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International Conference and Exhibition on
Otolaryngology
October 15-17, 2012 DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago-Northshore, USA
 Otolaryngology - 2012

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    Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the USA, after New York City and Los Angeles. Its metropolitan area, sometimes called "Chicago land," is the 27th most populous urban agglomeration in the world, the largest in the Great Lakes Megalopolis, and the third largest in the United States, home to an estimated 9.8 million people spread across the US states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California.
    Chicago was incorporated as a town in 1833, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. Today, the city retains its status as a major hub for industry, telecommunications and infrastructure, with O'Hare International Airport being the second busiest airport in the world in terms of traffic movements. In 2008, the city hosted 45.6 million domestic and overseas visitors. As of 2010, Chicago's metropolitan area has the 4th largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) among world metropolitan areas.
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    speaker Paul F. Castellanos
    University of Alabama at Birmi , USA

    speaker Robert H. Ossoff
    Vanderbilt Medical Center, USA

    speaker Quintin Pan
    Ohio State University, USA

    speaker Xiaorui Shi
    Oregon Health & Science University, USA

    speaker Steven J. Wang
    University of California, USA

    speaker Charles Bishop
    University of Mississippi, USA

    speaker Ivan H. El-Sayed
    University of California, USA

    speaker Marcos Paiva
    University of California, USA

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