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Pituitary Patient Education Day is a free event designed to help patients with pituitary disorders learn more about their condition and treatment options, as well as meet other people going through similar challenges.
The 11th Pituitary Patient Education Day took place on October 19, 2019 at the Mount Washington Convention Center and gathered more than 100 patients who listened to lectures and participated in round-table discussions.
Stay tuned for the 2020 dates!
Email: pituitaryday@jhmi.edu
Phone: 410-955-3921
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:25 AM | Registration | |
| 9:25-9:30 AM | Welcome and acknowledgments | Roberto Salvatori, MD |
| 9:30-10:00 AM | Pituitary lesions: acromegaly, Cushing, prolactinomas, non-functioning masses and hypophysitis | Roberto Salvatori, MD |
| 10:00-10:30 AM | How pituitary tumors can affect your vision | Amanda Henderson, MD |
| 10:30-11:00 AM | A patient’s story | TBN |
| 11:00-11:30 AM | Medications for pituitary disease: what you should know | Amir Hamrahian, MD |
| 11:30 AM -12:00 PM | Surgery for small and large pituitary tumors: images from the Johns Hopkins operating room | Gary Gallia MD, PhD |
| 12:00-12:30 PM | Radiation therapy: what to expect and how it works | Lawrence Kleinberg, MD |
| 12:30-1:25 PM | Lunch | |
| 01:30-03:00 PM | Round table sessions: 1) Acromegaly 2) Cushing disease 3) Non-functioning adenomas 4) Prolactinomas 5) Craniopharyngiomas and Rathke’s cysts | |
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