Ridgway Trainee Conference
The E. Chester Ridgway Trainee Conference will be held on October 30, 2024. This full day of lectures and networking will assist trainees and other healthcare professionals from around the world advance their understanding of thyroid disease and thyroid cancer. View past virtual recordings here.
E. Chester Ridgway Trainee Day
Main Symposium
8:00AM – 5:00PM
All Trainees
October 30
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Introduction
8:15 AM – 9:00 AM
How Do Thyroid Hormones Work?
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Thyroid Cancer: Historical Perspective
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Hypothyroidism, Thyroid Hormones and Deiodinases
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Elevator Pitch Workshop: Presenting Your Science to a General Audience
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
How to Survive (or Even Thrive) Peer Review
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lewis E. Braverman Round-table Luncheon
Basic Science and Clinical Tracks Break-Out Groups:
Medical & Surgical Thyroidology Clinical Symposium:
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Clinical Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Long Term Follow Up of Thyroid Cancer
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
ATA Risk Stratification, RAI Treatment and Response to Therapy
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Surgical Lecture: Special Considerations in surgical treatment of Graves Disease
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Keynote – A “Hot Topic” in Thyroidology
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Medullary Thyroid Cancer Case Panel
4:45PM – 5:00 PM
Closing Remarks and Evaluations
Thyroid Research and Basic Science Symposium:
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Hot Topics #1: Metabolic Preferences of Thyroid Cancers
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Hot Topics #2: 3D/Organoid Models in Thyroidology
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Break
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
NIH Grant Writing Workshop
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Research Presentations
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Closing Remarks and Evaluations
5:00PM – 6:00 PM
Happy Hour + Networking
E. Chester Ridgway Trainee Day
Medical & Surgical Thyroidology Clinical Symposium
All Trainees
October 31
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Fundamentals of Thyroid Ultrasound
Susan J. Mandel, MD
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