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SPECIAL TIME – Free webinar at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time (US), October 1, 2025

Tune in to hear Adrien Eshraghi, MD, MSc, FACS, a 2022 ARI grant recipient, discuss the management of otolaryngology co-morbidities associated with autism.

Management of Otolaryngology Co-Morbidities Associated with Autism

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Dr. Adrien Eshraghi is board certified in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He is Board Certified in Neurotology. He served as the past President of the Florida Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.

His training and experience at Sorbonne University in Paris, UCLA, and University of Miami encompasses medical, surgical, holistic, and integrative approaches to disease management. By combining these approaches, he provides comprehensive management of Ear and Hearing Disorders (Otology and Neurotology)

He is a surgeon-scientist with over 200 scientific papers published (H-Index 50), over 500 presentations at national and international scientific meetings. He is selected by his peers to be one of the “Top Doctors” and “Best Doctors in America” yearly since 2012. He is ranked as one of the Top 2% Scientists in 2024 that are leading the minds in science (Stanford University Top’s 2% Scientist List in the world).

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Autism Psychopharmacology

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M. Pilar Trelles, MD, is a licensed and certified child and adolescent psychiatrist. Dr. Trelles has expertise in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and related neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) and has received specialized training in the utility of genomic medicine to better understand these conditions.

Dr. Trelles’ clinical and research work has been dedicated to improving access to care for under-resourced communities with NDDs. By establishing strong community partnerships with national and international stakeholders, she has developed initiatives that improve healthcare disparities and build capacities in the community to improve research participation of ethnic and racial minorities in ASD research. She has obtained significant grant support and has been the recipient of multiple awards for junior investigators. Dr. Trelles has published extensively in professional journals and has been invited frequently to present nationally and internationally.

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Adam Naples, PhD, a 2022 ARI research grant recipient, will share research updates on auditory sensitivities in autism.

Auditory Sensitivities in Autism

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Adam Naples, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Child Study Center at the Yale School of Medicine. As a researcher at Yale he has co-authored papers on autism, reading disability and genetics and developed novel experimental methods for studying brain activity during live and simulated social interactions. Dr. Naples received his B.S from Cornell University, his Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University, and post-doctoral training at the Yale Child Study Center. He has also been active in the mentoring and training of graduate and undergraduate students and post-doctoral fellows. His primary research interests are understanding the neural and cognitive mechanisms that lead to variability in developmental disorders.

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