The third World Congress on Thyroid Cancer was held in Boston, USA July 27 – 30, 2017. More than 1,300 delegates from 72 countries attended and the reviews were exceptional.
A robust program over three days included: Keynotes, Panels, Meet the Professors, Instructional Courses, Sponsored Symposiums, Product Theaters, Abstract Presentations and a 5K Run!
WCTC3 in July 2017 was a great success with more than
1400 attendees from 72 countries. The next program will be in Rome, Italy in June 2019.
The organizing committee is led by Dr. Rocco Bellantone and Dr. Celestino Lombardi.
Full details will be available here as they become available in early 2018.
Please look at a highlight video of WCTC 2017:
Many of the lectures are also available for your viewing:
Gregory W. Randolph, MD, Co-Chair Bryan McIver, MD, Co-Chair Ezra Cohen, MD Jeremy Freeman, MD Bryan Haugen, MD Jatin P. Shah, MD Ashok R. Shaha, MD Steven I. Sherman, MD Ian J. Witterick, MD
This course is intended for participants with a diverse background in head and neck ultrasound ranging from a beginner to those with a moderate amount of clinical or educational exposure. This course will include a didactic session as well as a hands-on practical lab. The didactic session will review the physics principles of ultrasound and outline in a detailed fashion scanning techniques and ultrasonographic appearance of normal head and neck anatomy. In addition, use of ultrasound for the diagnostic evaluation of thyroid, parathyroid, and neck pathology will be discussed. Finally, technical considerations for ultrasound guided procedures as well as an overview of incorporating point-of-care ultrasound in a clinical practice will be presented. The practical lab will be a small group activity in which participants will be proctored through skills stations in which the participant will be able to perform different components of an ultrasound exam on patient models. It also includes a session for ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration.
Upon completion of the course and a post-course test an ACS certificate of completion will be given.