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Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Education System and
VISN 22 VA Desert Pacific Healthcare System
and Southern California Institute for Research and Education (SCIRE) present COURSE NO. 09.V22.THRS.A 4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM September 21, 2009 Place: Hyatt Regency Hotel 200 South Pine Avenue Long Beach, CA 90802 Phone: (562) 491-1234 To offer a timely review of various aspects of thyroid hormone metabolism and its regulation in health and disease. To address subjects having an impact on the improvement of patient care, especially on the care of women veterans. To discuss the treatment of thyroid disease in pregnant women and to improve the outcome of fetal development. Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to: 1. Review up to date information on the pathophysiology of thyroid hormone metabolism 2. Demonstrate improved care of patients with thyroid dysfunction, especially in a female population 3. Develop improved outcomes of pregnancy and fetal development Target Audience: Accreditation/ Approval: Physicians, psychologists and scientists who are interested in thyroid hormone metabolism and the care of patients with thyroid dysfunctions Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) The VA Employee Education System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Purpose:
Outcome Objectives:
Continuing Education Credit:
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) The VA Employee Education System designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The Employee Education System maintains responsibility for the program. A certificate of attendance will be awarded to participants and accreditation records will be on file at the Employee Education System. In order to receive a certificate from EES, participants must sign in at the beginning of this activity, complete an evaluation, attend 100% of the program, and pick up their own certificate at the conclusion of the program (certificates will not be mailed). EES cannot issue certificates for less than 100% participation as required by accrediting body regulations.
Report of Training:
It is the program participant's responsibility to ensure that this training is documented in the appropriate location according to his/her locally prescribed process.
Program Schedule Monday, September 21, 2009 7:30-8:00am Registration Session One: 8:00-8:30am Introduction Chaired by Peter Laurberg Sing-yung Wu Sandor Szabo Hong-Da Lin Theo Visser Antonio Bianco Val Galton
8:30-9:00am 9:00-9:30am 9:30-10:00am 10:00-10:15am
TH Transporters and Clinical Implications Deiodinases and Their Regulation in Pregnancy Deiodinases in KO Studies and their Significance BREAK Session Two:
Chaired by William Green Peter Laurberg Delbert Fisher Lester Van Middlesworth Sing-yung Wu Jerome Hershman Chaired by Elaine Kaptein Delbert Fisher Chaired by Hong-Da Lin Jorge Mestman Gregory Brent
10:15-10:45am 10:45-11:15am
Impact of Environmental Agents, Including Smoking on TH Metabolism in Pregnancy Alternate Pathways and Fetal-Maternal Transfer Effect of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors on the Thyroid Gland and Thyroxine Metabolism Session Three:
11:15am-11:45am
11:45am-1:30pm (12:20-12:50pm)
LUNCH Hypothyroxinemia in Premature Infants (Lunch Session) Session Four:
1:30-2:00pm 2:00-2:30pm
Pregnancy and Thyroid Thyroid Hormone Replacement in Pregnancy and Screening for Hypothyroidism Iodine in Pregnancy/Lactating Moms, Where Do We Stand?
2:30-3:00pm
Elizabeth Pearce
3:00-4:30pm
Session Five: The Management of Thyroid disease in Pregnancy
Chaired/Moderated by: Peter Singer Elaine Kaptein Jorge Mestman Elizabeth Pearce
4:30pm 4:30-6:00pm
ADJOURNMENT Pre-dinner Break Dinner Session Six: Chaired by Delbert Fisher Joanne Rovet
6:00-7:00pm
Psychomotor Study on Children with Congenital Hypothyroidism and with Maternal Thyroid Dysfunction
Faculty and Planning Committee + Antonio Bianco, MD, PhD Professor and Chief, Endocrinology and Diabetes Dept of Medicine University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, FL + Delbert Fisher, MD Professor Emeritus UCLA School of Medicine Quest Diagnostics – Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano, CA + William Green, MD Professor Emeritus University of Washington Seattle, WA + Elaine Kaptein, FACP, MD Professor of Medicine University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA + Lin, Hong-Da, MD Professor Veterans General Hospital/Taipei Medical University Taipei, Taiwan, ROC * John Nicoloff, MD Professor of Medicine University of California Los Angeles, CA * Paul Rappazzini, BA Education Service Representative, V22 Employee Education Resource Center Long Beach, CA + Peter Singer, MD Professor of Medicine University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA + Theo Visser, PhD Professor, Internal Medicine III Erasmus University Medicine School Rotterdam, Netherlands * Denotes planning committee + Denotes faculty + Gregory Brent, MD Professor and Chief, Endocrinology and Diabetes VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Los Angeles, CA + Val Galton, PhD Professor Darmouth Medical School Hanover, NH + Jerome Hershman, MD Professor, Endocrinology and Diabetes University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA + Peter Laurberg, MD Professor of Medicine Aalborg Regional Hospitalinology Aalborg, Denmark + Jorge Mestman, MD Professor of Ob-Gyn and Medicine University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA + Elizabeth Pearce, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Boston Medical Center Boston, MA + Joanne Rovet, PhD Professor of Medical Sciences University of Toronto Toronto, ON + Lester Van Middlesworth, PhD, MD Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Medicine University of Tennessee Memphis, TN + Sing-yung Wu, MD, PhD * Professor of Radiology/Medicine, Staff Physician University of California, Irvine/ VA Long Beach Healthcare System Long Beach, CA
Project Manager:
Paul Rappazzini Employee Education Resource Center Long Beach, CA Diane Williams Employee Education Resource Center Long Beach, CA To register online, click here: www.scire-lb.org (Hyatt Regency room rate is $169/night. Phone: 1-562-491-1234)
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Application Procedure:
Deadline Date:
Completed applications are due at the Long Beach Employee Education Resource Center, on or before September14, 2009. Information on participation may be obtained from Paul Rappazzini, ESR, Long Beach Employee Education Resource Center, 5901 E. Seventh Street, Long Beach, CA (562) 826–5505 ext. 3975. Those individuals who have been accepted to attend and need to cancel should notify Diane Williams, Long Beach Employee Education Resource Center, by phone prior to the program at (562)826-5505 ext. 3852. The Employee Education System wishes to ensure no individual with a disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise treated differently from other individuals participating in its educational activities, because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services. If you require any special arrangements to attend and fully participate in this educational activity, please contact Paul Rappazzini, Project Manager, EES, Long Beach Employee Education Resource Center, phone (526)826-5505 ext. 3975, e-mail paul.rappazzini@va.gov.
Cancellation Policy:
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended:
Disclosure(s) The VA Employee Education System (EES) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its individually sponsored or jointly EES sponsored educational activities. All prospective faculty & planning committee members participating in an EES activity must disclose any relevant financial interest or other relationship with: (a) the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation, and (b) any commercial supporters of the activity. Relevant financial interest or other relationship includes but is not limited to such things as personal receipt of grants or research support, employee or consultant status, stock holder, member of speakers’ bureau, within the prior 12 months. EES is responsible for collecting such information from prospective planners and faculty, evaluating the disclosed information to determine if a conflict of interest is present and, if a conflict of interest is present, to resolve such conflict. Information regarding such disclosures and the resolution of the conflicts for planners and faculty shall be provided to activity participants. When an unlabeled use of a commercial product or an investigational use not yet approved by the FDA for any purpose is discussed during an educational activity, EES shall require the speaker to disclose that the product is not labeled for the use under discussion or that the product is still investigational.
Each faculty and planning committee member (author, facilitator, moderator) reported having no relevant * financial relationships with any commercial interest. This activity includes no discussion of uses of FDA regulated drugs or medical devices which are experimental or off-label.
*The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest.