Date and Time

Saturday, October 23, 2010, 17:00-19:00

place

Kitano Hospital Kitano Hall

Opening Remarks

Dr. Hiroyuki Koshiyama, Director of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Center, Kitano Hospital

Session 1

Chair: Dr. Tomomi Fujisawa, Director of Diabetes, Department of Nephrology, Metabolic Immunology, Sakai City Hospital

“Does Incretin-based Therapy Cause Paradigm Shift in Japan?”
Dr. Hiroki Ikeda, Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at Ikeda Hospital and Visiting Researcher at the Diabetes and Endocrinology Center at Kitano Hospital

Session 2 Special Lecture

Chair: Professor Masaaki Inaba, Department of Metabolic and Endocrinological Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine

"Atherosclerosis in Pre-diabetes"
Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center Steven Haffner

Closing Remarks

Vice Director, General Manager of Internal Medicine, Director of General Medical Center, Kitano Hospital
Dr. Takashi Nohara, Vice Director of the Rehabilitation Center