ESE Clinical Update on Acromegaly 2020 online webinars

27 - 29 October 2020

Join us for a series of 3 short online webinars (16:00 - 18:00 CET) on Tuesday 27 October, Wednesday 28 October and Thursday 29 October.  

This course has now taken place. 

Webinar 1 - Diagnostic dilemmas in Acromegaly

Tuesday 27 October 2020: 16:00 – 18:00 CET

Welcome from chairpersons: Jens-Otto Jørgensen (Denmark) and Pia Burman (Sweden) 

Patient video: journey to diagnosis 

Pitfalls of OGTT: Katharina Schilbach (Munich, Germany)

Pitfalls in diagnosis of Acromegaly: Peter Kamenicky (Paris, France)

C11 methionine PET imaging: Mark Gurnell (Cambridge, UK)

Case presentation: Sara Donato (Lisbon, Portugal)  

Discussion 

Webinar 2 – The burden of Acromegaly                                                                                   

Wednesday 28 October 2020: 16:00 – 18:00 CET

Welcome from chairpersons: Sebastian Neggers (Netherlands) and Peter Kamenicky (France)

Patient video: morbidity

Determinants of morbidity and mortality in Acromegaly: Phillipe Chanson (Paris, France)

Socio-economic impact of Acromegaly: Jakob Dal (Aarhus, Denmark)

Headaches in Acromegaly: Miles Levy (Leicester, UK)

Case on headaches in Acromegaly: Sebastian Neggers (Netherlands)

Discussion

Webinar 3 – The current and future landscape in Acromegaly management

Thursday 29 October 2020: 16:00 – 18:00 CET

Welcome from chairpersons: Niki Karavitaki (UK) and Maria Zatelli (Italy)

Patient video: treatment

Case presentation: Osamah Hakami (Birmingham, UK) 

Brief overview and limitations of current surgical approaches: Pietro Mortini (Milan, Italy)

Current medical treatments and their limitations: Annamaria Colao (Naples, Italy)

What is new on the horizon: Maria Fleseriu (Portland, USA)

Discussion

Kindly supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer Inc