The closest tube is Baron's Court. Come out of the tube station, and turn right, and then walk through Hammersmith cemetery towards Charing Cross Hospital. Walk around the hospital to the Education Centre, as on these maps.CLICK ON MAPS TO ENLARGE
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08:30 – 08:55 Registration

Thursday 21st of January 2016: Obesity Training Day

Charing Cross Hospital Education Centre Lecture theatre

09.15: Introduction to day - Tricia Tan

09.20: Obesity and Genetics : Prof Alex Blakemore

09.50: Medical management of obesity : Dr Vicky Salem

10.10: Who to refer for surgery and how to manage them peri-operatively - Dr Harvinder Chahal

10.45: Obesity surgery procedures; techniques and complications - Mr Sanjay Purkayastha

11.30: Question to speakers

11.45: Coffee

12.15: Can metabolic surgery really cure Type 2 diabetes Mellitus? Mr Ahmed R Ahmed

12.45: Mechanisms of glycaemic improvements and post-prandial hypoglycaemia - Prof Tricia Tan

13.15: Questions to speakers

13.30: Lunch

14.15: Metabolic surgery: moving from sugar and weight to end-organ damage - Dr Alex Miras

14.35: MDT Cases : Mr Krishna Moorthy and team (both in house and external cases)

1600: End