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ESA Newsletter: November 2001

Postgraduate Seminar Meeting 2001

Trish Crock’s 3-year rotation as Chair of the Postgraduate Seminar Meeting began very successfully in Newcastle in 2001. The main topics for the meeting were pituitary, paediatric and thyroid endocrinology. Most of the 127 delegates made it to the venue without mishap, except a few of the Melbourne contingency who thought their small plane was going to land in, rather than beside, Lake Macquarie. A few glasses of the Hunter Valley’s finest at the beach welcome party was just the trick to settle nerves enough to enjoy the meeting, but not enough to get them back on the same plane heading south at the end of the weekend.

Our international keynote speakers, Sylvia Asa from Toronto and Bin Teh from
Michigan, provided an authoritative insight into interesting and controversial aspects of pituitary and thyroid pathology and the molecular genetics of MEN, including some of the new syndromes.

Our Australian speakers continued this high standard of presentation. Next year’s meeting in Hobart certainly has a hard act to follow. It was great to see the vast majority of advanced trainees from around the country make it to the meeting.

We will try to present the practical application of basic knowledge in topics from the whole of endocrinology during the 3 year rotation.

The conference organiser Lyndell Wills and her team did such a good job that we are happy to see them staying on in the role for the next two years.

Thanks again to all our industry sponsors who helped make the meeting possible.

Shaun McGrath

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