Virtual Trainee Ridgway Conference

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2021 E. Chester Ridgway Trainee Conference

We are excited to announce the annual E. Chester Ridgway Trainee Conference taking place virtually on November 5-6, 2021. We are offering a day and a half of lectures that will advance understanding of the thyroid disease and thyroid cancer.

The first day will include basic, clinical, and surgical topics of interest to all focusing on thyroid hormone synthesis, action and metabolism followed by two “breakout” sessions — one for the basic scientists, and the other for the surgeons and clinicians, with topics geared towards the specific interests of those registrants. Day two will focus on thyroid nodules and cancer – we will have an Ultrasound and Nodules course followed by a Tumor Board.

Trainees who registered for the 90th Annual Meeting of the ATA will be automatically registered for the conference in November 2021.

Registration is now open for all – https://members.thyroid.org/ridgway21

Agenda

Friday, November 5th
	General Session		Moderators: Theodora Pappa & Aarti Mathur
	11:00 AM	Welcome	Sara Ahmadi & Aime Franco
	11:15 AM	How Do Thyroid Hormones Work	Bryan Haugen
	12:00 PM	Dysgenesis and Dyshormonogenesis	Ari Wassner
	12:45 PM	Thyroid Hormone Metabolism	Elizabeth Pearce
	1:30 PM	Live Q&A
	2:00 PM	Break
	Clinical and Surgical Breakout Session		Moderators: Camilo Gonzalez-Velazquez & Poorani Goundan
	2:30 PM	Hyperthyroidism	David Cooper
	3:15 PM	Thyroid Tests	Carole Spencer
	4:00 PM	Live Q&A
	Basic Breakout		Moderators: Meredith Hartley
	2:30 PM	Thyroid Organoids	Vivian Weiss
	3:15 PM	Thyroid Stem Cells	Sabine Costagliola
	4:00 PM	Live Q&A

	4:30 PM	Break
	4:45 PM	Networking Event

Saturday, November 6th	Ultrasound and Nodules Course		Moderators: Johnson Thomas & Camilo Gonzalez-Velazquez
	10:00 AM	Basic Thyroid Ultrasound	Jennifer Sipos
		Thyroid Cytology & Molecular Testing	Stephanie Fish
		Unique Features of Thyroid Pediatric Ultrasound and Cytology	Andrew Bauer
		Live Q&A


	Thyroid Cancer and Thyroid Nodule Tumor Board		Moderators: Sara Ahmadi & Lilah Morris-Wiseman
	11:30 AM	Case Presentations
		Panelists	Iñigo Lando, R. Michael Tuttle, Ashok Shaha, Tracy Wang, & Michelle Williams
		Live Q&A

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2021 Schedule

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