Schedule

13:00 - 13:10
Introduction

JANETE MARIA CERUTTI

SAO PAULO / SP Presenter

RODRIGO MORENO REYES

Presenter

OMAR DARY

Chair

MARIA DEL CARMEN SILVA CROOME

Chair

13:10 - 13:30
Despite major progress, iodine deficiency remains a global health problem in 2025

RODRIGO MORENO REYES

Speaker

13:30 - 13:45
The history of the elimination of iodine deficiency disorders in the Americas

EDUARDO PRETELL

Speaker

13:45 - 14:00
Awareness and capacity building to sustain optimal iodine nutrition in Latin America

ANA MARÍA HIGA YAMASHIRO

Speaker

14:00 - 14:15
Effects of iodine intake on thyroid autoimmunity

ELIZABETH PEARCE

Speaker

14:15 - 14:30
Iodotyrosines as novel biomarkers for iodine deficiency

JOSÉ MORENO

Speaker

16:30 - 16:45
Strengthening design and surveillance of salt iodization to support safe and effective programs on thyroid function

OMAR DARY

Speaker

16:45 - 17:00
Not too little, not too much: the Chilean iodine fortification experience

LORENA MOSSO

Speaker

17:00 - 17:15
Iodine nutritional status in Brazil

HELTON ESTRELA RAMOS

SALVADOR / BA Speaker

17:15 - 17:30
Iodine supplementation in pregnancy in Brazil

ROSALIA PADRO PADOVANI COLETTE

SAO PAULO / SP Speaker

17:30 - 17:45
The Danish investigation on iodine intake and thyroid disease (DanThyr): history and implications

LENA BJERGVED SIGURD

Speaker

17:45 - 18:00
Iodine status in Colombia and its possible association with thyroid autoimmunity

IVÁN DARÍO ESCOBAR DUQUE

Speaker

08:00 - 08:10
Introduction

SUSAN MANDEL

Presenter

EDUARDO TOMIMORI

SAO PAULO / SP Presenter

08:10 - 08:40
Basic Principles of Thyroid Ultrasound and Device Settings to Optimize Imaging

SARA AHMADI

Speaker

08:40 - 09:10
Ultrasound of Diffuse Thyroid Disorders

RUDOLF PFEILSTICKER

BELO HORIZONTE / MG Speaker

09:10 - 09:40
Challenges in Thyroid Nodule Imaging

SUSAN MANDEL

Speaker

09:40 - 10:00
Assessment of Cervical Lymph Nodes

DEBORA DANILOVIC

SAO PAULO / SP Speaker

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 - 09:50
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 - 10:50
Artificial Intelligence for Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules

NAYKKY SINGH OSPINA

Speaker

10:50 - 11:10
Parathyroid Imaging

MAISIE SHINDO

Speaker

11:10 - 11:30
Nonthyroid neck pathology

LEONARDO RANGEL

RIO DE JANEIRO / RJ Speaker

11:30 - 11:50
Techniques to Optimize Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy

MARIO ARAUJO JUNIOR

RIO DE JANEIRO / RJ Speaker

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 - 11:45
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

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

13:00 - 13:20
Correlation between ultrasound and thyroid cytology

FERNANDA FARO

SAO PAULO / SP Speaker

13:20 - 13:40
Patient demos - Examining phisician

BERNARDO LOPES CANÇADO FONSECA

BELO HORIZONTE / MG Speaker

13:40 - 16:00
Presentation of clinical cases

LEONARDO RANGEL

RIO DE JANEIRO / RJ Moderator

SUSAN MANDEL

Panelist

MAISIE SHINDO

Panelist

15:00 - 15:20
Metabolomics can be of help?

ANITA BOELEN

Speaker

15:20 - 15:45
Is neonatal diagnosis of Central Hypothyroidism worthy to be implemented?

HELTON ESTRELA RAMOS

SALVADOR / BA Speaker

15:45 - 16:00
The changing spectrum of CH after the loweing of TSH thresholds

MARIA CRISTINA VIGONE

Speaker

16:00 - 16:20
Discussion

15:00 - 15:20
Structure and function of type 2 and type 3 deiodinase enzymes

ULRICH SCHWEIZER

Speaker

15:20 - 15:40
Thyroid hormone in non-alcohholic liver diseases

PAUL YEN

Speaker

15:40 - 16:00
Thyroid hormone and muscle differentiation

FLAVIA FONSECA BLOISE

RIO DE JANEIRO / RJ Speaker

16:00 - 16:20
Discussion

15:00 - 15:20
Advances in structural biology

JANE SANDERS

Speaker

15:20 - 15:40
TSHR-IGF1R crosstalk

TERRY FRANCIS DAVIES

Speaker

15:40 - 16:00
Utility of TSHR antibodies in clinical practice-Graves'

GEORGE KAHALY

Speaker

16:00 - 16:20
Discussion

15:00 - 15:30
Animal Models

KÖHRLE

Speaker

15:30 - 15:50
Discussion

17:30 - 17:55
Advances in thyroid cancer management (LATS)

ANA HOFF

SAO PAULO / SP Speaker

17:55 - 18:20
What has changed in Thyroid Eye Disease? (ETA)

MARIO SALVI

Speaker

18:20 - 18:45
Surgical approach changes in thyroid cancer over the years (ATA)

JULIE SOSA

Speaker

18:45 - 19:10
Progress in Basic thyroid research: a 5 year overview (AOTA)

NORIYUKI KOIBUCHI

Speaker

07:00 - 08:25
Representative for ATA

LAURA BOUCAI

Panelist

07:00 - 08:25
Representative for AOTA

KEN-ICHI-ITO

Panelist

07:00 - 08:25
Representative for ETA

SIMONE DE LEO

Panelist

07:00 - 08:25
Representative for LATS

FERNANDA VAISMAN

RIO DE JANEIRO / RJ Panelist

10:30 - 10:50
For the proposal

SOFIE BLIDDAL

Speaker

10:50 - 11:10
Against for the proposal

SPYRIDOULA MARAKA

Speaker

11:10 - 12:00
Discussion

11:10 - 11:20
Discussion

11:10 - 11:20
Discussion

11:10 - 11:20
Discussion

10:30 - 10:50
For the proposal

ANABELA ZUNINO

Speaker

10:50 - 11:10
Against the proposal

ROBERTO MIRASOL

Speaker

11:10 - 12:00
Discussion

10:30 - 10:50
MCT8 thyroid hormone transporter and disease

EDWARD VISSER

Speaker

10:50 - 11:10
The Leptin-D2 axis controls the energy balance in Skeletal muscle

MONICA DENTICE

Speaker

11:10 - 11:30
Discussion

10:30 - 10:50
WHO task force - new guidelines for monitoring iodine

RODRIGO MORENO REYES

Speaker

10:50 - 11:10
State-of-the-Art Guidelines for Monitoring Iodine Nutrition in Populations

SUN Y LEE

Speaker

11:10 - 11:30
Discussion

16:00 - 16:25
Indications for Active surveillance

YASHURO ITO

Speaker

16:25 - 16:50
Less than total thyroidectomy: indications for hemithyroidectomy or RFA

JUAN PABLO DUENAS

Speaker

16:50 - 17:15
Dynamic risk stratification, indications for completion thyroidectomy & RAI

ELIZABETH GRUBBS

Speaker

17:15 - 17:30
Discussion

16:00 - 16:25
Thyroid storm in pregnancy

ULLA FELDT-RASMUSSEN

Speaker

16:25 - 16:50
Iodide for the management of hyperthyroidism in pregnancy

AI YOSHIHARA

Speaker

16:50 - 17:15
Management in the post-partum

ELIZABETH PEARCE

Speaker

17:15 - 17:30
Discussion

16:00 - 16:25
Performance of different US classification systems

TREVOR ANGELL

Speaker

16:25 - 16:50
Application of AI in thyroid nodule imaging

JIN YOUNG KWAK

Speaker

16:50 - 17:15
Contrast enhance imaging /elastography

RICARDO MIGUEL COSTA DE FREITAS

SÃO PAULO / SP Speaker

17:15 - 17:30
Discussion

16:00 - 16:25
Thyroid hormone and brain development

ANA GUADANO-FERRAZ

Speaker

16:25 - 16:50
Thyroid hormone transporters and deiodinases in development

FEDERICO SALAS-LUCIA

Speaker

16:50 - 17:15
Thyroid hormone and neuronal differentiation in organoids

ROBERT OPITZ

Speaker

17:15 - 17:30
Discussion

16:30 - 16:50
Discussion

16:30 - 16:50
Discussion

07:15 - 07:30
Representative for ATA

MARIA REGINA CASTRO

Speaker

07:30 - 07:45
Representative for ETA

COSIMO DURANTE

Speaker

07:45 - 08:00
Representative for AOTA

HARUHIKO YAMAZAKI

Speaker

08:00 - 08:15
Representavive for LATS

RAFAEL SELBACH SCHEFFEL

PORTO ALEGRE / RS Speaker

09:45 - 10:10
Advances in Medullary Thyroid Cancer

MIMI HU

Speaker

10:10 - 10:35
Redifferentiation therapy

SOPHIE LEBOULLEUX

Speaker

10:35 - 11:00
Neoadjuvant therapy

INES CALIFANO

Speaker

11:00 - 11:15
Discussion

09:45 - 10:05
Screening NO

GREGORY RANDOLPH

Speaker

10:05 - 10:25
Screening YES

LAURA FUGAZZOLA

Speaker

10:25 - 11:10
Discussion

09:45 - 10:10
How genetics can modify the management of CH?

NADIA SCHOENMAKERS

Speaker

10:10 - 10:35
Functional noncoding variants as new cause of CH

HELMUT GRASBERGER

Speaker

10:35 - 11:00
Dealing with variants of uncertain significance in the genetic diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism

JUAN PABLO NICOLA

Speaker

11:00 - 11:15
Discussion

09:45 - 10:10
Thyroid hormone and genomic regulation in amphibians

LAURENT SACHS

Speaker

10:10 - 10:35
Thyroid hormone and circadian control

PAULA BARGI SOUZA

BELO HORIZONTE / MG Speaker

10:35 - 10:45
Discussion

09:45 - 10:10
Patients with THRA and THRB receptor defects

CARLA MORAN

Speaker

10:10 - 10:35
Thyroid hormone and the immune system

MARIA DEL MAR MONTESINOS

Speaker

10:35 - 10:45
Discussion

10:15 - 10:35
Discussion

09:45 - 10:10
The structure, function, and mechanism of the Na+/I- symporter (NIS)

NANCY CARRASCO

Speaker

10:10 - 10:35
Iodine prophylaxis: what has changed for thyroid diseases?

10:35 - 11:00
Selenium and thyroid function: what is new

SUN WOOK CHO

Speaker

11:00 - 11:15
Discussion

10:45 - 11:15
The Effects of Radiation Exposure on the Thyroid Gland in Fukushima, Japan

HIROKI SHIMURA

Speaker

11:15 - 11:25
Discussion

11:45 - 12:05
Discussion

11:45 - 12:05
Discussion

11:45 - 12:05
Discussion

16:00 - 16:25
Active surveillance for indeterminate thyroid nodules

ALVARO SANABRIA

Speaker

16:25 - 16:50
Minimally invasive management of thyroid nodules

GIOVANNI MAURI

Speaker

16:50 - 17:15
Endoscopic surgery

ANTONIO BERTELLI

SAO PAULO / SP Speaker

17:15 - 17:30
Discussion

16:00 - 16:25
Heart and vascular risk

JOSE SGARBI

MARILIA / SP Speaker

16:25 - 16:50
Bones and fracture risk

ROBIN PEETERS

Speaker

16:50 - 17:15
Mental health and cognition

ANNE CAPPOLA

Speaker

17:15 - 17:30
Discussion

16:00 - 16:25
TERT promoter mutations as a driver of tumor aggression

NORISATO MITSUTAKE

Speaker

16:25 - 16:50
Tumor Microenvironment in thyroid cancer differentiation

LAURA FOZZATTI

Speaker

16:50 - 17:15
The Role of Deiodinases in Thyroid Tumorigenesis

DOMENICO SALVATORE

Speaker

17:15 - 17:30
Discussion

16:00 - 16:25
Human radiation exposure and thyroid genetic alterations

RAFFAELE CIAMPI

Speaker

16:25 - 16:50
Chemical disruptors and neonatal screening

CAROLINE SERRANO DO NASCIMENTO

SAO PAULO / SP Speaker

16:50 - 17:15
Endocrine Disruptors in Thyroid Disease

AARTI MATHUR

Speaker

17:15 - 17:30
Discussion

16:00 - 16:30
Understanding the mechanisms behind the disorders

SIMONE WAJNER

PORTO ALEGRE / RS Speaker

16:30 - 16:50
Discussion

08:00 - 08:20
Maternal hypothyroxinaemia: treat or observe

TIM KOREVAAR

Speaker

08:20 - 08:40
Autoimmunity with assisted reproduction

KRIS POPPE

Speaker

08:40 - 09:00
Uncontrolled Graves' disease

DANILO VILLAGELIN

CAMPINAS / SP Speaker

09:00 - 09:20
Treatment of MCT8 Deficiency during Pregnancy

09:20 - 09:30
Discussion

10:30 - 10:50
North America/Canada

MARKUS ESZLINGER

Speaker

10:50 - 11:10
Europe

CARLA COLOMBO

Speaker

11:10 - 11:30
Asia

KENNICHI KAKUDO

Speaker

11:30 - 11:50
Latin America

CAROLINA FERRAZ

SAO PAULO / SP Speaker

11:50 - 12:00
Discussion

10:30 - 10:55
Metabolic and lipid effects

GABRIELA BRENTA

Speaker

10:55 - 11:20
Thyroid hormone agonists in metabolic liver disease

DAGMAR FUEHRER

Speaker

11:20 - 11:45
Management of refractory hypothyroidism

IRENE CAMPI

Speaker

11:45 - 12:00
Discussion

10:30 - 10:55
Oncocytic thyroid cancer: new lessons from an old tumor

DEBORA DANILOVIC

SAO PAULO / SP Speaker

10:55 - 11:20
Clinical utility of micro RNA expression

EDNA T. KIMURA

SAO PAULO / SP Speaker

11:20 - 11:45
Mechanisms of development of drug resistance to targeted therapies

NAIFA LAMKI BUSAIDY

Speaker

11:45 - 12:00
Discussion

10:30 - 10:50
For the proposal

KRISTIEN BOELAERT

Speaker

10:50 - 11:10
Against the proposal

FEREIDOUN AZIZI

Speaker

11:10 - 12:00
Discussion

10:30 - 10:55
Selenium and vitamin D in Hashimoto thyroiditis

JEREMYJONES FERNANDEZ ROBLES

Speaker

10:55 - 11:20
Microbiome in thyroid autoimmunity

CAMILLA VIRILI

Speaker

11:20 - 11:45
Stress and lifestyle in pathogenesis of AITD

LEONIDAS DUNTAS

Speaker

11:45 - 12:00
Discussion

10:30 - 10:55
Thyroid hormone transport and the CNS

HEIKE HEUER

Speaker

10:55 - 11:20
Deiodinases and brain function

ARTURO HERNANDEZ

Speaker

11:20 - 11:45
Thyroid hormone and neuronal differentiation

FREDERIC FLAMANT

Speaker

11:45 - 12:00
Discussion

13:00 - 13:20
YES

JANETE MARIA CERUTTI

SAO PAULO / SP Speaker

13:20 - 13:50
NO

MATTHEW DAVID RINGEL

Speaker

13:50 - 14:00
Discussion

13:30 - 13:50
Discussion

13:00 - 13:25
Long-term impact of in utero thyroid hormone exposure

ALEXANDRA DUMITRESCU

Speaker

13:25 - 13:50
Hazards of hyperthyroidism and antithyroid drugs

13:50 - 14:15
TRAb and fetal outcome

MARGARET ZACHARIN

Speaker

14:15 - 14:30
Discussion

13:00 - 13:30
Subclinical Hyperthyroidism: Treat or observe?

JENNIFER MAMMEN

Speaker

13:30 - 13:50
Discussion

13:30 - 13:50
Discussion

13:00 - 13:20
Update on T4 monotherapy and the HPT axis

ANTONIO C BIANCO

Speaker

13:20 - 13:40
Hypothalamic control of the thyroid axis

CSABA FEKETE

Speaker

13:40 - 14:00
Discussion

13:00 - 13:30
Thyroid dysfunction with Immune Checkpoint inhibitors

MARIA FABIANA RUSSO PICASSO

Speaker

13:30 - 13:50
Discussion