PRE CONGRESS - KOCHER CONFERENCE

Name: 17th International Thyroid Congress
Start: 2025-06-18
End: 2025-06-22
Location: Windsor Oceânico

2025-06-19 (Thursday)

	Room 6 – Hugo Niepomniszcze (LATS President 1997–99; Argentina)
08:00	08:00 - 08:10 KOCHER CONFERENCE KOCHER CONFERENCE Opening LUIZ PAULO KOWALSKI SAO PAULO / SP Presenter GREGORY RANDOLPH Presenter ERIVELTO VOLPI SAO PAULO / SP Presenter
08:10	08:10 - 09:30 KOCHER CONFERENCE KOCHER CONFERENCE First Session ANA INES VOOGD Chair JOSÉ HIGINO STECK CAMPINAS / SP Chair 08:10 - 08:30 Navigating uncertainly: advancements in managing indeterminate thyroid nodules DENISE MOMESSO RIO DE JANEIRO / RJ Speaker 08:30 - 08:45 RFA x MW – Nuances of indications and techniques LEONARDO RANGEL RIO DE JANEIRO / RJ Speaker 08:45 - 09:00 Is thermal ablation safe for malignancies? RAFAEL DE CICCO SAO PAULO / SP Speaker 09:00 - 09:15 Expanding the indications for thermal ablations ERIVELTO VOLPI SAO PAULO / SP Speaker 09:15 - 09:30 Q&A
09:30	09:30 - 10:30 KOCHER CONFERENCE KOCHER CONFERENCE Second Session JOSÉ GUILHERME VARTANIAN SAO PAULO / SP Chair JOSE LUIS NOVELLI Chair 09:30 - 09:50 Effective surveillance strategies for micropapillary thyroid cancer: integrating surgical insight MICHAEL TUTTLE Speaker 09:50 - 10:05 Total thyroidectomy x Lobectomy (indications and follow-up SANTIAGO ZUND Speaker 10:05 - 10:20 Defining the best preoperative apporoach for thyroid cancer MARIKA RUSSELL Speaker 10:20 - 10:30 Q&A
10:30	10:30 - 10:45 KOCHER CONFERENCE KOCHER CONFERENCE Break
10:45	10:45 - 11:30 KOCHER CONFERENCE KOCHER CONFERENCE Third Session ALVARO SANABRIA Chair FELIPE CAPDEVILLE Chair 10:45 - 11:00 Medical management of GD: When is the time for RAI? ADRIANO NAMO CURY SAO PAULO / SP Speaker 11:00 - 11:15 Way and when Surgery for GD EVANDRO VASCONCELOS CURITIBA / PR Speaker 11:15 - 11:30 Q&A
11:30	11:30 - 12:15 KOCHER CONFERENCE KOCHER CONFERENCE Fourth Session RENAN B. LIRA SAO PAULO / SP Chair MARCO AURÉLIO VAMONDES KULCSAR SAO PAULO / SP Chair 11:30 - 11:45 Autofluorescence and Parathyroid Vascular Assessment MARCO DEMARCHI Speaker 11:45 - 12:00 Remote thyroid access: breakthroughs and future directions in surgical innovation RENAN B. LIRA SAO PAULO / SP Speaker
12:15	12:15 - 12:30 KOCHER CONFERENCE KOCHER CONFERENCE Presentation of the New Book "Carcinoma Diferenciado de Tiroides de Bajo Riesgo" LUIZ PAULO KOWALSKI SAO PAULO / SP Editor JOSE LUIS NOVELLI Editor STELLA MARIS BATALLÉS Editor FABIAN PITOIA Editor
12:30	12:30 - 13:00 KOCHER CONFERENCE KOCHER CONFERENCE Keynote lecture: Prognostic factors of papillary and follicular carcinomas based on pre-, intra-, and poto-operartive findings YASUHIRO ITO Speaker
13:00	13:00 - 14:00 KOCHER CONFERENCE KOCHER CONFERENCE Fifth Session ANTONIO BERTELLI SAO PAULO / SP Chair JOSE CARLOS LAZARTE GUTIÉRREZ Chair 13:00 - 13:15 Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Cancer – Contemporary Definitions and Management MARK ZAFEREO Speaker 13:15 - 13:30 Neoadjuvant Therapy for Advanced Disease ANA HOFF SAO PAULO / SP Speaker 13:30 - 13:45 Disparities in Access to Thyroid Care LUIZ PAULO KOWALSKI SAO PAULO / SP Speaker 13:45 - 14:00 Q&A
14:00	14:00 - 15:45 KOCHER CONFERENCE KOCHER CONFERENCE Interdisciplinary tumor board: collaborative strategies for thyroid cancer management FERNANDA VAISMAN RIO DE JANEIRO / RJ Moderator GREGORY RANDOLPH Moderator JUAN PABLO DUENAS Panelist RAFAEL DE CICCO SAO PAULO / SP Panelist THIAGO BUENO DE OLIVEIRA SAO PAULO / SP Panelist FATIMA CRISTINA MENDES DE MATOS RIO DE JANEIRO / RJ Panelist MATHEUS GERHARD ROSENFELD SÃO PAULO / SP Panelist
15:45	15:45 - 16:00 KOCHER CONFERENCE KOCHER CONFERENCE Closing remarks LUIZ PAULO KOWALSKI SAO PAULO / SP Presenter GREGORY RANDOLPH Presenter ERIVELTO VOLPI SAO PAULO / SP Presenter
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