General  Medical and Endocrine Update

 

26^th September 2012

 

Robin Brook Centre, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London EC1A 7BE

 

Morris Lecture Theatre

 

Morning

 

09.00 – 09.45  Staying safe with arrhythmias on call for the general physician.

                        Professor Richard Schilling, Professor of Cardiology, Barts and the London NHS Trust.

 

09.45 – 10.30  Upper GI haemorrhage for the general physician on call.

                        Dr. Richard Marley, Consultant Physician, Barts and the London NHS Trust.

 

10.30 – 10.45     Coffee

 

10.45 – 1145   The idiot’s guide to acute liver problems for the general physician.

                        Professor Graham Foster, Professor of Hepatology, Barts and the London NHS Trust.

 

12.00 – 13.00  BARTS MEDICAL GRAND ROUND

 

13.00 – 14.00  Lunch

 

Afternoon

 

14.00 – 14.30  Suspecting and diagnosing Cushing’s syndrome in the hurly burly of clinical practice.

                        Professor John Monson, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Endocrinology, Barts and the London

                        School of Medicine.

 

14.30 – 14.45  Imaging the pituitary in suspected Cushing’s disease.

                        Dr. Jane Evanson, Consultant Neuroradiologist, Barts and the London NHS Trust

                       

14.45 - 15.00   Inferior petrosal sinus sampling: Protocols and interpretation.

                        Dr. Paul Carroll, Consultant Physician, Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Trust.

 

15.00 - 15.15   Cushing’s syndrome; How can the cross-sectional radiologist help you.

                        Professor Rodney Reznek, Emeritus Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Barts and the London

                        School of Medicine.

 

15.15 - 15.30   Getting your patient in shape for surgery:  Medical treatment of cortisol excess.

                        Dr. Scott Akker, Consultant Physician, Barts and the London NHS Trust.

 

15.30 - 15.45   Tea

 

15.45 - 16.00   Endoscopic pituitary surgery for Cushing’s disease.

                        Mr. Ian Sabin, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Barts and the London NHS Trust.

 

16.00 - 16.15   Adrenal surgery for Cushing’s syndrome; strategies and decision making.

                        Mr. Robert Carpenter, Consultant Surgeon, Barts and the London NHS Trust.

 

16.15 - 16.30   The final word: What can the pathologist tell you in Cushing’s syndrome?

                        Dr. Dan Berney, Consultant Histopathologist, Barts and the London NHS Trust.

                       

16.30 - 17.30   Cushing’s cases and discussion.

                        Expert Panel:  Akker, Berney, Carroll, Carpenter, Evanson, Monson, Reznek.