2026 28 Hours of Otolaryngology Updates

Friday, February 20, 2026, 4:00 PM - Saturday, February 21, 2026, 8:00 PM, zoom event


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (20.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (20.00 hours)

This is a global Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery webinar. This landmark event is the first of its’ kind, hosted by three universities on three continents with two straight days of content spanning every time zone. Otolaryngology Updates: 48 Hours of Live is presented via ZOOM by the University of California Irvine (UCI) and Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf- University of Hamburg (UKE). This is an online continuing medical education course aimed at providing contemporary and relevant content for the general otolaryngologist in community practice. “Otolaryngology Updates” is a course that is in its 50th+ year having started under the late Dr. Leslie Bernstein.

1. Define gender biases in patient management.
2. Manage complex sinonasal disorders and expand and develop surgical techniques for performing paranasal sinus surgery.
3. Expand the use of various hearing devices and surgical techniques with respect to treating diseases of the middle ear and cranial base.
4. Access, identify and perform the latest techniques in the management of laryngeal diseases and disorders of speech.
5. Expand surgical skills; specifically, to evaluate when open and closed rhinoplasty can be used.

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