TNT MEETING 2023
2nd International Meeting on Ultrasound-Guided Minimally Invasive Therapies
Fri-Sat 23-24 June, 2023 | Reggio Emilia, Italy
PHOTOS & VIDEOS FROM TNT 2023
TNT MEETING AGENDA
DAY 1
Friday 23 June 2023
| SESSION 1 Thyroid Anatomy and Ultrasonology Chairmen: Fateme Passandi – Patrick Olivier Rosselet |
| 8:00 am | Registration |
| 8:40 am | President’s Welcome Roberto Valcavi |
| 8:50 am | Introduction Italo Portioli |
| 9:00 am | Ultrasound neck anatomy and ultrasound study of structures at risk during thermal ablation Mihai Creteanu Jr. |
| 9:20 am | Surgical Anatomy of the Neck and Structures at Risk During Ablative Therapies Erivelto Volpi |
| 9:40 am | TIRADS & Scan Assistant Softwares and Artificial Intelligence Giovanni Turtulici |
| 10:00 am | Thyroid Nodular Pathology: an Overview Marius Stan |
| 10:20 am | Panel Discussion |
| 10:40 am | Coffee Break |
| SESSION 2 Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules Chairmen: Hossein Gharib – Roberto Valcavi |
| 11:10 am | Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) & Core Needle Biopsy (CNB). How to Manage with Hypervigilant Patients Andrea Frasoldati |
| 11:30 am | Thyroid Nodule Profiling using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and ThyroSeq Steven Hodak |
| 11:50 am | Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Thyroid Interventional Procedures Xavier Serres-Créixams |
| 12:10 pm | Minimally Invasive Therapy Selection for Thyroid Lesions Chelsey Baldwin |
| 12:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| 12:50 | Light lunch |
| SESSION 3 Minimally Invasive Thyroid Therapies Chairmen: Marius Stan – Giampaolo Vidili |
| 2:00 pm | How to Select a Nodule for Success and to Protect Vital Structures Catherine Sinclair |
| 2:20 pm | Ultrasound Vocal Cord Motility Assessment and Thermal Ablation Andrea Attard |
| 2:40 pm | Learning Curve of Thyroid Ablative Procedures Gilles Russ |
| 3:00 pm | Thermal Ablation for Graves’ Disease Xu Shuhang |
| 3:20 pm | Thyroid Ethanol Ablation: Indication and Outcomes Devaprabu Abraham |
| 3:40 pm | Panel Discussion |
| 4:00 pm | Coffee Break |
| SESSION 4 Benign Thyroid Nodule Ablation Chairmen: Alfredo Pontecorvi – Luigi Solbiat |
| 4:20 pm | Thyroid RFA: Hints and Tips Roberto Valcavi |
| 4:40 pm | Hyperfunctioning Thyroid Nodule Ablation Jules Aljammal |
| 5:00 pm | Thyroid Laser Ablation Roberto Negro |
| 5:20 pm | Thyroid HIFU Ablation Mohamed Fawzy |
| 5:40 pm | Thyroid Microwave Ablation Mattia Squarcia |
| 6:00 pm | Panel Discussion |
| 6:30 pm | TNT Association General Assembly |
| 9:00 pm | Gala Dinner |
DAY 2
satUrday 24 JUne 2023
| SESSION 5 Malignant Thyroid Tumors Management Chairs: Graziano Ceresini – Catherine Sinclair |
| 9:00 am | Active Surveillance in Micro Papillary Thyroid Cancer (MPTC) Hossein Gharib |
| 9:20 am | Thyroid Ablation of MPTC Roberto Novizio |
| 9:40 am | RFA of Metastatic Thyroid Tumor Antonio Rahal |
| 10:00 am | Side effects and Complications of Thyroid RFA Roberto Novizio |
| 10:20 am | Thyroid US-Guided Minimally-Invasive Therapies. Ambulatory or Operating Room Setting? Roberto Valcavi – Steven Hodak |
| 10:40 am | Panel Discussion |
| 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| SESSION 6 Beyond Thyroid Ablation Chairs: Berna Evranos OÄźmen – Mattia Squarcia |
| 11:20 am | Clinical Cases Discussion Juan Pablo Dueñas, Giampaolo Papi |
| 11:40 pm | Patient Advocacy: a Patient’ Point of View Ashok Bhaseen |
| 12:00 pm | Minimalistic Management Options in MPTC Michael Tuttle |
| 12:20 pm | What is the Future of Thyroid Ablation? Gregory Randolph |
| SESSION 7 Lectio Magistralis Chairs: Gregory Randolph – Erivelto Volpi |
| 12:40 pm | To Resect or not to Resect: this is the Question Giuseppe Mercante |
| 1:20 pm | FINAL REMARKS Roberto Valcavi |
| 1:30 pm | Light lunch |
| SESSION 8 Chairs: Marius Stan – Juan Pablo Dueñas |
| 2:30 pm | Free Communications |
| SESSION 9 Round Table |
| 3:30 pm | Should doctors use social media? Philip James, Juan Pablo Dueñas, Mihai Jr. Creteanu, Cristhian Garcia, Erivelto Volpi |
