Program Highlights

• Program at a Glance Meet the Professor Instructional Courses  

  Keynote Sessions

   

  Thursday July 11, 2013
  Keynote Lecture 1 – Molecular Markers in Thyroid Tumors:  Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications Yuri Nikiforov
  Keynote Lecture 2 – Surgical Approaches to Thyroid Cancer Clive Grant
  Keynote Lecture 3 – Postoperative Management of Thyroid Cancer Bruce Robinson

  Friday July 12, 2013
  Keynote Lecture 4 – Surgery for Metastatic Neck Disease Henning Dralle
  Keynote Lecture 5 – Long-term Follow up and Surveillance of Thyroid Cancer R. Michael Tuttle

  Saturday July 13, 2013
  Keynote Lecture 6 – Systemic Treatment for Thyroid Cancer Ezra Cohen

   

  Panel Sessions

   

  Thursday July 11, 2013	Panelists
  PANEL 1 Molecular Testing and Genomics in Thyroid Nodules and Cancer Moderator: Bryan McIver  – USA	Eric Alexander – USA Zubair Baloch – USA Francesca Carlomagno – Italy Guido Fadda – Italy Marina Nikiforov – USA
  PANEL 2 Minimal Disease Management Moderator: Susan Mandel – USA	Kenneth Ain – USA Yasuhiro Ito – Japan Mark Urken – USA Randy Weber – USA

   

  Friday July 12, 2013	Panelists
  PANEL 3 Surgical Complexities and Controversies Moderator: Jeremy Freeman – Canada	Woong-youn Chung – Korea Quan Duh – USA Keith Heller – USA Jatin Shah – USA Geoff Thompson – USA
  PANEL 4 Nodal Disease Management Moderator: Gregory Randolph – USA	James Brierley – Canada Dan Duick – USA Dana Hartl – France Robert Udelsman – USA Frederik Verburg – Germany
  PANEL 5 Medullary Thyroid Cancer Moderator: Jatin Shah – USA	Douglas Evans – USA Robert Gagel – USA Richard Kloos – USA Jeff Moley – USA Nelson Wolhk – Chile

   

  Saturday July 13, 2013	Panelists
  PANEL 6 Locally Advanced and Aggressive Disease in the Neck Moderator: Martha Zeiger – USA	Douglas Ball – USA Nicolas Daly-Schweitzer – France Rosella Elisei – Italy Patrick Gullane – Canada Thomas McCaffrey – USA
  PANEL 7 Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Moderator: Steve Sherman – USA	Claudio Cernea – Brazil Rob Foote – USA Sara Rosenthal – USA Eric Sherman – USA Robert Smallridge – USA
  PANEL 8 Management of Complications Moderator: Ashok Shaha – USA	Gerard Doherty – USA Mimi Hu – USA Janice Pasieka – Canada Ralph Tufano – USA Richard Wong – USA
  Hot topic discussion #1: Non-Surgical Ablative Treatments for Thyroid Nodule and Thyroid Cancer Moderators: Roberto Valcavi & Ian Witterick	Laurence Leenhardt Carl Reading Luigi Solbiati Nobihuro Fukunari
  Hot topic discussion #2: Who Needs to be made ‘hot’ with Radioactive Iodine? Moderators: Bryan McIver	TBA

   

  Sunday July 14, 2013	Panelists
  PANEL 9 What’s New?  What’s Next?  Don’t we Know it All Yet? Moderator: Bryan Haugen – USA	Gary Clayman – USA Andrea Frasoldati – Italy Hans Graf – Brazil Stephanie Lee – USA Len Wartofsky – USA

    Highlights will include:

  • Cytology and Molecular Markers in Thyroid Nodules
  • Evaluation and Management of Thyroid Nodules
  • Hands-on minimally invasive surgical techniques (Pre-conference course)
  • Advanced Ultrasound course (Pre-conference course)
  • Locally Advanced and Aggressive Disease in the Neck
  • Management of Complications
  • Medullary Thyroid Cancer
  • Minimal Disease Management
  • Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
  • Nodal Disease Management
  • Novel chemotherapies
  • Pathology
  • Post Surgical Management
  • RLN Monitoring
  • Radioactive iodine therapy
  • Surgical Techniques
  • Surveillance Strategies
  • Surgical Complexities and Controversies

    * Program Subject to Change *