November 6-8, 2025

Hyatt Place Hotel
560 King Street
Charleston, SC 29403

 

Program Overview:

The three-day conference will focus on how to evaluation and manage patients with vestibular disorders. The course is led by MUSC's Habib R. Rizk, MD, MSc; Rebecca English OTR/L, PT, MSR, DPT; Elizabeth Ploth, AuD, CC-A; and Michael Teixido, MD of Thomas Jefferson University, University of Pennsylvania, Delaware Otologic Medicine and Surgery Fellowship. Guest faculty include Jeffrey P. Staab, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Janene Holmberg, PT, DPT, Intermountain Health, Murray, UT; and Megan Kobel, AuD, PhD, CCC-A, University of Arizona. 

The course will provide current knowledge and best practices in serving patients with vestibular disorders. A hands-on lab will cover the clinical and paraclinical evaluation of patients with dizziness and the basic therapy principles for various vestibular disorders. The course suits all skill levels and offers in-person and virtual lectures.

Conference Objectives:

Upon completion of this conference, participants should be better able to:

• Evaluate comprehensively a patient with dizziness. ‌
• Assess the importance and prevalence of vestibular migraine as a cause of dizziness.
• Detect and treat atypical forms of BPPV.
• Diagnose and manage Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD)
• Discuss cortical processing of space and motion information and the practical clinical implications of vestibular relativity.
• Discuss assessment of vestibular thresholds and implications for diagnosis and management of vestibular disorders.

Target Audience:

The target audience for the conference include the following: Otolaryngologists, Audiologists, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Neurologists, Internists, Family Practitioners, Pediatricians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, VNG/ENG Technicians

Conference Agenda:

The conference agenda can be found here.

Online Syllabus:

In our efforts to “go green”, an online syllabus will be provided to all attendees. Information will be emailed to you prior to the conference so that you may download a copy. Internet connection will also be available in the meeting room.

https://medicine.musc.edu/education/cme/current/live-conferences/2025-charleston-vestibular-conference

Credit Designation:

Lecture: The Medical University of South Carolina designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.5  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Lab: The Medical University of South Carolina designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

The CME Office will be applying for ASHA, SCAPTA, SCOTA and American Academy of Audiology Accreditation for this conference. Unless credit is noted otherwise, all non-physicians attending the conference would receive CEU Credits. ( 0.1 credit = 1 contact hour )