Programme

Scientific Programme

Pre Meeting Course
“Live Course Neuromonitoring and Autofluoresence”
15:00 - 16:30
dr langer
Live Surgery
Chair: Nikolaos Roukounakis , Ioannis Koutelidakis, Ozer Makay
Surgeon: Kyriakos Vamvakidis
16:30 - 16:50 Coffee
16:45 - 17:00 Anatomy of the laryngeal nerves
Stefanos Atmatzidis
17:05 - 17:20 Neuromonitoring: Rational and equipment used
Sophocles Lanitis
17:20 - 17:40 Why Neuromonitoring?
Philipp Riss
17:40 - 17:55 Continuous monitoring: How is used and how to interpret
Christos Christoforides
17:55 - 18:15 What is autofluoresence and how to use it in thyroid surgery
Gianluca Donatini
18:15 - 18:25 The use of ICG in thyroid Surgery
Haridimos Markogiannakis
18:25 - 18:45 Energy based devices in thyroid surgery: How to use and comparison of the different devices
Konstantinos Nastos
18:45 - 19:00 Q&A

08:15 - 09:00 Registration and coffee
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome
Radu Mihai, Ioannis Koutelidakis, Kyriakos Vamvakidis
09:15 - 10:45 BJS prize session
Chair: Neil Sharma, Saba Balasubramanian, Georgios Zografos
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee and Trade Stands
11:00 - 11:45 Keynote 1
Primary aldosteronism: the dawn of a new era…?

Chair: Alison Waghorn, Konstantinos Vlachos
Speaker: Mark Gurnell
11:45 - 12:45 BJS lecture
Tackling controversy and changing practice in thyroidology,
with evidence and courage

Chair: Radu Mihai
Speaker: Julie Ann Sosa
12:45 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:15 Keynote 2
Thyroid Surgery: the Patients’ Perspective
Chair: Omar Hilmi, Nikolaos Roukounakis
Speaker: Julia Priestley, British Thyroid Foundation
14:15 - 15:00 Chair: Ram Moorthy, Ioannis Koutelidakis

1.The impact of live courses in the training of endocrine surgery
Speaker: Kyriakos Vamvakidis

2.Cadaveric dissections and simulation in Endocrine Surgery
Speaker: Ozer Makay

3.Fellowships as means for certification in endocrine surgery
Speaker: Nikolaos Voloudakis
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee and Trade Stands
15:30 - 16:00 Audit
Speaker: James Kirkby-Bott
16:00 - 17:00 AGM
Speaker: Sheila Fraser, Radu Mihai, Omar Hilmi
19:00 Drinks
Conference dinner

15:30 - 17:00 Trainee session
Sid Nagala - Sophocles Lanitis

09:00 - 10:15 Free papers
Chair: James Kirkby-Bott, Theodosis Papavramidis
10:15 - 10:30 RET update
Chair: Alison Waghorn
Speaker: Tarek Abdel Aziz
10:30 - 11:00 Clinical trials update
Chair: Saba Balasubramanian
Speaker: TBA
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee
11:30 - 12:00
inomed
INOMED Satellite Symposium
Innovations and advancements in technology for thyroid procedures


Chair: George Mochloulis

1. Near-Infrared Parathyroid Auto-Fluorescence: Difficult cases and troubleshooting
Speaker: Gianluca Donatini

2.RFA for surgeons
Speaker: Eveline Slotema
12:00 - 12:45 Hunterian lecture
Chair: Sheila Fraser
Speaker: David Scott Coombes
12:45 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:15 Free papers
Chair: Sid Nagala, Konstantinos Nastos
14:15 - 14:30 Closing remarks
BAETS 2024 invite

Radu Mihai, Ioannis Koutelidakis, Kyriakos Vamvakidis