Surgical Grand Rounds - Two Decades of Directed Parathyroid Exploration: Lessons Learned

Surgical Grand Rounds

Presenter(s):

  

Phillip Pellitteri, DO, FACS, Chief, Section of Head, Neck and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology,
Guthrie Clinic, Ltd., Sayre, PA

When:

  

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Time:

  

7:00 a.m.

Where:

  

4-Blue Conference Room, Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, PA

(Continential breakfast will be provided)

Description:

  

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Define directed parathyroid exploration
  • Describe localization techniques used to localize abnormal parathyroid tissue
  • Identify factor which may influence successful outcome of directed exploration in treating patients with hyperparathyroidism

This Program is intended for:

 

All general and specialists providers, residents and other allied healthcare professional.

Accreditation Statement:

  

"Guthrie Health is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians."

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Designation Statement:

 

"Guthrie Health designates this live activity for a maximum of (1.0) AMA PRA Category I Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity."

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Disclosure/Conflict of Interest Statement:

  

"Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing medical education activities sponsored by the Guthrie Health are expected to disclose to the audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).

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