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LondonInternationalThyroidEyeDiseaseSymposium&Course23rdto25thJune2016,London,UK

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LondonInternationalThyroidEyeDiseaseSymposium(2days)-“Debates,updates&pearls”LondonInternationalThyroidEyeDiseaseCourse(1day)-“EssentialsforthepracticalunderstandingandmanagementTED”Location:QueenElizabethIIConferenceCentre,Westminster,London,UK

SituatedintheshadowofBigBen,HousesofParliamentandWestminsterAbbey,thecentreisintheheartoftouristLondon.AstonesthrowawayisBuckinghamPalace,TheLondonEye,StJames’sParkandmuchmore!TheCentreisservedbyoutstandingtransportlinksprovidingeasyaccesstoeverythingLondonhastoofferandiswithinanhour’stransferfromfiveinternationalairports.When:23rdJuneto25thJune2016ITEDSCourse:Thursday23rdJuneITEDSSymposium:Friday/Saturday24th&25thJune2016OneofITEDS’goalsistofostercooperationamongstvariousorganizations&individualsstudyingthisdiseaseinordertoshareunderstanding,resourcesandincreasecollaborativeawareness,researchandteachinginordertoimprovethecareforpatientswithThyroidEyeDisease.Organizationsrepresented&invitedinclude:ITEDS,EuropeanGrouponGraves’Orbitopathy(EUGOGO)American,AsiaPacific,BritishandEuropeanThyroidAssociations(ATA,AOTA,ETA,BTA)OrbitSocietyTEDct(ThyroidEyeDiseaseCharitableTrust)PatientsInternationalThyroidEyeDiseaseSymposium(2days)-“Debates,updates&pearls”

24th&25thJune2016Targetaudience:Ophthalmologists,endocrinologists,physicians&researcherswithaspecialistinterestinunderstandingandmanagingTED.Latestinformation,updates&debatesoncontroversiesaboutpathogenesis,basicscience,researchandclinicalevaluation&managementofTED.Theprogramincludesbothinvitedspeakersandfreepapers&posters.Over40internationalmultidisciplinaryspeakersincludingmembersfromThyroidAssociations,EUGOGO,BTA,ITEDS,NANOSandOrbitSocietyTopics,debatesand“pearls”:PathogenesisandbasicscienceClinicalAssessment&investigationsPhenotypesinTEDInvestigationsMedicalandearlymanagementSurgicalmanagementPractical“Pearlsofwisdom”-whatindividualshavelearntovertheyears-frominvitedexperts,clinicians,researchesandpatients.Cost:£350(2days)Advancedregistration:£300withmembershiptoITEDSincluded(usually$50)Trainees:£275InternationalThyroidEyeDiseaseCourse(1day)-“EssentialsforthepracticalunderstandingandmanagementTED”23rdJune2016Targetaudience:Endocrinologists,GPs,Optometrists,ophthalmologists,trainees&patientsArangeofinternationalleaders,clinicians,researchersandpatientswillparticipate.Thefocusisonbestpracticalpatientcareinunderstandingtheclinicalassessment,referralpathways,andmanagementoptionsforpatientswithorsuspectedofhavingTED.Itwillbelecturebasedwithhandouts,discussionwithpanelofexpertsandpracticalhandsonsessionexaminingpatients.Sessionswillinclude:ThepatientexperienceAmsterdamdeclaration/TEAMeD/ITEDS/TEDctWhatisthyroideyedisease?HowtoassesspatientssuspectedofhavingTEDWhatarethemostusefulinvestigations?Who,where&howshouldthepatientbemanaged?Whatarethebesttreatmentandmanagementoptions?LatestupdatesfromresearchrelevanttothepracticalclinicianPractical“Pearlsofwisdom”-whatindividualshavelearntovertheyears-frominvitedexperts,clinicians,researchesandpatients.Cost:£150Advancedregistration:£150withmembershiptoITEDSincluded(usually$50)

ProgramInternationalThyroidEyeDiseaseSymposium(2days)-“Debates,updates&pearls”24th&25thJune2016Targetaudience:Ophthalmologists,endocrinologists,physicians&researcherswithaspecialistinterestinunderstandingandmanagingTED.Latestinformation,updates&debatesoncontroversiesaboutpathogenesis,basicscience,researchandclinicalevaluation&managementofTED.Theprogramincludesbothinvitedspeakersandfreepapers&posters.Over40internationalmultidisciplinaryspeakersincludingmembersfromThyroidAssociations,EUGOGO,BTA,ITEDS,NANOSandOrbitSocietyTopics,debatesand“pearls”:Pathogenesisandbasicscience

-Overview-Animal&laboratorymodels…whathavewelearnt?Wherewillittakesus?-“Molecular”TED…translationintodiseasemodifyingoptions

ClinicalAssessment&investigations-Clinicalassessmentprotocols&guidelines…whichshouldweuse?- Keyclinicalsigns…whichandwhy?

PhenotypesinTED…Aretheyreal?Whatisthepoint?Investigations(blood,sweat&tears) -Blood,Tears,saliva(genetics)etc…whichandwhy?

-Imaging…which,whyandwhat’sthebest?Medicalandearlymanagement -Identifyingandmanagingriskfactorsandcomorbidities -Bestendocrinemanagement

-Pasttopresent…whathavewelearntandwhatiscurrentbestpractice-What’soutthere?...Otheroptionsandclinicaltrials

Surgicalmanagement -Orbitaldecompression -Lidpositioning -Lidandfacialsurgeryforbestaestheticoutcome

-Strabismus -Earlysurgicalmanagement..whenandwhy?Practical“Pearlsofwisdom”-whatindividualshavelearntovertheyears-frominvitedexperts,clinicians,researchesandpatients.Cost:£350Advancedregistration:£300withmembershiptoITEDSincluded(usually$50)Trainees:£275

ProgramInternationalThyroidEyeDiseaseCourse(1day)-“EssentialsforthepracticalunderstandingandmanagementTED”23rdJune2016Targetaudience:Endocrinologists,GPs,Optometrists,ophthalmologists,trainees&patientsArangeofinternationalleaders,clinicians,researchersandpatientswillparticipate.Thefocusisonbestpracticalpatientcareinunderstandingtheclinicalassessment,referralpathways,andmanagementoptionsforpatientswithorsuspectedofhavingTED.Itwillbelecturebasedwithhandouts,discussionwithpanelofexpertsandpracticalhandsonsessionexaminingpatients.Sessionswillinclude:ThepatientexperienceAmsterdamdeclaration/TEAMeD/ITEDS/TEDctWhatisthyroideyedisease?

-Practicalpathogenesisandaetiology-TEDisnotjustanorbitaldisease(facialandsystemicchanges)

HowtoassesspatientssuspectedofhavingTED-Includingscreeningquestions,examinationfindingsandinvestigations-Practicalsessionswithexaminationguidelinesandtechniques

Whatarethemostusefulinvestigations?Who,where&howshouldthepatientbemanaged? -Endocrinology

-Primarycare-Ophthalmology-Specialistcenters

Whatarethebesttreatmentandmanagementoptions? -Understandings&managingriskfactorsandcomorbidities -Optimalendocrinemanagement(includinguseofdrugs,radioiodine&surgery) -Medicaltreatments-includingclinicaltrials -SurgicaloptionsinacuteandchronicstagesofTED.LatestupdatesfromresearchrelevanttothepracticalclinicianPractical“Pearlsofwisdom”-whatindividualshavelearntovertheyears-frominvitedexperts,clinicians,researchesandpatients.Cost:£150Advancedregistration:£150withmembershiptoITEDSincluded(usually$50)Emailenquirestoitedsjune2016@gmail.com

Venue: TheQEIICentre(QueenElizabethIIcentre),Westmenster,London,UKhttp://www.qeiicentre.london/

SituatedintheshadowofBigBenandWestminsterAbbey,theCentreisservedbyoutstandingtransportlinksprovidingeasyaccesstoeverythingLondonhastoofferandiswithinanhour’stransferfromfiveinternationalairports.TheQEIICentreisthelargestdedicatedconferenceandexhibitionspaceincentralLondon.Thevenueoffersworldclassfacilitiesforhighprofileconferences,conventions,exhibitionsandcorporateeventshostingover400nationalandinternationaleventsayear.QEIITasteprovidesawardwinningin-housecaterersforthemeeting.Theirexperiencedin-houseAVandITteamswillsupport&implementourtechnicalrequirements.ThecenterhasfreeWi-FithroughoutandoffersabrandnewstateoftheartIPTVsystem.