Programme
Wednesday 6th April 2005
5.30-7.00pm : Annual General Meeting
7.00-8.00pm : ‘Diabetes and Endocrinology : United we stand , divided we fall’
Professor John Wass, Secretary , Society for Endocrinology
Thursday 7th April 2005
9.00-9.45am : Update on indications for and limitations of continuous glucose monitoring systems.
Dr Steve Hurel, Consultant Physician, University College Hospital, London
9.45-10.30am : Pathophysiology and management of gastro-intestinal complications.
Dr Marie-France Kong, Consultant Diabetologist, Leicester General Hospital
10.30-11.00am : Coffee Break
11.00-12.30am : The ABCD Debate: Insulin therapy should be the treatment of choice for type 2 diabetes complicated by CHD.
Proposer : Dr Miles Fisher, Consultant Diabetologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Opposer : Dr Simon Heller, Consultant Diabetologist, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
12.30-1.30pm : Lunch
1.30-2.15pm : Identification and management of diabetic Charcot neuroarthropathy.
Dr Matthew Young, Consultant Diabetologist, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
2.15-3.15pm : Clinical audit presentations .
Survey of cardiovascular risk and treatment amongst UK consultant diabetologists – Do we practice what we preach ?
Dr Peter Winocour, Consultant Physician, QEII Hospital, Welwyn Garden City
Glargine use in type 2 diabetes
Dr Ian Gallen, Consultant Physician, Wycombe General Hospital
3.15-4.00pm : A critical look at emerging therapies for diabetes.
Professor David Matthews, Consultant Diabetologist, OCDEM
4.00-4.30pm : Tea – Close of Meeting
