Indian Team gets permanent berth at World Congress on Thyroid Cancers
World Congress on Thyroid Cancer is held once in four years. At the Congress held in Boston special Indian Subcontinent Session was organized with Dr. Madan Kapre as its Chairman. Dr. Kapre delivered key note address on “The Thyroid Gurukul – Teaching Thyroid Surgery in a Tribal Setting” based on work done at Annual Thyroid Surgical Workshop held in Melghat for the Tribals of that region. Other faculty from Nagpur for this Congress were Dr. Neeti Kapre Gupta who presented a paper “Imaging, Pathological & Clinical Correlation in Thyroid”. Dr. Vidula Kapre gave a talk on “Awake Thyroidectomy” using Cervical Epidural Anaesthesia. Dr. Abhishek Vaidya conducted the proceedings. He also took part in Panel Discussion on “Dilemmas in Diagnosis and Initial Management of Thyroid Cancer”. The performance and presentation of Indian Subcontinent Session was greatly appreciated. At the concluding ceremony Indian Subcontinent session was declared best of all sessions. It was also decided that henceforth every world congress will have a Indian Subcontinent Session.


Dr Madan Kapre and Dr Neeti Gupta delivering talks at the World Congress


Indian Delegation at the World Congress