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.