Instructional Courses

• Instructional courses are meant to be focused presentations on specific strategically selected topics. The restricted focus on a specific topic is intended to provide a highly defined presentation on that specific topic by a multidisciplinary panel of experts. State-of-the-art work in a specific topic will be presented by international experts. These programs are intended to present the final word on specific controversial topics.

  Date & Time & Room	Course & Content	Faculty
  Friday, July 28 2:10 – 3:30 pm Commonwealth AB	#1 – Thyroid Cancer Guidelines Around the World	Moderator: Bryan Haugen Speakers: Hernán González Eleanora Molinaro Kate Newbold Takahiro Okamoto Fabian Pitoia David Scott-Coombes Hiroshi Takami
  Friday, July 28 2:10 – 3:30 pm Commonwealth C	#2 – ATA Guidelines on Surgical Management of Thyroid Cancer: Thyroid and nodes	Moderator: David Steward Speakers: Victor Bernet Quan-Yang Duh Richard Payne Ralph Tufano
  Friday, July 28 2:10 – 3:30 pm Stone (Lobby Level)	#3 – The Preop Evaluation for Thyroid Cancer	Moderator: Amy Chen Speakers: Miguel Herrera Mona Sabra Catherine Sinclair Rich Wong
  Friday, July 28 2:10 – 3:30 pm Webster (Lobby Level)	#4 – Radiation Induced Thyroid Cancer: From Chernobyl to Fukishima	Moderator: Geraldine Thomas Speakers: Daniel Branovan Shin-ichi Suzuki Pat Zanzonico
  Friday, July 28 2:10 – 3:30 pm Carlton (Harbourwing – Conference Level)	#5 – Management of Central Neck Dissection: Elective, therapeutic and recurrent (including non-surgical)	Moderator: Jeremy Freeman Speakers: Jonathan Clark Gianlorenzo Dionigi Yasuhiro Ito Martha Zeiger
  Friday, July 28 2:10 – 3:30 pm Griffin (Harbourwing – Conference Level)	#6A – Evaluation and Management of Recurrent Thyroid Cancer	Moderator: Ken Burman Speakers: Cosimo Durante Beth Edeiken-Monroe Anna Sawka Ricard Simo Russell Smith Nikolas Stathatos
  Friday, July 28 2:10 – 3:30 pm Lewis (Harbourwing – Conference Level)	#7 – Update on Clinical Trials TKI Precision Oncology and Beyond	Moderator: Lori Wirth Speakers: Maria Cabanillas Erza Cohen Yariv Houvras Martin Schlumberger
  Friday, July 28 2:10 – 3:30 pm Burroughs (Conference Level)	#17A – Differentiated Thyroid  Cancer:  Long-term follow-up after initial therapy – Which tests? How often? How long?	Moderator: Wendy Sacks Speakers: Ken Ain Stephanie Fish Dan Fliss
  Friday, July 28 4:30 – 6:00 pm Commonwealth AB	#8 – RLN and SLN  Intraoperative Management and Monitoring: Standards for high quality monitoring	Moderator: Greg Randolph Speakers: Marcin Barczynski Claudio Cernea Gianlorenzo Dionigi Erivelto Volpi Che-Wei Wu
  Friday, July 28 4:30 – 6:00 pm Commonwealth C	#9 – Micropapillary Thyroid Cancer: Observe or Treat	Moderator: Mike Tuttle Speakers: Louise Davies Leslie Eldeiry Robert Levine Doug Ross Peter Sadow
  Friday, July 28 4:30 – 6:00 pm Stone (Lobby Level)	#10 – Techniques and Tips in Avoiding Complications in Thyroid Surgery	Moderator: Peter Angelos Speakers: Richard Hodin Teresa Kroeker Philip Pelliterri Antonia Stephen
  Friday, July 28 4:30 – 6:00 pm Webster (Lobby Level)	#11 – Diagnostic and Predictive Uses of Molecular Analysis in Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Cancer	Moderator: Matthew Ringel Speakers: Gilbert Cote Tom Fahey Yuri Nikiforov Kepal Patel Mingzhao Xing
  Friday, July 28 4:30 – 6:00 pm Carlton (Harbourwing – Conference Level)	#12 – Office US in differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Pre-operative staging and post-operative follow-up	Moderator: Susan Mandel Speakers: Erik Alexander Mark Lupo Carmen Solarzano
  Friday, July 28 4:30 – 6:00 pm Griffin (Harbourwing – Conference Level)	#13 – Robotic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Approaches: Technique and patient selection and their global differences	Moderator: Emad Kandil  Speakers: Woong Youn Chung Yoon Woo Koh Akira Miyauchi Hyun Suh David Terris Neil Tolley
  Friday, July 28 4:30 – 6:00 pm Lewis (Harbourwing – Conference Level)	#14 – Techniques and Tips for Achieving a Safe and Effective Revision Surgery for Recurrent/Persistent Neck Disease	Moderator: Ashok Shaha Speakers: Gary Clayman Mete Düren Dan Fliss Carsten Palme
  Saturday, July 29 2:10 – 3:30 pm Stone (Lobby Level)	#6B – Evaluation and Management of Recurrent Thyroid Cancer	Moderator: Ken Burman Speakers: Cosimo Durante Beth Edeiken-Monroe Anna Sawka Ricard Simo
  Saturday, July 29 4:30 – 6:00 pm Commonwealth AB	#15 – Management of the Airway in Locally Invasive Thyroid Cancer:  When to Scrape, When to resect	Moderator: Dana Hartl Speakers: James Brierley Jonathan Clark Guri Sandhu Iwao Sugitani
  Saturday, July 29 4:30 – 6:00 pm Commonwealth C	#16 – Initial Staging and Management of MCT (Basic Primer in Management of MTC)	Moderator: Rich Wong Speakers: Elizabeth Grubbs Patrick Gullane Jonathan Irish Jeff Moley
  Saturday, July 29 4:30 – 6:00 pm Stone (Lobby Level)	#17B – Differentiated Thyroid  Cancer:  Long-term follow-up after initial therapy – Which tests? How often? How long?	Moderator: Wendy Sacks Speakers: Ken Ain Stephanie Fish Dan Fliss Mack Harrell Matt Kim
  Saturday, July 29 4:30 – 6:00 pm Webster (Lobby Level)	#18 – Non Surgical Ablative Therapy for Thyroid Nodules and Cancer Interventional	Moderator: Jung Hwan Baek Speakers: Daniele Barbaro Andrea Frasoldati Nobuhiro Fukunari Ian Hay Tara Henrichsen
  Saturday, July 29 4:30 – 6:00 pm Carlton (Harbourwing – Conference Level)	#19 – The Increasing Incidence of Thyroid Cancer	Moderator: Luc Morris Speakers: Amy Chen Louise Davies Carrie Lubitz Catherine Sinclair Kyung Tae
  Saturday, July 29 4:30 – 6:00 pm Griffin (Harbourwing – Conference Level)	#20 – Parathyroid Preservation: State-of-the-Art	Moderator: Antonio Stiges- Serra Speakers: Pieter Noordzij Nancy Perrier Neil Tolley
  Saturday, July 29 4:30 – 6:00 pm Lewis (Harbourwing – Conference Level)	#21 – Management of Pediatric Thyroid Cancer	Moderator: Andrew Bauer Speakers: Gillian Diercks Geeta Lal Geoffrey  Thompson Steve Waguespack Donald Zimmerman

  ** Program subject to change **