Fourth Hammersmith Multidisciplinary Endocrine Symposium.

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Postgraduate Centre, Hammersmith House,
Hammersmith Hospital Friday 11 December 2009


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Organising committee:
Mr. Fausto Palazzo, Dr. Waljit Dhillo, Professor. Karim Meeran, Professor Stephen Bloom

8.30 Registration & Coffee

8.45 Mr. Fausto Palazzo, Prof Karim Meeran and Dr. Waljit Dhillo: Welcome and Introduction

9.00 - 11.00: MEN1 session

9.00 Parathyroid surgery in MEN 1 Mr Barney Harrison (Sheffield).
When & what should be done, & by who?

9.30 The Dave Francis Memorial Lecture

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours Professor Ashley Grossman (St Bartholomew’s)
Recent advances in their management.

10.00 Pituitary tumours Mr Nigel Mendoza (Charing Cross Hospital)
Current techniques in pituitary surgery

10.30 Clinical cases & delegate participation

11.00 Coffee Break

11.30 - 12.50: Adrenal session.

11.30 Adrenal incidentaloma Prof Karim Meeran (Imperial College)
What investigations should we do? (+ cases)

11.50 Adrenal surgery: Greg Sadler (Oxford)
Technique, tips and pitfalls

12.20 Clinical cases & delegate participation

12.50 The Society for Endocrinology Poster session and Luncheon + MEN cases

2.00 - 3.00: Thyroid session (Chair Prof Graham Williams)

2.00 Thyroid surgery Mr. Fausto Palazzo
What a physician needs to know.

The Society for Endocrinology International Seminar

2.25 Long term management and outcome of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer – Dr Ian Hay (Mayo Clinic)
The Mayo Clinic Experience with real data !

3.00 Coffee break

3.30 - 5.00: State of the art review: Renal Hyperparathyroidism

3.30 Renal HPT: Dr Neil Duncan (Northwick Park & Imperial College)
Prevention, medical management and the indications for surgery

4.00 Surgery for renal hyperparathyroidism Mr David Scott Coombes (Cardiff)
Surgical strategies in Renal HPT

4.30 Renal Cases

5.00 Close & feedback

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