08.30 hrs. - Registration with coffee & tea


09.10 hrs. - Welcome and introduction
Prof. dr. A. Hermus(Nijmegen)

RAC Update Lecture (chairman Prof. dr. A. Hermus)
09.15 hrs. -
Steroid mass spectrometry as a discovery tool in endocrinology.
Prof. dr. W. Arlt, Birmingham

Hypercortisolism (chairman Prof. dr. A. Hermus)
09.45 hrs. -
Quality of life, psychopathology, and cognitive functioning after long-term cure of Cushing’s syndrome
Dr. A. Pereira, Leiden

10.15 hrs. -
New treatment options for pituitary-dependent Cushing’s syndrome
Dr. R. Feelders, Rotterdam

10.45 hrs. - Coffee break

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)/adrenal insufficiency (chairman Dr. B. Otten)
11.00 hrs. -
Developmental consequences of adrenal enzyme deficiency
Prof. dr. D. Merke, Bethesda

11.30 hrs. -
Long-term consequences of CAH
Dr. H. Claahsen-van der Grinten, Nijmegen

12.00 hrs. -
Optimizing hormonal therapy in CAH/adrenal insufficiency
Prof.dr. R. Ross, Sheffield

13.00 hrs. - Lunch break

Pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (chairman Prof. dr. G. Eisenhofer, Dresden)
13.30 hrs. -
Hereditary causes of pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma
Dr. H. Timmers, Nijmegen

14.00 hrs. -
New developments in imaging of pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma
Prof. Dr. K.Pacak, Bethesda

14.30 hrs. -
Cortex-sparing adrenal surgery in pheochromocytoma
Prof. dr. M. Walz, Essen

15.00 hrs. - Coffee break

Primary aldosteronism (chairman Prof. dr. F. Sweep)
15.15 hrs. -
Initial diagnostic strategy in patients suspected of mineralocorticoid hypertension
Prof. dr. J. Lenders, Nijmegen

15.45 hrs. -
Differential-diagnosis of primary aldosteronism
Prof. dr. M. Stowasser, Brisbane

16.15 hrs. -
Nijmegen experience with adrenal venous sampling in primary aldosteronism
Dr. J. Deinum, Nijmegen

Multidisciplinary care for patients with adrenal diseases (chairman J. Lenders)
16.45 hrs. -
Patient’s perspective
Mr. J. Beun, Dutch Association for patients with adrenal diseases

17.00 hrs. -
Doctor’s perspective: the Radboud Adrenal Centre
Prof.dr. A. Hermus

17.15 hrs. Opening of the Radboud Adrenal Centre
Prof. dr. F. Corstens, Dean and vice-chairman UMC St Radboud

17.20 Aperitif