Thursday 26 October
Session 1: AVP deficiency: update and unanswered questions
15:00
Start of the course – welcome and introduction
Mirjam Christ-Crain, Vera Popovic-Brkic, John Wass
15:20
Aetiology of AVP-deficiency
Chris Thompson, Dublin
15:40
Update on diagnosis of AVP-deficiency
Julie Refardt, Basel
16:20
Q&A – general discussion
17:20
Hypothalamic obesity
Sebastian Neggers, Rotterdam
17:40
Discussion
participants and speakers
18:00
Case reports
participants and speakers
Friday 27 October
Session 2: hypophysitis
Session 3: craniopharyngioma
Session 4: workshops 50min interactive sessions run three times sequentially
08:30
Autoimmune hypophysitis
Philippe Chanson, Paris
08:50
Immune check point inhibitor therapy-induced hypophysitis
Sabrina Chiloiro, Rome
09:10
Q&A – general discussion
participants and speakers
09:30
Genetics of craniopharyngioma
Carles Gaston-Massuet, London
09:50
Traditional/classical management of craniopharyngioma
Niki Karavitaki, Birmingham
10:10
Q&A – general discussion
participants and speakers
11:00
New targeted therapies
Emmanuel Jouanneau, Lyon
11:20
Update on Rathke Cleft cyst – who do we operate on?
Jürgen Honegger, Tübingen
11:40
Q&A – general discussion
participants and speakers
12:00
Participants' case presentations
participants
14:30-17:30
Workshop 1. Metastasis to the pituitary (3x50min)
Christian Strasburger, Berlin
14:30-17:30
Workshop 2. Infectious disease of the pituitary (3x50min)
Vera Popovic, Belgrade
14:30-17:30
Workshop 3: Traumatic brain injury (3x50min)
Fahrettin Kelestimur, Istanbul
Saturday 28 October
Session 5: Debate
09:00 Stalking the diagnosis: is pituitary biopsy always necessary to confirm the diagnosis?
FOR: When to biopsy? Manuela Cerbone, London; AGAINST: Risks of biopsy? Jürgen Honegger, Tübingen
10:30-12:00
Participants’ case presentations
participants and speakers