Month: September 2012

5th North West Lipid Forum: 4th Dec 2012

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5th North West Lipid Forum

Tuesday, 4th Dec 2012

Manchester Airport Marriot Hotel, Hale Road, Hale Barns, Manchester, WA15 8XW

Programme
1230-1330 Registration & Lunch

1320-1330 Welcome

Session 1

1330-1415 HDL and protection against CVD. Professor Paul Durrington, Professor of Medicine, University of Manchester.

1415-1500 HDL Functionality. Dr Lucia Rohrer, University of Zurich.

1500-1515 Tea & Coffee

Session 2

1515-1600 Joint British Society III guidelines. Dr Alan Rees, Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, University Hospital of Wales.

1600-1630 Managing patients with severe hyperlipidaemias: patients, cost and challenges. Dr Nigel Capps, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

1645 Close

Organised by Dr Handrean Soran

CPD: 3 points applied

This educational meeting has received funding from MSD to cover logistical costs (including catering, venue hire and speaker honoraria). MSD have had no input into the selection of speakers or topics for this meeting.

7th North West Diabetes and Cardiovascular Update: 21 Nov 2012

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7th North West Diabetes and Cardiovascular Update

Wednesday 21st November 2012

Reebok Stadium, Burnden Way, BL6 6JW

Organised by Dr Handrean Soran & Dr Naveed Younis

5 CPD credits: RCP Activity Code No. 77572

Programme

0830 – 0920 Registration
0920 – 0930 Welcome
Session 1      Chair: Dr Naveed Younis
0930 – 1010 Obesity and diabetes: challenges and management options. Dr Akheel Syed, Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
Q&A session
1010 – 1050 Bariatric surgery: indications and its role in the management of type 2 diabetes. Professor Basil Ammori, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
Q&A session
1050 – 1120  Tea & Coffee
Session 2      Chair: Dr Naveed Younis
1120 – 1200 Managing early stages of CKD and diabetes nephropathy and when to refer to secondary care? Dr Sandip Mitra, Consultant Nephrologist, Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Q&A session
1200 – 1240 Management of Pre-gestational Diabetes. Dr Basil Issa, Consultant Physician & Endocrinologist, University Hospital South Manchester.
Q&A session
1240 – 1400 Lunch & Networking
Session 3  Chair: Dr Handrean Soran
1400 – 1440 Gastrointestinal complications of diabetes: diagnosis and management. Professor Satyan Rajbhandari, Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley NHS Trust.
Q&A session
1440 – 1520 Adolescent Diabetes: Specific problems related to adolescents and young adults. Dr Rob Davies, Consultant Physician & Diabetologist, Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
1520 – 1600 What is new in the management of diabetes? New NICE guideline type 2 diabetes, Diabetes and Driving laws,   Diabetes and life style modification. Dr Naveed Younis, Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, University Hospital South   Manchester.
Q&A session
1600 -1605  Summary and close

For registration and further information please contact Mark Woodcock.

Preston Pituitary Meeting: Wednesday 17th October 2012

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Preston Pituitary Meeting

Wednesday 17TH October 2012

Education Centre, Royal Preston Hospital

PROGRAMME
Updated 24-Sep-2012

12.45-13.45 Lunch

13.45-14.45 Intra operative pituitary imaging. Dr Aprajay Golash, Consultant neurosurgeon, Royal Preston Hospital

14.45-15.15 Prolactin in humans – not just for lactation. Dr Annice Mukherjee, Consultant Endocrinologist, Salford Royal Hospital

15.15-15.30 Coffee Break

15.30-16.30 Pituitary apoplexy. Dr John Ayuk, Consultant Endocrinologists, University Hospitals Birmingham

16.30-17.15 Pituitary case presentations. Chair: Dr Simon Howell, Consultant Endocrinologist, Royal Preston Hospital

17.15 Close

For Further Information and to register please contact:
Alison Jones or Louise Dagger on 01772 522811

3 CPD points: Approval sought from the Royal College of Physicians

Dr Simon Howell

Diabetes & Endocrine SpR Training Day: Friday 7th September 2012

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Diabetes & Endocrine SpR Training Day

Friday 7th September 2012

Manchester Royal Infirmary, Education South

09:00    Coffee & Registration

09:30    Monogenic Diabetes: Professor Rayaz Malik, Professor of Medicine & Consultant Physician

10:30    Revalidation for Beginners: Dr Lance Sandle, Consultant Chemical Pathologist

11:15    Coffee

11:30    What is the best second choice after Statins? Dr Gillian Burrows, Consultant Chemical Pathologist

12:30    Lunch

13:30    Lipid Modification NICE Guideline: Dr Shashithej Narayana, ST4 Endocrinology & Diabetes

13:50    Obesity: Dr Akheel Syed, Consultant Physician in Obesity Medicine

14:45    Coffee

15:00    Management of CVD in patients with CKD. Is there a role for lipid modification? Dr Sandip Mitra, Consultant Nephrologist

16:00    Familial Hypercholesterolaemia NICE Guideline: Dr Marco Lee, ST4  Clinical Biochemistry

16:20    Cascade Screening in Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Sister Ruth Eatough, FH Specialist Nurse

16:40    Close