London Cancer Alliance Pituitary Masterclass 28 Sept 2015. |
MOVED TO GLENISTER SO : Booking reopened. |
Charing Cross Hospital Postgraduate Centre |
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08:30 – 08:55 Registration
08:55-09:20 Welcome Niamh Martin and Kate Haire (London Cancer Alliance)
SESSION 1 ACROMEGALY Chairs: Ramesh Nair (Consultant Neurosurgeon ICHNT) and Karim Meeran (Professor of Endocrinology).
09:20-09:40 Update on new guidelines and treatments for Acromegaly Dr Claire Higham, Consultant Endocrinologist, The Christie Hospital, Manchester
09:40-10:25 Case Presentations.
09.40 A challenging case of acromegaly complicated by heart failure. P Valsalakumari, S Mehta, R Ramli, B Jones, A Mehta, N Mendoza, M Williams, K Meeran NM Martin, E Hatfield Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London and Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, London.
09.55 Old wine with a new label: Ipilimumab related hypophysitis. M Joshi, G Maltese, D Kariyawasam, A Velusamy, U-King-Im Jean Marie,, PV Carroll. Guys and St Thomas’s Hospital NHS Trust, London.
10.10Factors predisposing to pituitary apoplexy: A tertiary centre’s clinical experience. J Milburn, A Abbara, D Joshi, S Clarke, R Ramli, A Comninos, A Mehta, B Jones, R Nair, N Mendoza, NM Martin, E Hatfield, A Sam, W Dhillo, K Meeran.
11.00 A novel surgical approach for the management of giant invasive prolactinoma compressing the brainstem N Margari, M: Vidyarthi, Z Khatami, S Chawda, J Pollock, E Marouf, N Stojanovic. The Royal London Hospital, Queens Hospital Romford and Woodlands Multispecialty Hospital Kolkata, India.
11.15 Is antiplatelet therapy absolutely contraindicated in patients with a previous history of apoplexy? D Joshi, J Milburn, A Abbara, R Ramli, A Comninos, A Mehta, B Jones, N Mendoza, N Hill, NM Martin, E Hatfield, A Sam, W Dhillo, K Meeran. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London.
12:00 From non-functioning pituitary adenoma in adolescence to Cushing’s disease in adulthood. A Balasanthiran, E Hatfield, D Papadopoulou, A Mehta, B Jones, N Mendoza, N Martin, K Meeran, .Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London.
12:15 A difficult case of Cushing’s disease. R Ramli, A Wren, D Papadopoulou, K Meeran, N Mendoza, E Hatfield, B Jones, A Mehta, NM Martin. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London.
14.10 Detection of micro-thyrotropinoma with 11-C-Methionine PET-CT: switching the ‘signal’ on and off. O Koulouri, A Steuwe, D Gillett, P English, D Halsall, N Antoun, A Hoole, H Cheow, N Burnet, M Gurnell. Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
14.25 The use of C-Methionine PET to identify a target for salvage surgery in acromegaly. R Tan, B Whitelaw, T Hampton, G Vivan, S Aylwin. Kings College Hospital, London.
14.40 An unusual case of a woman with prolactinoma and diabetes insipidus. S Rafique, P Sathiskumar. Conquest Hospital, East Sussex Health Care Trust.
15.50 An interesting case of optic neuropathy. I Ilesanmi, K Muralidhara.
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust.
16.05 Pituitary apoplexy complicated by a third nerve palsy – a mechanistic quandary? D Joshi, A Abarra, R Ramli, A Comninos, J Milburn. S Clarke, A Mehta, B Jones, N Martin, E Hatfield, A Sam, W Dhillo, K Meeran. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London.
16.20 Double trouble: dual endocrine pathology. R Ramli, K. Steer, E. Hatfield, A Mehta, B Jones, N Mendoza, K Meeran, NM Martin. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London and London North West Healthcare NHS Trust.