The 39th ESE Postgraduate Training Course in Clinical Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism will take place in person from Thursday 17 September to Sunday 20 September 2026 at the Park Plaza, Vilnius, Lithuania and online
More information will follow soon, please SAVE THE DATE and register your interest below.
We are delighted to be running this course with the
Lithuania Society of Endocrinology (LSE).
We hope you can join us in Lithuania or online.
The course included presentations on relevant aspects of clinical endocrinology. Participants had an opportunity to listen to and interact with leading European experts in the field of endocrinology and metabolism. During the lectures, faculty members shared their knowledge and clinical experiences based around cases, and there were many chances to ask questions and interact with the experts. There was also a chance to test your knowledge.
The event will take place in-person in Vilnius and also online.
Times are shown in Eastern European Summer Time (EET)
08:00 - 08:30 Registration
08:30 - 09:00 Course Opening
Gregory Kaltsas (Chair of the ESE Education Committee) & the Local Organising Committee
09:00 - 09:30 Pre-course Exam
Lina Zabulienė (Lithuania)
09:30 - 11:00 Session 1: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and LADA
Ketoacidosis and management of type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Irina Kowalska (Poland)
Transition in type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and nutritional support
Ingrida Stankute (Lithuania)
Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA)
Agne Abraitiene (Lithuania)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Session 2: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and pre-diabetes
Gestational diabetes - diagnosis and management
Žydrūnė Visockiene (Lithuania)
IFG and IGT - diabetic risk, complications, management
Jelizaveta Sokolovska (Latvia)
Treatment of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus including nutrition and cardio-renal-metabolic aspects
Boris Mankovsky (Ukraine)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 Session 3: Obesity
Pathophysiology and associated comorbidities (including genetic forms)
Bulent Yildiz (Turkey)
Medical management of obesity
Džilda Veličkienė (Lithuania)
Bariatric surgery and management post-surgery
Almantas Maleckas (Lithuania)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:00 Session 4: Hypopituitarism
Diagnosis and treatment of anterior pituitary deficiency (including trauma)
John Wass (UK)
Hypophysitis (including drug induced, Ig4, systemic disorders affecting pituitary)
Kristina Isand (Estonia)
Diagnosis and treatment of posterior pituitary deficiency (ADH, OXT)
Julie Refardt (Switzerland)
18:00 – 18:30 Exam Day 1
Lina Zabulienė (Lithuania)
19:30 Dinner
Times are shown in Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
08:30 - 10:00 Session 5: Hyperthyroidism - thyrotoxicosis
Subclinical hyperthyroidism
Edward Visser (Netherlands)
Thyroiditis (including autoimmune, postpatum, subacute)
Ilze Konrade (Latvia)
Thyroid crisis, thyrotoxicosis factitia
Carla Moran (Ireland)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 Session 6: Adrenal hyperfunction
Primary hyperaldosteronism (including adenoma, hyperplasia, familial forms, pseudohyperaldosteronism)
TBC
Adrenal Cushing's (including adenoma, MACS, incidentaloma)
Jerome Bertherat (France)
Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma - diagnosis and management (including malignant)
Kristina Semėnienė (Lithuania)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Session 7: Male reproduction
Primary and secondary hypogonadism (including Kallman's genetics)
Jonas Čeponis (Lithuania)
Gynecomastia and erectile dysfunction
Channa Jayassena (UK)
Work up and management of male infertility
Birutė Žilaitienė (Lithuania)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00 Session 8: Selected clinical cases
Thyroid cases
Pituitary & adrenal cases
Diabetes, lipids and obesity cases
Bone and calcium cases
17:00 - 17:30 Exam Day 2
Lina Zabulienė (Lithuania)
Times are shown in Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
08:30 - 10:00 Session 9: Osteoporosis
Osteopenia/osteoporosis in women (mainly postmenopausal)
Tomaz Kocjan (Slovenia)
Secondary osteoporosis (pregnancy and lactation included)
Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch (Austria)
Tools for evaluating osteoporosis and risks (BMD, bone turnover markers, TBS)
Symeon Tournis (Greece)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 Session 10: Female reproduction
PCOS
Lina Zabulienė (Lithuania)
Amenorrhoea: Primary (POF) & Secondary (causes other than PCOS)
Eleni Armeni (UK)
Female infertility - Ovulation induction
TBC
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee break and snack
12:30 - 13:30 Session 11: Growth and pubertal disorders
Growth and development - GH replacement therapy and delayed puberty
George Paltoglou (Greece)
Central precocious puberty
Jesus Argente (Spain)
Transition from childhood to adult care
Rūta Navardauskaitė (Lithuania)
12:30 - 13:00 Exam Day 3
Lina Zabulienė (Lithuania)
14:00 - 14:30 Closing remarks
Departures
To be confirmed. Please email registration@ese-hormones.org if you would like to find out about sponsorship opportunities.
We will be applying via EACCME for CME accreditation for this course.
Please note: CME Accreditation will only be available to those who watch the webinars live (either in-person or virtually). CME Accreditation will not be available to those who watch the recordings post event.
It is a requirement of the UEMS-EACCME® that an Evaluation form is completed and submitted before a CME certificate and credits can be issued.
A number of meeting grants will be available for help in attending the post-graduate training course in-person only.
Please see the website for more information. ESE Meeting Grants
Park Plaza
More information will be provided shortly.
Delegates are strongly encouraged to submit a clinical case for presentation during the course. Further details will be available soon.
Please note if your case is accepted, you must register in person.
Convenient timing, excellent presenters and case based. Challenging cases discussed.
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