya Guris, MD - Gardasil vaccine developed at Merck

Statement from Nventa re:status of therapeutic HPV vaccine Hsp

4:30-5:00PM Discussion –
RRP - future directions for prevention and treatment, including pulmonary RRP
additional Q & A