Dear colleagues

Dr. Siobhan Bacon, who is the Local Organiser of 47th Annual Meeting, has asked to circulate the important information below regarding accommodation.

The IES2023 Annual Meeting is being held in the Radisson Hotel in Sligo on 24th and 25th of November 2023. 

The hotel is near Rosses Point approx. 4 km from the train station/town centre.

There are a number of hotel rooms being held at a special conference rate for the IES (175 euro for single B&B and 187 euro for double B&B). This rate will exist until the 2^nd of November when rooms will be released to the general public.

Please contact (071) 914 0008, choose Option 1 and advise that you are attending the IES Meeting.

We hope to see you all at the upcoming IES2023 47th Annual Meeting.

The National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health, in partnership with HSE West Diabetes Services, are delighted to announce the 16th West of Ireland Integrated Diabetes Care Conference in the Sligo Park Hotel, Saturday, 14th October 2023, from 9.00am – 1.30pm.

Join national and global experts for a range of hot topic sessions, hands-on interactive workshops and multi-disciplinary case-based discussions. The theme of this year’s conference is Integrated Care – Working Better Together.

The highly anticipated poster competition returns this year. Abstract submissions are invited from clinical practice, projects and research across diabetes care.

The deadline for submission for abstracts for the 16th West of Ireland Integrated Diabetes Care Conference is Friday, 25th August.

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Dear Colleagues

We are delighted to acknowledge the high volume and quality of abstracts received. Closing date for abstract submission is midnight 15th September 2023.

After blinding and shortlisting, those who submitted will be notified.

Thank you

It is with great sadness we announce the death of Prof. Gerard Tomkin on 12th July 2023. He was a founding member of the Irish Endocrine Society and a past president of the Irish Endocrine Society. Gerard remained an active member and a regular contributor and attender at the meetings including the most recent annual meeting in November 2022. He will be sadly missed.

On behalf the membership of the Irish Endocrine Society, we would like to extend our sincerest condolences to Gerald’s family, friends and colleagues.

Professor Gerald Tomkin

Please save the date for the 47th Annual Meeting of the Irish Endocrine Society scheduled for 24^th/ 25^th November in Rosses Point, Sligo. Please note the closing date for abstracts is set for midnight 1st September 2023. The lead organiser for the 47th Annual Meeting is Siobhan Bacon with the assistance of the Committee.

Please save the date for the 28th Annual Study Day scheduled for the Royal College of Physicians, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 for Friday 26^th January 2024.

Registration details for both meetings will follow.

Current Committee Members 2023

President  Professor Fidelma Dunne

Secretary/Treasurer  Dr James Gibney (team ends 2023)

Basic Science. Dr Paula O’Shea (term ends 2023)

Paediatrics  Dr Edna Roche

Leinster  Dr Pyeh Kyithar; Lead Organiser 49th Annual Meeting  (term ends 2026)

Ulster  Dr Helen Wallace; Lead Organiser 48th Annual Meeting  (term ends 2025)

Connacht  Dr Siobhan Bacon, Lead Organiser 47th Annual Meeting  (term ends 2024)

Munster  Dr Mark Hannon; Lead Organiser 50th Annual Meeting  (term ends 2027)

Subgroups  Dr Orla Neylon  (Secretary Diabetes Subgroup nominally representing all subgroups on main committee)

Ex Officio  Dr Matthew Murphy assisting with organisation of the 47th Annual Meeting (2023)

If you wish to get involved in any of the activities of the Irish Endocrine Society, please contact any committee member.

Subgroup Chairpersons

• Diabetes             Dr Antoinette Tuthill
• Endocrinology.   Professor Rachel Crowley
• Obesity               Professor Francis Finucane

Committee Members

Dear Colleagues,

Many thanks to all those involved in the recent 46th Annual Meeting of The Irish Endocrine Society held from 11th and 12th November 2022. It was a very well attended events with very high numbers attending in-person and also on the online platform

2022 MONTOGOMERY MEDAL (best oral presentation) Cliona O’Donnell for OC2 titled The Effect of Treatment with a Glucagon-like-peptide-1 Analogue on Metabolic Activity in Adipose Tissue: data from a proof-of-concept PET-CT study

2022 O’DOVOVAN MEDAL (best poster presentation) Robert Lyons for CR2 titled Case Report: The successful use of a MiniMed 780G insulin pump containing Teriparatide to treat symptomatic hypoparathyroidism in a patient with Barakat Syndrome

2022 BASIC SCIENCE GRANTS

Marie McIlroy Evaluation of androgen driven cancer cell entosis as a potential mechanism of endocrine therapy resistance in breast cancer Supervisors Prof. Jochen Prehn and Prof. Michael O’Reilly

Keith Rochfort To elucidate the effect of semaglutide on a three-dimensional model of the blood retinal barrier in a diabetic setting Supervisor Dr. Hannah Forde

2022 CLINICAL SCIENCE AWARDS

Mairead Crowley Evaluation of glycemic control and pregnancy outcomes in women with HNF1A-MODY and HNF4A-MODY Supervisor Prof. Maria M Byrne

Ben Loughrey Exome Sequencing to Characterise the Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumour Microenvironment. Supervisor Prof. Steven Hunter

On behalf of the committee, please accept our thanks to all that participated in the 46th Annual Meeting. We are  looking forward to welcoming you at the Study Day scheduled for 27th January 2023 in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Congratulations to all who were involved in the 46th Annual Meeting of the Irish Endocrine Society. Thank you to each and every one of you for your support and your participation in the meeting.

The winner of the 2022 O’Donovan medal is Cliona O’Donnell for her oral presentation entitled ‘The Effect of Treatment with a Glucagon-like-peptide-1 Analogue on Metabolic Activity in Adipose Tissue: data from a proof-of-concept PET-CT study’.

The winner of the 2022 Montgomery medal is Robert Lyons for his poster entitled ‘The successful use of a MiniMed 780G insulin pump containing Teriparatide to treat symptomatic hypoparathyroidism in a patient with Barakat Syndrome’.

Thank you to those who submitted your research to the meeting.