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Saturday, Sept 14, 2019
7:30am â 4:00pm
Please join the Pituitary Network Association and The Ohio State University for a Pituitary Patient Symposium featuring a series of pituitary and hormonal patient education sessions presented by some of the top physicians of pituitary and hormonal medicine. The symposium faculty will share the most up-to-date information and be available to answer your most pressing questions.
Keynote Speaker: Maria Fleseriu, MD FACE
**We are offering a limited number of registration only scholarships. Register today to claim your scholarship!**
Please email carol@pituitary.org to register!
*This registration is for the Patient Symposium only. The Ohio State University is offering a CME Course separate from our Symposium. For information on the CME course go to ccme.osu.edu
OSU Pituitary Symposium Agenda
Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019
Patient and Family Track
Gabbe Conference Room â James L045
| 7:30 AM | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM | Welcoming Remarks and Introductions: The OSU Skull Base and Pituitary Team |
| 8:05 AM | Trans-sphenoidal Approach: What to Expect? Post-Operative Complications |
| Richard Carrau, MD Professor Department of Otolaryngology OSUCCC – James | |
| 8:30 AM | Radiation Therapy? Difference Between Modalities and Possible Risks |
| Dukagjin M Blakaj, MD, PhD | |
| OSUCCC – James | |
| 9:00 AM | What Are The Challenges Our Patients Face, and How Can We Help? |
| Kami Perdue, PA-C | |
| OSUCCC – James | |
| 9:30 AM | Round Table Q & A |
| 9:45 AM | Mid-Morning Break and Visit Vendors |
| 10:00 AM | Acromegaly: Why it Takes That Long to Diagnose? What are the Options? |
| Lawrence Kirschner, MD, PhDÂ Professor Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism | |
| OSUCCC – James | |
| 10:30 AM | Growth Hormone Deficiency: Beyond Growth |
| Rohan Henry, MD Pediatric Endocrinologist | |
| Nationwide Children’s Hospital | |
| 11:00 AM | Hypopituitarism: Pitfalls and Recommendations |
| Maria Fleseriu, MD, FACE | |
| Oregon Health and Science University – Keynote Speaker | |
| 11:30 AM | Round Table Q & A |
| 11:45 AM | Lunch Break and Patient’s Journey |
| 12:45 PM | Pituitary Trivia |
| Luma Ghalib, MD Assistant Professor – Clinical Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism | |
| OSUCCC – James | |
| Brian Lee, RN OSUCCC – James | |
| 1:15 PM | Surgical Approach: What to Expect |
| Daniel Prevedello, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery | |
| OSUCCC – James | |
| 1:45 PM | Visual Complications of Pituitary/Sellar Lesion? Predictors of Outcome |
| Abbe Craven, MD Assistant Professor – Clinical Department of Ophthalmology | |
| OSUCCC – James | |
| 2:15 PM | Round Table Q & A |
| 2:30 PM | Mid-Afternoon Break and Visit Vendors |
| 2:45 PM | Recovering from Trans-sphenoidal Surgery, Challenges for the Patient and their Families |
| Traci Douglass, RN | |
| OSUCCC – James | |
| 3:15 PM | Pituitary Network Association: Cushing’s Disease: Psychological Research and Clinical Implications |
| Jessica Diller Kovler, AM, MA, PhD | |
| PNA Board Member | |
| 3:45 PM | Closing Remarks |
| 4: 00 PM | Adjourn |
I have been struggling with progressive symptoms of extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, increased anxiety and depression, rage, acne, weight gain, and sweating just doing small tasks over the last 3 to 4 years. I also have a very hard time controlling my body temperature. I get really cold, turn the heat up, get really hot, turn the heat down, over and over throughout the day. (Iâm 36 years old)Â If Iâm sitting Iâm freezing. If Iâm up moving Iâm on fire and sweating. Just such dramatic ends of the spectrum. Anyway, for a long time my GP was only checking my TSH. (Hypothyroidism runs strong in my family). My TSH has always been on the low end of normal. I was feeling so awful, I insisted they were missing something and asked them to check my FT4. That has also always ran at the lower end of normal. They treat me with Levothyroxine to try to increase my FT4, but in doing so, cause my TSH to go even lower. I googled what it meant to have a Low TSH with a low FT4 and it said it could be hypothyroidism caused by a pituitary tumor. I then came across Cushingâs which started showing pictures of the classic âbuffalo humpâ and my jaw hit the floor.
About a month ago, I caught myself in profile in my mirror and was completely taken aback by my appearance. My husband and I arenât sure how long my neck has looked this way. Either way I was just wondering what others thoughts were. My GP has ordered some kind of cortisol test thus far that Iâll go for tomorrow. I would also like an MRI of my pituitary and possibly adrenals. Iâm just tired of sleeping my life away and have been searching for answers for so long. Please let me know what you think of the hump.
Are there other causes for this appearance? Thanks