Program

21 September 2018, 1pm to 9pm
Hajar Auditorium, Education Center

Time

Title

Speaker

1pm to 1.30pm

Registration

Secretariat

1.20pm to 1.30pm

Opening remarks

Dr. Hassan Al Thani
Chair, Surgical Endocrine Symposium
Head of Trauma and Vascular Surgery

INTRODUCTION
Moderators: Dr. Maryam Al Sulaiti, Dr. Abdellhakim Tabeb, Dr. Hassan Al Thani

1.30pm to 1.40pm

Anatomy of the thyroid

Dr. Musab Murad
Resident, General Surgery

1.40 pm to 1.50pm

Physiology of the thyroid gland

Dr. Amjad Qabbani
Resident, General Surgery

GENETICS

1.50pm to 2pm

Genetics of thyroid cancer

Dr. Saif Al-Mudares
Resident, General Surgery

IMAGING

2pm to 2.15pm

Thyroid gland ultrasound to How to perform and report?

Dr. Adham Darweesh
Senior Consultant, Radiology Department

2.15pm to 2.30pm

Nuclear medicine Imaging of the thyroid

Dr. Daoud ElKhatib
Senior Consultant, Radiology Department

2.30pm to 2.45pm

Diagnostic value of conventional vs. dynamic contrast medium enhanced MRI in the preoperative detection of thyroid carcinoma

Dr. Ahmed Mahfouz
Senior Consultant, Radiology Department

2.45pm to 3pm

Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis and staging of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Dr. Shatha Al Hilli
Senior Consultant Radiologist

3pm to 3.15pm

Use of PET imaging in thyroid cancer. Indications and interpretation

Dr. Fathima Fijula Palot Manzil
Associate Consultant, Radiology Department

3.15pm to 3.30pm

Asr Prayer / Coffee Break

PATHOLOGY
Moderators: Dr. Hesham El Gohary, Dr. Gamila El Mabrok, Dr. Hassan Al Thani

3.30pm to 3.50pm

The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology

Dr. Hanan Farghaly
Senior Consultant, Laboratory Department

3.50pm to 4.10pm

Histopathology of Thyroid Cancers: An Overview

Dr. Hanan Farghaly
Senior Consultant, Laboratory Department

TREATMENT
4.10pm to 4.35pm Clinical presentations of thyroid diseases Dr. Noora Al Thani
Resident, General Medicine

4.35pm to 4.50pm
 
Mechanisms of autoimmune thyroiditis Dr. Khalid Dokhan
Senior Consultant, General Medicine
4.50pm to 5.05pm
 
Current treatment standards and future perspectives of Graves’ disease Dr. Mohsen Eledrisi
Senior Consultant, General Medicine
5.05pm to 5.20pm
 
Associations between maternal thyroid function in pregnancy and perinatal outcomes
 
Dr. Mohammed Bashir
Senior Consultant, General Medicine
5.20pm to 5.30pm Is pregnancy a risk factor for thyroid cancer progression? Dr. Maryam Al Sulaiti
Consultant, General Surgery
5.30pm to 6pm Maghrib Prayer / Coffee Break
Moderators: Dr. Maryam Al Sulaiti, Dr. Abdellhakim Tabeb, Dr. Hassan Al Thani, Dr. Khalid Dukhan, Dr. Mohammad Khairat, Dr. Ahmed Abutaka and Dr. Saif Al Mudares
6pm to 6.15pm
The structure and function of the thyroid cancer multidisciplinary team in Qatar
Dr. Mohammad Salem Al-Hassan
Senior Consultant, General Surgery
6.15pm to 6.25pm The role of the thyroid cancer multidisciplinary team coordinator in Qatar Mrs. Subi Bhaskaran
Thyroid Cancer Multidisciplinary Team Coordinator
6.25pm to 6.40pm Anesthesia for thyroid surgery. Perioperative and intraoperative managements Dr. Yasser Hamad
Senior Consultant, Transplant Department
6.40pm to 6.50pm Practical steps in the evaluation of thyroid nodules Dr. Abdellhakim Tabeb
Senior Consultant, General Surgery
6.50pm to 7pm Bilateral benign multinodular goiter. What is the adequate surgical therapy? Dr. Hesham El Gohary
Consultant, General Surgery
7pm to 7.10pm Clinical practice guidelines in oncology
thyroid carcinoma
Dr. Maryam Al Sulaiti
Consultant, General Surgery
7.10pm to 7.20pm Cancers that don’t require surgery at all
 
Dr. Abdulrahman Abdul Aal
Consultant, General Surgery
7.20pm to 7.30pm The terminology and classification of neck dissection for thyroid cancer
 
Dr. Hassan Al Thani
Chair, Surgical Endocrine Symposium. Head of Trauma and Vascular Surgery
7.30pm to 7.40pm Radioactive iodine in the treatment of thyroid cancer
 
Dr. Mahmoud Zirie
Senior Consultant, General Medicine
7.40pm to 7.50pm Novel drug treatments in thyroid oncology
 
Dr. Kakil Ibrahim Rasul
Senior Consultant, Oncology Medicine
7.50pm to 8pm Management and outcome of thyroid surgery in Qatar Dr. Moamena El Matbouly
Resident, General Surgery
PANEL DISCUSSION
Dr. Ahmed Mahfouz, Dr. Shatha Ali Al Hilli, Dr. Daoud ElKhatib, Dr. Hanan Farghaly, Dr. Maryam Al Sulaiti, Dr. Mohsen Eledrisi, Dr. Hassan Al Thani, Dr. Abdellhakim Tabeb, Dr. Hesham El Gohary, Dr. Abdulrahman Abdul Aal
7.50pm to 8.50 pm Case discussion 1
Anaplastic thyroid cancer
Dr. Hassan Al Thani
Chair, Surgical Endocrine Symposium,
Head of Trauma and Vascular Surgery
Case Discussion 2
Surgical management of cervico-mediastinal goiters
Case Discussion 3
Management of recurrent PTT following surgery and radioactive iodine treatment
Case Discussion 4
Management of post-operative vocal cord injury
Case Discussion 5
Hypo parathyroid post total thyroidectomy
Case Discussion 6
Post-operative bleeding
Case Discussion 7
MEN syndrome
Case discussion 8
Familial thyroid cancer
8.50pm to 9pm Closing Remark Dr. Hassan Al Thani
Chair, Surgical Endocrine Symposium. Head of Trauma and Vascular Surgery