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CME

SPF 2022 is approved for 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

 

How To Claim CME:

 Thank you for your attendance and participation within the 4th Symposium on Parathyroid Fluorescence.

Once the conference concludes, you will receive an electronic evaluation form to claim CME credit. After you submit the evaluation, you will receive an email with the certificate.

All evaluations must be completed on or before March 4, 2022. CME certificates will not be issued for submissions received after this deadline.

 

 

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2022 Program

 

PST

Friday Feb 25th, 2022

08:00 – 08:15 Inauguration and welcome

Quan-Yang Duh, Anita Mahadevan-Jansen and Frédéric Triponez

Introduce International Society of Innovative Technologies for Endocrine Surgery (ISITES) and invite membership

Session 1: Challenges in parathyroid identification and preservation (Moderator: Quan-Yang Duh)
08:15 – 08:40 The burden of post-thyroidectomy hypoparathyroidism (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Electron Kebebew, Stanford
08:40 – 09:05 Medical management of hypoparathyroidism (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Dolores Shoback, UCSF
09:05 – 09:30 Current techniques and results of parathyroid preservation and auto transplantation (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Jessica Gosnell, UCSF
09:30 – 9:55 Vascular anatomy of the parathyroid glands (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Frédéric Triponez, HUG, Geneva
9:55 – 10:30 Coffee break
Session 2: Basics on light-based detection techniques (Moderator: Frédéric Triponez)
10:30 – 10:55 Basic optical techniques for endocrine surgery (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Vanderbilt
10:55 – 11:20 The use of Indocyanine Green and other contrast agents in surgical procedures (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Sam Achilefu, UT-Southwestern
11:20 – 11:45 Label-free angiography (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Richard Cha, George Washington U
11:45 – 12:10 Application of fluorescent techniques for parathyroid identification and assessment of perfusion and function (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Giju Thomas, Vanderbilt
12:10 – 1:30 Lunch Break
Session 3:
Current techniques for fluorescence-based parathyroid detection and perfusion assessment (Moderator: Anita Mahadevan-Jansen)
1:30 – 1:50 Probe-based detection of parathyroid (15 min + 5 min Q&A)
Carmen Solorzano, Vanderbilt
1:50 – 2:30 Image-based detection of parathyroid (10 min + 5 min + 5 min + 5 min + 15 min Q&A)

Panel members: Eren Berber (Fluobeam), | Cleveland Clinic John Phay (PDE-Neo), Ohio State; Anton Engelsman (Quest Spectrum), Amsterdam; Frédéric Triponez (Elevision), Geneva

2:30 – 2:50 Perfusion detection of parathyroid (15 min + 5 min Q&A)
Frédéric Triponez, Geneva, Switzerland
2:50 – 3:15 Coffee break
Session 4:
Clinical applications of parathyroid detection (Moderator: Carmen Solorzano)
3:15 – 3:40 Thyroid disease (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Fares Benmiloud, Marseille, France
3:40 – 4:05 Primary HPT, localized and non-localized (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Colleen Kiernan, Vanderbilt
4:05 – 4:30 Renal hyperparathyroidism (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Marco Demarchi, Geneva, Switzerland
Session 5: Oral presentations (selected abstracts – 8 min + 2 min Q&A) (Moderators: Anita Mahadevan-Jansen/Frédéric Triponez/Quan-Yang Duh)
4:30 – 4:40 Autofluorescence and Indocyanine Green in Thyroid Surgery: A   Systematic review and Meta-Analysis
Diego Barbieri, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
4:40 – 4:50 Description of Parathyroid Vasculature Based on Intraoperative Angiographies Using Indocyanine Green and Fluorescence Imaging
Fares Benmiloud, Hopital Europeen, Marseille, France
4:50 – 5:00 Benefits of near Infrared autofluorescence detection for parathyroid identification during bilateral neck exploration parathyroidectomy
Colleen M. Kiernan, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
5:00 – 5:10 Tissue perfusion analysis of ICG during thyroidectomy using probe-based fluorescence detection
Parker Willmon, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
5:10 – 5:20 A co-axial excitation, dual-RGB/NIR paired imaging system toward computer-aided detection (CAD) of parathyroid glands in situ
Yoseph Kim, Johns Hopkins University
5:20 – 5:30 Investigating the Clinical Utility of Near-Infrared Autofluorescence in Distinguishing Adrenal Neoplasms: A Pilot Study
Timothy Ullmann, University of California, San Francisco
5:30 – 5:40 Use of Probe-Based Parathyroid Autofluorescence Detection and its Impact on Resident Education
Taylor St. Amour, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
5:40 – 5:50 Autofluorescence detection & perfusion assessment of parathyroid glands in transoral thyroid excision (video presentation)
Jordi Vidal Fortuny, Clinique Cecil, Lausanne, Switzerland
5:50 – 6:00 Autofluorescence imaging - effect on postoperative hypoparathyroidism and autotransplantation rate of parathyroids (video presentation)
Stefan Schopft, RoMed Bad Aibling, Germany
6:00 – 6:10 Autofluorescence guides parathyroid cryopreservation and parathyroidectomy in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (video presentation)
Patricia Conroy, University of California, San Francisco
6:15 – 7:30 Reception
Saturday, Feb 26th, 2022
Session 6: Clinical impact of fluorescence techniques for thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy outcomes (Moderator: John Phay, Ohio State)
08:00 – 08:25 Impact of using autofluorescence techniques (probe and imaging) on thyroidectomy outcomes (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Eren Berber, Cleveland Clinic
08:25 – 08:50 Impact of using autofluorescence techniques (probe and imaging) on parathyroidectomy outcomes (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Paul Gauger, Michigan
08:50 – 09:15 Impact of angiography and perfusion assessment on thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy outcomes (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Michael Bouvet, UCSD
09:15 – 9:40 Increasing the quality and impact of the clinical studies using fluorescence techniques (15 min + 10 min Q&A)
Saba Balasubramanian, Sheffield, UK
9:40 – 10:10 Coffee break
Session 7: Expert use of fluorescence techniques (Moderator: Janice Pasieka, Calgary)
10:10 – 10:30 Parathyroid angiography/vascular anatomy during thyroidectomy (10 min + 10 min Q&A)
Fares Benmilloud, Marseille, France
10:30 – 11:00 Use of fluorescence techniques in pediatric thyroidectomy patients
(10 min + 10 min + 10 min Q&A) Kerstin Lorenz, Halle, Germany and Ryan Belcher, Vanderbilt
11:00 – 11:20 Use of fluorescence techniques in Trans-oral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA) (10 min + 10 min Q&A)
Angkoon Anuwong, Bangkok, Thailand
11:20 – 11:40 Use of fluorescence techniques in robotic thyroidectomy (10 min + 10 min Q&A)
Hyunsuk Suh, Tampa
11:40 – 12:00 Ex vivo applications of fluorescence techniques for parathyroid identification (10 min + 10 min Q&A)
Quan-Yang Duh, UCSF
12:00 – 12:15 Course evaluation and meeting review
12:15 – 12:30 ISITES Business Meeting

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen/Frédéric Triponez/Quan-Yang Duh

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Break
Session 8: Other endocrine surgery applications (Moderator: Electron Kebebew)
1:30 – 1:50 Using near infrared autofluorescence (probe and imaging and ICG) for guidance of adrenal surgery, (10 min + 10 min Q&A)
Carmen Solorzano and Giju Thomas, Vanderbilt
1:50 – 2:10 Nerve imaging: Near-UV Autofluorescence (10 min + 10 min Q&A)
Fernando Dip, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2:10 – 2:30 Nerve imaging: Diffuse reflectance (10 min + 10 min Q&A)
Graham Throckmorton, Vanderbilt
2:30 – 2:50 Nerve imaging: Using contrast agents (10 min + 10 min Q&A)
Summer Gibbs, Portland
2:50 – 3:10 ICG Perfusion Assessment: Integrating Standardization and Quantification
(10 min + 10 min Q&A) Milou Noltes, Groningen, Netherlands
3:10 – 3:30 Identification of the thoracic duct with ICG (10 min + 10 min Q&A) John Phay, Ohio State
 

3:30 – 4:00

Coffee break
Session 9: Future directions (Moderator: James Lee, Columbia)
4:00 – 4:15 Parathyroid organoids, (10 min + 5 min Q&A)
Naira Baregamian, Vanderbilt
4:15 – 4:30 Single cell functional and ‘omics profiling of parathyroid (10 min + 5 min Q&A)

James Koh, UCSF

4:30 – 4:45 Low cost autofluorescence detection (10 min + 5 min Q&A)
Sam Wiseman, Vancouver, Canada
Special Session: Thermal ablation for the treatment of thyroid disease
5:00 – 5:10 The science and technique of thermal ablation (Laser and Radio Frequency)
Stefano Spiezia, Naples, Italy
5:10 – 5:20 Clinical Indications of thermal ablation for the treatment of thyroid nodules
Chelsey Baldwin, New York University
5:20 – 5:30 Clinical outcome and challenges in using ablation for thyroid surgery
Jonathon O. Russell, The Johns Hopkins University
5:30 – 5:40 Current and future directions of thermal ablation for endocrine surgery
Jennifer H. Kuo, Columbia University
5:40 – 6:00 Panel Discussion

Stefano Spiezia, Chelsey Baldwin, Jonathon O. Russell, Jennifer H. Kuo

Adjourn to the Exhibit Hall and Conference Concludes