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Chapter 1: 1997 – 2001

at the 1998 Annual Meeting and included system demonstrations on two modules, rhinosinusitis and otitis media, which were presented daily throughout the meeting. By March 1999, COG*ENT had close to 50 Academy members enrolled in the program. Slow to gain participation Dr. Pillsbury issued a call in the March 1999 Bulletin , “Any system designed to collect information must have significant participation by those who will benefit from using a reliable database. Without member support, the system will not achieve its potential, and an Academy initiative that held so much promise will not succeed.” By the end of 1999, the participation doubled, and in 2000 a new vendor was selected. Articles regarding COG*ENT and data analyzed from this registry were published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and Laryngoscope . Clinical Indicators and the Trend Toward Evidence-Based Medicine An essential arena of work for the AAO-HNS/F was to foster high-quality research efforts that filled knowledge gaps. Not only did this include the implementation of COG*ENT, but also included the Otolaryngology Clinical Trails Cooperative Group, Subcommittee on Research Grants and Prizes; Subcommittee on Outcomes Research, and collaboration with the Agency for Health Care and Policy Research in generating practice guidelines and evidence reports. To further The consensus panel members included (from left to right): Michael Poole, MD, PhD; Jennifer Rubin-Grandis, MD; Joseph E. Dohar, MD; Leonard P. Rybak, MD, PhD; and Harry Keyserling, MD; completed the panel.

From left to right: Michael D. Maves, MD, MBA; Seth Pransky, MD; David Witsell, MD; Susan Clift, MD; and N. Wendell Todd, MD. Maureen Hannley, PhD; and Susan Sedory Holzer, MD (not pictured).

address unavoidable evidence gaps, the AAO-HNSF solicited the knowledge and expertise of the committees to develop clinical indicators, policy statements, and patient referral guidelines that facilitate evidence-based care founded on expert consensus. Members of the Rhinosinusitis Task Force, which represented AAO-HNS, AAOA, and ARS, published guidelines in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck

Surgery in August 1997. The purpose was to offer standardized guidelines for the definition, diagnosis, management, staging, and analysis of outcomes tools for rhinosinusitis. Also in 1997, the AAO-HNSF endorsed the head and neck cancer practice guidelines developed by American Society for Head and Neck Surgery and the Society of Head and Neck Surgeons.

The Section on Residents and Fellows was the first official section of the AAO-HNS in 2001 and held its inaugural assembly at the Annual Meeting that year.

Antonio De la Cruz, MD, and Eugene N. Myers, MD, FRCS Edin (Hon), met the represenatives of the Spanish Otolaryngology Society during the International Reception at the Annual Meeting.

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