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AAES Advanced Course: Mastery of Endocrine Surgery

Friday, April 17, 2026 | 12:30 - 5:00 PM Eastern Time

Participate in a half-day of engaging and comprehensive learning as national experts share the current standards of diagnosis and treatment of patients with thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal disease. This course offers an in-depth exploration of the latest medical and surgical strategies for managing benign and malignant thyroid disease and hyperparathyroidism. Participants will engage with field leaders as they review updated guidelines, real-world clinical scenarios, and discuss their approach to both common and advanced endocrine surgery topics.

The course features a practical, interactive format designed to equip participants with state-of-the-art knowledge and techniques. There will be a combination of lectures and panel case discussions. The course is designed for surgeons, endocrinologists, and nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or other providers who take care of patients with thyroid and parathyroid disease.

If you are a health care provider involved in the care of patients with thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal disorders, don’t miss this invaluable educational opportunity! CME is provided. 

Course Agenda

12:30 - 12:40 pm Intro (Masha Livhits, MD)
12:40 - 1:00 pm

Work-up of thyroid nodule, molecular testing, new ultrasound classification, and autoimmune thyroiditis (Denise Carneiro-Pla, MD)
1:00 - 1:30 pm DTC / updates in thyroid cancer (Julia Ann Sosa, MD, MA)
1:30 - 1:50 pm

Surgical tips thyroidectomy, adjuncts to preserve RLNs and parathyroids, lymph nodes (Amanda Laird, MD)
1:50 - 2:00 pm

Adjuvant treatment for advanced thyroid cancer (Omar El Kawkgi, MD)
2:00 - 2:20 pm Thyroid tumor board (All faculty)
2:20 - 2:35 pm Break
2:35 - 2:55 pm Work-up, indications for surgery for PHPT, renal HPT (Jessica McMullin, MD)
2:55 - 3:30 pm Surgery PHPT, secondary HPT, and reoperative PTX (Michael Yeh, MD)
3:30 - 4:00 pm Parathyroid cases (All faculty)
4:00 - 4:30 pm

Adrenal - advances in diagnosis (Cortney Lee, MD)
4:30 - 5:00 pm Technical tips for minimally invasive adrenalectomy (Eric Kuo, MD)