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35th ESE Postgraduate Training Course - Romania 2025

The 35th ESE Postgraduate Training Course in Clinical Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism will take place in person from Thursday 20 February to Sunday 23 February 2025 at the Crowne Plaza, Bucharest, Romania and online

Registration will open soon, please register your interest below.

We are delighted to be running this course with the Romanian Psychoneuroendocrine Society and the Romanian Society of Endocrinology

We hope you can join us in-person in Romania, or online. 

The course will include presentations on relevant aspects of clinical endocrinology. Participants will have an opportunity to listen to and interact with leading European experts in the field of endocrinology and metabolism. During the lectures, faculty members will share their knowledge and clinical experiences based around cases, and there will be a chance to ask questions and interact with the experts. There will also be a chance to test your knowledge. 

There will be both an option to participate in-person in Bucharest and online.

 

 

Times are shown in Eastern European Time (EET)
16:00 - 19:00 Registration
19:00 - 21:00 Welcome Reception 
Please note, online sessions will start on Friday 21 February 2025.

Times are shown in Eastern European Time (EET)

08:00 - 08:30 Registration

08:30 - 09:00 Course Opening
Carmen Georgescu and Mihaela Vlad (Chairs Local Organising Committee, Bucharest Romania) & Gregory Kaltsas (Chair of the Education Committee) 

09:00 - 09:30 Pre-course Exam
Karim Meeran (UK)

09:30 - 11:00 Session 1: Pituitary
Chairs: TBC 
09:30 – 10:00 Aggressive pituitary adenomas diagnosis and management
Sorina Martin (Romania)
10:00 – 10:30 Hypophysitis
Marie-Lise Jaffrain-Rea (Italy)
10:30 – 11:00 Treatment of Hypopituitarism
Cristina Capatina (Romania)

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:00 Session 2: Sex hormones
Chairs: TBC 
11:30 – 12:00 Ovulation induction and other approaches to restoring fertility 
Nikolaos Vlahos (Greece)
12:00 – 12:30 Fertility preservation in oncologic patients
Luminita Cima (Romania) (EYES)
12:30 – 13:00 Menopause; when and how to treat? 
Catalina Poiana (Romania)

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 16:00 Session 3: Diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome 
Chairs: TBC
14:30 – 15:00 Clinical implications of insulin resistance and pre-diabetes
Djuro Macut (Serbia)
15:00 – 15:30 Diabetes and cardio-reno-metabolic risk 
TBC
15:30 – 16:00 Intermittent fasting; do we have scientific evidence?
Adrian Vlad (Romania)

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 - 18:00 Session 4: Thyroid
Chairs: TBC
16:30 – 17:00 Graves ophthalmopathy in autoimmune thyroid disease 
Simon Pearce (UK)
17:00 – 17:30 Well differentiated thyroid carcinoma 
Alina Silaghi (Romania) (EYES)
17:30 – 18:00 Medullary thyroid carcinoma 
Corin Badiu (Romania)

18:00 – 18:30  Exam Day 1
Karim Meeran (UK)

19:30 Dinner

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08:30 - 10:00 Session 5: Osteoporosis and metabolic bone diseases
Chairs: TBC
08:30 – 09:00 Fracture risk assessment and management of osteoporosis
Tomaz Kocjan (Slovenia)
09:00 – 09:30 Secondary causes of osteoporosis 
Carmen Barbu (Romania) 
09:30 – 10:00 Chronic kidney disease and fracture risk
TBC

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00 Session 6: Neuroendocrine tumours
Chairs: TBC
10:30 – 11:00  Genetics of NET
TBC
11:00 – 11:30 Carcinoid syndrome 
Peter Igaz (Hungary)
11:30 – 12:00 Expanding role of PRRT
Wouter de Herder (The Netherlands)

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:00 Session 7: Adrenals 
Chairs: Peter Igaz (Hungary) & TBC
13:30 – 14:00 Mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS)
Carmen Georgescu (Romania)
14:00 – 14:30 Management of endogenous and exogenous steroid withdrawal
Karim Meeran (UK) 
14:30 – 15:00 Diagnosis and management of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma
Cristina Preda (Romania) 

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 - 17:00 Session 8: Selected clinical cases
• Thyroid cases 
• Pituitary & adrenal cases
• Diabetes, lipids and obesity cases 
• Bone and calcium cases
Please note, this session is not available for online attendees.

17:00 - 17:30 Exam Day 2
Karim Meeran (UK)

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08:30 - 10:00 Session 9: Paediatric endocrinology and the transition period
Chairs: TBC 
08:30 – 09:00 GH treatment in non-GH deficient children
Ionela Pascanu (Romania)
09:00 – 09:30 Precocious puberty and lifelong effects of childhood treatment
Evangelia Charmandari (Greece)
09:30 – 10:00 CAH; is transition making a difference?
Iuliana Gherlan (Romania) 

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00 Session 10: Parathyroid
Chairs: TBC 
10:30 – 11:00 Primary hyperparathyroidism
Mihaela Vlad (Romania)
11:00 – 11:30 Hypoparathyroidism and Pseudohypoparathyroidism
TBC
11:30 – 12:00 Parathyroid carcinoma
Stefana Bilha (Romania) (EYES)

12:00 – 12:30 Coffee break and snack

12:30 - 13:00 Exam Day 3
Karim Meeran (UK)

13:00 - 14:00 Session 11: Special topics in endocrinology  
Chairs: TBC 
13:00 – 13:30 Endocrine Disruptors
Josef Köhrle (Germany)
13:30 – 14:00 Obesity - new drugs
Luca Busetto (Italy) 

14:00 - 14:30 Closing remarks and certification information
Departures

ESE would like to thank Ipsen for supporting the 35th ESE Postgraduate Training Course - Romania 2025

An application will be made to the UEMS EACCME® for CME accreditation for this event

Registration will be open very soon. Please register your interest below to be informed when it opens.

Early Bird deadline: 7 January 2025

A number of meeting grants will be available for help in attending the post-graduate training course in-person only. 

Please see the website for more information. ESE Meeting Grants 

Crowne Plaza Bucharest

Bulevardul Poligrafiei 1, Bucharest, 013704, Romania

Crowne Plaza Bucharest Hotel is located at 18 minutes' drive from Henri Coanda International Airport, Crowne Plaza Bucharest is a refined hotel in the north part of the city, with good public transport connections to the city center and Gara de Nord train station. The hotel is adjacent to the Romexpo exhibition centre and close to the business office area. The Arch of Triumph, the Village Museum and Baneasa Shopping City mall are all within five kilometres.

By train and public transport from Gara de Nord train station:

  • From North Railway Station it is a 10 -15 minutes drive distance at noon and night. During rush hours 8:00 -10:00 AM and 5:00-7:00 PM it is 20 - 30 minutes drive distance.

Estimated distance to the hotel: 4.35 MI/ 7 KM

By plane and public transport from Henri Coanda International Airport

  • 12 KM, 18 min drive
  • 13 mins by taxi (approx. €12) 
  • 40 mins by public transport

By car:

  • From the airport, take the national road DN1 in the city centre direction until Piata Montreal roundabout. Follow the first exit on the right and drive until the first traffic light, where you turn left. In about 50 metres, you will find the hotel on the left.

Onsite Parking Available

  • Ample outdoor parking including two electric charging stations with a power of 22kW, each equipped with a Type 2 connector.
  • Cost: 18 EUR

Off-site Parking

The parking lot is in the front of the hotel at 50 meters distance and has a directly exit to the entrance of the hotel building.

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Convenient timing, excellent presenters and case based. Challenging cases discussed.

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