The Annual Congress of Endocrinology Aimed to Spread the Art of Proper Diagnosis ****************************************************************************************** * Šířit povědomí o správné diagnostice a léčbě do jiných částí světa. Úkol letošního sympo ****************************************************************************************** The Annual Congress of Endocrinology Aimed to Spread the Art of Proper Diagnosis Between September 22-25, Prague hosted the annual meeting of the European Society for Paed Endocrinology (ESPE). Dr. Jan Lebl, head of the Paediatric Clinic of the Charles Universit Medicine led the organisation team and was appointed the president of Society for this yea How does Czech endocrinology fare in the international arena? The very fact that an international endocrinology congress took place in Prague is a recog children’s endocrionology. How much effort did it take to bring the congress to Prague? The site of the congress had been set five years in advance. We filed the application back was in Lyon. That year, we competed against Glasgow. The voting system is very democratic, the Society has one vote. We had won in a landslide, but it was Glasgow’s turn the year ri Which topics did the delegates focus on? Did they talk mostly about what is new in the fie cover more ground? Prof. MUDr. Jan Lebl, CSc., (right) is about tIn every discipline of medicine, a lot happe international congress, along with the Rector is a natural outlet for it. However, among t Universit, professor Václav Hampl. not the new findings, but the efforts of pae knowledge of proper diagnostics and treatmen We discussed the availability of children’s Africa, where even today some children die a of the disease, as they are not hospitalised from the hospital, because their parents can Thyroid disorders were another important top cause serious mental disabilities. Afflicted life, even in our country. Today, the screen during the second or third week of their liv normally. When diagnosed, the treatment of s The obesity issue was also debated, which is a major problem in the wealthiest countries. United States have seen a huge wave of obesity. This epidemic might make the generation of have shorter life expectancy than their parents for the first time in the modern history – will suffer from conditions caused by morbid obesity, such as high blood pressure, high tr in blood, which are harmful to the veins, diabetes and all related conditions, or obesity disorders. Who are the congress participants? Are they mostly endocrinologists or are there also gene who are somehow involved in the these topics? Almost all of them are specialists who focus on endocrinology in the field of paediatrics. basically two groups of experts. The bigger one is oriented towards clinical medicine, or patients, the other one focuses more on research and laboratory work. This year’s theme is Clinical Care and Basic Research“. This proves to be very important, as everyday patient c research, while research yields findings that should be as soon as possible applied clinic can treat our patients more effectively. One of the goals of the conference is to find mut and ways of communicating between these two groups of doctors. Can you mention some of the renowned endocrinologists that we had the honor of hosting at 3,287 participants from 92 countries came to the Congress. It was therefore the biggest me paediatric endocrinologists in Europe ever. I won’t exaggerate too much if I say that anyo important in the field was in Prague. Among them were two of the founding members of the S in 1962. One of them is professor Zvi Laron from Israel, renowned for describing insensiti hormone, later called Laron syndrome. Professor Ruth Illig from Switzerland is another fou famous for her research in paediatric endocrinology in the 1960’s and 70’s. The influentia in the field, Dr. Alois Kopecký, was a honorary guest, having celebrated his 90th birthday  (Lucie Kettnerová) Translation: Jaroslav Švelch