Thank you for attending our webinars in 2020!
ITMIG Webinars
WEBINARS 2020
Diagnosis and Treatment of Thymic Epithelial Tumors
Successful CME Accreditation of ITMIG Webinar Series
Credits for Royal College Specialists:
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by Queen’s University Office of CPD. You may claim a maximum of 6 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Credits for Health Professionals:
This is an accredited learning activity which provided up to 6 hours of Continuing Education.
We would like to acknowledge other societies for promotion of ITMIG webinars!
Webinar 1.: TUMOR BOARD – true-life cases
October 15, 2020
1. Case presentation (clinical history, radiology, pathology)
Presenter: Marcin Zielinski
Experts: Conrad Falkson, Edith Marom, Anja Roden, Frank Detterbeck, Arun Rajan, Paul van Schil
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATORS: Pam Bruce, Samantha Sigurdson
2. Case presentation (clinical history, radiology, pathology)
Presenter: Andrea Bille
Experts: Conrad Falkson, Edith Marom, Anja Roden, Frank Detterbeck, Arun Rajan, Paul van Schil
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATORS: Pam Bruce, Samantha Sigurdson
Webinar 2.: Surgical-Pathological-Oncological Dictionary
October 20, 2020
1. Handling a resection specimen of a thymic tumor – what must pathologist know from surgeon to help oncologist in therapeutic decision
Speaker: Anja Roden
2. Issues for Surgeons and Pathologists
Speaker: Frank Detterbeck
3. What do I look for in a pathology report of a resected thymic tumor or thymic cancer biopsy?
Speaker: Arun Rajan
4. Invasion of the mediastinal pleura, lung and pericardium in TNM classification – more questions than answers
Speaker: Thierry Molina
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATOR: Luka Brcic
Webinar 3.: Myasthenia gravis in thymoma patients
October 29, 2020
1. MG and thymoma – VATS, RATS or more extensive surgery?
– VATS/RATS are the best!
Speaker: Alper Toker
2. MG and thymoma – VATS, RATS or more extensive surgery?
– Extensive surgery is the most effective!
Speaker: Paul van Schil
3. MG: Follow-up after thymectomy
Speaker: Maria Isabel Leite
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATOR: Frank Detterbeck
Webinar 4.: Imaging of thymic lesions: indications and limitations
November 3, 2020
1. MRI limitations or errors in interpretation
Speaker: Constantine Raptis
2. FDG PET-CT – how do I use it? How does it really help me – the surgeon’s view
Speaker: Joshua Sonett
3. When CT and when MRI?
Speaker: Sanjeev Bhalla
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATOR: Edith Marom
Webinar 5.: Neoadjuvant therapy in thymic epithelial tumors
November 10, 2020
1. Radiation therapy
Speaker: Conrad Falkson
2. Chemotherapy – what’s the best to use?
Speaker: Nicolas Girard
3. Surgery: why do I like the neoadjuvant and why I do not?
Speaker: Pier Luigi Filosso
4. Pathology: Why does the pathologist need to know that neoadjuvant therapy was given? Challenges of assessment of post-neoadjuvant specimens.
Speaker: Malgorzata Szolkowska
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATORS: Andrea Bille, Anja Roden
Webinar 6.: Thymic tumor with pleural dissemination
December 17, 2020
1. Stable pleural metastases – how long do I watch? What does trigger the action? What if only one grows?
Speaker: Jim Huang
2. Intrapleural heated chemotherapy at time of thymectomy
Speaker: Alon Ben Nun
3. Hemithoracic pleural radiotherapy
Speaker: Andreas Rimner
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATOR: Paul van Schil
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
Webinar Committee
Main organizers:
Malgorzata Szolkowska – pathologist, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Pam Bruce, Executive Director of ITMIG, New York, USA
Edith Marom – diagnostic radiologist, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Our webinars could not appear without help of the following experts:
(in alphabetical order)
Andrea Bille – thoracic surgeon, Guy’s Hospital and Kings College University, London, UK
Katarzyna Blasinska – diagnostic radiologist, Department of Radiology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Frank Detterbeck – thoracic surgeon, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Conrad Falkson – radiation oncologist, Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Center, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Nicolas Girard – medical oncologist, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Maria Isabel Leite – neurologist, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Arun Rajan – medical oncologist, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NCI/NIH), Bethesda, USA
Andreas Rimner – radiation oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
Anja Roden – pathologist, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA
Paul van Schil – thoracic surgeon, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium
Philipp Ströbel – pathologist, Institute of Pathology, Medical University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany