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ABCD Midlands Regional meeting 2025 - Programme

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Registration and welcome

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Welcome and introduction

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Session 1 - Complications in Type 2 Diabetes

Chaired by Dr Rajeev Raghavan and Dr Srikanth Bellary

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Diabetic Foot

Professor Frances Game, University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust
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Why diabetologists should screen for Testosterone Deficiency in men with T2DM and improve clinical outcomes and mortality

Professor Thomas Hugh Jones, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Reducing cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes

Dr. Bob Ryder, City Hospital, Birmingham
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Reducing cardiovascular risk even further - Icosapent Ethyl

Mr. Philip Newland-Jones, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton
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Refreshments and exhibition

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Session 2 - Across the spectrum of T2DM

Chaired by Associate Professor Emma Wilmot and Professor Wasim Hanif

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New horizons for treating obesity

Professor Barbara McGowan, Guys and St Thomas's Hospital
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The return of DJBL (formerly known as EndoBarrier)

Dr. Bob Ryder, City Hospital, Birmingham
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Diabetes and Frailty

Dr. Amar Puttanna
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Lunch and exhibition

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Obesity and T2DM in young people

Chaired by Associate Professor Emma Wilmot and Professor Vinod Patel

Associate Professor Pooja Sachdev, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
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Session 3 - Type 1 Diabetes in 2025

Chaired by Professor Parth Narendran and Professor Ali Karamat

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Screening, follow up and prevention

Dr. Rachel Besser, Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
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HCL cases

Dr. Emma Wilmot, University of Nottingham and University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Trust
Dr. Thomas Crabtree, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust
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Islet Cell Transplantation

Dr. Alistair Lumb, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Afternoon refreshments and exhibition

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Session 4

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Managing hyperglycaemic emergencies in 2025

Chaired by Professor Fran Game

Dr. Punith Kempegowda, University of Birmingham
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Debate - Obesity drugs are unaffordable for the NHS

Chaired by Professor Wasim Hanif

Professor Iskandar Idris, University of Nottingham
Professor Vinod Patel, Warwick Medical School
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Closing