Date and Time

Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

place

Kitano Hospital 5th floor Kitano Hall

theme

Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

Opening Remarks

Director Yoshio Yamaoka

Session 1

Chair: Dr. Hiroyuki Koshiyama, Director of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Department at Kitano Hospital
*Three cases of diabetes (first-year residents at Kitano Hospital: Drs. Arai, Takada, and Miyoshi)
*Short lecture
"Clock genes and glucose metabolism"
Dr. Hiroki Ikeda, Deputy Director of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Division, Kitano Hospital

*Special speech by Professor Yoshimitsu Yamazaki of Osaka University Hospital

Session 2

Special Lecture Chair: Dr. Takashi Nohara, Vice Director and Chief of Cardiology at Kitano Hospital
Dr. Guntram Schernthaner
(Head of the Department of Medicine I, Rudolfstifung Hospital, Vienne, Austria)
“New management of Type 2 Diabetes to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease”