Please join us for
Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, July 15, 2016 for the presentation titled:
“Thyroid Nodules: Managing the Epidemic”
Douglas Ross, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Thyroid Clinic
Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-Sponsored by the section of Endocrinology and the Department of Medicine
The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Objectives – Participants will be able to:
- Understand the prevalence of papillary microcarcinoma and its implications for assessing thyroid nodules
- Understand the Bethesda classification of thyroid nodule cytology
- Understand the role of molecular testing in evaluating thyroid nodules
Dr. Ross received his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his medical degree from Harvard. He completed his residency and endocrine fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he has served as the co-Director of the Thyroid Associates Clinic for more than 30 years. He is the Thyroid Section Editor of UpToDate. As chair of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) Task Force on Hyperthyroidism, he is responsible for updating the ATA guidelines for hyperthyroidism management. He serves on the Editorial Board of Thyroid and is a member of the National Thyroid Cancer Treatment Cooperative Study Group.
Dr. Ross reported no conflicts of interest.
If you are unable to attend and would like to either view Grand Rounds live on your computer or if you would like to view it another time, please use this link.
http://med.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/education/dept_medicine_grand_rounds_live.html
** The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education programs for physicians.**
** The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. **
