Thyroid and Parathyroid Masterclass

As an intensive one day interactive workshop on surgery of the thyroid and parathyroids, this course aims to give you the opportunity to receive state-of-the-art teaching on controversial areas of endocrine surgery within informal group discussions, with emphasis on interactive teaching style.

Date: 15 March 2010	Fee: £150 trainee/ £170 consultants
Held at: The Royal College of Surgeons of England	Status: Places available
Contact: education@rcseng.ac.uk or call: 020 7869 6300	Application Form

Taught in the Wellcome museum at The Royal College of Surgeons of England, you will experience a unique teaching environment within the surroundings of countless anatomical and pathological specimens and have access to nationally acclaimed faculty. You are invited to bring details of a complex case that you would wish to discuss.

Convenor 

Mr Paul Maddox
Consultant Endocrine Surgeon
Royal United Hospital, Bath

Level

ST 5-8 and consultants in General and ENT surgery with a specialist interest in thyroid and parathyroid surgery

Content

The programme for this course will include:

• Investigation and Preparation for Theatre Surgical Technique
• The Difficult Case and Re-operative Surgery

Format 

Key Note Lectures
Small group workshops including:

• Laryngoscopy
• Neck Dissection
• Re-operative Surgery

Additional Information

Faculty to include:

• Professor Tom Lennard, Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle
• Mr Greg Sadler, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
• Mr Barney Harrison, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
• Mr John Watkinson, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham