Introduction to Interventional Endocrinology Course
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM
Welcome & Introductions
- Chelsey Baldwin, MD
- Leonardo Rangel, MD
- Ralph P. Tufano, MD, MBA, FACS
8:10 AM – 8:30 AM
Ultrasound Considerations for Directed Therapies
- Lisa A. Orloff, MD
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM
ETOH ablation of Thyroid Nodules and Cysts: Pearls and Pitfalls
- Devaprabu Abraham, MD
8:50 AM – 9:10 AM
Thermal ablation for Thyroid Nodules – different sources of energies
- Sophie Yaseman Dream, MD
9:10 AM – 9:30 AM
How Do I Start a Thyroid Ablation Program + CPT Codes/Billing
- Jennifer Hong Kuo, MD
9:30 AM – 9:50 AM
Selecting the Right Patients for Directed Ablative Therapy
- Claire Elizabeth Graves, MD
9:50 AM – 10:10 AM
Optimizing Outcomes, Equipment and Setup of RFA
- Chelsey Baldwin, MD
10:10 AM – 10:30 AM
Complications – How to Avoid Them
- Timothy C. Huber, MD
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Technique for Benign Nodules: Cases with Hydrodissection and Moving Shot Techniques
- Juan Pablo Duenas, MD
- Emad Kandil, MD, MBA, FACS, FACE
- Jonathon O. Russell, MD, FACS, FACE
11:45 AM – 12:10 PM
Toxic Thyroid Nodules: RFA, Surgery or RAI
- Shahzad Ahmad, MD
12:10 PM – 12:30 PM
Future Directions: Parathyroid, PMC and Lymph Nodes
- Erivelto Martinho Volpi, MD, PhD
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Afternoon Cases & Practicum
- Sophie Yaseman Dream, MD
- Juan Pablo Duenas, MD
- Claire Elizabeth Graves, MD
- Jennifer Hong Kuo, MD
- Erivelto Martinho Volpi, MD, PhD
- Emad Kandil, MD, MBA, FACS, FACE
- Jonathon O. Russell, MD, FACS, FACE