Scientific Program

8:00 AM TO 9:00 AM

THYROID

SURGICAL VIDEOS

1. Retro-auricular Robotic Thyroidectomy

2. Trans-oral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy

3. Sternotomy for Thyroid Tumours

THYROID

3 Talks - 20 mins each

1. Near-Infrared Fluorescence in Thyroid Surgery

2. Surgery for Locally Advanced Thyroid Cancers

3. Mx of Central Compartment in DTC

THYROID

3 Talks - 20 mins each

1. Radio-Iodine for DTC - When and How much

2. Update in the systemic therapy of metastatic thyroid cancer

3. EBRT for DTC

9:00 AM TO 10:00 AM

THYROID

Talk - 20 mins

Papillary

Microcarcinoma

Debate – 40 mins

Remote access Approaches:

Hope or Hype

THYROID

Talk - 20 mins

Anaplastic Ca Thyroid:

molecular pathogenesis

advances in surgical Mx

guidelines (Indian perspective)

Panel – 40 mins Medullary Thyroid cancer

THYROID

3 Talks - 20 mins each

1) WHO updates in Thyroid cancer pathology

2) High-grade follicular cell-derived thyroid carcinomas

3) Molecular testing for thyroid cancer: Where are we now? 

10:00 AM TO 11:00 AM

THYROID – PANEL

Recurrent Thyroid Cancers
(Case based)

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11:00 AM TO 11:30 AM

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11:30 AM TO 12:15 PM

KEYNOTE LECTURE:

Prof Bulent Cekic :

Non-surgical Ablation for Thyroid lesions

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12:15 PM TO 1:00 PM

KEYNOTE LECTURE
Dr. RYUHEI OKADA
"Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy: Translational research and clinical application"

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1:00 PM TO 2:00 PM

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2:00 PM TO 3:00 PM

AWARD PAPERS

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3:00 PM TO 4:30 PM

SALIVARY GLAND

2 TALKS  20 mins each

1. Facial Reanimation in Parotid

2. Recent advances in the Salivary gland pathology: what the clinician needs to know

PANEL – PAROTID CA

(Case based)

Adequate margins

Extent of neck dissection

Neck nodal volumes in RT

Indications for adj RT & adj CTRT

PNS & SKULL BASE

4 TALKS – 15 mins each

1. Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma revisited

2. Undifferentiated Para nasal carcinoma - Role of Definitive ChemoRT

3. Role of Neoadjuvant

Chemotherapy n High RIsk Histologies

4. Managing the Orbit

DEBATE

Endoscopic vs Open approach

NASOPHARYNX

2 TALKS – 20 mins each

1. Imaging n Ca Nasopharynx

2. Emerging role of Targeted therapy in Ca Nasopharynx

DEBATE

Adjuvant chemotherapy in Ca Nasopharynx - For and against

OR

PANEL

Recent advances in the management of stage III & IVa Ca Nasopharynx

4:30 PM TO 5:00 PM

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5:00 PM TO 5:30 PM

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Prof Ricardo Carrau

Technological Advances in Skull Base Surgery

5:30 PM TO 6:00 PM

ORATION TBA

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6:00 PM TO 7:00 PM

GBM

8:00 PM ONWARDS

GALA DINNER

8:00 AM TO

9:00 AM

DR SUDHIR BAHADUR SYMPOSIUM:

ROBOTIC SURGERY

 AI IN H&N

SYMPOSIUM –

FHNO FELLOWS

BANGLADESH HEAD & NECK

SYMPOSIUM

9:00 AM TO 10.30 AM

LARYNGOPHARYNX

2 TALKS

1)Conservative laryngeal surgery-current day indications and technique

2)Reducing Pharyngocutaneous Fistula - Towards a Zero Leak Rate (reconstructive aspect)

DEBATE:

Induction chemotherapy V/S Concurrent CTRT in locally advanced Hypopharynx Ca.

PANEL:

Locally advanced Larynx & Hypopharynx Ca

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TOBACCO CESSATION SYMPOSIUM

2 TALKS - 20 MINS EACH

1) Is Tobacco cessation a necessity for H&N patient & will Tobacco  cessation improve outcomes of treatment

2) TBA

PANEL : TOBACCO CESSATION
Intervention strategies
Setting up of Tobacco cessation centers and its viability
Should patients be charged at Tobacco cessation center?
Is it a social responsibility or profit making business?

10:30 AM TO 10.45 AM

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10:45 AM TO 11:30 AM

KEYNOTE LECTURE

TBA

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11:30 AM TO 12:30 PM

AWARDS & VALEDICTORY

12:30 PM ONWARDS

LUNCH & CLOSE