Learning Event Support: 2023 Endocrine Surgery and Neuroendocrine Tumor Symposium

Providing engaging education and discussion surrounding modern management of patients with thyroid and neuroendocrine tumors

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Full Project Name:Learning Event Support: 2023 Endocrine Surgery and Neuroendocrine Tumor SymposiumPrincipal Investigator:Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH, SurgeryAward Amount:$3,240

Award Date

March2023

Project Description Narrative:

Various strategies are available for diagnosing, treating, and managing neuroendocrine tumors and tumors caused by thyroid cancer and thyroid gland diseases. Neuroendocrine tumors (adrenal, pituitary, and pancreas tumors) are rare. They require a multidisciplinary approach, sometimes complicated by other inherited syndromes. In cases of thyroid tumors, most are low-risk, and patients can expect excellent survival rates. Optimal management with surgery or molecular testing is controversial.

With funding support from AHW, this symposium, hosted by the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, will highlight modern diagnostics and management strategies for neuroendocrine tumor patients and the latest data on diagnosing and managing patients with thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer.

Outcomes & Lessons Learned:

Welcomed over 80 healthcare professionals to learn about the current issues in the management of disorders of the parathyroid, thyroid, and adrenal glands
Featured expert speakers including Carmen C. Solorzano, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery Chair of the Department of Surgery and Director of Endocrine Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN and Linwah Yip, MD FACS, Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, and the Program Director for the Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship at the University of Pittsburg School of Medicine
Solicited feedback from the participants to identify areas of future support and topics for continuing education