The Best Practices in Endocrine Surgery Summit will boast a full day of programming and sessions, culminating in a best practices-centered journal publication in the American Journal of Surgery.
Learn more about the day's proceedings here:
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| 7-7:50 a.m. | Check-In |
| 7:50-8 a.m. | Introductions by Summit Co-Leaders Drs. Herbert Chen and Tracy Wang |
| 8-9:45 a.m. | Session 1: Preventing and Treating Hypoparathyroidism After Surgery Co-Leaders: Kepal Patel and Dave Schneider Faculty: Paul Gauger, Sarah Oltmann, Elizabeth Cottrill, Carmen Solorzano, Peter Abraham, Basma S. Abdulhadi, Susie Pitt, Adwoa S. Opoku-Boateng, Alex Papachristos |
| Session 1a: Definition, Preoperative Preparation, Intraoperative Adjuncts Preoperative Preparation (10 min) - Sarah Oltmann Autotransplantation (10 min) - Alex Papachristos Intraoperative Adjuncts (10 min) - Elizabeth Cottrill Panel Discussion (20 min) - Paul Gauger AJS Manuscript: Peter Abraham |
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| Session 1b: Diagnosis, Immediate and Long-Term Management Definition & Diagnosis (10 min) - Susan Pitt Immediate Treatment (10 min) - Adwoa Opoku-Boateng Long Term Management (10 min) - Basma Abdulhadi Panel Discussion (25 min) - Carmen Solorzano AJS Manuscript: Peter Abraham |
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| 9:45-10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m.-12 p.m. | Session 2: Ablative Techniques for the Thyroid Co-Leaders: Sophie Dream and Jennifer Kuo Faculty: Ralph Tufano, Claire Graves, Jesse Pasternak, Erivelto Volpi, Anne Weaver, Alexander S. Chiu, Jessica Fazendin, Salem Noureldine |
| Session 2a: Ablative Techniques for Thyroid Cancer
Thermal Ablation of Papillary Thyroid Microcancers (8 min.) - Erivelto Volpi Thermal Ablation of Lymph Node Metastases (8 min.) - Claire Graves Panel Discussion (14 min.) - Anne Weaver, Senior Author: Erivelto Volpi AJS Manuscript First Authors: Claire Graves, Anne Weaver |
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| Session 2b: Ablative Techniques for Indeterminate Nodules Updates in Molecular Testing (8 min) - Jesse Pasternak Thermal Ablation of Indeterminate Nodules (8 min) - Alexander S. Chiu Panel Discussion (14 min) - Jennifer Kuo, Senior Author: Jennifer Kuo AJS Manuscript First Authors: Jesse Pasternak, Alexander Chiu |
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| Session 2c: Best Practice Recommendations Peri-procedural Considerations (8 min) - Ralph Tufano Data Collection and Follow-up (8 min) - Salem Noureldine Panel Discussion (25 min) - Jessica Fazendin, Senior Author: Ralph Tufano AJS Manuscript First Authors: Jessica Fazendin, Salem Noureldine |
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| 12-1 p.m. | Conversations with Sponsors |
| 1-2:45 p.m. | Session 3: Surgery for Mild Autonomous Cortisol Secretion Co-Leaders: Brenessa Lindeman and Catherine McManus Faculty: Heather Wachtel, James Lee, Corbin Frye, Jessica McMullin, Wen T. Shen, Danica M. Vodopivec, Lindsay Kuo, Kimberly M. Ramonell |
| Session 3a: Diagnosis & Surgical Indications Definition & Diagnosis (10 min) - Jessica McMullin Surgical Indications (10 min) - Lindsay Kuo Preoperative Considerations (medical alternatives, vein sampling) (10 min) - Corbin Frye Panel Discussion (20 min) - James Lee AJS Manuscript: Jessica McMullin, Senior Author: Catherine McManus |
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| Session 3b: Surgical Approach, Perioperative Steroids,
Long Term Outcomes Surgical approach to the adrenal (10 min) - Heather Wachtel Management of perioperative steroids (10 min) - Kimberly Ramonell Long Term Outcomes (10 min) - Danica M Vodopivec Panel Discussion (25 min) - Wen T Shen AJS Manuscript: Kimberly Ramonell, Senior Author: Brenessa Lindeman |
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| 2:45-3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00-3:15 p.m. | Session 4a: Product Talk with Veracyte |
| 3:15-3:30 p.m. | Session 4b: Product Talk with MIMEDX |
| 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Session 5: Interesting Cases Highlighting Innovation Co-Leaders: Insoo Suh and Andrea Gillis Faculty Judges: Kristin Long, Sareh Parangi, Jacob Moalem, Daniel Rocke |
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View all session details via the downloadable Summit program.