17thInternationalPostgraduate
Course inEndocrineSurgery
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National & Kapodistrian
University of Athens

Athens, Greece

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17thInternational Postgraduate
Course in Endocrine Surgery

Dear Colleagues,
The International Postgraduate Courses in Endocrine Surgery, offered by theInternational Association of Endocrine Surgeons, have an established trackrecord in offering high quality education to participants from all over the world.
The 17th International Postgraduate Course will be held in Athens, Greece at thehistorical building of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. We areexcited to welcome internationally recognized faculty and leading practitioners
for lectures, debates, and interactive case report sessions.
Moreover, given that informal meetings are often just as valuable as formal
sessions, we look forward to meeting old friends and making new ones througharchaeological tours, beach expeditions and fantastic Greek food and wine!
I look forward to welcoming you to Greece, and sharing our hospitality with you.

Dimitrios Linos, M.D., Ph.D
Professor of Surgery
Director of 5th Surgical Clinic,
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Faculty List
International Faculty
Angkoon Anuwong, Thailand
Keat Cheah, Singapore
Woong Youn Chung, Korea
Quan-Yang Duh, USA**Peter Goretzki, Germany
Chen Hsen Lee, Taiwan
Dimitrios Linos, Greece*
Akira Miyauchi, Japan
Bruno Niederle, Austria
Fausto Palazzo, UK
Janice Pasieka, Canada
Allan Siperstein, USA
Mark Sywak, Australia
Geoffrey Thompson, USA
Jan Zedenius, Sweden
Local Faculty
Maria Alevizaki
Evangelia Charmandari
George Chrousos
Leonidas Dundas
Ilias Kafetzis
Gregory Kaltsas
Christina Kanaka-Geintenbein
Isaak KesisoglouAndreas Kiriakopoulos
Ioannis Koutelidakis
George Mastorakos
Theodosis Papavramidis
Nikos Roukounakis
Kyriakos Vamvakidis
George Zografos*Chairman, Local Organizing Committee**Programme Committee

17thInternational Postgraduate
Course in Endocrine Surgery
Scientific ProgrammeThursday, May 31st 2018

Opening Ceremony

Great Hall

18:00	Welcome addresses
A welcome reception will follow at “Kostis Palamas” Hall

Friday, June 1st 201808:00 – 08:15	Introduction
Quan-Yang Duh, Dimitrios Linos

Session: Pancreas / GI
Chairs: George Chrousos, Maria Alevizaki“Alkis Argyriadis” Amphitheatre08:15 – 08:30	Classification of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Speaker: Janice Pasieka
08:30 – 08:45	Localization of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Speaker: Peter Goretzki
08:45 – 09:30

 ases: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
CModerator: Janice Pasieka
Panelists: M aria Alevizaki, Peter Goretzki, Gregory Kaltsas,
Bruno Niederle, Allan Siperstein, Jan Zedenius

09:30 – 09:45	Current concepts and advances in neuroendocrine
gastrointestinal tumors
Speaker: Gregory Kaltsas
09:45 – 10:00	Functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Speaker: Geoffrey Thompson
10:00 – 10:45

 ases: Surgery of MEN 1 pancreas / duodenum
CModerator: Mark Sywak
Panelists: G regory Kaltsas, Chen Hsen Lee, Janice Pasieka,
Geoffrey Thompson, Jan Zedenius

10:45 – 11:15

COFFEE BREAK

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Friday, June 1st 2018
Session: Adrenal I
Chairs: George Zografos, Isaak Kesisoglou“Alkis Argyriadis” Amphitheatre

11:15 – 11:30	Work up for adrenal incidentaloma
Speaker: Dimitrios Linos
11:30 – 11:45	Cushing Syndrome
Speaker: George Chrousos
11:45 – 12:00

I nvestigating hyper androgenism of adrenal origin
Speaker: George Mastorakos

12:00 – 12:15

 heochromocytoma
PSpeaker: Quan-Yang Duh

12:15 – 12:30

 yperaldosteronism
HSpeaker: Geoffrey Thompson

12:30 – 13:30

LUNCH BREAK

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Friday, June 1st 2018

Session: Adrenal II“Alkis Argyriadis” Amphitheatre

Chairs: Quan-Yang Duh, Andreas Kiriakopoulos
13:30 – 13:50 	Debate: Adrenalectomy for the high-risk tumors:
Laparoscopic versus OpenSpeakers: Dimitrios Linos versus Geoffrey Thompson
13:50 – 14:00	Advances in the management of Congenital Adrenal
Hyperplasia
Speaker: Evangelia Charmandari
14:00 – 14:15	
Subtotal adrenalectomy
Speaker: Mark Sywak
14:15 – 14:30

 ransabdominal or retroperitoneal approach
Tfor laparoscopic adrenalectomy
Speaker: Allan Siperstein

14:30 – 15:15

 ases: Adrenal challenges
CModerator: Peter Goretzki
Panelists: G eorge Chrousos, Andreas Kiriakopoulos,
George Mastorakos, Janice Pasieka, Mark Sywak,
George Zografos

15:15 – 15:45

COFFEE BREAK

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Scientific Programme
Friday, June 1st 2018
Session: Thyroid I“Alkis Argyriadis” Amphitheatre

Chairs: Theodosios Papavramidis, Kyriakos Vamvakidis
15:45 – 16:00

 ltrasound for thyroid nodules and parathyroids
USpeaker: Allan Siperstein

16:00 – 16:15	Surgery for medullary thyroid cancer and MEN 2 genecarriers
Speaker: Bruno Niederle
16:15 – 17:00

 ases: MEN 2C
Moderator: Fausto Palazzo
Panelists: Q uan-Yang Duh, Bruno Niederle, Fausto Palazzo,
Allan Siperstein, Geoffrey Thompson

17:00

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Saturday, June 2nd 2018

Session: Thyroid II“Alkis Argyriadis” Amphitheatre

Chairs: Leonidas Dundas, Ioannis Koutelidakis
08:00 – 08:15

 merican Thyroid Association guidelines for differentiatedAthyroid cancer
Speaker: Keat Cheah

08:15 – 08:30	Guidelines for the management of thyroid nodules anddifferentiated thyroid cancer in children and adolescents
Speaker: Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein
08:30 – 08:45	Molecular testing (mutations and gene expression)for thyroid nodules
Speaker: Quan-Yang Duh08:45 – 09:30	Cases: Thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer
Moderator: Allan Siperstein
Panelists: W oong Youn Chung, Leonidas Dundas,
Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein, Chen Hsen Lee,
Akira Miyauchi, Janice Pasieka

09:30 – 09:45	The updated use of recombinant human thyrotropin(rhTSH) in DTC
Speaker: Leonidas Dundas
09:45 – 10:00	Central neck node dissection: selective or routine
Speaker: Allan Siperstein
10:00 – 10:30

COFFEE BREAK

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Scientific Programme
Saturday, June 2nd 2018
Session: Thyroid IIIChairs: Chen Hsen Lee, Nikos Roukounakis“Alkis Argyriadis” Amphitheatre

10:30 – 11:00	Debate: Papillary microcarcinoma:
Observation versus Resection
Speakers: Akira Miyauchi versus Geoffrey Thompson
11:00 – 11:15	Multinodular Goiter: Why is surgery not always necessary
Speaker: Maria Alevizaki
11:15 – 11:30

 erve monitoring for thyroid surgery
N
Speaker: Peter Goretzki

11:30 – 11:45	
Robotic and remote access thyroidectomy
Speaker: Woong Youn Chung
11:45 – 12:00	Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular
approach (TOETVA)Speaker: Angkoon Anuwong

12:00 – 13:00

LUNCH BREAK

Session: Thyroid IV“Alkis Argyriadis” Amphitheatre

Chairs: Peter Goretzki, Kyriakos Vamvakidis
13:00 – 13:45	Cases: Surgery for advanced thyroid conditions
Moderator: Peter Goretzki
Panelists: K eat Cheah, Chen Hsen Lee, Akira Miyauchi,
Fausto Palazzo, Theodosis Papavramidis,
Mark Sywak, Kyriakos Vamvakidis

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Saturday, June 2nd 2018

Session: Parathyroid I“Alkis Argyriadis” Amphitheatre

13:45 – 14:00	Primary hyperparathyroidism: diagnosis, surgicalindications
Speaker: Keat Cheah
14:00 – 14:15	Parathyroidectomy: Operative pearls
Speaker: Janice Pasieka
14:15 – 15:00

 ases: Primary hyperparathyroidism
C
Moderator: Geoffrey Thompson
Panelists: K eat Cheah, Quan-Yang Duh, Ilias Kafetzis,
Dimitrios Linos, Fausto Palazzo, Jan Zedenius

15:00 – 15:30

COFFEE BREAK

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Scientific Programme
Saturday, June 2nd 2018
Session: Parathyroid II
Chairs: Janice Pasieka, Maria Alevizaki“Alkis Argyriadis” Amphitheatre

15:30 – 15:45

 arathyroidectomy in MEN 1 and other familial
Pprimary hyperparathyroidism
Speaker: Jan Zedenius

15:45 – 16:00

 econdary (Renal) Hyperparathyroidism
SSpeaker: Chen Hsen Lee

16:00 – 16:30

 ebate: Bilateral versus limited exploration for primary
Dhyperparathyroidism
Speakers: Allan Siperstein versus Fausto Palazzo

16:30 – 17:30	Cases: Challenging Endocrine Cases from Greece
Moderator: Dimitrios Linos
Panelists: Maria Alevizaki, Angkoon Anuwong, Keat Cheah,George Chrousos, Woong Youn Chung, Quan-Yang Duh,Leonidas Dundas, Peter Goretzki, Gregory
Kaltsas, Andreas Kiriakopoulos, Ioannis Koutelidakis,
Chen Hsen Lee, Dimitrios Linos, George Mastorakos,Akira Miyauchi, Bruno Niederle, Fausto Palazzo,
Theodosis Papavramidis, Janice Pasieka, Allan
Siperstein, Mark Sywak, Geoffrey Thompson,
Kyriakos Vamvakidis, Jan Zedenius, George Zografos

17:30	END OF SATURDAY SESSIONEND OF THE COURSE

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General Information
COURSE VENUE
NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Main Building
Address: 30 Panepistimiou street, 10679 Athens, Greece
Main Meeting room: “Alkis Argyriadis” Amphitheatre

REGISTRATION - PARTICIPATION
For information on registration - participation procedure, please visit the official site of thecourse: www.endocrinesurgery2018.com or contact the Course Secretariat at
info@endocrinesurgery2018.com

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official language of the course is English. No interpretation will be provided.

ACCREDITATIONThe scientific programme of the 17th International Postgraduate Course in Endocrine
Surgery will be submitted for EACCME (European Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education) accreditation.

OPENING CEREMONY & WELCOME RECEPTIONThe Opening Ceremony will be held on May 31st 2018 at the Great Hall of the main buildingof the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. A welcome reception will follow at“Kostis Palamas” Hall.

REGISTRATIONREGISTRATION CATEGORY
Physicians
Residents
Students

COST150 €50 €Complimentary* Participants who will register as “students” need to send to the Course Secretariat a copy of thestudent card, in order for the registration to be confirmed. The original one must also be presented
on site at the Course Secretariat.

Registration Fee includes:• Attendance of the Scientific Program• Participation to the Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception• Congress material• Certificate of attendance31/5-2/6
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KEY DATESRegistration - Participation procedure

February 2018

Opening Ceremony – Welcome Reception

May 31st 2018
June 1st – 2nd 2018

Course Dates

CONTACT US
For more information, please contact the Course Secretariat
PROFESSIONAL CONGRESS ORGANIZER (PCO)
39-41, Lykavittou Str., 10672 Athens, Greece
Tel: +30 210 3668852, Fax: +30 210 3643511
Ε-mail: info@endocrinesurgery2018.com
URL: www.endocrinesurgery2018.com

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Proposed Tours and Excursions
Athens Sightseeing and Acropolis Museum
This tour gives an opportunity to observe the striking
contrasts that make Athens such a fascinating city.
Duration: 5 hours
Cost: 68€ / person

Cape Sounio
A magnificent drive along the coastal road, passing thewonderful beaches of Glyfada, Vouliagmeni & Varkiza tothe most Southern point of Attica, Cape Sounion, where thewhite marble pillars of the Temple of Poseidon stand.
Duration: 4 hours
Cost: 40€ / person

Delphi – Full day Tour
During this one-day trip, participants will have theopportunity not only to explore one of the most famous
archaeological sites of Greece, known in ancient times as
the navel of the world, but also visit a numerous of othermonuments.
Duration: 10 hours
Cost: 85€ / person (including lunch)

Epidaurus – Mycenae - One day tour
With this guided one full day trip from Athens to Argolis,
participants can explore the remains of the ancient cityof Mycenae and a world heritage monument, as well as
Epidaurus and its famous ancient theatre.
Duration: 10 hours
Cost: 92€ / person (including lunch)

One Day Cruise (Poros – Hydra – Aegina)
A cruise from Piraeus port, to the fabulous Greek islands ofHydra, Poros and Aegina for a relaxing day on the sea.
Duration: 4 hours
Cost: 95€ / person (including lunch)
For further information on the above Tours and Excursions, please visit the official siteof the Course at www.endocrinesurgery2018.com