Thyroid.org: 2008 Spring Symposium of the American Thyroid Association

Symposium Program

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Issues in Patients with Thyroid Dysfunction: Implications for Treating Hypo- or Hyperthyroidism
Marriott Metro Center, Washington, DC
Friday, March 28, 2008

Program Draft (updated 1/2/08)
8:15 am	Welcome and Introductions
	ATA President: Rebecca Bahn
	Chairs: Reed Larsen and John Baxter

8:30 am	Hypothyroidism
	Session Chair: P. Reed Larsen
8:30 – 8:55 am	Elizabeth Pearce: Lipid Alterations in Subclinical and Overt Hypothyroidism
8:55 – 9:20 am	John Lazarus: Thyroid Disease and Vascular Function
9:20 – 9:45 am	Enrique Silva:Thyroid Dysfunction and Body Weight Changes
9:45 – 10:10 am	Wolfgang Dillmann: Influence of Hypothyroidism on Cardiovascular Function and its Mediation
10:10 – 10:30 am	Douglas Bauer: Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Clinical Cardiovascular Disease

10:30 – 10:45 am	Break

10:45 am – Noon	Case Presentation: Hypothyroidism
	Panel Discussion of Management: David Cooper, Moderator
	Wolfgang Dillmann, Douglas Bauer, Elizabeth Pearce, and John Lazarus

Noon – 1:00 pm	Lunch

1:00 – 2:30 pm	Part 1: Hyperthyroidism
	Session Chair: Rebecca Bahn
1:00 –1:30 pm	Irwin Klein: Thyrotoxic Cardiac Disease
1:30 – 2:00 pm	Gilbert Daniels: Amiodarone Induced Thyrotoxicosis
2:00 – 2:30 pm	Douglas Bauer: Thyrotoxicosis and the Skeleton: How Bad for the Bones?

2:30 – 3:30 pm	Case Presentation: Graves’ Disease
	Panel Discussion of Management: E. Chester Ridgway, Moderator
	Rebecca Bahn, Gilbert Daniels, Irwin Klein, and Enrique Silva

3:30 – 3:45 pm	Break

3:45 – 5:30 pm	Part 2: Innovative uses of Thyroid Hormone or its Analogues
	Session Chair: John Baxter
3:45 – 4:05 pm	Paul Ladenson: Impact of Diiodothyroproprionic Acid (DITPA) on Serum Lipoproteins and Body Weight
4:05 – 4:20 pm	E. Chester Ridgway: Recent Clinical Trials with a Thyroid Hormone Analogue to Treat Dyslipidemias
4:20 – 4:40 pm	John Baxter: Use of Thyroid Hormone Analogues to Treat the Metabolic Syndrome
4:40 – 5:00 pm	Irwin Klein: Thyroid Hormone and the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure

5:00 – 5:30	Summary and Wrap-up
	Chairs: John Baxter and Reed Larsen

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