Program

6:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Registration Open

7:00 AM – 4: 30 PM

Endocrine Neck Advanced Ultrasound Course (additional registration)

8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

E. Chester Ridgway Trainees’ Conference

3:15 PM – 5:30 PM

ATA Committee and Task Force Meetings

6:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Registration Open

10:30 AM – 4:30PM

Exhibit Hall Open

8:15 AM – 9:30 AM

Year in Thyroidology

Co-Chairs: Christopher McCabe, PhD, Maria Papaleontiou, MD
Faculty: Alexandra M. Dumitrescu, MD, PhD, “Basic Science Year in Review”, Angela M. Leung, MD, “Clinical Science Year in Review” and Kepal Patel, MD, “Surgical Year in Review”

9:45 AM – 11:00 AM

Parallel Sessions (4 available)

Highlighted Oral Abstracts
Co-Chairs: Maria Papaleontiou, MD and Christopher McCabe, PhD

Late Breaking Oral Abstracts #1 (Clinical)
Trevor Angell, MD and Elizabeth Grubbs, MD

Highlighted Posters – #1

Co-Chairs: Nakky Singh Ospina, MD and Natalia Genere, MD

Highlighted Posters – #2
Co-Chairs: Raquel Cano, MD & Johnson Thomas, MD

Clark T. Sawin Historical Vignette: Neonatal Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Break & Poster Review

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Expo Theater:
Lenvima: A Treatment for Patients with Locally Recurrent or Metastatic, Progressive, Radioactive Iodine-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM

Van Meter and Braverman Award Lectures

Van Meter Award Lecture

To be announced at session

Lewis E. Braverman Distinguished Lectureship Award

David Cooper, MD

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Poster Review and Lunch on Your Own

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Expo Theater

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Networking Session

2:45 PM – 4:00 PM

Arthur Bauman Clinical Symposium: ATA Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Nodule Guidelines: Changes on the Horizon?

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Highlighted Posters

Highlighted Posters #3
Chair: Tyler Drake, MD

Highlighted Posters #5
Chair: Gregory A. Brent, MD

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Networking Break

4:30 PM – 5:45 PM

Parallel Sessions (4 available)

ATA Research Grants Session

Chair: Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska, MD, PhD, MHSc
Priya Dedhia, MD, PhD − “Stem cell and patient-derived models of medullary thyroid cancer”
Meredith Hartley, PhD – “Thyroid hormone signaling during remyelination”
Jennifer Kuo, MD − “RFA of Thyroid Nodules: Clinical Outcomes in the United States”
Melissa Lechner, MD – “Pathogenic T cells Mediate Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Thyroid Disease”
Megan Ritter, MD − “The role of nuclear corepressor 1 in thyroid hormone signaling”
Athanasios Bikas, MD − “Targeting Mitochondrial Cytochrome-C-Oxidase for The Treatment of MTC”
David Langlais, PhD− “New genetic determinants of thyroid dysfunction”

Symposium: Thyroid Disease in Women: Understanding Sex-based Differences

Co-Chairs:  Chrysoula Dosiou, MD, MS and Sun Lee, MD, MSc
Faculty:  Robin Peeters, MD, PhD – Women and biological risk of thyroid disease
Louise Davies, MD, MS, FACS – Over-detection of thyroid cancer in women
Erik Alexander, MD – Fertility issues with thyroid disorders

MTP: Molecular landscape of pediatric thyroid cancer

Chair:  Vivian Weiss, MD, PhD
Faculty:  Aime Franco, PhD and Jonathan Wasserman, MD, PhD

MTP: Subclinical hypothyroidism: when, how, and why to treat

Chair:  Kristien Boelaert, MD, PhD
Faculty:  Spyridoula Maraka, MD, MS and Anne Cappola, MD, ScM

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

ATA Annual Business Meeting

6:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Registration Open

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Late Breaking Oral Abstracts #2 (Basic/Translational)

Co-Chairs: Leila Shobab, MD and Carmelo Nucera, MD, PhD

10:30 AM – 4:30PM

Exhibit Hall Open

8:15 AM – 9:30 AM

Radiation-Related Genomic Profile of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma After the Chernobyl Accident

Co-Chairs: Gregory Brent, MD and Rebecca Schweppe, PhD
Speaker: Stephen J. Chanock, MD, Senior Investigator, Office of the Director, NCI/DCEG

9:45 AM – 11:00 AM

Parallel Sessions (4 available)

Oral Abstracts – Basic
Co-Chairs: Cary Mariash, MD & Alexandra Dumitrescu, MD, PhD

Oral Abstracts – Clinical
Co-Chairs: Tracy Tylee, MD and Whitney Goldner, MD

Symposium: Highlighting Disparities in Access to Care for Patients With Thyroid Disease and Cancer

Co-Chairs:  Sanziana Roman, MD, FACS and Joanna Miragaya, MD, PhD
Faculty:  Elizabeth Pearce, MD, MSc – Barriers to optimal thyroid disease management in pregnancy
Michael Yeh, MD – Disparities in access to high-volume surgeons and specialized care
Megan Haymart, MD – Strategies for overcoming barriers to specialty care for thyroid disease and cancer

MTP: Management of Thyroid Cancer Patients After Lobectomy

Chair:  Jennifer Perkins, MD, MBA
Faculty:  Eyal Robenshtok, MD and Stephanie Fish, MD

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Break & Poster Review

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Expo Theater

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM

Galton and Ingbar Award Lectures

Valerie Anne Galton Distinguished Lectureship Award

Nancy Carrasco, MD 

Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Lectureship Award

Yun-Bo Shi, PhD

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Poster Review and Lunch on Your Own

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Expo Theater

2:45 PM – 4:00 PM

Parallel Sessions (4 available)

Oral Abstracts – Basic
Co-Chairs: Edward Visser, MD, PhD &  Cintia Citterio, PhD

Oral Abstracts – Clinical
Co-Chairs: Larry Fox, MD and Sina Jasim, MD, MPH

MTP: Defining I-131 Refractory Disease in DTC and When to Start Systemic Therapy

Chair: James Fagin, MD
Faculty:  Christine Spitzweg, MD and Mimi Hu, MD

MTP: For and Against T3/T4 Combination Therapy in Hypothyroidism

Chair:  Elizabeth McAninch, MD
Faculty:  Bernadette Biondi, MD and Francesco Celi, MD, MHSc

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Highlighted Posters #4
Chair: Mayumi Endo, MD

Highlighted Posters #6
Chair: Anastasios Maniakas, MD, PhD and Amy Y. Chen, MD, MPH, FACS

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Networking Break

4:30 PM – 5:45 PM

Parallel Sessions (4 available)

Symposium: Novel Animal Models of Thyroid Disease

Co-Chairs: Yun-Bo Shi, PhD and Inigo Landa, PhD
Heike Heuer, PhD – Novel mouse models of TH function in the brain
Luca Persani, MD, PhD –Zebrafish bioassay for human TH signaling defects
Daniel Buchholz, PhD – TR-GR crosstalk in regulation of frog development

Symposium: Living Beyond Thyroid Cancer: Improving Thyroid Cancer Survivorship

Co-Chairs:  Melanie Goldfarb, MD, MS, FACS, FACE and Kaniksha Desai, MD
Faculty:  Susan Pitt, MD – Emotional support at thyroid cancer diagnosis
Anna Sawka, MD, PhD – Quality of life implications
Cord Sturgeon, MD, MS, FACS – Financial toxicity and hardship in thyroid cancer survivors

MTP: Long-term Methimazole in Graves’ Disease – Yay or Nay?

Co-Chairs:  David Cooper, MD and Rokshana R. Thanadar, MD
Faculty:  Marius Stan, MD and Adriano Cury, MD, PhD

MTP: Surgical Approach to Thyroid Cancer Informed by Molecular Testing

Co-Chairs:  Gerard Doherty, MD
Faculty:  Masha Livhits, MD and Martha Zeiger, MD

6:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Registration Open

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Interesting Cases (Non-Cancer)

Chair: James Hennessey, MD
Faculty: Douglas Ross, MD and Jennifer Mammen, MD, PhD

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

Precision Thyroid Care: Avoiding Over-and Under Treatment of Thyroid Cancer

Co-Chairs: Lindsay Bischoff, MD and Megan Haymart, MD
Speaker: R. Michael Tuttle, MD, Chief, Endocrinology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Award Presentations

Julie Ann Sosa, MD – Distinguished Service Award 

Gregory Brent, MD – John B. Stanbury Thyroid Pathophysiology Medal  

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Parallel Sessions (4 available)

Oral Abstracts – Basic
Co-Chairs: Vicki Smith, PhD and Anthony Bianco MD, PhD

Oral Abstracts – Clinical
Co-Chairs: M. Regina Castro, MD and Giuseppe Barbesino, MD

MTP: Iodide prophylaxis and nuclear exposure: mechanisms and utility

Co-Chairs: Sissy Jhiang, PhD and Peter Kopp, MD
Faculty: Matthias Port, MD and Arthur B Schneider, MD, PhD

MTP: Universal Screening for Thyroid Dysfunction in Pregnancy: An Ongoing Debate

Chair: Alex Stagnaro-Green, MD, MHPE, MHA
Faculty: Caroline T. Nguyen, MD and Tim I. M. Korevaar, MD, PhD

9:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Surgical Symposium

Difficult Benign Thyroid Cases

Moderator:  Kevin Brumund, MD
Panel: Elizabeth Cottrill, MD, Merry Sebelik, MD, FACS, and Phil Smith, MD

Reoperation for Thyroid Cancer

Moderator:  Jennifer Rosen, MD
Panel: Jesse Pasternak, MD, MPH, FRCSC,  Michael Singer, MD and Pinar Smith, MD

Five Years of NIFTP: Impact on Thyroid Cancer Incidence and Patient Management

Co-chairs: F. Thurston Drake, MD, MPH and Thomas Giordano, MD, PhD
Faculty:
Yuri Nikiforov, MD, PhD – History, Evolution of Diagnostic Criteria, and Molecular Basis of NIFTP
Heather Wachtel, MD, FACS – Personalized Surgery – Extent of Thyroidectomy in the Era of Molecular Testing
Antoine Eskander, MD, Sc.M., CIP, FRCSC – The Use and Interpretation of NIFTP – How Can We Better Communication With Our Patients

10:30 AM – 2:30PM

Exhibit Hall Open

10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

Break & Poster Review

10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

Expo Theater

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Plenary: Women in Thyroidology Program & Networking

Chair: Angela M. Leung, MD
Faculty: Jennifer Sipos, MD, “Examining the bigger picture: correlating sonographic patterns and molecular profiles with thyroid nodule cytology”

WIT Woman of The Year Award Recipient

M. Regina Castro, MD

Women Advancing Thyroid Research Award Recipients

Piyasuda Pukkanasut, BS
Elisa Pasqual, MD, PhD

Discussion Panel: “A Conversation with Women of the ATA”

Moderators: Eve Bloomgarden, MD & David S. Cooper, MD
Panelists: Naifa L. Busaidy, MD, M. Regina Castro, MD, Debbie W. Chen, MD, Sophie Y. Dream, MD, FACS, Anna M. Sawka, MD, PhD, Rebecca E. Schweppe, PhD, Jennifer Sipos, MD

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Poster Review and Lunch on Your Own

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Expo Theater

2:45 PM – 4:00 PM

Parallel Sessions (4 available)

Oral Abstracts – Basic
Co-Chairs: Anthony Hollenberg, MD & Megan Ritter, MD

Oral Abstracts – Clinical
Co-Chairs: Nazanene Esfandiari, MD & Benjamin Gigliotti, MD

MTP: Metastatic Thyroid Cancer-Stepwise Management

Chair: Maria E. Cabanillas, MD
Faculty:  Kate Newbold, MD and Bryan Haugen, MD

MTP: Management of Graves’ Ophthalmopathy and New Monoclonal Treatments

Chair: Lilly H. Wagner, MD
Faculty: Bijay Vaidya, PhD and Michael Kazim, MD

7:00 AM  – 11:30 AM

Registration Open

7:15 AM – 10: 15 AM

Parallel Sessions (2 available)

Pediatric Thyroid Symposium

• Management of Graves’ Disease: Where Are We Now?
  • Co-Chairs: Hilary Seeley, MD and Ari Wassner, MD
  • Catherine Dinauer, MD, “Optimizing Medical Treatment”
  • Jake Dahl, MD, “Surgical Management”
  • Adina L. Alazraki, MD, “The Pros and Cons of RAI”
• Pediatric Abstract Highlights
• Pediatric Tumor Board
  • Co-Chairs: Sarah Hensley, MD and Steven G. Waguespack, MD, FACE
  • Faculty
    • Endocrine: Pallavi Iyer, MD
    • Surgical: Kara Meister, MD
    • Oncology: Priya Mahajan, MD
    • Nuclear Medicine: Frederick D. Grant, MD
• Thyroid Dysfunction in Genetic Syndromes
  • Laura Page, MD

Thyroid Hormone Tests Symposium & Workshop

Part 1: Thyroid Hormone Tests Symposium & Workshop, Science and Priorities
Chairs: Josef Köhrle, PhD and Carole Spencer, PhD

• Introduction: The ATA Mandate – The Challenge – Achievements of the Thyroid Function Tests Working Group – Josef Köhrle, PhD
• Clinical utilities of TSH, T4, and T3 measurements, Interferences / limitations (table) – Carole Spencer, PhD
• Total vs free Thyroid Hormone
• Analytical performance and limits of Thyroid Function Tests
• Comparability, Standardization, and Harmonization of TFT – A Global Perspective

Part 2: Workshop/Panel Discussion
Chairs: TBD

• Tg assays, Thyroid cancer monitoring
• Auto-Antibodies
• Neonatal CGH screening
• Novel assay formats
• Medical vs. economic considerations

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Thyroid Cancer Tumor Board

Moderator: Laura Boucai, MD
Endocrinology: Steven Hodak, MD
Interventional Endocrinologist: Jules Aljammal, MD
Surgery: Peter Angelos, MD, PhD
Medical Oncology: Jonathan Wadsley
Nuclear Medicine: Markus Luster, MD
Interventional Radiology: Gilles Russ, MD
Radiation Oncology: Nancy Lee, MD