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Please find below the Speaker Summaries for BSPED 2018

 

CME Day - Wednesday 7 November 2018

 

09:00 - 09:30 Session 1 Techniques to maximise childhood and adult height Dr Martin Savage
09:30 - 10:00 Session 1 Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism - challenges in diagnosis and management Dr Liz Crowne
11:00 - 11:30 Session 2 Management of Obesity- what works? Dr Nikki Davis
11:30 - 12:30 Session 2 Management of growth and body composition in Prader Willi syndrome Dr Shankar Kanumakala
13:30 -14:00 Session 3 Approach to a child with recurrent fractures Dr Paul Arundel
14:00 - 14:30 Session 3  Assessment and management of Tall stature Professor Jeremy Kirk
15:30-15:50 Session 4 Structured pathway for management of High HbA1c Dr Tabitha Randall
15:50-16:15 Session 4 Role of youth worker, family support and social worker in supporting diabetes management Dr Melanie Kershaw

 

 

Endocrine Main Day - Thursday 8 November 2018

09:45 - 10:05 PENS LSBU presentation Case study presentation of Polycystic Kidney Disease with Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycaemia Kate Morgan
10:05 - 10:30 PENS BSPED Prize The Implementation of a Nurse-Led Virtual Thyroid Clinic Christine Desmond
11:00-11:30 DSD/Adrenals Diagnostic approach to expanding aetiologies of DSD Dr Nils Krone
11:30-12:00 DSD/Adrenals DSD surgery; the child’s best interests, and disclosure prior to consent Robert Wheeler
12:00-12:30 DSD/Adrenals Novel androgen pathways and their role in CAH Dr Wiebke Arlt
15:30-16:00 Bone health and disease Vitamin D - Beyond Bone Professor Martin Hewison
16:00-16:30 Bone health and disease State of the Art Lecture: 20 years experience in Metabolic Bone Professor Nicholas Shaw
16:30-17:00 Bone health and disease Palaeopathology; diseases and excavations Professor Tony Waldron

 

Diabetes Professionals Day - Thursday 8 November 2018

09:00-09:30 Session 1 Diasend Project Mr John Pemberton
09:30-10:00 Session 1 Social media and diabetes management - does it work? Ms Libby Dowling
10:00-10:30 Session 1 Joint talk Optimising Transition in Young Adults with Diabetes - the importance of hope? Dr Rebecca Skelding & Dr Sofia Salahuddin
11:30-12:00 Type II diabetes Type 2 diabetes: insights from the adult clinic Dr Katharine Owen
12:00 -12:30 Type II diabetes New Therapies in Type 2 diabetes Dr Billy White
13:30 - 14:30 Technology in Diabetes CGMS in children - current technologies and future prospects Dr Carlo Acerini
14:00-14:30 Technology in Diabetes Practical Approach to Management of CGM and Flash Glucose (Libre) Systems for Children and Young People with T1DM Dr May Ng
15:30-16:00 Debate FOR: This house believes that Automation has primacy over Education in management of diabetes Dr Tabitha Randell 
16:00-16:30 Debate AGAINST: This house believes that Automation has primacy over Education in management of diabetes Dr Fiona Campbell

 

Diabetes Main Day - Friday 9 November 2018

09:30-10:15 Clinical Trials Lessons from TRIALNet Professor Polly Bingley
10:15-11:00 Clinical Trials EXTOD - lessons for CYP Dr Parth Narendran
13:00 - 13:15 Diabetes UK Update Diabetes UK Update Ms Libby Dowling
14:30-15:00 Rare Diabetes Diagnosis of Monogenic Diabetes Professor Sian Ellard
15:00-15:30 Rare Diabetes Management of CF-related diabetes Dr Catherine Peters
15:30-16:00 Rare Diabetes Beta Cell function and prospects for new treatments Dr David Hodson

 

Nurses' Day for Endocrine Professionals - Friday 9 November 2018

09:30-10:00 Gender Identity Gender Identity Professor Gary Butler
10:00-10:30 Gender Identity Supporting Gender variant young people and their families Paul Carruthers & Jenny Walker
11:30-12:30 Meet The Expert Clincal differential diagnosis in short stature syndrome Dr Trevor Cole
12:30-13:00 Patient Experience: Russell Silver Syndrome Growing Up with Russell Silver Syndrome - patient experience Jenny Child
14:30-15:00 Symposium 5 Pituitary Tumours Dr Niki Karavitaki
15:00-15:30 Symposium 5 Thyrotoxicosis – what’s new and where are we going? Dr Tim Cheetham
15:30-16:00 Symposium 5 State of the Art Lecture: NESGAS Dr Jeremy Kirk