About this event

  • Date and time Wed 22 Nov 2023 from 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Paediatrics and Child Health, London School of Paediatrics

Join us for an engaging study day that will cover paediatric endocrinology, delivered by the London School of Paediatrics.

Speakers from Kings College Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, University College Hospital and others will join us as we discuss a myriad of topics including:

  • Type 1 Diabetes and DKA
  • Disorders of bone metabolism
  • Genitalia
  • Pubertal disorders
  • Insulin pumps and pens 
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Psychological Aspects of Diabetes 
  • Obesity

Agenda

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Registration
Welcome and introduction

Chair: Dr Eleanor Bond, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Type 1 diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)

Dr Simon Chapman, Consultant Paediatrician, Kings College Hospital

Disorders of Bone metabolism

Dr Alessandra Cocca, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital

Tea and coffee break
Ambiguous Genitalia

Dr Alina Oprea, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital

An approach to short stature

Professor Gary Butler, Consultant, Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, University College London

Pubertal disorders

Dr Fiona Regan, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Evelina London

Lunch
Insulin pumps and pens

Dr Saniya Akther, Paediatric Diabetes Nurse, Royal London Children’s Hospital

Hypoglycaemia

Dr Ritika Kapoor, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Kings College Hospital 

Psychological Aspects of Diabetes

Dr Michael Cornish, Clinical Psychologist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital

Tea and coffee break
Obesity

Dr Billy White, Consultant in adolescent diabetes and Obesity, University College Hospital

GRID/SPIN applications

Dr Nicola Heddy, Paediatrician, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Bryan Finn, Paediatrician, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Closing remarks

Dr Eleanor Bond

Close of meeting

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on 21 November 2023.  Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.