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: Phaeochromocytoma session
9.00 Recent advances in the localisation of phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas
Dr Bomanji (University College Hospital, London).
What imaging modalities are available?
9.30 Current options in the pre-operative preparation of phaeochromocytomas
Prof John Wass (Oxford)
Recent advances in their management.
10.00 Safe surgery: Phaeochromocytoma anaesthesia Dr Parind Patel (Hammersmith Hospital)
How to ensure a good outcome
10.20 Clinical cases & delegate participation
11.00 Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.50: Conn's session.
11.30 Developments in the diagnosis and imaging of Hyperaldosteronism
Prof Morris Brown (University of Cambridge)
What investigations should we do? (+ case)
12.00 Interventional radiology in Hyperaldoseronism
: Dr James Jackson (Hammersmith Hospital)
Technique, tips and pitfalls
12.20 Clinical cases & delegate participation
12.50 The Society for Endocrinology Poster session and Luncheon + MEN cases
The Society for Endocrinology International Seminar
2.00 State of the art minimally invasive adrenal surgery
Prof Martin Walz (Essen, Germany)
3.00 Coffee break
3.30 - 5.00: Graves debate
3.30 Surgery should be adopted more frequently in Graves’ thyrotoxicosis Mr David Scott Coombes (Cardiff)
Prevention, medical management and the indications for surgery
4.00 Radioiodine should be the definitive treatment of choice in Graves’ disease
Prof Karim Meeran (Imperial College)