Charing Cross Hospital Postgraduate Centre |
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
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08:30 – 08:45 Registration
08:45-09:00 Welcome Niamh Martin and Karim Meeran
SESSION 1 PITUITARY RESEARCH AND AUDIT OPPORTUNITIES Chairs: Nicholas Hyde and Niamh Martin
09:00-09:10 What is the London Cancer Alliance? Nicholas Hyde, Director of the London Cancer Alliance
09:10-09:25 Case 1; An illustrative case: Why do we need a pituitary MDT U. Chukwuma, C. Mitchell, Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
09:25-09:45 HEREDITARY PITUITARY DISEASE Marta Korbonits, Professor of Endocrinology, Barts and the London.
09:45-10:00 Case 2: Paediatric pituitary adenomas: rare, complex and by no means benign.Gan, H-W, Bulwer C, Jeelani O, Korbonits M, Soudeas, H. UCL Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital and
Queen Mary University of London
SESSION 2 PITUITARY APOPLEXY Chair: Karim Meeran and Simon Aylwin
10:00-10:20 PITUITARY APOPLEXY – A Case based discussion Niamh Martin, Consultant Endocrinologist, ICHNT
10:20-10:35 Case 3: Pituitary apoplexy with focal neurological signs – surgery vs. conservative managementR. Kadiyala, J. Pomroy, E.Hatfield, N.Martin, K. Meeran, B. Jones, A. Mehta, F. Roncaroli, N. Mendoza.
Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
10:35-11:00 COFFEE
SESSION 3 ONCOLOGY AND THE PITUITARY Chair: Matt Williams and Gul Bano
11:00-11:20 WHAT DO ENDOCRINOLOGISTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PITUITARY RADIOTHERAPY? Ron Beaney, Guys and St Thomas’, NHS Foundation Trust
11:20-11:40 THE PITUITARY AND CHEMOTHERAPY Simon Aylwin, Kings College Hospital.
11:40-11:55 Case 4 Challenges in managing pituitary tumour in McCune Albright syndrome.P.Carroll, L.Izatt, Guys and St Thomas’, NHS Foundation Trust, London.
11:55-12:10 Case 5 An unexpected case of pituitary malignancyN. Hill, S.Ali, K. Meeran, B. Jones, A. Mehta, F. Roncaroli, N. Mendoza, N Martin, M Williams, E Hatfield. Charing Cross Hospital.
12:10-13:15 LUNCH
13:15-13:30 LAPPS update Joy Ginn, LAPPS
SESSION 4 PITUITARY DISEASE IN YOUNG ADULTS Chair: Leighton Seal and Emma Hatfield
13:30-13:50 MANAGING THE TRANSITION FROM ADOLESCENT TO ADULT Nicola Bridges, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
13:50-14:10 WHY DO WE NEED A TYA PITUITARY SERVICE? Henry Mandeville, Clinical Oncology, The Royal Marsden Hospital
14:10-14:25 Case 6 Suprasellar germinoma (and not a pituitary mass) presenting with hypopituitarism, visual field defects, diabetes insipidus and hydrocephalus. D. Sivakumaran, E. Chinnasamy, F. Saran, A. Martin, L.Seal. St George’s NHS Foundation Trust, London
14:25-14:40 Case 7 TSHoma co secreting growth hormone (GH) shows response to somatostatin analogue and subsequent remission following surgery as demonstrated by normalisation of TFTs and GH dynamics.HMC Leong, S Parthasarathy, BC Whitelaw, J Miell, S Barazi, S Aylwin. Kings College Hospital and Lewisham Hospital
14:40-15:00 COFFEE
SESSION 5 CLINICAL AUDIT OF PITUITARY DISEASE Chairs: waljit Dhillo and Paul Carroll
15:00-15:20 CLINICAL AUDIT: NON-FUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMAS – WHO NEEDS SURGERY? Amir Sam, Consultant Endocrinologist, ICHNT
15:20-15:35 Case 8 Pituitary TuberculosisSivakumaran, D, Mlawa, G, Bano. G. St George’s NHS Foundation Trust
15:35-15:50 Case 9 An interesting case of a residual post-operative microprolactinoma resistant to high dose dopamine-agonist associated with secondary infertility.Z. Vakil, C. Kong. West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
16:05-16:20 Case 10 Cyclical Cushing’s in a young lady E. Chinnasamy, D. Sivakumaran, S.Zachariah, A. Martin, P.Rich, G.Bano. St George’s NHS Foundation Trust.
16:20-16:35 Case 11 A Rare Case Report of Ante Partum Pituitary InfarctionS. Akavarapu, S Robinson. St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
16:35-16:45 FEEDBACK AND CLOSE Niamh Martin and Karim Meeran