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Asia-Pacific Society for
Interventional Thyroidology
1st Annual Congress

in conjunction with

Pre-congress 4th CUHK Head & Neck USG and Ablation Course

20-22 November 2026
Hong Kong

Organizers

Department of ENT,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Asia-Pacific Society for Interventional Thyroidology

Date & Venue

How to get there?

Pre-congress Course

20-21 November
Seminar Room, 1/F, PEC
Prince of Wales Hospital

Congress

21-22 November
Kai Chong Tong, PEC
Prince of Wales Hospital

Congress Dinner

21 November
tbc

Invited Speakers

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BAEK Jung Hwan
Korea

SINCLAIR Catherine
Australia

TUFANO Ralph
United States

RANGEL Leonardo
Brazil

DUEÑAS Juan Pablo
Columbia

LAU Eric
Hong Kong

LIN Wei-Che
Taiwan

CHO Woojin
Korea

GIBSON Daren
Australia

XU Shuhang
China

FUKUNARI Nobuhiro
Japan

JUNG So Lyung
Korea

ZHANG Mingbo
China

Frame of Programme

20 Nov (Fri)

AM	Pre-congress Course
PM	Hands-on

21 Nov (Sat)

AM	Pre-congress Course + Hands-on
PM	Congress

22 Nov (Sun)

AM	Congress
PM	Congress (END)

Registration Fee

Online Registration

in Hong Kong Dollar
(Early Bird: 20 September / Regular)

Full Package

Hands-on + Congress
Specialist $9,800/ 10,800
Trainee $8,800/ 9,800

Pre-congress Course

Hands-on $7,800/ 8,800
Observer $3,800/ 4,800

Congress

Specialist $3,800/ 4,800
Trainee $1,800/ 2,800
Nurse/ Allied Health/ Student $800/ 1,000

Congress Dinner

$1,000 (per head)

Call for Abstracts

Online Submission

Submission Deadline

31 August 2026

Result Notification

15 September 2026

Presentation Type
(All in English)

1. Poster: Hardcopy in A0
2. Video: Video with audio narration (9 min + 1 min Q&A)

Secretariat

Address
Rooms 84026 - 31, 6th Floor, Lui Che Woo Clinical Sciences Building Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T. Hong Kong

Telephone
(852) 3505 1277

Email
events.ent@cuhk.edu.hk

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Contact Us

Programme (Tentative)

	CUHK Head & Neck USG and Ablation Course
	General Principle and Anatomy for Head & Neck Ultrasound
	Cervical Lymph Node
	Thyroid
	Common Salivary Gland Pathology
	Lumps & Bumps in Head & Neck
	USG for Post-treatment Evaluation of Head and Neck Malignancies
	USG Guided FNAC/Core Biopsy
	Small Suspicious Thyroid Nodules – FNAC vs Surveillance
	Lunch
	USG on Real Patients

	CUHK Head & Neck USG and Ablation Course
	Thyroid Thermal Ablation 101 - Updates of Guidelines for Thyroid RFA - Key Points for Effective Thyroid Thermal Ablation - Surgical Procedures Following Thyroid Ablation - Ultrasonographic Follow-up after RFA
	How I Do it and Overcome the Learning Curve? - Ethanol Ablation - RFA Benign Thyroid - Complications Management for Thyroid - RFA for PTC and Recurrence - RFA for Parathyroid Lesions
	CUHK Experiences - RFA vs MWA – CUHK ENT Data - RFA on Parotid Warthin’s
	Hands-on

	APSIT 1st Annual Congress
12:50	Opening Remarks
13:00	Opening Plenary Lecture (Prof. BAEK Jung Hwan)
13:30	Thyroid Ablation Guidelines: What Changed and What's Coming
14:45	Debates: Controversies in Guidelines for Thyroid Ablation
15:45	Break & Exhibits
16:15	Panel: Non-thermal Ablations
17:15	Video Session: Experiences from Asia-Pacific Regions
18:15	Posters round / Sponsor Reception
18:15	APSIT Council meeting (Separate room)
19:30	Conference Dinner and Performances

	APSIT 1st Annual Congress
08:45	Interesting & Challenging Cases Sharing
09:45	Panel: Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Approach in Thyroid Ablation
11:00	Break and Exhibits
11:30	Innovation and New Techniques
12:30	Panel: Managing Complications and Regrowths
13:30	Sponsored Product Theatre LUNCH
14:15	Closing Plenary Lecture (Prof. Wong Ka Tak)
14:45	Awards and Closing Remarks

Where Thyroid Ablation Began, Where its Future Comes Together.

The first truly multidisciplinary society dedicated to interventional thyroidology, bringing together surgeons, endocrinologists, radiologists, and other specialists across the Asia-Pacific region.

Join the pioneers who shaped thyroid ablation and the multidisciplinary experts defining its future.

Asia-Pacific Society forInterventional Thyroidology1st Annual Congress

in conjunction with

Pre-congress ​​4th CUHK Head & Neck USG and Ablation Course

20-22 November 2026Hong Kong

Organizers

Date & Venue

How to get there?

Pre-congress Course

Congress

Congress Dinner

Invited Speakers

Keep updating ...

BAEK Jung HwanKorea

SINCLAIR Catherine Australia

TUFANO ​RalphUnited States

RANGEL ​Leonardo Brazil

DUEÑAS Juan Pablo Columbia

LAU EricHong Kong

LIN Wei-CheTaiwan

CHO WoojinKorea

GIBSON DarenAustralia

XU ShuhangChina

FUKUNARI Nobuhiro Japan

JUNG So LyungKorea

ZHANG MingboChina

Frame of Programme

2​0 Nov (Fri)

21 Nov (Sat)

22 Nov (Sun)

Registration Fee

Online Registration

in Hong Kong Dollar(Early Bird: 20 September / Regular)

Full Package

Pre-congress Course

Congress

Congress Dinner

Call for Abstracts

Online Submission

Submission Deadline

Result Notification

Presentation Type(All in English)

Secretariat

Contact Us

How to get there?

Postgraduate Education Centre (PEC) Prince of Wales HospitalShatin Transportation https://www3.ha.org.hk/pwh/content/patientandvisitors/locationandtransportation_e.asp

Programme (Tentative)

Asia-Pacific Society for
Interventional Thyroidology
1st Annual Congress

Pre-congress 4th CUHK Head & Neck USG and Ablation Course

20-22 November 2026
Hong Kong

BAEK Jung Hwan
Korea

SINCLAIR Catherine
Australia

TUFANO Ralph
United States

RANGEL Leonardo
Brazil

DUEÑAS Juan Pablo
Columbia

LAU Eric
Hong Kong

LIN Wei-Che
Taiwan

CHO Woojin
Korea

GIBSON Daren
Australia

XU Shuhang
China

FUKUNARI Nobuhiro
Japan

JUNG So Lyung
Korea

ZHANG Mingbo
China

20 Nov (Fri)

in Hong Kong Dollar
(Early Bird: 20 September / Regular)

Presentation Type
(All in English)

Postgraduate Education Centre (PEC)
Prince of Wales Hospital
Shatin

Transportation
https://www3.ha.org.hk/pwh/content/patientandvisitors/locationandtransportation_e.asp