Provisional Agenda

Friday 19th September, 2025a

08.00   

Registration   

08:45 - 09:00   

Welcome   

Vickie Lee, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK and Mario Salvi,  EUGOGO

President    

09:00 - 10:30   

Pathogenesis    

Chair: Colin Dayan and Anja Eckstein   

09:00 - 09:13   

Thyroid Autoimmunity & TED   

Colin Dayan, University of Cardiff, UK   

09:13 - 09:26   

TED Immunology   

Sijie Fang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China   

09:26 - 09:39   

Orbital Fibroblast Biology    

Gina-Eva Görtz, University Hospital Essen, Germany   

09:39 - 09:52   

Animal Models    

Anja Eckstein, University Duisburg Essen, Germany    

09:52 – 10:05  

 TED and the Microbiome   

Marian Ludgate, Cardiff University School of Medicine, UK   

10:05 - 10:20   

Panel Discussion    

10:20 - 11:00   

Coffee Break   

11:00 - 12:30   

Thyroid Management and Risk Factors    

Chair: Karim Meeran and Ilaria Müller   

11:00 - 11:13   

Thyroid Management in a Changing Landscape   

Chrysoula Dosiou, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA   

11:13 - 11:26   

TED Biomarkers   

Hans Olav Ueland, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway   

11:26 - 11:39   

Definitive Treatment options: Radioiodine vs. Thyroidectomy   

Karim Meeran, Imperial College London, UK   

11:39 - 11:52   

Managing Risk Factors   

Milos Zarkovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia   

11:52 - 12:05   

Total Thyroid Ablation for Graves’ Orbitopathy   

Michele Marinò, University of Pisa, Italy   

12:05 – 12:18

FcRn Inhibitors   

George Kahaly, Mainz University Hospital, Germany   

12:18 - 12:43   

Panel Discussion    

12:43 - 13:13   

Industry Symposium 

13:13 - 14:13   

Lunch    

14:13 - 15:46   

TED Examination    

Chair: Peter Dolman and Bijay Vaidya   

14:13 – 14:26   

Clinical Assessment   

Michael Kazim, Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, USA   

14:26 - 14:39   

Imaging   

Kunwar Bhatia, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK   

14:39 - 14:52   

Industry Presentation   

14:52 - 15:05   

Ocular Surface in TED   

Andrea Kossler, Stanford University, USA   

 15:05- 15:18   

Ocular Hypertension in TED   

Nicole Fichter, ADMEDICO orbital centre, Switzerland   

15:18 - 15:33   

Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Phases: Inflammatory Signs vs Disease  Progression   

Peter Dolman, University of British Columbia, Canada   

15:33 - 15:46   

Panel Discussion     

15:46 - 16:16   

Coffee Break   

16:16 - 17:21   

Diverse Manifestations    

Chair: Kelvin Chong and Maria-Cristina Burlacu   

16:16 - 16:29   

Hypothyroid & Euthyroid TED   

Maria-Cristina Burlacu, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Belgium   

16:29 - 16:42   

Ethic Variations in TED Presentations 

Gangadhara Sundar, National University Hospital, Singapore   

16:42 - 16:55   

Pediatric Graves orbitopathy   

Peerooz Saeed, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Netherlands   

16:55 – 17:08   

Phenotypes in Thyroid Eye Disease - predictor to therapeutic response   

Jimmy Uddin, Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK   

17:08 - 17:21   

TED Mimickers   

Vickie Lee, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK   

17:21 – 17:36   

Panel Discussion   

17:36 

Close   

17:30 – 19.00   

Networking Reception   

 

Saturday 20th September, 2025

 

08.00   

Registration   

09:00 -10:33   

Therapies with Special Targets    

Chair: Don Kikkawa and Tomasz Bednarczuk   

09:00 - 09:13   

IGF-1R Antagonists   

Suzanne Freitag, Harvard Medical School, USA   

09:13 - 09:26   

Teprotumumab: A Review of Efficacy & Longevity   

Andrea Kossler, Stanford University, USA   

09:26 - 09:39   

Tocilizumab in TED 

Ilaria Müller, University of Milan, Italy   

09:39 - 09:52   

Autoantibodies to the TSH receptor – mechanisms of action and new therapeutics   

Bernard Rees Smith, FIRS Laboratories, UK   

09:52 - 10:05   

Adverse Events of the New Targeted Therapies   

Marius Stan, Mayo Clinic, USA   

10:05 - 10:18   

Relapse after Targeted Therapies   

Chrysoula Dosiou, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA   

10:18 - 10:33   

Panel Discussion    

10:33 - 11:03   

Coffee Break   

11:03 - 12:36   

Metabolic & Immunomodulatory Therapies    

Chair: Chrysoula Dosiou and Onur Konuk   

11:03 – 11:16   

Statins & Selenium    

Michele Marinò, University of Pisa, Italy   

11:16 - 11:29   

Immunomodulation Options - Should Steroids Still Have a Role?   

Mario Salvi, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano., Italy   

11:29 - 11:42   

When should we use RTX for TED?   

Mario Salvi, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico  

Milano., Italy and Marius Stan, Mayo Clinic, USA   

11:42 - 11:55   

Triple therapy as medical decompression for low clinical activity score  

(CAS), progressive, Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)   

Kelvin Chong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong   

11:55 - 12:08   

Local Treatments (Triamcinolone / Botulinum /5 FU)   

Onur Konuk, Gazi University Medical School, Turkey   

12:08 - 12:21

The Role of Radiotherapy (XRT) for Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)   

Peter Dolman, University of British Columbia, Canada   

12:21 - 12:36 

Panel Discussion    

12:36 - 13:24   

Lunch   

13:24 - 14:24   

Panel Discussion: Future Combination Therapies – Q & A    

Panel Endocrinologists   

Marius Stan, Mayo Clinic, USA   

Mario Salvi, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano.,

Italy   

Chrysoula Dosiou, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA   

Tomasz Bednarczuk, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland   

  

Panel Ophthalmologists   

Andrea Kossler, Stanford University, USA   

Onur Konuk, Gazi University Medical School, Turkey   

Anja Eckstein, University Duisburg Essen, Germany   

Don Kikkawa, University of California, San Diego   

Panel Otolaryngologist
Jason Brant,
University of Wisconsin, USA

14:24 – 15:04   

Rapid-Fire Session   

Chair: Mario Salvi & Don Kikkawa     

14:24 – 14:27 

 

RF01: Artificial Intelligence in Thyroid Eye Disease Patient   

Management: Innovations and Applications    

Micro Armenti, University of Milan, Italy     

14:27 – 14:30

RF02: Molecular Insights into Thyroid Eye Disease via Untargeted   

Lipidomics and Metabolomics in a TSHR Mouse Model   

Fahimeh Hashemi Arani, University Hospital Essen, Germany   

14:30 – 14:33   

RF03: Dissecting Orbital Immune Landscapes in Graves''   

Orbitopathy: Single-Cell Transcriptomics, Multi-Omics Integration, and MultiMethod Validation   

Yuanping Hai, Mainz University, Germany   

14:33 – 14:36   

  RF04: External Validation of a Machine Learning System for Detecting  Active Thyroid Eye Disease Using Facial Images in a Spanish Cohort    

Antonio Manuel Garrido Hermosilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Spain

14:36 – 14:39   

RF05: An effective and cost-effective steroid sparing approach to  Thyroid Eye Disease   

Robert Nutt, Oxford University Hospital, UK    

14:39 – 14:42   

RF06: Triglycerides as a Predictor of Activity and Severity in Thyroid  Eye

Disease: A Multicenter Study   

Hyeong Ju Byeon, Gangnam Severance Hospital, South Korea   

14:42 – 14:45   

RF07: Depression, anxiety and stress in the Belgian patient suffering from Graves Orbitopathy.   

Virgine GS Ninclaus, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium     

14:45 – 14:58   

RF08: Paediatric Thyroid Eye Disease: Clinical Experience from a quaternary referral centre   

Mustafa Al-Asady, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust   

14:48 – 14:51   

RF09: Incidence of Thyroid Eye Disease and Surgical Interventions in   

Patients with Graves’ disease treated with Antithyroid medication,   

Radioiodine, or Thyroidectomy – A Nationwide Registry-Based Cohort Study   

Lena BoulakhDepartment of Ophthalmology Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Denmark  

15:51 – 15:04 

Travel Grant & Poster Prize Winner Award Ceremony (Mario Salvi)                                      

15:04 – 15:34 

Coffee Break    

15:34 – 18:54    

Surgical Therapies, Debates pre and post Targeted therapy    

Chair: Peerooz Saeed and Andrea Kossler   

15:34 - 15:42  

DON Treatment – Conventional Challenges   

Nicola Curro, Fondazione IRCCs Cà Granda Milan, Italy    

15:42 – 15:50  

Management of Dysthyroid Optic neuropathy: New paradigms   

Juliette Abeillon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France    

15:50 – 15:54    

Discussion    

15:54 – 16:02

Orbital Decompression (Conventional Challenges)   

Marta Perez Lopez, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Spain   

16:02 – 16:10   

Orbital Decompression (Post-Teprotumumab)   

Michael Kazim, Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, USA   

16:10 – 16:14

Discussion    

16:14 - 16:22

Strabismus Surgery – Aim for Symmetry   

Anja Eckstein, University Duisburg Essen, Germany   

16:22 - 16:30

Strabismus Surgery Post-Teprotumumab   

Madhura Tamhankar, University of Pennsylvania, USA   

16:30 – 16:34   

Discussion    

16:34 – 16:42    

Eyelid Surgery in TED   

Diego Strianese, University of Naples, Italy    

16:42 – 16:50 

Surgical Timing Before & After Teprotumumab   

Andrea Kossler, Stanford University, USA   

16:50 – 16:54

Discussion    

16:54 – 18:00   

Case Discussion with Experts   

Chair: Peerooz Saeed and Vassiliki Bravis 

Speakers:

Don Kikkawa, UC San Diego Department of Ophthalmology, USA

Valencia Foo, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore 

Anjana Haridas, Cardiff Eye Unit, University Hospital of Wales, UK

Inga Neumann, University Hospital Essen, Germany

Claire Feeney, Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, UK

19:00                  

Gala Dinner – Royal Geographical Society   

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Sunday 21st September, 2025

08.00

Registration

 

Chair: Micheal Kazim & Vickie Lee

9:00 – 9:10

Optimising Outcome Measures in Thyroid Eye Disease (TED):

Bridging the Gap Between Clinical Trials and Real-World Experience

Vickie Lee, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK

9:10 – 9:20

New Quality of Life Assessments 

Katharina Ponto, Mainz University Hospital, Germany  

9:20 – 9:30

Medical Research Survey in TED

Tomasz Bednarczuk, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

9:30 – 9:40

Establishing a Global Registry for Graves Orbitopathy: Advancing Scientific Knowledge Through Multicenter Academic Collaboration

Micheal Oeverhaus, University Duisburg Essen, Germany

9:40 - 9:55

Panel discussion

9:55 – 11:10

Global Round Table Discussion

Unmet Needs & Ideal Outcome Measures 

Round Table Moderators:  Milos Zarkovic, Mario Salvi, Nicole Fichter, Claire Feeney, Anja Eckstein, Vickie Lee, Karim Meeran, Tomasz Bednarzuk, Gangadhara Sundar, Don Kikkawa, Michael Kazim and Peter Dolman

11:10 – 11:50  

Summary of Round Table Discussions

11:40 – 11:50

Close of Conference

11:50 – 12:30

Coffee Break

12:30 – 2pm

EUGOGO General Assembly for EUGOGO members only