Date and Time

Friday, May 13, 2011, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

place

Kitano Hospital Conference Room 1

theme

“Primary Aldosteornism & Cardiovascular Diseases”

Opening Remarks

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

Session 1

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

"Cases with Primary Aldosteronism"
R. Yamaguchi MD (PGY2)
Y. Tabuchi, MD (PGY2)
H. Tatsuoka, MD

Session 2

Chair: Dr. Kazunari Tanaka, Director of Hirakata Kosei Hospital (formerly Keihanna Hospital)

“Syndrome of inappropriate aldosterone secretion (SIALD): a possible new concept for understanding subclinical primary aldosteronism”
Professor Yasumasa Iwasaki, Department of Clinical Medicine, Kochi University

Session 3 Special Lecture

Chair: Professor Yasumasa Iwasaki, Department of Clinical Medicine, Kochi University

"Aldosterone, Mineralocorticoid Receptors, Evolution; Questions We Never Thought to Ask"
Professor, Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research John W Funder, MD

Closing Remarks

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