PES News
Activities of Pakistan Endocrine Society in the current year
A CME was organized by the PES in February 2007 at Nawabshah. CME was attended by a large number of local doctors. In this CME Dr. Khurram Shahid gave a talk on the management of hyperthyroidism, Dr. Jamal Raza talked on the diagnosis and management of type 1 diabetes mellitus, and Professor Shams Sheikh gave an overview of diabetic complications. In April 2007 PES organized a CME in Multan where Dr. Saeed Mehar talked about the hidden health problems related to hypothyroidism, Dr. Abbas Raza elaborated the problems related to andropause, Dr. Yaqoob Ahmedani talked about the Metabolic Syndrome which is considered to be major public health problem of this century, followed by a talk on the Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome by Dr. Faisal Masood who was the local speaker from Multan.
In June 2007 a CME was held at PIMS where Dr. Jaweed Akhter talked about osteoporosis and its managemen, Dr. Aisha Sheikh gave an approach to diagnose Cushing Syndrome and Dr. Khalid Imam highlighted the various aspects of the management of Grave’s hyperthyroidism.
Pakistan Endocrine Society has arranged the 5th National Endocrine Symposium, the mega event of this year, on 1st and 2nd September at hotel pearl continental, Lahore.