Programme of the 9th ESE Postgraduate Course in Clinical Endocrinology

May 27-29, 2010 Tartu, Estonia

Thursday, May 27, 2010

The 5^th Baltic Congress of Endocrinology and the
9^th ESE Postgraduate Course in Clinical Endocrinology

9.00 - 10.00	Registration and welcome coffee
10.00 - 10.30	Opening ceremony Tarvo Rajasalu, Chairman of the Local Organising Committee Charlotte Hoybye, Member of the ESE Education Sub-committee Joel Starkopf, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu Eberhard Nieschlag, President of the European Society of Endocrinology
10.30 - 11.15	SYMPOSIUM 1 Chair: John A. H. Wass (United Kingdom) Thyroid and pregnancy Wilmar Wiersinga (The Netherlands)
11.15 - 11.45	Coffee break
11.45 - 12.45	Clinical workshop I (in parallel rooms) Group A: Management of Graves' orbitopathy Wilmar Wiersinga (The Netherlands) Group B: Differential diagnosis and management of Cushing's syndrome John A. H. Wass (United Kingdom)
12.45 - 13.45	Clinical workshop I (in parallel rooms) Group B: Management of Graves' orbitopathy Wilmar Wiersinga (The Netherlands) Group A: Differential diagnosis and management of Cushing's syndrome John A. H. Wass (United Kingdom)
13.45 - 14.45	Lunch
14.45 - 16.00	Clinical debate Chair: Vallo Volke (Estonia) Type 2 diabetes: for better management outcomes we need simple algorithms Anu Ambos (Estonia) Versus Type 2 diabetes: for better management outcomes we need and individualised approach Valdis Pirags (Latvia)
16.00 - 16.15	Coffee break
16.15 - 18.00	1^st session of the 5^th Baltic Congress of Endocrinology Chairs: Antanas Norkus (Lithuania), Tarvo Rajasalu (Estonia)

Social program

19.00 - 20.00

20.00 - 22.00

Guided tour of the Old Town

Welcome Reception at the restaurant "Atlantis"

Friday, May 28, 2010

The 5^th Baltic Congress of Endocrinology and the
9^th ESE Postgraduate Course in Clinical Endocrinology

9.00 - 10.45	2^nd session of the 5^th Baltic Congress of Endocrinology Chairs: Anu Ambos (Estonia), Valdis Pirags (Latvia)
10.45 - 11.15	Coffee break
11.15 - 12.45 11.15 12.00	SYMPOSIUM 2 Chairs: Charlotte Hoybye (Sweden), Urmas Lepner (Estonia) Sex steroids and aging male Eberhard Nieschlag (Germany) Thyroid malignancy: management and follow-up Jan Zedenius (Sweden)
12.45 - 13.45	Lunch
13.45 - 15.15 13.45 14.30	SYMPOSIUM 3 Chairs: Eberhard Nieschlag (Germany), Hans Wahrenberg (Sweden) Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes: genetics and management Wolfram Karges (Germany) Management of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors Jan Zedenius (Sweden)
15.15 - 15.45	Coffee break
15.45 - 17.15 15.45 16.30	SYMPOSIUM 4 Chairs: Eve Kelk (Estonia), Wolfram Karges (Germany) Molecular imaging and peptide receptor radionuclide therapy of neuroendocrine tumors - current state and future perspectives Richard P. Baum (Germany) Diagnosis and management of primary hyperparathyroidism Roger Bouillon (Belgium)
17.15 - 18.30	Satellite symposia (in parallel rooms) Neuroendocrine tumours: launch of web - based educational program Novartis Overview about incretion therapy: victoza - data from trials and first experience Novo Nordisk

Social program

20.00

Get together party at the restaurant "Gunpowder Cellar"

Saturday, May 29, 2010

9^th ESE Postgraduate Course in Clinical Endocrinology

9.00 - 10.30 9.00 9.45	SYMPOSIUM 5 Chairs: Ilze Konrade (Latvia), Tarvo Rajasalu (Estonia) Emerging immune therapies in type 1 diabetes mellitus Bernhard Böhm (Germany) Turner's syndrome Gerard Conway (United Kingdom)
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 11.00 11.45	SYMPOSIUM 6 Chairs: Vallo Volke (Estonia), Vallo Tillmann (Estonia) Clinical aspects of delayed puberty Robertas Kemezys (Lithuania) Premature ovarian failure Gerard Conway (United Kingdom)
12.30 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 14.30	Clinical workshop II (in parallel rooms) Group A: Primary aldosteronism Hans Wahrenberg (Sweden) Group B: Differential diagnosis and management of a patient with hyponatremia Mark Hannon (Ireland)
14.30 - 15.30	Clinical workshop II (in parallel rooms) Group B: Primary aldosteronism Hans Wahrenberg (Sweden) Group A: Differential diagnosis and management of a patient with hyponatremia Mark Hannon (Ireland)
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee break
16.00 - 17.30 16.00 16.45	SYMPOSIUM 7 Chairs: Berhnard Böhm (Germany), Robertas Kemezys (Lithuania) Difficulties in the management of non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas Charlotte Hoybye (Sweden) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia: from birth through childhood Vallo Tillmann (Estonia)
17.30	Closing remarks and farewell at the Dorpat Conference Centre

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