The 35th ESE Postgraduate Training Course in Clinical Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism took place in person from Thursday 20 February to Sunday 23 February 2025 at the Crowne Plaza, Bucharest, Romania and online
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 included presentations on relevant aspects of clinical endocrinology. Participants had an opportunity to listen to and interact with leading European experts in the field of endocrinology and metabolism. During the lectures, faculty members shared their knowledge and clinical experiences based around cases, and there were many chances to ask questions and interact with the experts. There was also a chance to test your knowledge.
The event took place in-person in Bucharest and also online.
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: Gregory Kaltsas (Greece) and Wouter de Herder (The Netherlands)
09:30 – 10:00 Aggressive pituitary adenomas diagnosis and management
Carmen Sorina Martin (Romania)
10:00 – 10:30 Hypophysitis
Marie-Lise Jaffrain-Rea (Italy) - remote
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: Djuro Macut (Serbia) & Carmen Babru (Romania)
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: Peter Igaz (Hungary) and Mihaela Vlad (Romania)
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
Gabriela Roman (Romania)
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: Corin Badiu (Romania) & Carmen Georgescu (Romania)
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
Times are shown in Eastern European Time (EET)
08:30 - 10:00 Session 5: Osteoporosis and metabolic bone diseases
Chairs: Karim Meeran (UK) & Catalina Poiana (Romania)
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
Dana Stoian (Romania)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 Session 6: Neuroendocrine tumours
Chairs: Peter Igaz (Hungary) & Wouter de Herder (The Netherlands)
10:30 – 11:00 Genetics of NET
Maria Luisa Brandi (Italy) – remote
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: Tomaz Kocjan (Slovenia) & Iuliana Gherlan (Romania)
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
Pituitary and adrenal cases
Chairs: Karim Meeran (UK) & Corin Badiu (Romania)
• Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism as a cause of delayed puberty: therapeutic dilemmas.
Tamara Dojcinovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Adrenal insufficiency in a rare mitochondrial disease - myopathy, lactic acidosis, and sideroblastic anaemia - report of two siblings.
Ş. Ezgi Doğan (Turkey)
• Adrenocortical carcinoma: complete remission after multiple recurrences– a case report.
Anja Barac Nekic (Croatia)
Thyroid and Diabetes, lipids and obesity cases
Chairs: Carmen Georgescu (Romania) & Mihaela Vlad (Romania)
• Unusual Autoimmune Change From Hashimoto's Thyroiditis to Graves' Disease. A Case Report.
Mariam Khachatryan (Armenia)
• Case of metastatic papillary Thyroid carcinoma and Crohn’s disease.
Khalid Farooqui (Qatar)
• Nivolumab-induced hypopituitarism.
Ketevan Lomidze (Georgia)
• Type 2 diabetes diagnosed after 10 years of insulin therapy.
Elsayed Ghonamy (Egypt)
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: Josef Köhrle (Germany) & Catalina Poiana (Romania)
08:30 – 09:00 GH treatment in non-GH deficient children
Ionela Pascanu (Romania)
09:00 – 09:30 GH Therapy transition
George Mastorakos (Greece) - remote speaker
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: Gregory Kaltas (Greece) & Dana Stoian (Romania)
10:30 – 11:00 Primary hyperparathyroidism
Mihaela Vlad (Romania)
11:00 – 11:30 Hypoparathyroidism and Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Agnes Linglart (France) - remote
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)
Session 11: Special topics in endocrinology
Chairs: Carmen Georgescu (Romania) & Mihaela Vlad (Romania)
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
Departures
ESE would like to thank S.C. Medis RO S.R.L., Ipsen, Ipsen Pharma Romania, Komtur Pharmaceuticals SRL, STADA M&D Romania and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals for supporting the 35th ESE Postgraduate Training Course - Romania 2025
We are please to inform you that 35th ESE Postgraduate Training Course - Romania 2025, Bucharest, Romania 20/02/2025 - 23/02/2025 has been granted 16.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) as below:
21/02/2025 - 6.0
22/02/2025 - 6.0
23/02/2025 - 4.0
Each medical specialist should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. The EACCME® awards ECMEC®s on the basis of 0.5 ECMEC® for every 30 minutes attended live.
Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credits to AMA credits can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.
Live educational activities occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC® credits are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Credit will be converted based on one (1) hour of participation equalling one credit for all activities. Physicians wishing to convert EACCME® credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be required to access the AMA website at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications to obtain the necessary paperwork and instructions. Physicians and other health care professionals will be required to pay a processing fee to the AMA.
For other countries, please contact the relevant national/regional accreditation authority.
Please note: CME Accreditation will only be available to those who watch the webinars live (either in-person or virtually). CME Accreditation will not be available to those who watch the recordings post event.
It is a requirement of the UEMS-EACCME® that an Evaluation form is completed and submitted before a CME certificate and credits can be issued.
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.
Case submission is now closed!
Please note if your case is accepted, you must register in person.
Convenient timing, excellent presenters and case based. Challenging cases discussed.
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