Analysis of Potential Conflicts of Interest Among Otolaryngologic Patient Advocacy Organizations in 2016Patient advocacy organizations (PAOs) are nonprofits dedicated to benefiting patients and their families through activities such as education/counseling and research funding. Although medical drug/device companies may serve as important partners, industry donations may bias the efforts of PAOs. We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the Kaiser Health News nonprofit database to identify and characterize otolaryngologic PAOs (n=32) active in 2016. Among these PAOs, half (n=16; 50.0%) focused on otologic diseases and mean total annual revenue was $3.1 million. Among the 15 PAOs (46.9%) with publicly available donor lists, 10 (66.7%) received donations from industry. Few PAOs publicly reported the total amount donated by industry (n=3 of 32; 9.4%) or published policies for mitigating potential financial conflicts of interest with donors (n=3 of 32; 9.4%). Requiring drug and device companies to publicly report donations to PAOs may help patients, providers, and policymakers to better understand advocacy by these influential stakeholders.Kondamuri, Neil S; Rathi, Vinay K; Naunheim, Matthew R; Sethi, Rosh V; Miller, Ashley L; Varvares, Mark A.AuthorBrown University. Alpert Medical School. Scholarly Concentration Program. Non-Scholarly Concentratorresearch programPatient advocacyConflict of interestsOtolaryngologyEnglish2019Non-Scholarly ConcentratorAll rights reservedtext