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News Releases - 2006

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ATA Elects 2006 Officers and Board Members

David Cooper, MD, Takes Office as President of the American Thyroid Association (October 14, 2006)

Rebecca S. Bahn, MD, Elected as President-elect of the American Thyroid Association (October 14, 2006)

Richard Kloos, MD, Elected as Secretary-elect of the American Thyroid Association (October 14, 2006)

David Sarne, MD, Elected as Treasurer-elect of the American Thyroid Association (October 14, 2006)

Alan P. Farwell, MD, to Head Patient Education Efforts of the American Thyroid Association’s Board of Directors (October 14, 2006)

Antonio C. Bianco, MD, PhD, Elected to Board of Directors of the American Thyroid Association (October 14, 2006)

Michael T. McDermott, MD, Elected to Board of Directors of the American Thyroid Association (October 14, 2006)

ATA Announces Recipients of 2006 Special Awards

John T. Nicoloff, MD, Receives American Thyroid Association’s 2006 Thyroid Pathophysiology Medal (October 14, 2006)

Sheue-yann Cheng, PhD, Honored with American Thyroid Association’s 2006 Distinguished Service Award (October 14, 2006)

Jayne Franklyn, MD, PhD, Receives American Thyroid Association’s 2006 Paul Starr Award (October 14, 2006)

Geraldo Medeiros-Neto, MD, PhD, Receives American Thyroid Association’s 2006 Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Lectureship Award (October 14, 2006)

Douglas Forrest Awarded American Thyroid Association’s 2006 Van Meter Award (October 14, 2006)

Annual Meeting 2006

American Thyroid Association Speaks Out on FDA Methods for Assessing Bioequivalence of Thyroid Hormone (October 15, 2006)

Protein Provides Signal in Identifying Spread of Common Thyroid Tumor (October 14, 2006)

Ultrasound Is Best Diagnostic Test to Detect Recurrent Thyroid Cancer (October 14, 2006)

Use of Promising Cancer Drug Shows Response in Common Thyroid Tumor (October 14, 2006)

Doctors Could Benefit From Further Knowledge of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy (October 12, 2006)

Study Finds Relationship Between Newborn Screenings and Pregnant Mom’s Nutrition (October 12, 2006)

Treating Graves’ Disease During Pregnancy Is Safe For Unborn Child (October 12, 2006)

Ultrasound Therapy Proves Promising in Thyroid, First Clinical Study Finds (October 12, 2006)

Chemotherapy Drug Stops Cancer Growth in Advanced Thyroid Cancer Patients (October 12, 2006)

New Research Discovers Accurate Technique for Identifying Thyroid Cancer (October 12, 2006)

The Latest Findings in Thyroid Disease and a Free Health Event for the Public Are Focus of Thyroid Specialist Meeting in Phoenix (October 11, 2006)

Spring Meeting 2006

Spring Meeting Advisory 2006 (March 15, 2006)

Public Health Information

Genzyme Announces Thyrogen® Added to Medicare’s Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) (PDF File, 21 KB) (October 26, 2006)

Thyrogen Cap Announcement (PDF File, 24 KB) (October 26, 2006)

The ATA, in cooperation with the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, is promoting awareness and an understanding of thyroid health. (January 10, 2006)

International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders
ICCIDD Newsletter May 2006 (PDF File, 1.39 MB)
ICCIDD Newsletter August 2006 (PDF File,1.5 MB)
ICCIDD Newsletter November 2006 (PDF File, 1.37MB)

Other News

American Thyroid Association Improves Award-winning Website (December 29, 2006)

Death of long-time member, Dr. Margita Zakarija, brings sad news to the ATA (December 28, 2006)

The National Institutes of Health announces the 2007 NIH Director's Pioneer Award (November 7, 2006)

ATA announces call for research grant proposals (October 3, 2006)

Spanish Language Brochures for Patients Offered on American Thyroid Association Website (September 5, 2006)

Clinical Trials Search Engine now On-line on ATA Website (March 4, 2006)

Helping Doctors Provide the Best Care for Thyroid Cancer Patients Is the Focus of New Guidelines (January 24, 2006)

 

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