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Endocrine
Clinical Conferences take place each Wednesday from 12
noon to 1 p.m. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
(HUP)
and
Children's
Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) Endocrine staff attend
the
conferences. The
schedule is as follows:
HUP Endocrine Fellows present the first and last Wednesday's
of each month, Pathology Fellows present the second week,
and Pediatric Endocrine Fellows from CHOP present the third
week of each month. There is a guest speaker who gives Endocrine
Grand Rounds about once a month. Usually
the Endocrine Fellows present patients seen during inpatient
consults or outpatient clinics. A case is first presented,
followed by a background description of what is known about
the clinical or biochemical problem/question that the case
poses, and finally a review of recent and pertinent literature
helps define the pathophysiology, treatment, or answer. During
the Pathology conference, Endocrine and Pathology fellows
present interesting/puzzling Endocrine cases; first the clinical
background is provided by the HUP Endocrine Fellow's and then
macro/microscopic slides are reviewed by the Pathology Fellow,
with comments and discussion by the attendees. The cases are
usually emailed to Pathology about 2-3 weeks before the presentation.
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