X CONGRESO DE LA SOCIEDAD LATINOAMERICANA DE TIROIDES


X CONGRESSO DA SOCIEDADE AMERICANA LATINA DE TIRÓIDE

Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba, Argentina
1-4 de mayo/maio de 2003

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Latin American Thyroid Society X Congress Carlos Paz 2003

April 30

May 1

May 2

May 3

May 4

8:30

Satellite Symposium:

"

Iodine Deficiency Disorders"

 

Symposium 1: Thyroid Neoplastic Disease

Symposium 3: Thyroid cell Growth and Function

Symposium 5: Perinatal Importance of thyroid hormones

8:30

LATS Prize Award Conference

10:00

Break and Poster Viewing

Break and Poster Viewing

Break and Poster Viewing

9:30

Symposium 7: Management of Nodular Goiters

10:30

Conference 1: Mechanisms of the Regulation of Thyroid Cell Proliferation by TSH.
Pierre Roger

Lats Prize 2

Conference 4: The Thyroid Gland and Pregnancy.
Daniel Glinoer

11:00

Break

11:30

Special Topic 1

Meet the Professor 1

Meet the Professor 2

Special Topic 2

Meet the Professor 3

Special Topic 3

11:30

Meet the Professor 4

Special Topic 4

13:30

Symposium 2: Thyroid and Drugs

Symposium 4: Thyroid Hormone Transport and Effects

Symposium 6: Sub-Clinical Hypo and Hyperthyroidism

 

15:00

Satellite Symposium:

"Surgical management of thyroid cancer"

Lats Prize 1

Lats Prize 3

Conference 5: Molecular Genetics of Pediatric Thyroid Diseases

Annette Grüters

16:00

Break and Poster Viewing

Break and Poster Viewing

Break and Poster Viewing

16:30

Poster Discussion 1

Poster Discussion 2

Poster Discussion 3

17:30

Conference 2: Thyroid Dysgenesis in Mice And Men: The Genetic Basis Of Human Congenital Hypothyroidism
Roberto Di Lauro

Conference 3: Iodine Excess, Amiodarone, Smoking and Thyroid Disease
Enio Martino

Conference 6: Control of Genes Involved in Proliferation and Differentiation of Neuronal Cells by Thyroid Hormones.
Ana Aranda

18:30

Welcome reception

Dante Alighieri Chorus

18:30

Genzyme Conference

Michael Tuttle

19:00

General Assembly

20:30

LATS Dinner

 

Thursday, May 1

7:30

Registration

8:00/8:30

Opening

8:30/10:00

Symposium 1 Thyroid Neoplastic Disease
Moderators: Osvaldo G. Degrossi (Buenos Aires), Ana Luiza Maia (Porto Alegre)

  • Calcitonin in medullary thyroid carcinoma follow up. Use and abuse, effect on the quality of life.
    Nelson Wohllk (Santiago)
  • PET scanning in the detection and control of thyroid cancer.
    Valéria Guimarães (Brasília)
  • Familial non-medullary thyroid cancer.
    Héctor Rubén Harach (Salta)
  • Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in undifferentiated thyroid cancer.
    Mario A. Pisarev (Buenos Aires)
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    10:00/10:30

    Coffee Break and Poster viewing

    10:30/11:30

    Conference 1: Mechanisms of the Regulation of Thyroid Cell Proliferation by TSH.
    Pierre Roger (Brussels)
    Chair: Doris Rosenthal (Rio de Janeiro)

    11:30/12:30

    Auditorium

    Meet the Professor 1: Management of Thyroid Carcinoma
    Recombinant human TSH in the management of Thyroid carcinoma: Hans Graf (Curitiba) – Michael Tuttle (USA)
    NIS as a prognostic indicator in thyroid cancer: Laura S. Ward (Campinas)
    Chair: Alexandru Buescu (Rio de Janeiro)

    11:30/12:30

    Room Lago

    Special Topic 1: Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism
    Argentina: Laura Gruñeiro Papendieck (Buenos Aires)
    Brasil: Suzana Nesi (Curitiba)
    Chair: Mirian Takahashi (Londrina)

    12:30/13:30

    Quincho

    Lunch and Poster viewing

    13:30/15:00

    Symposium 2 Thyroid and Drugs
    Moderators: Jorge A. Jara-Yorg ( Assunción) Giuseppe Repetto (Porto Alegre),

  • Lithium as inducer of autoimmunity and thyroid dysfunction.
    Jesus Veliz Lopez (Santiago)
  • Hypothalamic pituitary thyroid axis and psycopharmaceuticals.
    Leonardo Rizzo (Buenos Aires)
  • Use of Lithium as coadjuvant of radioiodine therapy.
    Enio Martino (Pissa)
  • Amiodarona use in pregnancy.
    Silvia Gutierrez (Buenos Aires)
    		•

    15:00/16:00

    LATS Junior Award (OR 1-OR 4)
    Moderators: Gustavo Roccatagliata (Buenos Aires), Mario Vaisman (Rio de Janeiro)

    16:00/16:30

    Coffee Break and Poster viewing

    16:30/17:30

    Auditorium

    Selected Poster Discussion 1 (OR 5-OR 8)
    Moderators: Rosalinda Y. A. Camargo (São Paulo), Carlota E. Guillen (Buenos Aires)

    17:30/18:30

    Conference 2: Thyroid Dysgenesis in Mice And Men: The Genetic Basis Of Human Congenital Hypothyroidism
    Roberto Di Lauro (Napoli)
    Chair: Vânia M. Corrêa da Costa (Rio de Janeiro)

    18:30/19:30

    Genzyme Conference: Recombinant human TSH as a method for follow-up and treatment in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer

    Michael Tuttle (USA)

     

    Friday, May 2

    8:00

    Registration

    8:30/10:00

    Symposium 3 Thyroid Cell Growth and Function
    Moderators: Marisa M. D. Breitenbach (Rio de Janeiro), Guillermo Juvenal ( Buenos Aires)

  • Biology of thyroid growth (normal and abnormal)
    Pierre Roger (Bruxelles)
  • Thyroid Cancer: looking for specific marker
    Edna T. Kimura, ( São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Nitric oxide and thyroid function
    Ana Maria Masini-Repiso (Córdoba)
  • Thyroid specific gene expression
    Roberto Di Lauro (Napoli)

    • 10:00/10:30

    Coffee Break and Poster viewing

    10:30/11:30

    LATS Junior Award (OR 9-OR 12)
    Moderators: Rui M.B. Maciel (São Paulo), Nelson Wohlk (Santiago)

    11:30/12:30

    Room Lago

    Meet the Professor 2: What Can We Learn From The Thyroid Hormone Resistance
    Celia R. Nogueira (Botucatú)
    Carmen C Pazos-Moura (Rio de Janeiro)
    Chair: Ana Cabanillas (Córdoba)

    11:30/12:30

    Auditorium

    Special Topic 2: Thyroid Autoimmunity
    Pregnancy and Thyroid Autoimmunity.
    Daniel Glinoer (Bruxelles)
    Infertility and Autoimmune     Thyroid Disorders.
    Marcos S. Abalovich (Buenos Aires)
    Chair: Chady S. Farah (São Paulo)

    12:30/13:30
    Quincho

    Lunch and Poster viewing

    13:30/15:00

    Symposium 4: Thyroid Hormone Transport and Effects
    Moderators: Marisa M. D. Breitenbach (Rio de Janeiro), Claudia Pellizas (Córdoba)

  • Role of the Receptors for Thyroid Hormones, Retinoids and Vitamin D in Pituitary
    Gene Expression.
    Ana Aranda (Madrid)
  • Adaptive T3 production by type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase and energy expenditure.
    Antonio Carlos Bianco (Boston)
  • New aspects of thyroid hormone transport into target cells.
    Francisco Neves (Brasilia)
  • Thyroid hormones and muscle.
    Maria Tereza Nunes (São Paulo)

    • 15:00/16:00

    LATS Junior Award (OR 13-OR 16)
    Moderators: Antonio C. Bianco (Boston), Egberto G. Moura (Rio de Janeiro)

    16:00/16:30

    Coffee Break and Poster viewing

    16:30/17:30
    Auditorium

    Selected Poster Discussion 2 (OR 17-OR 20)
    Moderators: Gisah A. Caravalho (Curitiba), Tânia O. Carvalho (Rio de Janeiro)

    17:30/17:45

    17:45/18:45

    Conference Gustavo Pineda
    In Memoriam - Nelson Wohllk: (Santiago)
    Iodine Excess, Amiodarone, Smoking and Thyroid Disease
     Enio Martino (Pisa)
    Chair:     João H. Romaldini (São Paulo)

     

    Saturday, May 3

    8:30/10:00

    Symposium 5: Perinatal Importance of Thyroid Hormones
    Moderators: Reinaldo P. Furlanetto (São Paulo) Gerardo Sartorio (Buenos Aires),

  • Fetal Impact of Maternal Pathologies.
    Sonia Iorcansky (Buenos Aires)
  • Long-term consequences of early diagnosed congenital hypothyroidism.
    Annette Grüters (Berlin)
  • Thyroid hormones and perinatal neural maturation.
    Penha C. Barradas (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Neonatal programming of thyroid function.
    Egberto G. Moura (Rio de Janeiro)
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    10:00/10:30

    Coffee Break and Poster viewing

    10:30/11:30

    Conference 4: : The Thyroid Gland and Pregnancy - Recent Progress in Our Understanding of Complex Physio-Pathological Interactions.
    Daniel Glinoer (Bruxelles)
    Chair: Alicia Gauna ( Buenos Aires)

    11:30/12:30

    Auditorium

    Meet the Professor 3: Metastatic thyroid cancer: markers and new therapies.
    Circulating markers: diagnostic testsfor metastatic thyroid cancer? Rui M.B. Maciel (São Paulo)
    Redifferentiation therapy with retinoic acid in metastasic thyroid cancer. Sabrina M.Coelho (Rio de Janeiro)
    Chair: Héctor A. Perinetti (Buenos Aires)

    11:30/12:30

    Room Lago

    Special Topic 3: Thyroid Hormone Effects on Bone
    Cecília H.A. Gouveia (São Paulo)
    Elena. Salerni (Buenos Aires)
    Chair: Tânia Furlanetto (Porto Alegre)

    12:30/13:30

    Quincho

    Lunch and Poster viewing

    13:30/15:00

    Symposium 6: Sub-Clinical Hypo and Hyperthyroidism
    Moderators: Pablo A. Fletcher (Panamá), Ingeborg C. Laun ( Rio de Janeiro)

  • Sub-clinical Thyroid Dysfunction: Myth or Reality?
    Mario Vaisman (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Is free T4 a good marker of thyroid status in non-thyroid illness?
    Claudio Aranda (Buenos Aires)
  • Diagnosis of Sub-clinical Hyperthyroidism
    María del Carmen Silva Croome (Buenos Aires)
  • Sub-clinical Thyroid Dysfunction - To Treat or Not to Treat?
    João H. Romaldini (São Paulo)
    		•

    15:00/16:00

    Conference 5: Molecular Genetics of Pediatric Thyroid Diseases
    Annette Grüters (Berlin)
    Chair: Alexandru Buescu (Rio de Janeiro)

    16:00/16:30

    Coffee Break and Poster viewing

    16:30/17:30
    Auditorium

    Selected Poster Discussion 3 (OR 21-OR 24)
    Moderators: Vania M. Corrêa da Costa (Rio de Janeiro), Gustavo Macalini (Buenos Aires)

    17:30/17:45

    17:45/18:45

    Conference Ralff C. J. Ribeiro)
    In Memoriam - Hans Graf (Curitiba)
    Control of Genes Involved in Proliferation and Differentiation of Neuronal Cells by Thyroid Hormones.
    Ana Aranda (Madrid)
    Chair: Aldo Coleoni (Córdoba)

    20:30

    LATS Dinner at Campanario Restaurant

     

    Sunday, May 4

    8:30/9:30

    LATS Prize Award Conference
    Chair: Aldo Coleoni

    9:30/11:00

    Symposium 7: Management of Nodular Goiters
    Moderators: Maria C. Belzarena (Montevideo), Ana Orlandi (Buenos Aires)

      • Non palpable thyroid nodules: should they be studied?
        Eduardo K. Tomimori (São Paulo)
      • Radioiodine Treatment of Multinodular Goiters.
        Flávio H. Zelmanovitz (Porto Alegre)
      • Efficacy of percutaneous ethanol injection in the treatment of nodular goiter.
        Fernando Munizaga Castillo (Santiago)
    • TSH supressive treatment with T4 or TRIAC in thyroid nodules? Effects on bone and peripheral parameters.
      Martha A. Schnitman (Buenos Aires )

    11:00/11:30

    Coffee Break

    11:30/12:30
    Room Lago

    Meet the Professor 4: Thyroid and Related Pathologies
    Skin disorders and thyroid diseases
    Hugo Niepomniscsze (Buenos Aires)
    Hepatic transplantation and thyroid function
    Carmen Cabezón (Buenos Aires
    Chair: Maria C. Belzarena (Montevideo)

    11:30/12:30
    Auditorium

    Special Topic 4: Thyroid and Diabetes
    Thyroid disease and the auto-immune polyglandular syndrome
    Claudio Liberman (Santiago)
    Thyroid autoimmunity and Diabetes Mellitus
    Edgardo Poskus (Buenos Aires)
    Chair: Maria del Carmen S. Croone (Buenos Aires

    12:30

    Closure

     

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    April 30

    Portal del Lago Hotel

    Satellite Symposium on Iodine Deficiency Disorders

    (International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders)

    9:00 / 11:00: Present situation of the iodine deficiency disorders in the Americas

       Effect of iodine deficiency on thyroid function             Hugo Niepomniszcze (Argentina)

       Infant and child development and iodine deficiency            Francoise Delange  (Belgium

       Actual iodine nutrition status in Latin America                  Eduando A. Pretell (Peru)  

       Diagnostic and monitoring indicators                                John T. Dunn USA)

    11:00 / 12:00 II. Poster Display                                                                     

    12:00-13:00 Oral Presentation and Discussion   

    IDD situation in 5 representative countries: Guatemala, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

    Submission of Abstracts for Posters Presentations

    Dead line, March 31  (Registration  and abstract presentation forms will be distributed)

    Organization Committee

    Eduardo A. Pretell, Regional Coordinator for America, ICCIDD

    Aldo H. Coleoni, President, LATS

    John T. Dunn, Executive Secretary, ICCIDD

    Hugo Niepomniszcze, National Representative, ICCIDD

    Symposium Satellite "Surgical management of thyroid cancer"

    President: J.L. Novelli (Rosario)

    Moderator: H. Niepomniszcze (Buenos Aires)

    Conferences:

    15:00 / 15:15 Papillary thyroid cancer

    F. Arroyo (Quito)

    15:15 / 15:30 Follicular thyroid cancer

    P. Sánchez E Ingunza (Lima)

    15:30 / 15:45 Hürthle cell adenoma and carcinoma

    J. L. Novelli (Rosario)

    15:45 / 16:00 Management of regional lymph nodes in papillary, follicular

    and medullar thyroid cancer.

    L. Soto Díaz (Santiago)

    16.00 / 16:15 Recurrent thyroid cancer

    A. Ferraz (San Pablo)

    16.15 / 16:30 Complication of thyroid cancer

    J. Garcia Colina (Caracas)

    16.30 / 17:30 Commentaries and Disccusion

    18:30 Welcome Reception (Portal del Lago Hotel)

     

    Executive Council LATS

    President: Aldo Coleoni

    Vice-president: Doris Rosenthal

    Secretary-Treasurer: Hans Graf

    Directors
    Alicia Gauna
    Valeria Guimarães
    Sivia Gutierrez
    Edna T. Kimura
    Ana María Masini Repiso
    Carmen C. Pazos Moura
    Dense Pires de Carvalho
    Mario Vaisman
    Nelson Wohllk

    Scientific Committee

    President: Doris Rosenthal

    Marcos Abalovich
    Carmen Cabezón
    Gisah Amaral Carvalho
    Guillermo Juvenal
    Edna T. Kimura
    Ana Luisa Maia
    Carmen C. Pazos Moura
    Denise Pires de Carvalho
    María del Carmen Silva Croome
    Nelson Wohllk

    Organizing Committee X LATS

    President: Guillermo Juvenal

    Gabriela Brenta
    Alicia Gauna
    Silvia Gutierrez

     

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