TFC Thyroid Webinars

2022-2023

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Dr. Anna Liu

Graves’ Disease

Dr. Anna Liu

November 27, 2022

Dr. Anna Liu is an Endocrinology fellow at Western University in London, Ontario with an interest in medical education. She completed her medical school training at the University of Ottawa, and general internal medicine training at Western University. Dr. Liu gave a presentation on Graves’ Disease, followed by a Q&A session.

Watch this Webinar:  Graves’ Disease – Dr. Ana Liu

Dr. Antonio Bianco

Rethinking Hypothyroidism

Dr. Antonio Bianco

April 16, 2023

Dr. Antonio Bianco is a professor of medicine and a member of the Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition at the University of Chicago, where he runs a laboratory funded by the National Institutes of Health to study thyroid hormones. He is also a former president of the American Thyroid Association.

Dr. Bianco will be speaking on his book “Rethinking Hypothyroidism: Why Treatment Must Change and What Patients Can Do”.

Watch this Webinar:  Rethinking Hypothyroidism – Dr. Antonio Bianco

Dr. Hernan Franco Lopez

Hashimoto’s Disease

Dr. Hernan Franco Lopez

April 30, 2023

Dr. Franco Lopez is an Endocrinology fellow at Western University in London, Ontario. He completed his medical school at the University of Ottawa, and his internal medicine training at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He has an interest in general Endocrinology, in particular Thyroid and Adrenal diseases. He is also interested in Medical Education and Health Advocacy, which are important in a field of chronic disease such as Endocrinology.

Watch this Webinar:  Hashimoto’s’ Disease – Dr. Hernan Franco Lopez

Dr. Jesse Pasternak

Ultrasound-guided Thermal Ablation of Thyroid Nodules

Dr. Jesse Pasternak

April 16, 2023

Dr Jesse Pasternak is an endocrine surgeon specializing in the surgical management of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal tumors.  After obtaining his undergraduate degree at McGill University, he completed his medical school and residency at McMaster University in Hamilton.  He then moved to San Francisco, California where he trained as an Orlo Clark Fellow in Endocrine Surgery and Oncology at UCSF.

Dr Pasternak also completed a master’s degree (MPH) at Harvard University with a focus in epidemiology.  As a surgeon at the University Health Network, his clinical focus is minimally invasive endocrine surgery. As a researcher, he studies clinical endocrine surgery and health outcomes.

Watch this recording: Ultrasound-guided Thermal Ablation of Thyroid Nodules – Dr. Jesse Pasternak

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