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Annual Meeting Program

The 2025 Annual Meeting will take place Saturday, May 17 through Monday, May 19, 2025. Endocrine Surgery University (ESU) and additional courses will take place on Thursday and Friday before the Meeting begins on Saturday morning. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is located in the central time zone. All program times listed are Central Time (CT).

NEW FOR 2025: Special Topic Breakout Sessions


Program is subject to change. All program sessions will take place at the Baird Center unless otherwise noted.

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
5:00 PM - 8:00 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: 201 CDE
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 - 10:00 AM Exhibitor and Poster Setup in Exhibit Hall
Location: Grand Ballroom ABC
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Opening Session
10:50 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

Moderators: David Hughes, MD and Naris Nilubol, MD
Panelists:
• Targeted agents and mutational analysis for thyroid cancer – Gil Fareau, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
• Neoadjuvant treatment for advanced thyroid cancer – Rosemarie Metzger, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine/Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
• RET inhibitors for medullary thyroid cancer – Kepal Patel, MD, New York University

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

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Special Topic Breakout #2: Should I Invest in Parathyroid Autofluorescence Technology? (advanced registration required)
Location: 103D

3:30 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 Breakfast Session: Using EHR to Optimize Surgical Care
 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
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)
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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 + Trainee Meet & Greets

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

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Trainee Meet & Greets - Room 103C
(For Medical Students, Residents & Fellows)

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Panel Session: Collaborative Efforts to Improve Quality
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

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
Moderated by AAES Vice President, Wen T. Shen, MD, MA
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
12:30 PM Meeting Adjourns

 

For specific questions, please contact AAES Headquarters at 859-402-9810 or [email protected].