Annual Meeting Program

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NEW FOR 2025: Special Topic Breakout Sessions

Thursday, May 15
7:00 AM - 4:30 PM Endocrine Surgery University (ESU) (Invitation only)
Location: 201D
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ESU Fireside Chat Dinner (Invitation only)
Location: 201E
 
Friday, May 16
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM ESU, continued (Invitation only)
Location: 201D
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM AAES Fellows Ultrasound Course (Invitation only)
Location: 201E
AAES Advanced Course: Mastery of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery (additional fee)
Location: 201C
AAES Council Meeting
Invitation only
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM Annual Meeting Registration Open
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM AAES Council Dinner
Invitation only
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Welcome Social
Location: The New Fashioned
 
Saturday, May 17 (all program sessions will take place in Grand Ballroom D unless otherwise noted)
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM AAES New Member Breakfast - Invitation only
Location: 201B
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Registration Opens
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Poster Competition Judging
Location: 103 A, B, C, D
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Exhibitor and Poster Setup in Exhibit Hall
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Opening Session
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Scientific Session I (Papers 1-6) with Distinguished Moderator 

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM: Special Topic Breakout #1: Starting a Robotic Adrenalectomy Program (advanced registration required)
Location: 103D
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch Break 

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch Session: Treatment of Thyroid Cancer in the Era of Targeted Agents (learn more about this session)

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM UCSF Carol & Orlo H. Clark Distinguished Lecture
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Break with Sponsors and Poster Viewing
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

2:40 PM - 2:55 PM: Product Theater: Interpace Diagnostics
3:05 PM - 3:20 PM: Product Theater: Veracyte

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM: 

Special Topic Breakout #2: Should I Invest in Parathyroid Autofluorescence Technology?

(advanced registration required)
Location: 103D

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Scientific Session II (Papers 7-11)
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Break 
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Presidential Address - Rebecca Sippel, MD
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM President's Reception
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
 
Sunday, May 18 (all program sessions will take place in Grand Ballroom D unless otherwise noted)
6:30 AM - 4:15 PM Registration Opens
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM AAES Foundation Board Meeting & Breakfast (by invitation only)
Location: 201D
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast Session: Using the EHR to Optimize Surgical Care (learn more about this session) 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM: Special Topic Breakout #3: Integrating an APP Into Your Practice (advanced registration required)
Location: 103D
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Scientific Session III (papers 12-14) with Distinguished Moderator
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM MCW Stuart D. Wilson, M.D. Historical Lecture
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Clinical Session: Reoperative Parathyroid Surgery (learn more about this session)
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Break with Sponsors and Poster Viewing
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM: Product Theater: Corcept Therapeutics

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Scientific Session IV (Papers 15-19)
Special Topic Breakout #4: Lobectomy vs. Total Thyroid – The Debate Goes On (advanced registration required)
Location: 103D
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch + Business Meeting

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: AAES Business Meeting
(For AAES Active, Allied Specialist, Corresponding, and Senior members only)

Lunch + Trainee Meet & Greets

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Trainee Meet & Greets - Room 103C
(Medical students, residents, fellowship applicants, current or recent endocrine surgery fellows, and Candidate members are invited to attend)

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Panel Session: Collaborative Efforts to Improve Quality (learn more about this session) Special Topic Breakout #5: Making the Most of your RFA Program: Tips and Tricks (advanced registration required)
Location: 103D
2:45 PM - 3:50 PM Scientific Session V (Papers 20-24) with Distinguished Moderator

2:45 PM - 4:15 PM: 

Special Topic Breakout #6: Securing Funding for Your Research Program (advanced registration required)

Location: 103D

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM

Break with Sponsors and Poster Viewing
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC

4:00 - 4:15 PM: Product Theater: Pulse Biosciences

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Interesting Cases Session
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM AAES Gala Celebration
Location: Grand Ballroom AB
 
Monday, May 19 (all program sessions will take place in Grand Ballroom D unless otherwise noted)
7:00 AM - 10:15 AM Registration Open
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Scientific Session VI (Papers 25-27)
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Break with Sponsors and Poster Viewing
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Poster Spotlight Session (Posters 1-7)
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Break with Sponsors and Poster Viewing
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC
10:45 AM - 2:30 PM Exhibitor and Poster Tear Down
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC
10:45 AM - 11:20 AM Scientific Session VII (Papers 28-30)
11:20 AM - 12:30 PM Panel Session: Streamlining the Perioperative Care of Endocrine Surgical Patients (learn more about this session)
12:30 PM Meeting Adjourns

 

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