Tuesday, October 17, 2006

NERRAG Annual Meeting: 29 November 2006

Northern Endocrine Regional Research and Audit Group

Organising Committee:
Dr RA James, Consultant Endocrinologist, Royal Victoria Infirmary
Dr T Cheetham, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Royal Victoria Infirmary
Dr ST Wahid, Consultant Endocrinologist, South Tyneside District Hospital

NERRAG Annual Meeting 29th November 2006
Lumley Castle, Chester-le-Street, County Durham

14:10 Reception
14:25 Welcome – Andy James

FIRST SESSION Chair – Tim Cheetham

14:35 Post traumatic effects of head injury on the endocrine system Chris Thompson. Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.

15:05 Genome-scale analysis of lymphocyte gene expression in autoimmune Addison’s disease reveals novel susceptibility genes for autoimmune disease. Kate Owen, J Eden, C Jenning, C Langford, P Kendall-Taylor, T Cheetham, S Pearce. Newcastle University & Cambridge.

15:20 Can we improve the early management of congenital hypothyroidism? Korada SM, Kibirige M, Panditi S, Avis E, Turner S, Day J, Allison D, Johnstone H, Cheetham T. RVI & JCUH.

15:35 Thyrotoxicosis in pregnancy. Balasubramanian Ravikumar, H Brandon JU Weaver. QEH, Gateshead.

15:50 Ovarian stromal luteoma - a rare cause of postmenopausal virilization diagnosed by selective ovarian venous sampling. Shafie Kamaruddin, S Nag, D Cruickshank, T Jackson, B Leen & W Kelly. JCUH.

16:05 Glucocorticoid sensitivity in obesity: invitro and invivo studies. Akheel Syed, C Redfern & JU Weaver. Newcastle University & QEH, Gateshead.

16:20 Tea/Coffee

SECOND SESSION Chair – Andy James

16:40 Fasting, feasting and fat fowls Bill Kelly. James Cook University Hospital.

17:05 Does L-thyroxine reduce weight in people with subclinical hypothyroidism? Salman Razvi, SHS Pearce, JU Weaver. Newcastle University.

17:20 Audit of Testosterone Replacement Therapy at South Tyneside . IM Ibrahim, A Jordan, JH Parr & ST Wahid South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust.

17:35 Audit of Adrenal Incidentalomas. Subir Ray, I Malik, J Chapman. Sunderland Royal Hospital.

17:50 Thyrotroph secreting pituitary dysfunction and octreotide imaging. Salman Razvi, CS Arun, E Lim, H Sawers, J Chapman, J Hill, R Peace, A James. RVI, Sunderland Royal Hospital & Cumberland Inirmary.

18:05 Audit of Radioactive Iodine for hyperthyroidism. G Parikh, P Carey, N Roper, D Carr. North Tees.

18:20 Summary, Discussion, thank you to speakers and sponsors – Shaz Wahid.

18:30 Buffet

Kindly sponsored by Novartis

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