Programme
09.00 Registration and Coffee
09.40 Welcome and Introduction
Session One – Obesity
09.45 How to assess a patient in an obesity clinic.
Dr Radha Ramachandra, Specialist Registrar in Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College
10.30 Does lifestyle change influence the metabolic syndrome?:
Joanne Boyle, Obesity Manager, Dietetics Department, Imperial College
11.0 Biochemical changes following bariatric surgery
Mr Ahmed Ahmed, Bariatric Surgeon, Imperial College
11.45 Gut hormones and obesity.
Dr Carel le Roux, Consultant in Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College
Lunch
Session Two - Aspects of Vitamin D
Chairman – Mr. Graham Carter
13.30 Vitamin D – aspects of vitamin deficiency
Dr. Ann Prentice, Director, MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge
14.15 Vitamin D – Is it just about bones?
Session Three – Gender Re-Assignment
15.00 Gender re-assignment – why, how, and the metabolic consequences.
Dr. Leighton Seal, Consultant Endocrinologist, St George's Hospital
15.45 Tea
16.00 AGM
Cost of Meeting: ACB members £25.00 (Grade A trainees/temporarily retired members/retired members
are required to submit a £25.00 deposit which will be returned at the meeting) £40.00 for non-members.
Further information: Dr B. Muller, Clinical Chemistry, Charing Cross Hospital , Imperial College
NHS Trust
Tel: 020 8846 7073
bruce.muller@imperial.nhs.uk
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