Programme

	4th CUHK Head & Neck USG and Ablation Course
08:30	Welcoming Speech	Eddy WONG
8:45	Ultrasound Knobology	Hanson LEUNG
	General Principle and Anatomy for Head & Neck Ultrasound	Hanson LEUNG
	Thyroid and Parathyroid	Anil AHUJA
	Cervical Lymph Node	Anil AHUJA
	Q&A
10:40	Break & Exhibits
11:00	Latest Updates on Thyroid Nodule Classification and Terminology	Jennie LAU
	USG for Post-treatment Evaluation of Head and Neck Malignancies	Hanson LEUNG
	Small Suspicious Thyroid Nodules – FNAC vs Surveillance	Tom CHOW
	USG Guided FNAC/Core Biopsy	John CHOW
	One Stop Ultrasound Diagnostic Clinic Mode - Australian Experience	Darren GIBSON
	Q&A
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Hands-On - Ultrasonography Examination on Real Patients
15:30	Break & Exhibits
	Diagnostic Thyroid USG meets Interventional Insights: Essential Pearls and Pitfalls	Pipit PITUVONG
	How I do it - Ethanol Ablation	Justin WONG
	How I do it - Radiofrequency Ablation	Ronald LAI
	Thailand Experience - Microwave Ablation for Thyroid Nodules	Pipit PITUVONG
17:20	Debriefing

	4th CUHK Head & Neck USG and Ablation Course
08:30	Patient Selection
	Thyroid Ultrasound Screening in Korea	So Lyung JUNG
	Patient Selections for Thyroid RFA	Woojin CHO
	Thyroid Interventions - Basic Techniques
	Thermal Ablation for Metastatic PTC	Shuhang XU
	RFA for Thyroid Cancer	Nobuhiro FUKUNARI
	Break & Exhibits
09:45	Head & Neck Interventions
	RFA vs MWA - CUHK ENT Experiences and Clinical Data	Samuel CHENG
	Thermal Ablation for Parathyroid Lesions	Mingbo ZHANG
	RFA for Parotid Warthin Tumors	Eric LAU
10:45	Closing & Move to the Hands-on Room
10:45	Hands-On - FNAC, CNB, RFA, MWA - RFA OT Nursing setup
12:00	Sponsored Product Theatre LUNCH

	APSIT 1st Annual Congress
12:00	Sponsored Product Theatre LUNCH
12:50	Opening Remarks
	Jason CHAN, Woojin CHO, Eric LAU
13:00	Opening Plenary Lecture
	Travels in Thyroid RFA: From Innovation to Global Standard Moderator: Catherine SINCLAIR, Wei-che LIN	Jung Hwan BAEK
13:30	Thyroid RFA Guidelines: What Changed and What's Coming
	Moderator: Eric LAU, Enyi OFO
	Benign Nodules and AFTN: What's Changed?	Lisa ORLOFF
	Malignant Lesions: An APSIT Consensus Statement	Mingbo ZHANG
	A Preview of the Upcoming Korean Guideline for Low-risk PTMC	So Lyung JUNG
	Discussion
14:45	Debates: Controversies in Guidelines for Thyroid Ablation
	Pre-ablation Evaluation: FNA Alone or More? - FNA vs CNB vs Molecular Testing	Moderator Woojin CHO
	RFA for Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules - To Ablate or Not to Ablate?	Moderator Hanson LEUNG
	2 vs 2 Pros & Cons format with each 30-minute topic moderated by a different moderator	Panelist Daren GIBSON Shuhang XU Hossam Arafa GHAZI Wei-che LIN
15:45	Break & Exhibits
16:15	How I Do It: Practical Approaches to Thyroid Ablation
	Strategies for Thyroid Cancer - Active Surveillance, RFA, or Surgery	Moderator Shirley LIU
	Ablation Technical Considerations - Various Thermal versus Non-thermal Ablation Techniques	Moderator Stefano SPIEZIA
	Practical, Experience-based Presentations 30 mins per topic \| Moderated Discussion	Panelist Nobuhiro FUKUNARI Catherine SINCLAIR Mingan YU So Lyung JUNG
17:15	Video Session: Experiences from Asia-Pacific Regions €5,000 Prize Competition Best Narrated Ultrasound-Guided Thyroid Intervention Video
	Moderator: Samuel CHENG, Joseph CHUNG
18:15	Posters round / Sponsor Reception	Zenon YEUNG Xina LO

	APSIT 1st Annual Congress
08:00	Sponsored product theatre BREAKFAST
08:30	Keynote Lecture
	Moderator: Dora TAI, Wei-che LIN
	Microwave Ablation for Thyroid Cancer: Beyond Guidelines and Evidence - How much does patient's Quality of Life Matter	Stefano SPIEZIA
09:00	Free Papers: Interesting & Challenging Cases - Share Your Experience with Global Experts Moderator: Zenon YEUNG, Xina LO
09:30	Tumor Board: Multidisciplinary Team Approaches in Thyroid Ablation
	Patient Counselling - When Do We Need a Multidisciplinary Team Approach?	Moderator Nobuhiro Fukunari
	Strategies for Preserving Thyroid Function - Combining Treatment Modalities: Surgery, Embolization, and Ablation	Moderator Catherine SINCLAIR
	Case-based Discussion with Multidisciplinary Experts (30 mins per topic)	Panelist Zenon YEUNG Jung Hwan BAEK Lisa ORLOFF Pipit PITUVONG
10:30	Break and Exhibits
11:00	Meet the Expert: Innovation and New Frontiers
	Moderator: Chwee Ming LIM, Siu Kwan NG
	Toxic Thyroid Adenoma: From Treatment Selection to Ablation and Long-Term Outcomes An Interventional Endocrinologist’s Experience	Hossam Arafa GHAZI
	Expanding the Role of Ablation in Thyroid Cancer	Mingan YU
	Diffuse Thyroid Disease: A New Frontier for Ablation	Shuhang Xu
	Discussion
12:30	Discussion: Troubleshooting Thyroid Ablation
	Aggressive Ablation or Safety First? - Balancing Regrowth and Complication Risk	Moderator Matrix FUNG
	Delayed Nodule Rupture - How Can We Prevent and Manage It?	Moderator Daren GIBSON
	Open Expert Discussion with each topic moderated by a different moderator (30 mins per topic)	Panelist Wei-Che LIN Enyi OFO Eric LAU Woojin CHO
13:30	Sponsored product theatre LUNCH	Ka Tak WONG Justin WONG Wei-che Lin
14:15	After Ablation: Outcomes, New Applications & Follow-up
	Moderator: Ronald LAI, Alice LI
	Shear Wave Elastography after Ablation: Can It Predict Treatment Response?	José Higino STECK
	Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field Ablation for Metastatic Thyroid Cancer	Tian'an JIANG
	Follow-up after Thyroid cancer Ablation: What Should We Look for?	Tim EVISTON
	Discussion
15:30	Break & Exhibits
15:50	Review of 2021–2026 Thyroid Ablation Literature
	Moderator: Tom CHOW, Peter CHAN
	Benign Thyroid Nodules - Efficacy, Safety, and Long-term Outcomes	Samuel CHENG
	Thyroid Cancer - PTMC, Recurrence, and Oncologic Outcomes	Flora LUK
16:10	Closing Plenary Lecture
	The Ethics of Ablation: Evidence, Patient Autonomy, and Clinical Responsibility Moderator: Eddy WONG, Catherine CHAN	Lisa ORLOFF
16:40	Closing Remarks & Awards
	Promotion for APSIT 2nd Annual Congress Kaohsiung	Wei-che LIN

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