Laryngectomy & Altered Airways: Complex Airway Management in Practice 2026
Following the success of the inaugural course, we are pleased to announce the 2026 course. The Laryngectomy and Altered Airway course returns with a focus on technique building and collaboration, the MDT approach. Some preliminary details are listed below with more information to come. We invite Senior Speech Pathologists, Senior Nurses, and Junior Registered Doctors to join us!
Learning Objectives
- Surgical refinements for optimized voice and swallowing outcomes
- Cadaveric session with possibility for hands on dissection for surgeons
- Primary versus secondary puncture - a debate on the evidence
- VP troubleshooting - algorithm for speech pathology and medical intervention in an emergency
- Pre surgery considerations for enhanced post operative recovery
- Flap surgery technique – the ENT perspective
- Management of advanced larynx cancer: organ preservation vs total laryngectomy
When: 15 & 16 May 2026
Location: Macquarie University in Macquarie Park, Sydney Australia
Who: Senior Speech Pathologists, Senior Nurses, and Junior Registered Doctors
Presenters: Mr. Eduard Pudel, Dr. Danielle Stone, & Dr. Leba M Sarkis
Cost:
- $700 AUD for Doctors
- $400 AUD for Speech Pathologists, Nurses, and other Healthcare Professionals
Places are strictly limited so be sure to register your Expression of Interest today
Meet Our Presenters
Dr. Eduard Pudel is a Melbourne-based ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon with special interests in head and neck tumour surgery, laryngectomy, sinus surgery, rhinoplasty, paediatric hearing loss, and obstructive sleep apnoea. Dr. Pudel was born in the Ukraine and moved to Australia in search of a better life with his parents in 1987. He conducted his medical school, surgical training and specialisation in Australia between 1993 and 2007. He spent an additional year in Ireland undertaking an ENT fellowship and began his private practice in Brighton upon his return in 2008.
Dr. Leba Michael Sarkis is a Sydney based dual international fellowship trained Head and Neck Surgical Oncologist accredited by both the Royal Australasian college of surgeons and the American Head and Neck society, the world largest body for head and neck oncologists. He is the only Head and Neck Surgeon in the country who is both a Dentist and a Surgeon allowing him to competently treat the entire spectrum of head and neck surgery including Head and neck cancer and reconstruction with dental rehabilitation, thyroid and parathyroid surgery and melanoma.
Dr. Danielle Stone is a Clinical Specialist Speech Pathologist at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia. Danielle has over 20 years clinical experience working across Sydney and Canada, specialising in head and neck oncology and voice disorders. She completed her Masters by research degree in 2015, investigating the outcomes of transoral laser microsurgery for early larynx cancer. She was also awarded her PhD (Swallow, Voice and Laryngeal hypersensitivity in whiplash associated disorder) at The University of Sydney. She is a casual lecturer at The University of Technology and Macquarie University as well as a research affiliate with The University of Sydney. Danielle has been consulting for Atos Medical for over 5 years and is the treasurer of the Laryngology Society of Australasia.