Surgical techniques to promote optimal voice and swallowing outcomes in Total Laryngectomy

Join us for our on demand webinar with an international panel discussion with leading experts in the field of laryngectomy, to explore the impact of surgical techniques on tracheoesophageal voice and swallowing.

Dr Claudio Parrilla will begin with an overview of Total Laryngectomy surgical techniques performed at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome. Following his presentation, the panel of experts will discuss how to optimize stoma creation and voice quality, while minimizing stoma stenosis, hypertonicity and dysphagia. The audience will also have the opportunity to ask live questions.

Timed agenda

0-5 Welcome and introduction

5-15 Surgical techniques to optimize voice and swallowing

15-50 Panel discussion on the benefits and disadvantages of different surgical techniques on voice and swallowing outcomes

50-60 Live questions from the audience

Learning objectives

• Summarize surgical techniques to optimize stoma creation during a Total Laryngectomy

• Describe surgical techniques to optimize voice and swallowing outcomes after Total Laryngectomy

Expert panel

Dr. Claudio Parrilla

Dr. Claudio Parrilla, MD PhD is a Head and Neck Surgeon at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy. Dr. Parrilla graduated from the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome and completed his Residentship at the Gemelli Hospital with partnership at Center Hospital University CHU in Nantes, France. He did his PhD at Catholic University of Sacred Heart, in Rome as well as a post-doc Fellowship in Hannover.    

Since 2012, Dr. Parilla has been the scientific coordinator of the annual international course on Voice Prosthesis rehabilitation in Rome, in the international Global Post-Laryngectomy Rehabilitation Academy (GPRA) Program. He is member of the Italian Society of Otolarngology (SIO) and the Italian Society of cervico-cephalic Oncology (AIOCC). He has more than 60 Publications focused predominantly on Head and Neck cancer and has published in the field of Voice Prosthesis Rehabilitation in Laryngectomized patients. 

Dr. Francesc Xavier Avilés Jurado

Dr. Francesc Xavier Avilés Jurado, MD, PhD is Head of the Head and Neck Tumors Unit at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. He is visiting Professor at the University of Barcelona and Co-Head of the Head and Neck Oncology Research Line. His work focuses on various aspects of head and neck cancer: minimally invasive and reconstructive surgery on the one hand, and on the other, prognostic factors associated with tumor metabolism.

Rina Abrams

Rina Abrams, MS, CCC-SLP holds a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences from the University of Colorado and a Master of Science from the Medical University of South Carolina.  She is an Assistant Professor, Co-Director of the Multidisciplinary Dysphagia and Deglutition Clinic, and Lead Head and Neck Speech Pathologist at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.  Her primary clinical focus is dysphagia, head and neck cancer and alaryngeal speech.  She also serves as adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland and Towson University.  She lectures locally and nationally and publishes on head and neck cancer rehabilitation.

Molly Smeltzer

Molly Smeltzer, MS, CCC-SLP completed her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology at The University of Texas at Dallas, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication Science and Disorders from Baylor University. Upon graduation from her Master’s program, Molly completed a one-year clinical fellowship at Cleveland Clinic in the acute care hospital. She now specializes in the head and neck cancer population as an outpatient Speech–Language Pathologist.
Her current areas of interest include head and neck cancer rehabilitation, laryngectomy rehabilitation with emphasis on prosthetic voice restoration, and swallowing disorders in adults.

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