About this event
- Date and time Tue 25 Apr 2023 from 4:30pm to 27 Apr 2023 at 6:00pm
- Location Online
- Organised by Endocrinology and Diabetes
This meeting is being held as a webinar series over three evenings to provide an update on menopause for 2023. Event participants will be updated on the current status of menopause management, the timing of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as well as learning about new treatment options, including novel selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) and new products in HRT.
These webinars will provide a special focus on the impact of menopause on bone disease and cardiovascular risk. Join these webinars to learn about the place of HRT in the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis and the biology of bone ageing. Additionally, participants will learn about the current status of cardiovascular risk and its relationship with menopause and HRT.
Each session will provide participants with an opportunity to interact with and contribute to a panel discussion with specialists in their fields and enthusiastic world-class speakers and experts.
The aim of these webinars is to provide an update on the management of menopause in 2023 with a special focus on osteoporosis and cardiovascular risk.
Benefits of attending:
- Learn the current state of understanding of menopause management
- Understand the place of HRT in postmenopausal bone changes
- Obtain an update on the interaction between menopause and cardiovascular disease
- Gain insights into new treatment modalities with neurokinin 3 (NK3) receptor antagonists, novel SERMs and new HRT formulations
Agenda
View the programme 25 April 2023
Welcome and introduction
WHI 20 years on - health and safety of HRT in the menopause
Professor Mary Ann Lumsden, Professor of Medical Education and Gynaecology, Head of the Academic Unit of Reproductive and Maternal Medicine at the University of Glasgow
Genetics of menopause
Professor Anna Murray, Professor of Human Genetics, University of Exeter
Genetics of primary ovarian insufficiency
Dr Sinead McGlacken-Byrne, Honorary Research Fellow Genetics & Genomic Medicine Department, Institute of Child Health, University College London
Panel discussion
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
View the programme 26 April 2023
Welcome and introduction
Postmenopausal osteoporosis in practice
Dr Alex Comninos, Head of the Endocrine Bone Unit, Imperial College London
Mechanisms of bone aging
Professor Richard Eastell, Professor of Bone Metabolism, Head of the Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism
Panel discussion
Close of meeting
View the programme 27 April 2023
Welcome and introduction
Cardiovascular disease after the menopause
Professor Peter Collins, Professor of Clinical Cardiology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
Neurokinin 3 receptor antagonists and hot flushes
Dr Julia Prague, Consultant Endocrinologist, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and University of Exeter
New treatment options for HRT
Mr Vikram Talaulikar, Associate Specialist, Reproductive Medicine Unit, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Honourary Associate Professor in Women’s Health, University College London
Panel discussion
Close of meeting
Location
Online
Registration for this webinar will close 1 hour prior to the start time. You will receive the webinar link 1 hour before the meeting. Late registrations will not be accepted.
Webinar recordings will be available for registered delegates up to 60 days after the live webinar, via Zoom. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place.
This webinar will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.