Current strategies in Thyroid Cancer treatment (congress)
& Innovations in Thyroid Surgery (pre-congress symposium)
Date
20th & 21st November 2014
Location
Radisson Blu Astrid Hotel, Koningin Astridplein 7 ANTWERP
Organizing Committee
Dr. Sam Van Slycke, OLV Aalst - Dr. Menno Vriens, UMC Utrecht - Edgar Boon, Ethicon Energy
Scientific program (DRAFT)
Thursday November 20, 2014
“Innovations in Thyroid Surgery”
17.30 Registration & Welcome
18.00 Opening of the congress by Moderators (Dr. Van Slycke – Dr. Vriens)
18.05 Safe use of Energy devices use Thyroid Surgery
Pablo Moreno, endocrine surgeon, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barelona (Spain)
18.50 Research & development of a novel advanced ultrasonic device
Rich Simmons, Global Marketing Ethicon Energy, Harmonic
19.10 First clinical experiences, tips & tricks with novel advanced ultrasonic device in Thyroid
surgery
20.10 Clinical Evidence updates Thyroidectomy with Advanced Energy devices: Pablo Moreno,
Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barelona (Spain)
20.25 Cost-Benefit analysis of Thyroid Surgery in the Netherlands; Dr. Martijn Lutke Holzik,
ZGT-Saxenburgh Groep
20.45 Closing followed by group diner
Friday November 21, 2014
“Current strategies in Thyroid Cancer treatment”
8.30 Congress opening
8.35 Current Thyroid Cancer Research from Benelux:
Dutch perspective: Prof. I. Borel Rinkes, UMC Utrecht
Belgium perspective: resident from BE
9.30 Recent developments and insights in thyroid cancer; Brigitte Decallone, Endocrinologist,
UZ Leuven
Highlights new Dutch Thyroid Cancer guidelines; Thera Links, Endocrinologist, UMC
Groningen
10.30 Coffee Break
11.00 Eurocrine: European Surgical Registry for rare endocrine tumors
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Current Surgical Strategies for Thyroid Cancer
The North American perspective: Quan Yang Duh, San Francisco, USA
13.45 The European perspective: Ozer Makay, Izmir Turkey 14.30 The Benelux perspective > Round table discussion (with cases presented)
15.15 Closing remarks
15.30 Adjourn
Johnson & Johnson Medical BV / Ethicon