NERRAG Annual Meeting 2007: 28 Nov

NERRAG Annual Meeting 2007
28th November
Lumley Castle, Chester-le-Street, County Durham

1410 Reception
1425 Welcome - Andy James

FIRST SESSION. CHAIR - Shaz Wahid
1435 MEN guidelines-an update Steve Ball, Newcastle University & RVI Newcastle.
1505 Audit of the biochemical detection of phaeochromocytoma - where are we now? Robert Peaston, Freeman Hospital
1525 Endocrine genetics in the North: emerging themes from a joint clinical approach. Paul Brennan & Steve Ball, James Cook University Hospital, RVI Newcastle & Newcastle University
1540 Ten years experience of thirty adrenocortical carcinomas: a case series. Sebastian Aspinall, RD Bliss, TWJ Lennard: Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne; BJ Harrison: Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield; D Scott-Coombes: University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
1555 A retrospective study of pre-operative localisation imaging of parathyroid adenomas. Asgar Madathil & Kamal Abouglila, University Hospital of North Durham.
1610 Update on the management of difficult primary hyperparathyroidism. Sukesh Chandran & Simon Pearce, RVI Newcastle.
1625 Tea/Coffee

SECOND SESSION. CHAIR -Tim Cheetham
1645 Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Cancer Petros Perros Freeman Hospital and Newcastle University
1715 Short stature: Increased in children with severe learning disability. Nadeem Abdullah, Paula Drummond, Nicola Davies, Omer Al-Khalidi, Raymond Barry, Tim Cheetham Department of Paediatrics and Community Paediatrics, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
1730 Management of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia in the immediate post-operative phase. Murray Head, Morris M, Bliss R, Jones N, Johnson S, Lennard T, Stafford F, Welch A, Perros P. Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
1745 The use of the Harmonic Scalpel in Thyroidectomy: beyond the learning curve. Foreman E H, Aspinall S, Lennard TWJL, Bliss R . Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Newcastle University.
1800 A retrospective audit of Radioiodine therapy for Thyrotoxicosis. Jeevan Mettayil, S.Ashwell, R.Bilous, V.Connolly, S.Jones, M.Kamaruddin, P.Varra, S.Nag, James Cook University Hospital.
1815 Severe Poikilothermia due to hypothalamic injury managed with a portable external heating vest. Srikanth Mada, S Kamaruddin, J Mettayil, W Kelly, G Young, S Nag, James Cook University Hospital.
1830 Management of Non-Functioning Pituitary Adenomas: A Retrospective Audit at James Cook University Hospital. Ian Coulter & Philip Kane, James Cook University Hospital.
1845 Summary, Discussion, and Thanks - Andy James
1855 Buffet