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Sep 12th, 2022

ENTrepreneur Faceoff

Tuesday’s competition puts a spotlight on teams presenting their early, not yet widely commercially available, innovations.


Kita and Rameau headshots
Ashley E. Kita, MD (left) and Anais Rameau, MD

Mark your calendar for Tuesday, September 15, 5:00 - 7:00 pm (ET) at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown for the ENTrepreneur Faceoff and check out some innovative premarket products. The face-off allows entrepreneurs to go head-to-head with their top presentations and products within the otolaryngology specialty.

In its second year, the ENTrepreneur Faceoff is organized and brought to attendees due to the active participation and guidance of the AAO-HNS Medical Devices and Drugs Committee (MDDC).

“We are excited to have 25 teams presenting their innovations at booths, three of which have been preselected based on scoring by the MMDC members to pitch their ideas live to the audience,” said Ashley E. Kita, MD, Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at UCLA. She said the first hour of the faceoff event provides time for attendees to network and circulate to see the innovations presented at each of the booths. The second hour is reserved for live presentations from the top three teams.

The judging panelists, who represent both academia as well as industry, are: Alexander Brethaur, Senior Product Manager at Cook Medical in Bloomington, Indiana, Jina Ko, PhD, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, Matthew Maltese, PhD, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Pediatric Medical Device Consortium, and Katherine Reuther, PhD, Executive Director of the Penn Center for Health-Devices and Technology. The judging panel for the ENTrepreneur Faceoff: (from upper left and clockwise) Alexander Brethaur, Jina Ko, PhD, Katherine Reuther, PhD, and Matthew Maltese, PhD.The judging panel for the ENTrepreneur Faceoff: (from upper left and clockwise) Alexander Brethaur, Jina Ko, PhD, Katherine Reuther, PhD, and Matthew Maltese, PhD.

“The number of submissions has more than doubled compared to last year. Clearly there is a need for this type of event at the Annual Meeting. We see diverse representation of otolaryngologists at all levels, from trainees to experienced colleagues among applicants,” observed Anais Rameau, MD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. “It is really exciting to see so much enthusiasm for innovation among our peers, and we are grateful for the AAO-HNSF support in making this faceoff a recurring event.

In its second year, the committee made some adjustments to the program. “We removed the fireside chats to maximize time for networking. We think this is an excellent opportunity for innovators to interact with each other, mentors, and industry partners,” Dr. Rameau said. 

Top 3 Teams Invited to Present

  • Auricle: An Extracochlear Implant to Restore High-Frequency Hearing without Damaging Residual Hearing 
  • HealthyNose Personal Nasal Humidifier Improves Comfort and Will Prevent Nasal Oxygen-Induced Nosebleeds. 
  • Targeted Topical Intranasal Drug Delivery 

New Products/Teams with Booths 

  • Surgical Drain Stabilization Dressing 
  • Patient Augmented Reality and Vibratory Array (PARVA) - Improving Patient Experience During In-Office Procedures 
  • The Next Generation Nasal Splint for Septoplasty: The Colorado Splint 
  • A Smartphone Adaptor to Record and Share Endoscopic Images 
  • Laryngoscopy AI Co-Pilot 
  • Point-of-Care Screening Test to Rapidly Identify CVM in Newborns 
  • Voice AI in Differential Diagnosis for Scheduling 
  • HemeHear: A Neural Network Approach for Predicting Hearing Loss in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease 
  • Minimal Impact Dual Access Faceplate and Smart Tie to Reduce the Risk of Tracheostomy Related Wound Complications in Children 
  • DizzyDx 
  • Encounter Templates for Published Guidelines 
  • Otologic Technologies: An Artificial Intelligence System to Diagnose Ear Diseases Better 
  • First Breakthrough Treatment for Chronic Vertigo 
  • Language Agnostic Speech Generation Gloves 
  • NextGenET: A Superior Endotracheal Tube for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia 
  • Non-Invasive Arterial Pulse Waveform Monitoring 
  • Utility of a Novel Bioabsorbable Ventilation Tube 
  • Single Dose Provider Administered Treatment for Otitis Externa 
  • ENT into the Metaverse  
  • Smartphone App for Middle Ear Fluid Detection 
  • Complete Rinse  
  • A Supplemental Translational Tool to Improve Physician and Patient Satisfaction During Patient Encounters 

 

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