2nd International Meeting on
Ultrasound-Guided Minimally Invasive Therapies
Reggio Emilia, Italy
First-class experts and hand-on practice
Thyroid
After the success of the 1st TNT (Thyroid Nodule Therapies) Meeting, a new event with International speakers and the possibility to try thermal ablation devices
Rationale
Minimally invasive, ultrasound (US)-guided thyroid treatment modalities are effective and safe alternatives to surgery in patients with benign thyroid cysts, solid nonfunctioning benign thyroid nodules, and in solid hyper-functioning nodules. In addition, they may also have a role in the management of primary micro-papillary tumors or recurrent thyroid cancers.
These procedures include the use of chemical agents such as Ethanol Ablation (EA), or thermal thyroid tissue destruction through Laser Ablation (LA), Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA), Microwave Ablation (MWA) and High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU).
During the 2nd TNT Meeting, that follows the success of the 1st TNT Meeting, firstclass experts will chair outstanding speakers who will present the state-of-the-art of all ultrasound-guided thyroid minimally invasive procedures, and new horizons in the treatment of thyroid nodules.
Hands-on practice will also be available for those participants who want to try thermal ablation devices on their own.
Local organizer, Scientific Committee, Faculty
Meeting president and local organizer
Roberto Valcavi
The TNT (Thyroid Nodules Therapies) Association President – Health Director – Endocrine & Thyroid Clinic (ETC), Reggio Emilia, Italy
Scientific Committee
Baek, Jung Hwan – Seoul, Republic of Korea
Çakır, Bekir – Ankara, Turkey
Fukunari, Nobuhiro – Yokoama, Japan
Hodak, Steven – New York City, NY, USA
Mercante, Giuseppe – Milan, Italy
Novizio, Roberto – Reggio Emilia, Italy
Serres-Créixams, Xavier – Barcelona, Spain
Squarcia, Mattia – Barcelona, Spain
Valcavi, Roberto – Reggio Emilia, Italy
Faculty
Abraham, Devaprabu – Endocrinologist, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Aljammal, Jules – Interventional Endocrinologist, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Baek, Jung Hwan – Interventional Radiologist, RFA Specialist, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Baldwin, Chelsey – Endocrinologist, New York City, NY, USA
Bhaseen, Ashok – TFI International, Montreal, QC, Canada
Ceresini, Graziano – Endocrinologist, Parma, Italy
Colao, Annamaria – Endocrinologist & Molecular Oncologist, Naples, Italy
Evranos Oğmen, Berna – Endocrinologist, Ankara, Turkey
Fawzy, Mohamed – Radiologist, Il Cairo, Egypt
Frasoldati, Andrea – Endocrinologist, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Fukunari, Nobuhiro – Head & Neck Surgeon, Yokohama, Japan
Giannitto, Caterina – Radiologist, Milan, Italy
Gharib, Hossein – Endocrinologist, Rochester, MN, USA
Guttler, Richard – Interventional Endocrinologist, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Hodak, Steven – Endocrinologist, New York City, NY, USA
Mauri, Giovanni – Interventional Radiologist, Milan, Italy
Mercante, Giuseppe – Head & Neck Surgeon, Milan, Italy
Negro, Roberto – Endocrinologist, Lecce, Italy
Nikiforov, Yuri – Thyroid Molecular Biologist, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Novizio, Roberto – Endocrinologist, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Papi, Giampaolo – Endocrinologist, Carpi, Italy
Passandi, Fateme – Endocrinologist, Teheran, Iran
Pontecorvi, Alfredo – Endocrinologist, Rome, Italy
Portioli, Italo – Endocrinologist & Internist, Dean, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Randolph, Gregory – Head & Neck Surgeon, Boston, MA, USA
Rosselet, Patrick Olivier – Endocrinologist, Lausanne, Switzerland
Russ, Gilles – Interventional Radiologist, Paris, France
Serres-Créixams, Xavier – Interventional Radiologist, Barcelona, Spain
Sinclair, Catherine – Head & Neck Surgeon, Malvern, VIC, Australia
Squarcia, Mattia – Interventional Radiologist, Barcelona, Spain
Turtulici, Giovanni – Interventional Radiologist, Genoa, Italy
Stan, Marius – Endocrinologist, Rochester, MN, USA
Vidili, Gianpaolo – Internist & Ultrasound Interventional Oncologist, Sassari, Italy
Valcavi, Roberto – Interventional Endocrinologist, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Volpi, Erivelto – Head & Neck Surgeon, São Paulo, Brazil
Sessions
During this 2-days Meeting many experts from all around the world will share their studies and knowledge.
The last day is dedicated to hands-on practice with Radiofrequency and Microwave devices.
Program
Day 1 - Friday 23 June 2023
SESSION 1 - Thyroid Anatomy and Ultrasonology
Chairmen: Fateme Passandi - Patrick Olivier Rosselet
8:00 – 9:00 am Registration
9:00 – 9:10 am President’s Welcome (Roberto Valcavi)
9:10 – 9:20 am Introduction (Italo Portioli)
9:20 – 9:40 am Ultrasound Normal Anatomy of the Neck and MRI & CT Scan Features (Caterina Giannitto)
9:40 – 10:00 am Surgical Anatomy of the Neck and Structures at Risk During Ablative Therapies (Erivelto Volpi)
10:00 – 10:20 am TIRADS & Scan Assistant Softwares and Artificial Intelligence (Giovanni Turtulici)
10:20 – 10:40 am Thyroid Nodular Pathology: an Overview (Marius Stan)
10:40 – 11:00 am Panel Discussion
11:00 – 11:30 am Coffee Break
SESSION 2 - Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules
Chairmen: Annamaria Colao - Hossein Gharib
11:30 – 11:50 am Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) & Core Needle Biopsy (CNB). How to Manage with Hypervigilant Patients (Andrea Frasoldati)
11:50 – 12:10 pm Thyroid Nodule Profiling using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and ThyroSeq (Steven Hodak)
12:10 – 12:30 pm Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Thyroid Interventional Procedures (Xavier Serres-Créixams)
12:30 – 12:50 pm The Importance of a Stable Procedural Workflow for Thyroid Ablative Procedures (Chelsey Baldwin)
12:50 – 1:10 pm Panel Discussion
1:10 – 2:00 pm Light lunch
SESSION 3 - Minimally Invasive Thyroid Therapies
Chairmen: Marius Stan - Giampaolo Vidili
2:00 – 2:20 pm Thyroid US-Guided Minimally-Invasive Therapies. Ambulatory or Operating Room Setting? (Roberto Valcavi vs Steven Hodak)
2:20 – 2:40 pm How to Select a Nodule for Success and to Protect Vital Structures (Catherine Sinclair)
2:40 – 3:00 pm Learning Curve of Thyroid Ablative Procedures (Gilles Russ)
3:00 – 3:20 pm Ethanol Ablation: Indication and Outcomes (Devaprabu Abraham)
3:20 – 3:40 pm Panel Discussion
3:40 – 4:10 pm Coffee Break
SESSION 4 - Benign Thyroid Nodule Ablation
Chairmen: Jung Hwan Baek - Alfredo Pontecorvi
4:10 – 4:30 pm Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation (Roberto Valcavi)
4:30 – 4:50 pm Hyperfunctioning Thyroid Nodule Ablation (Jules Aljammal)
4:50 – 5:10 pm Thyroid Laser Ablation (Roberto Negro)
5:10 – 5:30 pm Thyroid HIFU Ablation (Mohamed Fawzy)
5:30 – 5:50 pm Thyroid Microwave Ablation (Mattia Squarcia)
5:50 – 6:10 pm Panel Discussion
8:00 – 9:00 pm Dinner Symposium – Molecular Testing of Thyroid Nodules (Yuri Nikiforov)
9:00 pm Gala Dinner
Day 2 - Saturday 24 June 2023
SESSION 5 -Malignant Thyroid Tumors Management
Chairmen: Graziano Ceresini - Catherine Sinclair
9:00 – 9:20 am Active Surveillance in Micropapillary Cancer (MicroPTC) (Hossein Gharib)
9:20 – 9:40 am Thyroid Ablation of MicroPTC (Roberto Novizio)
9:40 – 10:00 am Thyroid Microwave Ablation of Malignant Tumors (Giovanni Mauri)
10:00 – 10:20 am Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation of Inoperable Malignant Tumors (Jung Hwan Baek)
10:20 – 10:40 am What is the Future of Thyroid Ablation? (Gregory Randolph)
10:40 – 11:00 am Panel Discussion
11:00 – 11:30 am Coffee Break
SESSION 6 - Beyond Thyroid Ablation
Chairmen: Berna Evranos Oğmen - Richard Guttler
11:30 – 11:50 am Surgical and Pathological Changes after Thyroid Ablation (Nobuhiro Fukunari)
11:50 – 12:10 pm Clinical Cases Discussion (Giampaolo Papi)
12:10 – 12:30 pm Patient Advocacy: a Patient’ Point of View (Ashok Bhaseen)
SESSION 7 - Lectio Magistralis
Chairmen: Gregory Randolph - Erivelto Volpi
12:30 – 1:10 pm To Resect or not to Resect: this is the Question (Giuseppe Mercante)
FINAL REMARKS
1:10 – 1:20 pm New Perspectives for the T.N.T. Association (Roberto Valcavi)
1:20 – 2:20 pm Light lunch
SESSION 8 - Hands on course (only for registered participants)
• Radiofrequency
• Microwave
Participants will be split into groups (example: A, B, C, D, E, F), and each group will be assigned to one station.
The numbers of stations & tutors would be defined based on number of participants
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2nd TNT (Thyroid Nodule Therapies) Meeting
Studies and case-histoty about minimally invasive, ultrasound (US)-guided thyroid treatment modalities.
Registration rates
Until December 31st 2022
From January 1st to
May 31st 2023
Late and on site registration
- Participants without hands on course
- T.N.T. Members/Students Trainee/People from developing countries without Hands on course
€ 300,00
€ 250,00
€ 400,00
€ 350,00
€ 500,00
€ 400,00
- Participants with hands on course*
* Only participants who have registered before may 31st 2023 will be admitted to the course. It will not be possible to register after this date and on site
€ 350,00
€ 450,00
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Subscription 2nd TNT Meeting – Participants without Hands on course
Subscription 2nd TNT Meeting – Participants with Hands on course
Subscription 2nd TNT Meeting -Students Trainee/People from developing countries without Hands on course
Special Rate for T.N.T. Association Members
Meeting venue
Best Western Classic Hotel
Via Pasteur 121/C 42122 - Reggio Emilia (RE)
Tel.: +39 0522 355411
Fax: +39 0522 333410
Email: info@classic-hotel.it
How to reach Reggio Emilia
- BY PLANE/TRAIN: From Milan Malpensa Airport, the Trenord train service line connects Malpensa to Milano Centrale in about 50 minutes. Trains depart every 30 minutes. From Milan central station, Trenitalia and Italotreno connect Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana in 44 minutes by train. Timetable on www.trenitalia.it - www.italotreno.it
From Rome Fiumicino airport, the non-stop train Leonardo Express arrives at Roma Termini station in 32 minutes. It departs every 15 minutes. From Rome Termini station, Trenitalia and Italotreno connect Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana by train in 2 h 40 minutes. Timetable on www.trenitalia.it - www.italotreno.it-From Bologna Airport the Marconi Express train connects the Bologna central station from where the Trenitalia and Italotreno connect Reggio Emilia stations. Timetable on www.trenitalia.it - www.italotreno.it
- BY CAR: Motorway A1 Milan-Bologna, Reggio Emilia exit.
