HISTORY OF THE AEESSG

The American Endoscopic Ear Surgery Study Group (AEESSG) was founded in 2015 as the only American organization dedicated to the advancement of endoscopic ear surgery (EES). The first meeting of the AEESSG, organized by Dr. Muaaz Tarabichi and Dr. Daniel Lee, took place on Sunday, April 19th, 2015 at American Hospital Dubai. 

Attending this historic meeting were the inaugural members of the AEESSG:

The second meeting of the AEESSG took place in Dallas, TX at the American Academy of Otolaryngology conference on September 27th, 2015. During the first few meetings of the AEESSG, the group worked on establishing consistent nomenclature in EES along with a standard EES classification system, which was published in Laryngoscope. The group also discussed the need for prospective studies in evaluating surgical and patient-centered outcomes in EES and how to standardize outcome reporting. The bylaws of the AEESSG were drafted in 2019.

Below are the official attendance lists of the first several meetings of the AEESSG.