







The Parathyroid Center team is at the forefront of education. In December 2012, the Parathyroid Center will host the 1st Annual New York Endocrine Surgery Review course, a postgraduate program for other healthcare providers.
New York Endocrine Surgery Review
Hosting Institution: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Course Director: William B Inabnet III, MD
New York Faculty
Beth Israel: Jennifer Marti
Columbia University: James Lee
Cornell: Thomas Fahey III, Rasa Zarnegar
Lenox Hill/Long Island Jewish: Dennis Kraus
Memorial Sloan Kettering: Ashok Shaha
Montefiore: Steve Libutti
Mount Sinai: Randall Owen, Eric Genden, Alice Levine
NYU: Keith Heller, Jennifer Oligvie, Kepal Patel
Guest Faculty
MD Anderson: Nancy Perrier
University of Wisconsin: Herb Chen
Yale: Julie Ann Sosa
Agenda
Friday, November 30, 2012
7:00am: Registration, Continental Breakfast
8:00am: Welcome (Dennis Charney, MD, Mike Marin, MD)
8:15am: Introduction (William B Inabnet, MD)
I. Benign Thyroid
Moderators:
8:20am: Thyroid nodule evaluation and work-up (Steven Hodak, MD)
8:35am: Thyroid ultrasound and FNA - how I do it (Randall Owen, MD)
8:50am: Graves’ disease and toxic goiter - the role of surgery (Thomas Fahey, MD)
9:05am: Compressive goiter: airway and surgery management (Ashok Shaha, MD)
9:20am: Endoscopic thyroidectomy - review of current approaches (Rasa Zarnegar, MD)
9:35am: Panel discussion
10:05am: Refreshment Break
II. Live Surgery
Moderators:
10:25am: Endoscopic transaxillary thyroidectomy (William B Inabnet, MD)
III. Keynote Lecture
11:40am: Safe implementation of new technology (Nancy Perrier, MD)
12:00pm: Lunch
IV. Keynote Lecture
1:00pm: Experience matters (Julie Ann Sosa, MD)
V. Live Surgery
Moderators:
1:20pm: Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (Randall Owen, MD)
VI. Neuroendocrine and Familial Conditions
Moderators:
2:00pm: Multiple endocrine neoplasia defined (Steven Libutti, MD)
2:15pm: Medullary thyroid cancer - diagnosis and genetics (Herb Chen, MD)
2:30pm: ATA guidelines for management of MTC (Julie Ann Sosa, MD)
2:45pm: Familial adrenal disorders (Alice Levine, MD)
3:00pm: Panel Discussion
3:30pm: Refreshment Break
VII. Surgical Technique and Pearls
Moderators:
3:50pm: Parathyroidectomy (Keith Heller, MD)
4:15pm: Thyroidectomy (Ashok Shaha, MD)
4:30pm: Modified neck dissection (Eric Genden, MD)
4:45pm: Adrenalectomy (Thomas Fahey, MD)
5:00pm: Panel Discussion
5:30pm: Adjournment
Saturday, December 1, 2012
7:00am: Continental Breakfast
VIII. Parathyroid
Moderators:
8:00am: Primary hyperparathyroidism - presentation and diagnosis (Julie Ann Sosa, MD)
8:15am: Current NIH guidelines for surgery (Jennifer Marti, MD)
8:30am: Parathyroid imaging - ultrasound, sestamibi and CT scanning (Nancy Perrier, MD)
8:45am: Intra-operative PTH monitoring - how and when (Keith Heller, MD)
9:00am: Focused vs bilateral neck exploration (Herb Chen, MD)
9:15am: Panel Discussion
9:45am: Refreshment Break
IX. Metabolic and Neuroendocrine Disorders
Moderators:
10:05am: Metabolic surgery for type 2 diabetes (William B Inabnet, MD)
10:20am: Functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (Steven Libutti, MD)
10:35am: Adrenal incidentaloma (James Lee, MD)
10:50am: Pheochromocytoma (Rasa Zarnegar, MD)
11:05am: Panel Discussion
11:35am: Lunch
X.Keynote Lecture
12:35pm: The training of an endocrine surgeon (Herb Chen, MD)
XI. Thyroid Cancer - Part 1
Moderators:
1:05pm: ATA guidelines for WDTC (Kepal Patel, MD)
1:20pm: Surgical principles in treatment of WDTC (Nancy Perrier, MD)
1:35pm: Indications for central and lateral node dissection (Dennis Kraus, MD)
1:50pm: Radioactive iodine and thyrogen (Ashok Shaha, MD)
2:05pm: Panel Discussion
2:35pm: Refreshment Break
XII. Thyroid Cancer - Part 2
Moderators:
2:55pm: Molecular profiling (Kepal Patel, MD)
3:10pm: Operative management of T4 cancers (Dennis Kraus, MD)
3:25pm: Poorly differentiated, anaplastic and rare cancers (Jennifer Oligive, MD)
3:40pm: Intra-operative nerve monitoring (Randall Owen, MD)
3:55pm: Panel Discussion
4:25pm: Interesting case presentations/debate
5:25pm: Adjournment
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