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Autumn Meeting 2005 |
October 26 - 27 |
16-22 Great Russell Street, |
London WC1B 3NN |
Tel: 020 7347 1000 |
Fax: 020 7347 1001 |
This was a back to back meeting with the British Thyroid Association. The meeting was followed by an SpR meeting - October 27-28 |
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Programme
9.00 - 9.45 Roles and Risks of Continuous Insulin Pump therapy in Type 1 Diabetes. Professor Stephanie Amiel, Professor of Diabetic Medicine, Kings College, London.
9.45 - 10.30 Impact of Oestrogen therapy on diabetes and vascular risk.
Dr Helen Buckler, Consultant Endocrinologist, Hope Hospital, Salford.
10.30 - 11.00 Tea and Coffee
11.00 - 12.30 The ABCD Debate: HbA1c is not a sufficiently reliable marker of glycaemic control in diabetes care. Chaired by Dr Anne Kilvert, Consultant Physician, Northampton General Hospital. Proposer: Dr William Jeffcoate, Consultant Diabetologist, City Hospital, Nottingham. Opposer: Professor Sally Marshall, Professor of Diabetes, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 13.50 Antiplatelet effects of Rosiglitazone - A direct consequence of platelet PPAR gamma activation. Dr Manish Khanolkar, Llandough Hospital, Winner of the ABCD SpR Training Award 2004.
13.50 – 14.15 ABCD survey of services for gestational diabetes - Dr Fahmy Hanna, University Hospital of North Staffordshire.
14.15 - 15.00 Tariffs for specialist diabetes services – The final nail in the coffin? Professor Anthony Barnett, Professor of Medicine, University of Birmingham. 15.00 - 15.45 Hot topic: Findings and implications of the PROACTIVE study. Professor John Betteridge, Professor of Diabetes & Endocrinology, The Middlesex Hospital 15.45 – 16.00 Tea & coffee
16.00 – 16.45 Anti-psychotic drugs and diabetes - genuine concern or industry hype? Dr Richard Holt, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton. 16.45 – 17.30 Links between oxidative stress, inflammation and diabetic vascular disease.
Professor Naveed Sattar, Consultant Clinical Biochemist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
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