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Conference 2008

AGM & Conference Programme

10.45 - Registration (coffee, tea and pastries will be available)

11:15 - Welcome by Marie Nobbs MBE, Founder & President of the Ménière's Society

11:20 - AGM

11:45 - Conference:

11:50 - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and how it can help people with tinnitus and balance problems
Dr Danuta Orlowska, Clinical Psychologist, Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital (London)

Followed by questions

12:30 - Lunch

13:40 - Conference continues:

13:45 - Ménière's Disease: A Holistic Approach
Dr S Surenthiran, Consultant Neuro-Otologist from the Balance Centre, Medway Maritime Hospital (Kent)

14:30 - Afternoon Tea

14:45 - Office-Based Treatment of Ménière's Disease: Why Don't We Operate as Often as Before?
Professor Joel Goebel, Dept of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine (USA)

15:30 - Comfort break

15:40 - Question and Answer Session with Dr Surenthiran & Professor Goebel

16:00 - Conference close

About the Speakers

Dr Danuta Orlowska

Dr Orlowska is a clinical psychologist with an interest in helping people live as well as possible with/despite medical diagnoses. Most of her work uses cognitive behaviour therapy. This involves working jointly with people to identify unhelpful patterns of thoughts and behaviours, and to encourage them to develop and try out more helpful alternatives.

Dr S Surenthiran FRCP, FRCS, MSc, DIC

Dr S Surenthiran is a Consultant Neuro-Otologist from the Medway Maritime Hospital (Kent). He is responsible for the setting up and running of the Balance Centre at the Medway Hospital - recognised as a centre of excellence in the management of balance disorders. Dr Surenthiran's special interests include the diagnosis and treatment of balance disorders, hearing loss and tinnitus.

Professor Joel Goebel MD FACS

Professor Goebel is Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM), USA. He is also Residency Program Director as well as the Director of the Dizziness and Balance Center at WUSM. Professor Goebel's areas of clinical interest include: hearing loss, dizziness, balance disorders, Ménière's disease, vertigo, vestibular disorders, tinnitus, otosclerosis and cholosteatoma.