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LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE

9/11 and anthrax attacks in the mail. In addition, the campaign was prominently listed on a considerable number of government and private calendars that espouse good health. Always intended as a five-year recognition, Sinus Pain Awareness Month held its final observance in February 2002. But as one campaign ended, another began.

2006: ENT PAC celebrated 10 years: In 1996, the Academy ventured into the realm of political activism by establishing the political action committee, ENT PAC, designed to give members the opportunity to collectively support those candidates who embrace the philosophies of our specialty.

Kids ENT Health Month Kids ENT Health Month started in February 2003, also as a five

avenue in quality patient care and achieving the mission, Working for the Best Ear, Nose, and Throat Care.

year program—although it continues to this day. The program included online education resources including posters, fact sheets, patient leaflets, and materials. It also implemented a new grassroots role for the BOG public relations representatives in which they contacted medical/healthcare media in their community to establish a permanent media resource for ear, nose, and throat issues and notified the press of newsworthy events regarding the specialty and Academy—Kids ENT Health Month was the first test of this new initiative. Coalition for Hearing and Balance In 2002, the Coalition for Hearing and Balance entered its second year and progressed into stage two of its program development ensuring that patients received proper care for their hearing and balance disorders by continuing to oppose efforts by nonphysician providers to expand scope of practice at the expense of patient care. Stage two also included the development of CPOP, specialized curriculum for OTO techs, and template legislative language for introduction at the state level. The model legislation promoted the accurate testing and

Sinus Pain Awareness Month Sinus Pain Awareness Month returned to February in 2002 and underwent some significant changes, including putting all materials on the website for physicians, patients, and media to download and removing unsolicited mail in a time when people were cautious about opening unsolicited packages after

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