The
London group of the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF), a national patient
charity, is organising an event for thyroid patients and people with an
interest in thyroid disorders at the Royal Free Hospital, London on Saturday, 7th
September.
Leading
Consultant Endocrine Surgeon, Mr Fausto Palazzo, he will be talking
about thyroid surgery and answering questions on all aspects of thyroid
health.
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| Mr Fausto Palazzo, Consultant Endocrine Surgeon, see bio below |
The
event will also be an opportunity for patients to share their experiences and
connect with each other.
Thyroid
disease is very common and usually easily treated - one in 20 people in the UK have
a thyroid disorder - yet it
is largely a hidden disease and some cases can have a devastating impact on
people’s lives.
Thyroid surgery is used in managing several disorders of the
thyroid gland and there are several different kinds of surgery. Complications
are rare and usually treatable but can be significant. To avoid complications,
thyroid surgery should always be performed by an experienced surgeon who
regularly performs thyroid operations.
Thyroid
disease will be relevant to many of your readers and a real problem for some of them,
we would be thrilled if you could write about our event to help reach out to
those who could benefit from it.
Where and when
The
event will take place on Saturday, 7
September, from 10am to 1pm, in the Sir William Wells Atrium, Royal Free
Hospital.
Refreshments
will be provided. Donations will be welcomed, with a suggested minimum of £3
per person, to help cover the costs of the event.
Notes:
Mr Fausto Palazzo is a Consultant Endocrine Surgeon at
Hammersmith Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London
where he is Clinical Lead for Endocrine Surgery. He trained in general surgery
in London and in endocrine surgery in Oxford, Sydney and Marseille. He has one
of the UK's largest practices in thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal surgery and
in 2012 performed over 350 procedures including 160 parathyroidectomies and 40
laparoscopic or retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomies. His specialist interest
is thyroid cancer, re-operative parathyroid surgery and minimally invasive
endocrine surgery. He teaches on
national and international courses and has published extensively on all aspects
of endocrine disease and surgery.
The
British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) is
a national patient support charity dedicated to supporting people with thyroid
disorders and helping their families and people around them to understand the
condition. It has been established for 21 years and works with medical
professionals from the British Thyroid Association and the British Association
of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons. Website www.btf-thyroid.org
The
BTF London group was launched in
2011 and meets around five times a year. We usually get around 40 attendees and
feedback on all events so far has been mostly very enthusiastic.
The Royal Free Hospital is six minutes walk from Belsize Park
underground station, 14 minutes from Hampstead underground station, and just
four minutes walk from Hampstead Heath railway station. The meeting will be
held in The Atrium which will be clearly signposted from the main entrance.
Parking space is extremely limited in the local area so attendees are
encouraged to use public transport.
You are warmly invited to attend this event, just be sure to email me to book your place in advance.
The next event after this one is 2nd November, on nutritional medicine and thyroid disorders, with speakers from the University of Surrey MSc in Nutritional Medicine.
