Jolie Chang
Jolie L. Chang, MD, is a Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Chief of the Division of Sleep Surgery and General Otolaryngology and Director of Resident Research at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Chang specializes in sleep apnea surgery and minimally invasive approaches for salivary gland surgery including sialendoscopy. She also has clinical expertise in ultrasonography for head and neck disorders.
Dr. Chang performs research in health care decision making and surgical outcomes for sleep apnea therapies. She is an associate editor for the sleep section of the Laryngoscope journal. She was co-editor for the 2023 International Consensus Statement for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. She has also published research on surgical techniques and outcomes for minimally invasive sialendoscopy to treat sialolithiasis and duct stenosis.
Sessions
Background: Sialendoscopy is one of the most fascinating technical advancements introduced in the field of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery in the past decades. It has enabled minimally invasive salivary gland surgical interventions that revolutionized the management of a wide variety of salivary gland ductal diseases enabling gland preservation with improved patient quality of life. Yet its widespread practice and availability are yet hindered by numerous challenges, especially in developing and underdeveloped countries.
Description: A 30-minute keynote lecture shedding light on challenges hindering widespread sialendoscopy practice by a sialendoscopist with 15-year plus experience in practicing and promoting sialendoscopy in a developing country.
Outcome objectives: To highlight different unique challenges faced in starting a successful sialendoscopy practice in developing countries and strategies employed to overcome them to enable widespread patient benefit across the world especially in areas where high tech sophisticated medical care can be difficult to achieve.