IAES Report

IAES Report

Janice L. Pasieka, Secretary/Treasurer IAES

Greetings from the office of the Secretary-Treasurer of the IAES. Yes, we have a fresh ‘new look’ with our new IAES logo, designed by Miwa Miyauchi. This past month we met for the 20th meeting of the International Association of Endocrine Surgeons in Kraków, Poland. For those in attendance, the overall feeling was it was one of our best meetings in recent memory. Not only were the scientific papers, posters, and panel discussions topical, entertaining and insightful, the city of Kraków was a wonderful and welcoming venue. Highlights of the meeting would have to include the Peter Heimann Lecture given by Dr. Megan Haymart, an endocrinologist from University of Michigan. Having Dr Haymart attend our sessions was an added bonus, as she enlighted us, educated us and shared her perspective on the treatment of thyroid cancer. Dr. Jerry Doherty's presidential address, soon to be published in the World Journal of Surgery, was inspiring for both the young and ‘young at heart’ endocrine surgeons in the audience.

Handing over of IAES Presidency from G. Doherty to A. Miyauchi

The State-of-the-Art lectures highlighted the diversity and every evolving changes in the field of endocrine surgery. From Peter Stalberg’s historical address on neuroendocrine tumours to Carrie Lubitz’s exciting work in the field of thyroid cancer care. The two panel sessions on “The Surgeon’s Well-Being” and “Endocrine Surgery Without the Bells and Whistles” were well attended and from the discussion that followed, quite thought-provoking. The surgical scientists among us who gave a brief outline of their work at the IAES sponsored luncheon, clearly demonstrated there is a bright future in the field of endocrine surgery.

Handing over of IAES Presidency from G. Doherty to A. Miyauchi

The IAES continues to grow and flourish. Fifty new members were inducted to our membership this past two years. We are pleased to welcome 21 Associate members to the association. Seventeen of these individuals received an IAES Traveler Award to attend the meeting and present their work. We look forward including them as Active members in the coming years once they become established in their endocrine surgical practice.

At our Gala Dinner, Jerry Doherty handed over the IAES Presidential Medallion to Professor Akira Miyauchi from Kuma Hospital, Japan. Earlier that day, the membership voted in Dr. Jan Zedenius from Sweden, as as President-Elect and elected three new counsellors to the council; Barbara Miller (USA), Inne Borel-Rinkes (Netherlands), and Marcin Barczynski (Poland).

Audience at IAES Session WCS 2019

The goal over the next six months for the Council is to upgrade our website so that it will become a much more useful resource for the membership. Stay tuned for features such as “Article of the Month”, a more robust listing of all endocrine surgical fellowships world-wide, biographical vignettes all of our past presidents, and educational videos including those that were highlighted at our video session. The Council has made a commitment to modernizing and upgrading the website in order for it to be a worthwhile resource in the years to come.

Our INTEREST Program continues to reach out to under-serviced countries providing an educational platform for the local surgeons. We continue to look for volunteers and new projects that meet the INTEREST mandate. Please contact Rob Parkyn [parkyn@chariot.net.au] if interested in becoming involved.

There are several surgical courses and endocrine surgical meetings that would be of interest to our membership. These will be listed on our website. We are pleased to announce the 19th IAES Postgraduate Course in Endocrine Surgery will be held in Singapore, May 15-17, 2020. Registration details will be found on our website. Already in the planning is the 20th IAES Postgraduate Course to be held in Salzburg, March 17-19, 2021.

All members who would like to become more involved in the IAES please contact me at IAES_JP@icloud.com. We are always looking for reviewers for the World Journal of Surgery manuscripts, members willing to participate and help with the ongoing needs of our website, and individuals wanting to become involved in our next meeting in Kuala Lumpur August 29 - September 2, 2021.

Janice L. Pasieka Secretary/Treasurer IAES