Programme thyroid course

Thursday 21 January 2027

Introductory Lectures

Time	Topic	Speaker
15:00 – 15:15	Fundamentals of Thyroid Ultrasound	Podzimek
15:15 – 15:30	PTeye: Principles and Clinical Application	Strupp
15:30 – 15:45	Radiofrequency Ablation: Indications and Mechanism of Action	Neubert

Practical Courses from 15:45

Course	Speaker
Hands-on Thyroid Ultrasound	Podzimek, Sievert
PTeye Demonstration	Strupp
Hands-on Radiofrequency Ablation Training	Neubert
Presentation of Patients Scheduled for Live Surgery

Course Dinner

19:00 – 22:30
Hotel Alte Mark, Soester Straße 28, Hamm

Friday 22 January 2027

Morning

Time	Topic	Speaker
08:00 – 08:10	Welcome	Potysch (Commercial Director, St. Barbara-Klinik Hamm-Heessen), J. Abrams
08:10 – 08:30	Endocrine Neck Surgery in ENT – The Current Situation in Germany	Sievert
08:30 – 13:30	Live Surgery	Surgeons: N. Abrams, Novosel, Podzimek, Windfuhr

Afternoon: Scientific Programme

Friday afternoon lectures: 20 minutes plus 5 minutes of discussion.

Time	Programme item
13:30 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:10	Live Surgery Debrief and Discussion

Session I: Advanced Thyroid Surgery

Time	Topic	Speaker
14:10 – 14:35	Thyroid Cancer – What Does the New German S3 Guideline Change for Endocrine Neck Surgeons?	Sievert
14:35 – 15:00	Diagnosis and Treatment of Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma	Becker
15:00 – 15:25	Microscope-Assisted Thyroid Surgery – Techniques and Benefits	Windfuhr
15:25 – 15:50	When Is Thoracotomy Required in Thyroid Surgery? Indications and Surgical Technique	Lamesch
15:50 – 16:15	Postoperative Care after Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery	Valiyeva
16:15 – 16:35	Coffee Break

Session II: Parathyroid Disease

Time	Topic	Speaker
16:35 – 17:00	Medical Management of Hyperparathyroidism	Dlugos
17:00 – 17:25	Pathology of Parathyroid Disorders	Theurer
17:25 – 17:50	Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Parathyroid Disease	Laschinsky
17:50 – 18:15	Surgical Management of Parathyroid Adenomas	N. Abrams
18:15 – 18:30	Closing Remarks
18:30	End of Course

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