Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Registration and Breakfast – The Breakers Hotel

Welcome and Introduction

E. Chester Ridgway, MD, MACP Program Chairman

Thyroid Hormone Action

Bryan R. Haugen, MD

Thyroid Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes

Michael T. McDermott, MD

Thyroid Nodules

Peter Singer, MD

New Dimensions in Thyroid CA Treatment

Paul Ladenson, MD

Break

Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer: Dosimetric Approaches

Leonard Wartofsky, MD, MPH, MACP

Modern Thyroid Function Testing

Carole Spencer, PhD, FACB

Q & A Speaker Panel

Drs. Singer, Wartofsky, Haugen, Spencer, Daniels, McDermott, Ladenson

Lunch

Therapy of Hyperthyroidism

David Cooper, MD

Levo-Thyroxine Bioequivalence: The Problem and Its Solution

R.Michael Tuttle, MD

Iodine and Nutrition: World & USA Perspective

Stephanie Lee, MD

Amiodarone : Still a Thyroid Problem

Gilbert Daniels, MD

Break

Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy

Jorge Mestman, MD

Unique Aspects of Pediatric Thyroid Disease

Stephen LaFranchi, MD

Q&A Speaker Panel

Drs. Cooper, Daniels, LaFranchi, Lee, Tuttle, Mestman

Closing Remarks

E. Chester Ridgway, MD