This lecture will cover the approach to the interpretation of thyroid function tests/diagnosis and treatment of common thyroid disorders.
Webinar title: An Approach to Thyroid Disease
Topic Area: Specialist Physician/ Endocrinology Fellow
Objectives:
- To understand how to interpret Thyroid function tests
- To understand how to investigate and diagnose different causes of hyper and hypothyroidism
- To understand how to initiate treatment and different treatment modalities for hypothyroidism
- To understand how to treat and monitor hypothyroidism
Speaker: Dr. Greg Yudelowitz
Dr. Yudelowitz is Qualified MBBCh from university of the Witwatersrand in 2013 Awarded Steve Biko Bioethics Centre Prize and Welch Allyn-Protea Health Products Prize for clinical Ability in final year. Has a Diploma in HIV management; Qualified as specialist physician in 2021 and obtained Masters in Internal Medicine from the University of the Witwatersrand Awarded the SEMDSA fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism for 2022/2023. Has publications in the South African medical Journal/Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine and has made presentations at the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society conference as well as the Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa conference.
Facilitator: Dr. Jamie Colloty
Date: Thursday, 14th of April, 2022
Time: 15:00 Central Africa Time (GMT+2 / CAT)
Duration: 1 hour
CPD Points: 1