THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF Endocrine Surgeons Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting OF E ON ND TI O A C I R C I N O E S S S U A R N G A E C I O R N E S M A April 14-16, 2013 InterContinental Chicago Chicago, IL THANK YOU The American Association of The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons would like to Endocrine Surgeons gratefully thank the following companies acknowledges the support of the for their generous support of our following exhibiting companies meeting through educational grants and in kind donations: Akrimax Pharmaceuticals AMEND USA Covidien American Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Support Esoate American Thyroid Association GE Healthcare Ultrasound ArborMetrix, Inc. Intuitive Asuragen Medtronic Covidien Ethicon, Inc. Sense Medical / Neurosign Future Diagnostics Veracyte GE Healthcare – Ultrasound Genzyme Corporation The American Association of Graves’ Disease & Thyroid Foundation Endocrine Surgeons Foundation Hitachi Aloka Medical Medtronic would like to thank the following Neurovision Medical Products company for their generous (IOM Solutions) support of the Paul LoGerfo Sense Medical/Neurosign Educational Research Award Stradis Healthcare through an annual grant: ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association Elsevier, Inc. Veracyte Special thanks to the AAES 2013 Publication and Program Committee Mark Cohen – Chair Ad Hoc Review Committee Members Nancy Perrier – Secretary-Treasurer Sally E. Carty Miguel Herrera – President Orlo Clark Herbert Chen – Recorder John Hanks Marybeth Hughes Rebecca Sippel Juan Pablo Pantoja Jeff Moley Kepal Patel Collin Weber Jennifer Rosen David Terris Scott Wilhelm Linwah Yip THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF Endocrine Surgeons Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting OF E ON ND TI O A C I R C I N O E S S S U A R N G A E C I O R N E S M A Direct all correspondence to American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 5019 W. 147th Street Leawood, KS 66224 Telephone: 913-402-7102 Fax: 913-273-9940 Email: [email protected] AAES Secretary-Treasurer Nancy D. Perrier, MD MD Anderson Cancer Center 1400 Pressler Street Unit 1484 Houston, TX 77030 Phone: 713-794-1345 Fax: 713-563-5727 Email: [email protected] American Association of Endocrine Surgeons www.endocrinesurgery.org 1 April 14–16, 2013 | Chicago, IL AAES FUTURE MEETINGS April 27–29, 2014 Boston, Massachusetts Richard A. Hodin, MD May 17–19, 2015 Nashville, Tennessee Carmen C. Solorzano, MD 2016 Baltimore, Maryland John A. Olson, Jr., MD, PhD 2 The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 34TH Annual Meeting TABLE OF CONTENTS FUTURE MEETINGS 2 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 4 PAST OFFICERS 5 OLIVER COPE AWARD RECIPIENTS 9 HONORARY MEMBERS 11 RESIDENT/FELLOW RESEARCH & POSTER COMPETITION AWARD RECIPIENTS 12 NEW MEMBERS 17 CONTRIBUTORS TO THE AAES FOUNDATION AND THE PAUL LoGERFO EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH FUND 19 PAST MEETINGS 20 SPECIAL SESSIONS 22 HISTORICAL LECTURERS 25 HISTORICAL LECTURERS AT RECENT MEETINGS 28 INVITED LECTURER 29 INVITED LECTURERS AT RECENT MEETINGS 30 CONFERENCE INFORMATION 33 AGENDA 37 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 47 ABSTRACTS 59 POSTER DISPLAYS 135 BYLAWS 145 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 159 GEOGRAPHICAL MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY 229 MEMBER CONTACT INFORMATION SHEET 243 IN MEMORIAM 244 NOTES 245 3 April 14–16, 2013 | Chicago, IL OFFICERS, COUNCIL & COMMITTEES PRESIDENT COMMITTEE ON ACCREDITATION Miguel F. Herrera EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE RESEARCH William B. Inabnet, III – Chair PRESIDENT-ELECT Sareh Parangi - Chair Sally E. Carty Sally E. Carty Amelia C. Grover Orlo H. Clark Mira M. Milas Christopher McHenry VICE PRESIDENT Barbra S. Miller Sonia L. Sugg Allan Siperstein John A. Olson, Jr. Gerard M. Doherty Rebecca S. Sippel Sanziana A. Roman SECRETARY-TREASURER Cord Sturgeon Tracy S. Wang Nancy D. Perrier David Velazquez Nancy D. Perrier Miguel F. Herrera RECORDER NOMINATING COMMITTEE Herbert Chen Janice L. Pasieka - Chair ACS BOARD OF Douglas B. Evans GOVERNORS COUNCIL Ashok R. Shaha REPRESENTATIVE Douglas B. Evans Miguel F. Herrera Janice L. Pasieka Douglas L. Fraker Fiemu E. Nwariaku AMA ENDOCRINE SECTION AAES FOUNDATION John A. Olson, Jr. COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE Geoffrey B. Thompson - Chair Sareh Parangi Steven A. De Jong Jack M. Monchik - Vice Chair Janice L. Pasieka Peter Angelos Ashok R. Shaha NSQIP REPRESENTATIVEE John A. Chabot Carmen C. Solorzano Julie Ann Sosa William B. Inabnet, III Michael W. Yeh Janice L. Pasieka AACE REPRESENTATIVES Robert Udelsman PUBLICATION AND Nancy D. Perrier PROGRAM COMMITTEE Mira M. Milas IT COMMITTEE Mark S. Cohen - Chair Nancy D. Perrier - Co-Chair Miguel F. Herrera FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE David R. Farley - Co-Chair Nancy D. Perrier Tracy S. Wang - Chair Alan P.B. Dackiw Herbert Chen Shabir Abadin Richard A. Hodin Marybeth Hughes Peter Angelos James Lee Juan Pablo Pantoja Tobias Carling John Lew Kepal N. Patel Sally E. Carty Janice L. Pasieka Jennifer E. Rosen Paul G. Gauger David J. Terris Clive S. Grant 2013 LOCAL Scott M. Wilhelm Richard A. Hodin ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR Linwah Yip William B. Inabnet, III Peter Angelos James Lee MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE John I. Lew AD HOC ABSTRACT REVIEW Carmen C. Solorzano - Chair Jennifer Ogilvie COMMITTEE Fiemu E. Nwariaku Janice L. Pasieka Sally E. Carty Michael W. Yeh Nancy D. Perrier Orlo H. Clark Richard A. Prinz John B. Hanks ABS SURGICAL ONCOLOGY Greg W. Randolph Jeffrey F. Moley BOARD REPRESENTATIVE Sanziana A. Roman Rebecca S. Sippel Gerard M. Doherty Daniel Ruan Collin J. Weber Wen T. Shen DIRECTOR ESU Allan Siperstein Martha A. Zeiger Rebecca S. Sippel Samuel K. Snyder Martha A. Zeiger 4 The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 34TH Annual Meeting PAST OFFICERS 1980-1981 Norman W. Thompson ............................................................................................President Orlo H. Clark ..................................................................................................... Vice President John M. Monchik ....................................................................................Secretary-Treasurer 1981-1982 Norman W. Thompson ............................................................................................President Orlo H. Clark ..................................................................................................... Vice President John M. Monchik ....................................................................................Secretary-Treasurer 1982-1983 Edwin L. Kaplan ..........................................................................................................President Blake Cady ........................................................................................................ Vice President John M. Monchik ....................................................................................Secretary-Treasurer 1983-1984 Stanley R. Friesen ......................................................................................................President John A. Palmer ................................................................................................. Vice President John M. Monchik ....................................................................................Secretary-Treasurer 1984-1985 Leonard Rosoff ...........................................................................................................President John M. Monchik ............................................................................................. Vice President Stuart D. Wilson .....................................................................................Secretary-Treasurer 1985-1986 Chiu-An Wang ...........................................................................................................President Edward Paloyan ................................................................................................ Vice President Stuart D. Wilson .....................................................................................Secretary-Treasurer 1986-1987 Oliver Beahrs ..............................................................................................................President Robert C. Hickey .............................................................................................. Vice President Stuart D. Wilson .....................................................................................Secretary-Treasurer 1987-1988 Edward Paloyan ..........................................................................................................President Caldwell B. Esselstyn ...................................................................................... Vice President Stuart D. Wilson .....................................................................................Secretary-Treasurer Jon A. van Heerden ....................................................................................................Recorder 1988-1989 John R. Brooks ............................................................................................................President Melvin A. Block ................................................................................................ Vice President Richard A. Prinz.......................................................................................Secretary-Treasurer Jon A. van Heerden ....................................................................................................Recorder 5 April 14–16, 2013 | Chicago, IL PAST OFFICERS CONT. 1989-1990 Colin G. Thomas, Jr ...................................................................................................President Carl R. 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