SATURDAY, JUNE 4th
2:00 p.m. Eastern
Bone Health: The latest in bone-health research for high-risk populations
APOCC Member Moderator: Judith Turgeon, PhD
Severity of facial wrinkles may predict bone density in early menopause
Lubna Pal, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Anorexic girls have increased bone density after physiological estrogen treatment
Madhusmita Misra, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Bariatric surgery linked to increased fracture risk
Kurt A. Kennel, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
SUNDAY, JUNE 5th
1:30 pm
Hormones & Cancer: Latest hormone discoveries in cancer and fertility, and advances in treatment for prostate cancer
APOCC Member Moderator: Andrea C. Gore, PhD
Presenting SaveMyFertility, the first-ever, comprehensive bilingual resource for preserving fertility for cancer patients
Teresa Woodruff, PhD, Member of The Endocrine Society’s Governing Council & Director of the Oncofertility Consortium
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Hormone test predicts ovarian function after chemotherapy for breast cancer
Richard A. Anderson, MD, PhD, Professor of Clinical Reproductive Science
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, UK
Targeted cancer therapy kills prostate tumor cells
Hung-ming Lam, PhD
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
MONDAY, JUNE 6th
10:00 am
Vitamin D: Release of the Society’s Clinical Practice Guideline on Vitamin D and breaking research on the risks of vitamin D deficiency
APOCC Member Moderator: Ann Nardulli, PhD
Release of Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: an Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline
Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD, Chair of the guideline’s task force
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Low vitamin D levels are related to decreased response to osteoporosis medicine
Richard S. Bockman, MD, PhD, Chief of the Endocrine Service at Hospital for Special Service & Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
1:30 pm
Clinical Trials: Promising new research for improving memory and bone health in postmenopausal women, and landmark results regarding nutritional strategies in intensive care patients
APOCC Member Moderator: Henry Anhalt, DO, FAAP
Yearly zoledronic acid at lower-than-standard doses increases bone density
Andrew Grey, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Testosterone therapy improves memory in postmenopausal women
Sonia Louise Davison, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Monash University
Melbourne Victoria, Australia
Intravenous nutrition in critically ill patients should be delayed
Greet Van den Berghe, MD, PhD, Professor
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
TUESDAY, JUNE 7th
10:00 am
Diabetes: Latest therapeutic discoveries on the impact and management of diabetes
APOCC Member Moderator: Tamara Wexler, MD, PhD
Experimental skin treatment speeds wound healing in diabetic animals
Joshua D. Safer, MD, Professor of Medicine
Boston University
Boston, MA
Teens with Type 2 diabetes already show possible signs of impaired heart function
Teresa Pinto, MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist
Dalhousie University IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Control of Type 1 diabetes my improve with liraglutide added to insulin therapy
Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, Professor
State University of New York (SUNY)
New York, NY