| April 20, 2023 | Thursday |
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| 08:30 - 09:10 |
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KOCHER CONFERENCE
WELCOME AND OPENING
Chair: ERIVELTO MARTINHO VOLPI (Brazil)
Chair: EVANDRO VASCONCELOS (Brazil)
LECTURE: THE QUALITY OF LIFE CHALLENGE IN THYROID SURGERY - WHAT TO EXPECT?
Speaker: VICTORIA BANUCHI (In person) (United States)
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| 08:50 - 09:00 |
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THYROID IN THE ERA OF PRECISION MEDICINE
NEW CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGIES
WELCOME AND OPENING
Chair: JANETE MARIA CERUTTI (Brazil)
Chair: CAROLINE SERRANO DO NASCIMENTO (Brazil)
Chair: JUAN PABLO NICOLA (Argentina)
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| 09:00 - 12:00 |
COURSE
THYROID ULTRASOUND MASTERCLASS
OPENING
Chair: ROSALINDA YOSSIE ASATO DE CAMARGO (Brazil)
Chair: EDUARDO KIYOSHI TOMIMORI (Brazil)
NODULE OR PSEUDONODULE IN THE THYROID GLAND
Speaker: PABLO MORIKAWA (In person) (Paraguay)
VARIATION IN ULTRASONOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT OF THYROID NODULES
Speaker: ANA IRIS RAMÍREZ BENÍTEZ (In person) (Paraguay)
SONOGRAPHIC-PATHOLOGIC CORRELATION FOR PUNCTATE ECHOGENIC FOCI IN PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA
Speaker: VICTOR HUGO NORIEGA RUIZ (In person) (Peru)
CLINICAL CASES
Coordinator: ROSALINDA YOSSIE ASATO DE CAMARGO (Brazil)
Speaker: FERNANDA NASCIMENTO FARO (Brazil)
Speaker: NATÁLIA AMARAL CANÇADO (Brazil)
Speaker: VANESSA CHERNIAUSKAS (Brazil)
Panelist: JUAN PABLO DUEÑAS (Colombia)
Panelist: GABRIELA BRENTA (Argentina)
Panelist: PABLO MORIKAWA (Paraguay)
Panelist: LUIS FELIPE SANCHEZ ARRIAGA (Mexico)
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| 09:00 - 10:40 |
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THYROID IN THE ERA OF PRECISION MEDICINE
SESSION: NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING-BASED DIAGNOSIS OF THYROID DISEASES
Chair: JUAN PABLO NICOLA (Argentina)
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT NGS STRATEGIES TO IDENTIFY DISEASE-ASSOCIATED GENETIC VARIANTS?
Speaker: GABRIEL COLOZZA GAMA (Online) (Brazil)
NGS AND COPY-NUMBER IN SCREENING OF HYPOTHYROIDISM AND RESISTANCE TO THYROID-HORMONE
Speaker: JUAN PABLO NICOLA (Online) (Argentina)
WHEN TO USE NGS STRATEGY ON DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF A THYROID NODULE AND THERAPEUTIC DECISIONS?
Speaker: YURI NIKIFOROV (Online) (United States)
Discussion
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| 09:10 - 10:30 |
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KOCHER CONFERENCE
ROUND TABLE 1 – INITIAL APPROACH TO THYROID NODULES – NEW TRENDS
Chair: ALESSANDRO CURY OGATA (Brazil)
Moderator: PRISCILA COSTA TINCANI (Brazil)
Moderator: IDALIA MEDINA ARAUJO (Paraguay)
UPDATING THE USG RISK STRATIFICATION – ATA X TI-RADS X EU-TIRADS
Speaker: ARTURO MADRID (In person) (Chile)
NEW USG TOOLS (MICROBUBBLES AND ELASTOGRAPHY) – ARE THEY USEFUL?
Speaker: MARCO ANTONIO ALVAREZ ARRAZOLA (In person) (Mexico)
THE CENTIMETER CUT-OFF – STILL ON?
Speaker: JOSEPH SCHARP (In person) (United States)
THE FNAB – MULTIPLE SHADES OF GRAY
Speaker: FABIANO CALLEGARI (In person) (Brazil)
MOLECULAR MARKERS - HOW WORTHY?
Speaker: HERNAN GONZALEZ (In person) (Chile)
Q&A
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| 10:30 - 10:50 |
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BREAK
NETWORK GATHERING
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| 10:40 - 11:00 |
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BREAK
NETWORK GATHERING
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| 10:50 - 12:00 |
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KOCHER CONFERENCE
ROUND TABLE 2 – ARE THE SURGEONS ASTRONAUTS?
Chair: LUIZ PAULO KOWALSKI (Brazil)
Moderator: IVAN MARCELO AGRA (Brazil)
Moderator: LUIZ ROBERTO MEDINA DOS SANTOS (Brazil)
REMOTE ACCESS TO THE NECK – A NEW TOOL OR A NEW PHILOSOPHY
Speaker: VICTORIA BANUCHI (In person) (United States)
ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY – ALWAYS OR NEVER?
ALWAYS
Speaker: ANTONIO AUGUSTO BERTELLI (In person) (Brazil)
NEVER
Speaker: CARLOS SIMÓN DUQUE (In person) (Colombia)
CURRENT IONM STANDARDS
Speaker: JOSEPH SCHARP (In person) (United States)
PARATHYROID PRESERVATION – WHEN FLUORESCENCE HELPS
Speaker: ANA INES VOOGD (In person) (Argentina)
Q&A
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
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THYROID IN THE ERA OF PRECISION MEDICINE
SESSION: DECIPHERING HUMAN GENETIC VARIANTS AND APLICATIONS OF GENOME EDITING THECNOLOGY
Chair: CAROLINE SERRANO DO NASCIMENTO (Brazil)
HOW TO REPORT A GENETIC VARIANT? DATABASES THAT PROVIDE VARIANT-LEVEL INFORMATION AND PHENOTYPIC FEATURES
Speaker: NARA LYGIA DE MACENA SOBREIRA (Online) (United States)
CRISPR GENOME EDITING: OVERVIEW OF METHODOLOGIES AND PERSPECTIVES IN THYROID CARCINOMAS
Speaker: CESAR SEIGI FUZIWARA (In person) (Brazil)
Q&A
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
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LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
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| 12:30 - 13:30 |
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LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
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| 13:00 - 16:00 |
COURSE
THYROID ULTRASOUND MASTERCLASS
CLINICALLY RELEVANT NODULES AND PARENCHYMAL CHANGES NOT CHARACTERIZED BY ULTRASONOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATIONS
Speaker: MARCO ANTONIO ALVAREZ ARRAZOLA (In person) (Mexico)
ULTRASONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF AGRESSIVE VARIANTS OF PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA
Speaker: FERNANDO MUNIZAGA (In person) (Chile)
SONOGRAPHIC CRITERIA FOR ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE OF PAPILLARY THYROID MICROCARCINOMA
Speaker: DEBORA LUCIA SEGURO DANILOVIC (In person) (Brazil)
CLINICAL CASES
Coordinator: EDUARDO KIYOSHI TOMIMORI (Brazil)
Speaker: FERNANDA NASCIMENTO FARO (Brazil)
Speaker: NATÁLIA AMARAL CANÇADO (Brazil)
Speaker: VANESSA CHERNIAUSKAS (Brazil)
Panelist: MARCOS ABALOVICH (Argentina)
Panelist: ROSA NOEMI VEGA MEDINA (Paraguay)
Panelist: CELSO FRIGUGLIETTI (Brazil)
Panelist: BERNARDO LOPES CANÇADO FONSECA (Brazil)
CLOSURE
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| 13:15 - 14:15 |
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KOCHER CONFERENCE
ROUND TABLE 3 - MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENTS - A NEW ERA OR JUST TRENDING
Chair: GABRIEL DAMIANO (Argentina)
Moderator: CRISTHIAN RAMIRO GARCIA CEVALHOS (Ecuador)
Moderator: LEONARDO RANGEL (Brazil)
THERMAL ABLATION FOR BENIGN NODULES – IS THE SKY THE LIMIT?
PROBABLY
Speaker: JOSE HIGINO STECK (In person) (Brazil)
I PREFER SUGERY
Speaker: CELSO FRIGUGLIETTI (In person) (Brazil)
THERMAL ABLATION IN MALIGNANCIES – SIN OR VIRTUE?
FIRST TREATMENT
Speaker: JUAN PABLO DUEÑAS (In person) (Colombia)
RECURRENCES
Speaker: ERIVELTO MARTINHO VOLPI (In person) (Brazil)
Q&A
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| 13:30 - 15:30 |
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THYROID IN THE ERA OF PRECISION MEDICINE
SESSION: THE ARENA OF LIQUID BIOPSY AND SINGLE CELL: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS
Chair: JANETE MARIA CERUTTI (Brazil)
MULTI-ANALYTE ANALYSES FOR LIQUID BIOPSY: OVERVIEW OF CONCEPTS, AND TECHNIQUES TO DETECT AND ANALYZE CIRCULATING TUMOUR CELLS (CTCS), CELL FREE TUMOR DNA (cfDNA), CELL FREE TUMOUR RNA (cfRNA) AND PROTEINS: ORIGIN AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS
Speaker: LUDMILLA T.D. CHINEN (Online) (Brazil)
IS LIQUID BIOPSY APPLICABLE TO THYROID?
Speaker: CAROLINA FERRAZ (In person) (Brazil)
ADVANCING PRECISION MEDICINE THROUGHT SINGLE-CELL PROFILING: APPROACHES AND APLICATIONS
Speaker: ROBSON FRANCISCO CARVALHO (Online) (Brazil)
Q&A
CLOSING REMARKS
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| 14:15 - 14:40 |
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BREAK
NETWORK GATHERING
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| 14:40 - 15:10 |
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KOCHER CONFERENCE
LECTURE GRAVES DISEASE – FROM THE SURGEONS STANDPOINT
Speaker: MICHAEL SINGER (In person) (United States)
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| 15:10 - 15:50 |
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KOCHER CONFERENCE
ROUND TABLE 4 – CONSERVATIVE SURGERY FOR WDTC – WHAT'S GOING ON
Chair: GUSTAVO PHILIPPI DE LOS SANTOS (Brazil)
Moderator: FELIPE CAPDEVILLE (Chile)
Moderator: EMERSON FAVERO (Brazil)
LOBECTOMY FOR PTC - A GOODBYE OR SEE YOU SOON?
GOODBYE
Speaker: SANTIAGO ALBERTO ZUND (In person) (Argentina)
SEE YOU SOON
Speaker: DANIEL ANDRES RAPPOPORT WURGAFT (In person) (Chile)
FOLLOW-UP ISSUES
Speaker: MICHAEL SINGER (In person) (United States)
Q&A
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| 15:50 - 16:55 |
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KOCHER CONFERENCE
ROUND TABLE 5 - DTC – A NEW SURGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Chair: FERNANDO WALDER (Brazil)
Moderator: GENIVAL BARBOSA DE CARVALHO (Brazil)
ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE AS A FIRST STEP
Speaker: ALVARO SANABRIA (In person) (Colombia)
RESCUE SURGERY FOR ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE
Speaker: EVANDRO VASCONCELOS (In person) (Brazil)
HOW MUCH SURGERY IS NEEDED TO THE LYMPH NODES?
Speaker: ANDRE IWATA DE CARVALHO (In person) (Brazil)
BALANCING MORBIDITY AND RISK OF RECURRENCE
Speaker: SIMONE DUTENHEFNER (In person) (Brazil)
Q&A
CLOSING REMARKS
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| 17:00 - 18:00 |
YEAR IN THYROIDOLOGY
Chair: JANETE MARIA CERUTTI (Brazil)
CLINICAL YEAR - HIGHLIGHTS
Speaker: VERONICA ILERA (In person) (Argentina)
BASIC YEAR - HIGHLIGHTS
Speaker: CLAUDIA GABRIELA PELLIZAS (In person) (Argentina)
SURGICAL YEAR - HIGHLIGHTS
Speaker: LUIZ PAULO KOWALSKI (In person) (Brazil)
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| 18:00 - 19:00 |
LATS SENIOR PRIZE 2023
Chair: FABIAN PITOIA (Argentina)
INTRODUCTION - ANA MARIA MASINI-REPISO (In person) (Argentina)
RECIPIENT - CLAUDIA GABRIELA PELLIZAS (In person) (Argentina)
CONFERENCE:
MY JOURNEY ACROSS THYROID HORMONE ACTION: FOCUS ON IMMUNITY
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| 19:00 - 19:30 |
OPENING CEREMONY
LATS PRESIDENT - FABIAN PITOIA (In person) (Argentina)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT - JANETE MARIA CERUTTI (In person) (Brazil)
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE PRESIDENT - CLEO OTAVIANO MESA JUNIOR (In person) (Brazil)
LATS SECRETARY - CLAUDIA GABRIELA PELLIZAS (In person) (Argentina)
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| 19:30 - 20:30 |
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