Past APTS Congress


4th Congress of Asia-Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery (APTS 2023)
Date: March 23 – 26, 2023
Venue: Le Meridien Kochi, Kochi, India
Theme: Thyroid: Controversies of Consensus
Organizing Chairman: Subramania Iyer, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, India
Organizing Secretary: KK Thankkappan, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, India
Scientific Chairman: Pankaj Chaturvedi, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India




Invited Talks

Invited Talks 1: Management of retrosternal goiter and Benign Thyroid disorders Chairperson: Bon Seok Koo,
Ashok Das
Thyroid follicular Nodular Disease Riju Menon
Surgery For Retrosternal Goiter Siu Kwan Ng
Invited talks 2: Management of Hyperthyroidism/ Graves Chairperson: Riju Menon,
Shilpi Sharma
Surgical Management of Grave’s Disease Kannan S
Medical Management of Grave’s Disease Nisha Bhavani
Invited talks 3: Thyroglossal duct cyst including carcinoma  
Sistrunk’s operation Daxesh Patel
Management of Thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma Marlinda Adham
Invited Talks 4 Chairperson: Sambhaji Chintale,
Vipin Arora
Application of Anterior Laryngeal Transcutaneous/Trans-cartilage Recording electrodes during monitored thyroid surgery Che-Wei Wu
Indications of Hemithyroidectomy Melonie Nance
A new incision for thyroidectomy Ravi Deo
Invited Talks 5: Parathyroid Disorders and Medullary Carcinoma Chairperson: Sudhir Nair,
Young Hak Park
Surgery for parathyroid disease Pradeep Jacob
Medical management of Hyperparathyroidism Jeevan JM
Surgical management of Medullary Carcinoma Ashok Das