Northern Endocrine and Diabetes CME Spring Meeting: 3 May 2007

Northern Endocrine and Diabetes CME Spring Meeting 2007

Thursday 3rd May, 2007

Education Centre
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead

0930 Registration

Morning session: Pituitary disorders
1000 Cushing’s syndrome in pregnancy – Dr Andy James, Royal Victoria Infirmary
1040 Discussion
1050 Pituitary disorders in children – Dr Tim Cheetham, Royal Victoria Infirmary
1130 Discussion
1140 Tea break
1150 Pituitary imaging – Dr Dip Mitra, Royal Victoria Infirmary
1230 Discussion
1240 Lunch

Afternoon session: Monogenic diabetes; Endothelial progenitor cells; NASH
1400 Finding monogenic diabetes in the clinic: how do we do it and why bother? – Dr Katherine Owen, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
1440 Discussion
1450 Endothelial progenitor cells in disease – Dr Jola Weaver, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
1530 Discussion
1540 Tea break
1550 Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis – Professor Chris Day, Newcastle University
1630 Discussion
1640 Close

Contact: Reena Thomas

Ninth National Pituitary Clinico-pathological Conference: 28th March 2007

Ninth National Pituitary Clinico-pathological Conference
Wednesday 28th March 2007 (all day)
Institute of Child Health, London

Dear Colleague

The annual Pituitary CPC is almost upon us. This year we have an excellent set of speakers, who will give their own overview of four different aspects of pituitary disease:

An update on prolactin and prolactinomas, genetic mechanisms of pituitary adenoma, neuro-ophthalmology in the pituitary clinic, and endoscopic pituitary surgery.

In addition the meeting provides a very welcome opportunity forclinicians to present cases and to discuss management difficulties with experts in the field. Many have commented that this combination of expert overview and case-based discussion is one of the best ways of learning and keeping up to date.

I have attached a summary of the programme, and also the leaflet giving details of how to book. You can register on line at CFS Events website. I look forward to seeing you there.

Best wishes

James Ahlquist PhD FRCP
Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist
Southend Hospital
Westcliff on Sea
Essex SS0 0RY

Programme
9:25 Welcome and Introduction
9:30 Prolactin, what's new - differentiating stalk compression and when to stop treatment of prolactinoma – John Wass, Oxford
10:20 Forum 1 - Pituitary Cases
11:30 Coffee
11:50 Forum 2 - Pituitary Cases
12:45 Lunch
13:30 “Unbiased, whole genome analysis of Pituitary Adenomas” – William O’Farrell, Stoke
14:00 Forum 2 - Pituitary Cases
15:20 Afternoon Tea
15:40 Focus on Ophthalmology and Pituitary Disease Cases – Dr Gordon Plant, London
16:00 Focus on Pituitary Surgery - Transition to pituitary endoscopy – Dr John Jane Jr, Charlottesville & Mr Kanna Gnanalingham, Manchester

Further information/registration:
Tel: 01438 751519
Fax: 01438 751520
Email: CFS Events email
Website: CFS Events website

RCR Imaging in Endocrinology 2007: 24th May

Imaging in Endocrinology 2007
Thursday 24th May 2007
The Royal Society, London

Programme
8.30 - 8.55 Coffee and Registration
8.55 - 9.00 Introduction and Welcome - Professor Rodney Reznek and Dr John Newell-Price

Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumours
Chair: Professor Rodney Reznek
9 - 9.25 Making the diagnosis - Professor John Monson, Barts & The London
9.25 - 9.45 What the surgeon needs to know - Mr Barney Harrison, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
9.45 - 10.05 CT and MRI in pancreatic islet cell tumours - Dr Andrea Rockall, St Bartholomew's
10.05 - 10.20 The use of endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of pancreatic islet cell tumours - Dr Ashley Roberts, University Hospital of Wales
10.20 - 10.35 Angiography in the diagnosis of pancreatic islet cell tumours - Dr James Jackson, Hammersmith Hospital
10.35 - 10.50 Nuclear Medicine in diagnosis of pancreatic islet cell tumours - Dr John Buscombe, Royal Free Hospital
10.50 - 11.10 Panel Discussion
11.10 - 11.30 Coffee

Parathyroids
Chair: Dr John Newell-Price
11.30 - 11.50 Pitfalls in diagnosis and medical management - Dr Neil Gittoes, University of Birmingham
11.50 - 12.10 When do we need to localise preoperatively? - Mr Greg Sadler, John Radcliffe Hospital
12.10 - 12.30 The use of ultrasound, CT and MRI in daiganosing parathyroid tumours - Dr Polly Richards, Barts and The London Hospitals
12.30 - 12.45 Venous sampling in diagnosing parathyroid disease - Dr Peter Gaines, Northern General Hospital
12.45 - 1pm Panel Discussion
1 - 2pm Lunch

The Indeterminate Adrenal Mass
Chair: Professor John Monson
2 - 2.25 The nature of the problem - Dr John Newell-Price, University of Sheffield
2.25 - 2.55 CT/MR in evaluating the indeterminate adrenal mass - Professor Rodney Reznek, Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry
2.55 - 3.10 Panel Discussion
3.10 - 3.30 Tea

The Thyroid Nodule
Chair: Dr John Newell-Price
3.30 - 3.50 When and how to assess - Dr Mark Vanderpump, Royal Free Hospital
3.50 - 4.10 Indications for surgery - Mr Barney Harrison, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
4.10 - 4.35 Ultrasound in the evaluation of the thyroid nodule - Dr Rhian Rhys, Royal Glamorgan Hospital
4.35 - 4.50 Panel Discussion
4.50 Meeting Close

Full details available at RCR website.

3rd EUGOGO International Teaching Course on Graves' Orbitopathy

3^rd EUGOGO International Teaching Course

On Graves’ Orbitopathy

Mainz

September 28 – 30, 2007

Organized and chaired by:
Department of Ophthalmology
Gutenberg-University, Mainz, and the
European Group on Graves’ Orbitopathy

Satellite Symposium of the Annual Meeting of the German Society of Ophthalmology, Berlin, Germany, September 2007

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
European Thyroid Association

Friday September 28, 2007
Glaucoma and orbitopathy (GO): common pathology?
Sicca syndrome in GO: a mandatory feature of GO?
Ocular myasthenia and GO: immunological cross-reaction?
Orbital irradiation in GO: past, present, and future
Orbital decompression in GO: the ENT perspective
Get together

Saturday September 29, 2007
Thyroid and eye in Graves’ disease: the still missing link?
Clinical manifestation of GO: assessment of activity
Assessment of severity and of optic neuropathy
Assessment of motility disturbances
Differential diagnosis of GO
Rounds with patients including live demonstrations
Multicenter interdisciplinary discussion of index cases
Surgical techniques in GO: video projections + interactive discussion
Thyroidology for ophthalmologists; Ophthalmology for thyroidologists
Guided visit of the Mainz Cathedral, Dinner

Sunday September 30, 2007
Epidemiology of GO and natural course
Pathogenesis of GO
Management of hyperthyroidism and its impact on the eye
Thyroid eye clinics and assessment of quality of life in GO
Prevention of GO
Actual medical management of GO
New drugs for GO
Rehabilitative management: State of the art
Round table discussion and summary

Scientific Secretariat

PD Dr Susanne Pitz
Department of Ophthalmology

Fax (phone) + 49 6131/17-34 55 (17-67 62)

Prof Dr George J Kahaly
Department of Medicine
Fax (phone) + 49 6131/17-34 60 (17-37 68)

Administrative Secretariat
Organization, registration and information requests:

Mrs Marlene Maser-Wahle
Department of Ophthalmology
Fax (phone) + 49 6131/17-55 09 (17-36 92)

Venue
Department of Ophthalmology
Johannes Gutenberg-University
Langenbeckstrasse 1
55129 Mainz
Germany

Registration fees: Euro 300
Fees include the brand new EUGOGO book on Graves’ orbitopathy, the Get Together and the Dinner, as well as all lunch and coffee breaks. The number of participants will be limited to 150; they will be accepted on the first come first served basis of payment.

Send us a fax or an e-mail with your name, address and fax or email address. Subsequently you will receive further information concerning the 3^rd EUGOGO International Teaching Course on Graves’ Orbitopathy (30 CME expected)

PS.: please bring your own case for presentation