Ménière's Disease Symposium | February 21, 2025

The Ménière's Disease Symposium was held February 21, 2025, at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology MidWinter Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

08:50 Opening Remarks

Part 1: Clinical Topics

12:06 Patient Perspective
Heather Davies | VeDA (Vestibular Disorders Association) ambassador, author, podcast host

27:38 History of Ménière’s Disease
Robin Bigelow, M.D. | The House Institute Foundation

43:52 Treatment: State of the Art Clinical Care; Clinical Unmet Needs
Habib Rizk, M.D. | Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

1:06:03 Migraine and Ménière’s Disease
Jeffrey Sharon, M.D. | University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

1:27:11 Imaging/MRI
Amy Juliano, M.D. | Mass Eye and Ear

1:51:53 Panel Discussion: Management of Ménière’s/Patient Stories moderated by John Oghalai, M.D. (USC) with Habib Rizk, M.D. (MUSC), Jeffrey Sharon, M.D. (UCSF), William Slatterly, M.D. (House Institute Foundation)

[Break]

Part 2: Lab Science, Knowledge Gaps

2:41:44 Molecular Basis
Andreas Eckhard, M.D. | Harvard Medical School/Mass Eye and Ear

3:01:34 Genetics
Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez, M.D., Ph.D. | University of Sydney, Australia

3:23:14 Immunology and Ménière’s Disease
Andrea Vambutas, M.D. | Northwell Health

3:41:32 Social and Psychological Triggers
Joanna Wolfson, Ph.D. | NYU (New York University) Langone Health

4:02:39 Panel Discussion: Barriers to Ménière’s Disease Research moderated by Divya Chari, M.D. (Harvard Medical School) with Andrea Vambutas, M.D. (Northwell Health), Andreas Eckhard, M.D. (Harvard/Mass Eye and Ear), Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Sydney)

4:23:26 Closing Remarks

For more information including speaker bios, see:
https://hearinghealthfoundation.org/m...

Organizational Sponsors
American Hearing Research Foundation, https://www.american-hearing.org/
Hearing Health Foundation, https://hearinghealthfoundation.org/

Sponsors
Spiral Therapeutics, https://www.spiraltx.com/
Scott Dorsey

Organizational Partners
Cures Within Reach, https://www.cureswithinreach.org/
Vestibular Disorders Association, https://vestibular.org

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