Spring Meeting 2003

8th & 9th May

 

Cardiff Thistle Hotel

Park Place

Cardiff CF10 3UD

Reception: 0870 333 9157

Fax: 0870 333 9257

 Email: Cardiff@Thistle.co.uk

Web: www.thistlehotels.com/cardiff

 

Programme

 

Thursday 8th May 2003

 

17.00.     Registration - Tea & Coffee

 

17.30.     Annual General Meeting

 

19.00      Speaker to be arranged

 

20.00      Association Reception and Dinner

 

Friday 9th May 2003

 

9.00    Debate: Glitazones represent a major advance in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

 

Proposing the motion:     - Prof Tony Barnett

Opposing the motion:      - Prof Edwin Gale

 

10.30     Coffee

 

11.00    Treating to Target in Type 2 diabetes

                                       - Prof. Hannelle Yki-Jarvinen

 

12.00     New approaches to treatment of erectile dysfunction in diabetes

                                        - Dr David Price

 

12.45     Lunch

 

14.00     Surgical treatment of obesity 

                                         - Mr Steve Pollard

 

14.45      Pitfalls in the diagnosis and treatment of phaeOchromocYtoma                                                                         

                                         - Dr Pierre Bouloux

 

15.30      Recent advances in hypolipidaemic therapy

                                          Dr Alan Rees

 

16.15      Close of meeting - Tea & Coffee