Yvonne Chan

Dr. Yvonne Chan is a Professor, Vice-Chair of Education, and Director of Continuing Professional Development in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Toronto, and serves as Otolaryngologist-in-Chief at St. Michael’s Hospital. She completed advanced fellowship training in rhinology and anterior skull base surgery in both the United States and Australia.

Since 2015, Dr. Chan has served as co-editor of the internationally recognized textbook K. J. Lee’s Essential Otolaryngology, now in its 13th edition. She has also co-edited several other authoritative texts, including Essential Rhinology and Allergy (Volumes 1 and 2) and Rhinology and Allergy: A Clinical Reference Guide.


Sessions

09-10
09:00
60min
Acute Sinusitis: 2026 Update
Fikret Kasapoglu, Ann Hermansson, Ljiljana Jovancevic, Yvonne Chan, Jaqueline Alvarado, Firas Kassem

Acute sinusitis: 2026 update— what’s new?

Rhinology
Rhinology 6 (ICC - B3 Floor - 3B/37)
09-11
14:00
60min
Canadian Society Round Table - Oral Corticosteroid Stewardship In CRS: Are We Ready To Change?
Daniel Lee, Jonathan Yip, Leigh Sowerby, Christopher J Chin, Yvonne Chan, Ian Witterick

5 Min: introduction/cases - yvonne chan (toronto) and ian witterick (toronto)

10 min: global state of OCS use in CRS - jonathan yip (calgary)

10 min: what have we learned about OCS harm? Christopher j. Chin (halifax)

10 min: expert consensus: best practices for responsible OCS use: daniel lee (toronto)

10 min: beyond CRS: what can other type 2 diseases teach us? Leigh sowerby (london)

15 min: case scenarios for round table discussion - yvonne chan (toronto)

Rhinology
Rhinology 4 (ICC - B3 Floor - 3B/13)
09-11
15:00
60min
Sinus Surgery In The Era Of Biologics
Melis Demirag Evman, Yvonne Chan, Cenk Ecevit, Kasper Aenaes, Mohamad Chaaban

Sinus surgery in the era of biologics

Rhinology
Rhinology 4 (ICC - B3 Floor - 3B/13)
09-12
09:00
60min
Mastering Inverted Papillomas: Tailored Strategies And Surgical Challenges In The Endoscopic Era
Uygar DEMIR, Apostolos Karligkiotis, Yvonne Chan, Sinan Dheyauldeen, Ing Ping Tang

Mastering Inverted Papillomas: Tailored Strategies and Surgical Challenges in the Endoscopic Era

Rhinology
Rhinology 3 (Hilton - Connie 1)