AMEND parallel Endocrine Symposium.

Wolfson Education Centre,
Hammersmith Hospital Friday 9 December 2011


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Patient's are welcome to lectures from either session at any time of day. Please contact AMEND to register.

8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 - 09.55: option to attend pituitary sessions or free time

09.30 - 10.00: AMEND registration

10.00 The psychology of MEN: how hormones and living with a chronic condition may affect mood
Dr. Yvonne McCulloch (Senior Clinical Psychologist, Charing Cross Hospital).

10.45 Coffee Break

11.15 - 12.45: session 2. Parathyroid disease: Chair Mr. Fausto Palazzo.

11.15am Pitfalls in the diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism Channa Jayasena and Karim Meeran

Society for Endocrinology International Guest Lecture 2011

11.45am The evidence for parathyroid surgery in primary HPT Prof Zyg Krukowski (Aberdeen)

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

2.00 Session 3: Adrenal disease OR Ask the doctor and Endocrine Nurse: Niamh Martin and Debbie Papadopoulou.


2.00pm An update in retroperitoneal adrenalectomy (Fausto Palazzo and Karim Meeran).
2.30pm option to move to AMEND session which started at 2pm on asking the doctor.

3.10 Coffee break

3.30 - 4.45: Session 4: Neuroendocrine Tumours

3.30 Clinical Cases & Pitfalls in the diagnosis of Gastrinoma: Dr Waljit Dhillo
4.00 Update on Medical Therapy for Neuroendocrine Tumours Dr Tricia Tan (Imperial College)

4.45 Close & feedback

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