Date and Time

Monday, June 25, 2007, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

place

Kitano Hospital 5th floor Kitano Hall

theme

Recent advances in angiotensin receptor blockers and diabetes

Opening Remarks

Dr. Eri Muso, Director of the Department of Nephrology, Kitano Hospital

Special lecture 1

Chair: Dr. Ken Kurose, Director of the Department of Diabetes and Nutrition, Kansai Electric Power Hospital
“Beneficial effect of anti-hypertensive drug on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes ~Be able to cure two diseases with one drug”

Dr. Yoshiyuki Hamamoto, Assistant Professor at Kyoto University and Visiting Doctor at Kitano Hospital, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology

Special lecture 2

Chair: Dr. Hiroyuki Koshiyama, Director of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Department at Kitano Hospital
“New Opportunities for Preventing Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Hypertension”
Professor Theodore W. Kurtz, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Closing Remarks

Dr. Eri Muso, Director of the Department of Nephrology, Kitano Hospital