New vitamin D consensus guideline, debates highlight ENDO annual meeting
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Key takeaways:
- ENDO 2024 will take place Saturday through Tuesday in Boston.
- This year’s meeting will include plenary sessions on cardiometabolic disease, AI, and hormones and aging.
Endocrinology providers and researchers will gather in Boston beginning Saturday as the Endocrine Society holds its 2024 annual meeting.
ENDO 2024 will take place from Saturday through Tuesday at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. This year’s meeting program includes three plenary sessions, two sessions on new Endocrine Society consensus guidelines, three debates, 36 oral abstract sessions featuring some of the latest endocrinology research and numerous opportunities to network and build new relationships, according to Lauren Fishbein, MD, PhD, associate professor and director of the neuroendocrine tumor clinical and research program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and chair of the ENDO annual meeting steering committee.
“For me, ENDO is really my professional home,” Fishbein told Healio. “It’s such a great opportunity to meet people. I’ve set up collaborations that have lasted for years through people I’ve met and spoken with at the meeting. Great friendships have developed with people I’ve met there. In addition to the plenaries, the debates and all the great science, I really am just looking forward to seeing my ENDO family there.”
This year’s plenary sessions will cover a wide range of topics. The meeting will kick off Saturday at 8 a.m. (all times Eastern Standard Time) with a plenary talk featuring E. Dale Abel, MBBS, MD, PhD, and Joshua Joseph, MD, MPH. Abel and Joseph will discuss the challenges underserved populations face with cardiometabolic disease from both a molecular and biopsychosocial level.
On Sunday at 8 a.m., AI will be the focus of a plenary talk by Su-In Lee, PhD, and Casey S. Greene, PhD. Greene and Lee will discuss how AI is impacting health care and what role it is playing in both patient care and research today.
“We can’t avoid AI,” Fishbein said. “It’s here, it’s coming, it’s going to continue to expand. I think, as health care providers and as scientists, we need to learn how we can use AI to enhance our research, enhance health care and also understand what are some pitfalls associated with it.”
During the final plenary Monday at 8 a.m., Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, and Lisa Mosconi, PhD, will discuss how changes in hormones during midlife may impact the brain and a person’s risk for neurological disease.
There will be plenty of opportunities for attendees to network at this year’s meeting. All attendees are invited to the meeting’s opening reception, scheduled for Saturday at 6:15 p.m. in the expo hall. A reception for basic scientists will take place Monday at 6:15 p.m. in the center east foyer of the convention center.
On Sunday, medical students and residents can be paired with an Endocrine Society member as part of Endocrinology Mentor Day. Students and residents will attend conferences sessions as well as a special session with the latest medical devices alongside a mentor. The day includes breakfast and lunch as well as a tour of the expo hall. Attendees will receive a 1-year free membership to the Endocrine Society. Participants can sign up for Mentor Day at https://www.endocrine.org/meetings-and-events/endo-2024/program/endocrine-mentor-day.
Other highlights at this year’s meeting include:
- Three debates will be featured at this year’s meeting. The first debate Saturday at 9:45 a.m. will examine the pros and cons of adding triiodothyronine to hypothyroidism treatment. Sunday’s debate at 4:30 p.m. will discuss the pros and cons of androgen use for women. The final debate Monday at 9:15 a.m. will compare bariatric surgery vs. medication treatment for obesity.
- Two Endocrine Society clinical practice guidelines will be presented during the conference. On Saturday at 4:30 p.m., a joint clinical practice guideline that was recently published in conjunction with the European Society of Endocrinology on glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency will be discussed. On Monday at 9:15 a.m., attendees will get their first look at a new Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline on vitamin D for the prevention of disease.
- The program includes 13 professional development sessions designed to assist attendees at all stages of their career. Some of the professional development sessions include grant writing for a K Award on Saturday at 4:30 p.m., effective teaching strategies Sunday at 4:30 p.m., podcasting and using social media to increase professional visibility Monday at 2:30 p.m., and what to do in retirement Tuesday at 8 a.m.
“We always have professional development sessions because we’re really trying to foster not only the science and medicine, but also the whole person,” Fishbein said.
Healio will provide coverage live from ENDO 2024, including reports on the sessions, on-site video interviews and more. For more information on the ENDO program and to register, visit https://www.endocrine.org/meetings-and-events/endo-2024.
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