Dr Carlo Acerini
Part of the Cambridge research group into “closing the loop”.
About this event
- Date and time Tue 15 Jan 2019 from 8:30am to 3:45pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Paediatrics and Child Health, Endocrinology and Diabetes
The event covers topics in adolescent endocrinology and diabetes and reproductive medicine.
Key current topics such as technology in diabetes, and fertility preservation will be discussed at length.
Other presentations will cover difficult paediatrician areas including; diabetes transition, hormone replacement, and managing periods in girls with disabilities.
The meeting also includes four oral presentations by trainees who will be competing for the President’s prize.
Topics include:
- Current knowledge in diabetes technology and hormone replacement
- Practical aspects of diabetes transition
- Fertility preservation
- Information and practical advice on adolescent endocrinology problems
Key speakers
Miss Melanie Davies
Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Chair of Fertility Preservation UK.
Dr Ephia Yasmin
Consultant in Reproductive Medicine, who will talk about managing periods in girls with disabilities.
Agenda
View the programme
Session one: Diabetes
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Dr Nicola Bridges
Optimal transition in diabetes mellitus
Dr Jai Ganapathi, Paediatric Consultant and Diabetes Lead, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Technology in diabetes - how near are we to closing the loop?
Dr Carlo Acerini, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals and Senior Lecturer, University of Cambridge
Pregnancy in diabetes mellitus
Dr Rochan Agha-Jaffar, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Tea and coffee break
Session two: Fertility preservation
Fertility preservation in Turner syndrome and oncology
Miss Melanie Davies, Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Chair of Fertility Preservation UK
Fertility preservation in Klinefelter and transgender patients
Miss Phillipa Sangster, Consultant Urologist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussion
President's prize presentation one: Endometriosis in a case with Fraser Syndrome
Ms Rucira Ooi, Medical Student, Cardiff University
President's prize presentation two: A case of 17 beta-HSD3 presenting at 16 years of age: The challenges for patients of sex identity, fertility potential and future malignancy risk
Dr Katherine Hawton, ST5 Paediatrics Doctor, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Lunch
Section three: Adolescent endocrinology
Primary amenorrhoea and oestrogen replacement therapy
Dr Lisa Webber, Consultant Gynaecologist and Reproductive Medicine Subspecialist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Hirsutism and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in adolescents
Professor Gerard Conway, Professor in Endocrinology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tea and coffee break
Managing puberty and periods in girls with developmental delay
Miss Ephia Yasmin, Reproductive Medicine and Surgery Subspecialist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussion
Close of meeting and prize presentation
Professor Gerard Conway
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom