1st Comprehensive Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course

• Half-day (24. Oct) lecture series on key principles of sinus surgery - fully live-streamed
• 1.5-day (24.-25. Oct.) cadaver dissection course with close faculty supervision
• Step-by-step surgical demonstrations by expert faculty
• Structured progression from basic to advanced techniques
• Renowned national and international faculty
• Live-stream and on-demand access to all lectures

Accreditation:
The course is accredited for 6 DFP points.

Venue:
Lecture: Josephinum Medical Museum, Währinger Str. 25, 1090 Wien
Dissection: Center for Anatomy, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Str. 13, 1090 Wien

Course directors:
Ap. Prof. Priv.-Doz. DDr. David Liu
Priv. Doz. DDr. Faris Brkic

Faculty:
International Faculty

• Noel Ayoub (Stanford – USA)
• Rajiv Bhalla (Manchester – UK)
• Archana Jaiswal (Manchester – UK)

National faculty

• Alexandros Andrianakis (Graz)
• Patricia Bäck (Salzburg)
• Ljilja Bektic-Tadic (Innsbruck)
• Martin Bruch (Linz)
• Johannes Hochstöger (Linz)
• Victoria Plaschke (Klagenfurt)
• Birgit Knerer (Vienna)
• Sven Schneider (Vienna)
• Faris Brkic (Vienna)
• David Liu (Vienna)

Course Packages:

• Dissection + Lecture (On-site lectures plus full participation in the cadaver dissection): 1800€
• Lecture + Observer (On-site lectures and observation of the dissection sessions): 900€
• Lectures (On-site or online live-stream access to all lectures): 500€

Each course package is accredited for 6 DFP points.

Timetable:

Day 1 – Saturday, October 24th, 2026

• Lecture Session I | 08:00 – 12:30
  • Venue: Josephinum Medical Museum, Vienna
  • Registration: 07:30 – 08:00
  • 08:00 – 08:05
    Course opening and welcome
    David Liu / Faris Brkic (Vienna)
  • 08:05 – 08:15
    Course organization, objectives and workflow
    David Liu / Faris Brkic (Vienna)
  • 08:15 – 08:30
    Surgical setup and instrumentation in endoscopic sinus surgery
    Faris Brkic (Vienna)
  • 08:30 – 08:45
    Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS): tips and tricks
    David Liu / Faris Brkic (Vienna)
  • 08:45 – 09:15
    Step-by-step basic sinus surgery and relevant anatomy
    Rajiv Bhalla (Manchester)
• Coffee Break | 09:15 – 09:30
• Lectures | 09:30 – 11:20
  • 09:30 – 10:00
    Frontal sinus surgery: principles and techniques
    Noel Ayoub (Stanford)
  • 10:00 – 10:15
    Management of acute epistaxis and sphenopalatine artery ligation
    Johannes Hochstöger (Linz)
  • 10:15 – 10:45
    Endoscopic orbital surgery/dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR): indications and techniques
    Noel Ayoub (Stanford)
  • 10:45 – 11:15
    Complications of functional endoscopic sinus surgery
    Archana Jaiswal (Manchester)
• Lunch Break | 11:20 – 12:00
• Hands-on Dissection Session | 12:30 – 15:30
  • Venue: Institute of Anatomy, Medical University of Vienna
  • Practical training objectives:
    • Maxillary antrostomy
    • Ethmoidectomy
    • Sphenoidotomy
    • Optional frontal sinus surgery (Day 2)
• Lecture Session II | 16:00 – 18:00
  • Venue: Josephinum Medical Museum
• Coffee Break: 16:00 – 16:30
• Lectures | 16:30 – 18:00
  • 16:30 – 17:00
    Extended frontal sinus surgery: Draf IIb and Draf III procedures
    Archana Jaiswal (Manchester)
  • 17:00 – 17:30
    The pterygopalatine fossa and internal maxillary artery: surgical anatomy and approaches
    David Liu (Vienna)
  • 17:30 – 18:00
    Role of biologics in chronic rhinosinusitis and sinus surgery
    Alexandros Andrianakis (Graz)
• Social Gathering: 19:00

Day 2 – Sunday, October 25th, 2026

• Hands-on Dissection Session | 09:00 – 15:00
  • Venue: Institute of Anatomy, Medical University of Vienna
  • Advanced surgical techniques:
    • Orbital approaches and Dacrocystorhinostomy
    • Frontal sinus surgery
    • Frontal sinus drill-out
    • Optional vidian nerve neurectomy
    • Optional skull base approaches
    • Optional PPF approaches

Registration