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20th Annual Hands On Course in Free Flap Reconstruction of Head and Neck Defects: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Sunday, March 20, 2011 - Wednesday, March 23, 2011

  • A unique hands-on two-day cadaver dissection lab for surgeons to learn advanced reconstructive surgery techniques
  • Interactive fireside discussions with experts on controversial issues in specific defect management
  • Featuring international faculty, Drs. Fu-Chan Wei and Gerson Mast
  • Keynote lecture, The Fibula Free Flap 20 Years Later by Dr. David Hidalgo  

The Ritz-Carlton, Westchester, White Plains, NY
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY


Course Chair: Mark L. Urken, MD, FACS
Course Directors: Dan Buchbinder, DMD, MD, Adam Jacobson, MD, Devin Okay, DDS

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Most Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Course on Thyroid and Parathryoid Disease Management for Surgeons and Endocrinologists

 

20th Annual Course Controversies in the Management of Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases 

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - Saturday, March 26, 2011

  • 20th Anniversary Keynote Lecture: Furio Pacini, MD
  • Multidisciplinary course for surgeons, endocrinologists, medical oncologists, and nuclear medicine specialists with particular emphasis on the controversies of lymph node metastases in thyroid cancer
  • A unique hand-on one-day lab for surgeons to learn minimally invasive surgery techniques on fresh cadaver specimens
  • Comprehensive discussion on contemporary indications for radioactive iodine therapy
  • World-class faculty: international leaders and decision makers in medical & surgical management
Course Chair: Mark L. Urken, MD, FACS
Course Directors: Donald A. Bergman, MD, Elise M. Brett, MD, Rhoda H. Cobin, MD, Jeffrey Mechanick,MD
Keynote Lecturer: Dr. Furio Pacini 

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REGISTER EARLY, AS SPACE IS LIMITED.

For Additional Information and to Register, Please Contact

Kierston Gaston
Program Manager
Continuing Medical Education, Beth Israel Medical Center

kgaston@chpnet.org

212-420-4713 
or visit www.chpnet.org/cme

Tara Kelly
Program Manager, THANC Foundation
tkelly@thancfoundation.org 

Erika Markowitz
Executive Director, THANC Foundation

emarkowitz@thancfoundation.org

Download the Thyroid Course Program [PDF]  
Download the Head and Neck Course Program [PDF]  

   
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