Serono Symposia International Conference on:
International Symposium on Growth Hormone
Santiago de Compostela - Spain
November 18th-20th, 2004
Aim of the Conference
To discuss recent developments in the field of Growth Hormone and somatic growth, such as: i) the basic mechanisms involved in the neuropeptidegene expression; ii) pituitary cell development, including their alterations in disease states and pituitary stem-cells; iii) molecular taxonomy of growth-hormone effects and new therapeutic indications; iv) the significance of IGF-1 and its binging proteins in health and disease.
Learning Objectives
After the conclusion of this conference, the participants will be familiar with:
i) The regulation of growth hormone synthesis and secretion
ii) The relationship between growth hormone and metabolic status
iii) Basic mechanisms involved in somatotroph cell development
iv) Newer approaches for the understanding of somatotroph cell biology and GH actions
v) The characterization of pituitary stem cells and the use of micro arrays
vi) Biological consequences of GH-IGF-1 alterations and new therapeutic indications of GH
Target Audience
Endocrinologists and Paediatric Endocrinologists
Accreditation
Serono Symposia International Foundation (www.seronosymposia.org) will submit this program“International Symposium on Growth Hormone” (Santiago de Compostela, Spain - November 18th-20th, 2004) for accreditation by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).
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This programme is sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant provided by Serono
Symposia International Foundation.
Organizing Secretariat
Serono Symposia International Foundation
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00176 Rome, Italy
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Organizing and Scientific Committee
Felipe F. Casanueva
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, CHUS
University of Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Carlos Dieguez
Professor of Physiology
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Manuel Pombo
Professor of Paediatrics
Department of Paediatrics
Faculty of Medicine, CHUS
University of Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
List of Speakers and Chairmen
Jesús Argente
Dept. of Paediatric Endocrinology
Univ. Hospital Niño Jesus
Madrid, (Spain)
Ariel Barkan
Medical Centre
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of Michigan, (USA)
Lidia Castro
Dept. Paediatric Endocrinology, Growth and Adolescence
Hospital Clìnico Universitario
Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Jens Sandahl Christiansen
Aarhus University Hospital
Aalborg (Denmark)
Annamaria Colao
Endocrinology Clinic
University “Federico II”
Naples (Italy)
Suzanne L. Dickson
Depart. of Physiology, Endocrinology Unit
Goteborg University,
Goteborg (Sweden)
Horacio M. Domené
Molecular Biology Laboratory
Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinològicas CONICET,
Hospital de Ninos R. Gutiérrez
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Ezio Ghigo
Div. of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
University of Turin
Turin (Italy)
Andrea Giustina
University of Brescia
Brescia (Italy)
P.H. Jacquet
Université de la mediterranee
Faculte de Medecine Nord
Marseille (France)
A.C.S. Hokken-Koelega
Associate Prof. of Paediatric Endocrinology
Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam (EMCR)/
Sophia Children's Hospital
Rotterdam (Holland)
David L. Kleinberg
New York University School of Medicine
New York (USA)
Claude Kordon
Institute Necker, CNRS
Paris (France)
S.W.J. Lamberts
Erasmus Medical Centre Department of Internal Medicine,
Division of Endocrinology
Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
Derek Le Roith
Diabetes Branch
National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda (USA)
P. Mollard
Université Montpellier
Montpellier (France)
J.P. Monson
St Bartholomew's Hospital, Department of Endocrinology;
Centre for Clinical Endocrinology; William Harvey Research
Institute; Queen Mary's School of Medicine & Dentistry,
University of London
London (UK)
G. Norstedt
Karolinska Institute, Centre for Molecular Medicine,
Department of Molecular Medicine
Stockholm (Sweden)
Vera Popovic
Institute of Endocrinology,
Neuroendocrine Unit
Belgrade (Serbia-Montenegro)
Iain Caf Robinson
MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Division of
Molecular Neuroendocrinology
London (UK)
Stephen M. Shalet
Dept. of Endocrinology
Christie Hospital NHS Trust
Manchester (UK)
Matthias Tschoep
Endocrine department
Benjamin Franklin University
Hospital,
Berlin (Germany)
Manuel Tena-Sempere
University of Cordoba,
Physiology Section, Faculty of Medicine
Cordoba (Spain)
John A. H. Wass
Oxford Centre for Endocrinology,
Diabetes & Metabolism
Oxford (UK)
