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INVITED LECTURES:

1. Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism -- a program of Continuing Education in Health Sciences, sponsored by the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, May 27—29, 1971. 

Subject: Role of Long-acting Thyroid Stimulator (LATS) in Pathogenesis of Hyperthyroidism in Graves’ Disease.

2. Methodology Symposium on competitive protein binding and radioimmunoassay, sponsored by the Southern California section of the Association Clinical Chemists, May 20, 1972. 

Subject: Radioiumunoassay of Thyroid Hormones.

3. Program on Clinical Day of the forty-eighth meeting of American Thyroid Association, -September 20-23, 1972. 

Subject: Thyroxine: A Hormone or Prohormone?

4. American College of Physicians Postgraduate Course sponsored by the Attending Staff Association, Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California, December 4—8, 1972. 

Subject: Use and Misuse of Thyroid Function Tests.

5. Clinical Endocrinology: Thyroid and Parathyroid, a Postgraduate course organized by the University of Iowa Department of Medicine, Oct. 19—21, 1973. 

Subject: Etiology of Hyperthyroidism in Graves’ Disease.

6. Post-Graduate course in Endocrinology sponsored by Royal Hospitalier De L’Universite Laval, Quebec, Oct. 25-26, 1973. 

Subject: Circulating Triodothyronine: Its Importance in Thyroid Disease.

7. V Asia Oceania Congress of Endocrinology in Chandigarh, India, Jan.28—Feb. 1, 1974. Co—chairman (with Dr. D. Dopnich) for a symposium on Thyrotoxicosis.

Subject: Role of Long-Acting Thyroid Stimulator (LATS) in the Pathogenesis of Hyperthyroidism in Graves’ Disease.

8. American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, Feb. 1974.

Subject: Thyroid Function Tests.

9. VIII Pan American Congress of Endocrinology, Buenos Aires, Oct. 27— Nov. 2 , 1974.

Subject: Pathogenesis of Graves’ Disease: Evidence for a Thyroid Stimulator Suppressible by Acute Administration of Steroids.

10. Symposium on maternal-fetal thyroid interrelationships. The Kroc Foundation, Santa Ynez, California, Nov. 1974.

Subject: Reverse T3 in the Fetus and the Newborn.

11. American College of Physicians Postgraduate Course in Endocrinology at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Oct. 1975.

Subject: 1) New Aspects of Thyroid Physiology; 2) Thyroid Function Tests.

12 West Coast Thyroid Club Meeting sponsored by the Kroc Foundation, Santa Ynez, California, Nov., 1975.

Subject: Significance of Reverse T3.

13. Continuing Medical Education Program sponsored by the California Society of Pathologists, San Francisco, California, Dec. 1975.

Subject: Immunological Aspects of Thyroid Disease.

14. Continuing Medical Education Program sponsored by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, Jan. 1976.

Subject: Thyroid Function Tests.

15. Ames Symposium entitled, Endocrine Update. Recent Advances in Thyroid Physiology, Diagnosis and Therapy, Oct. 1976.

Subject: Recent Advances in Maternal-Fetal Thyroid Physiology.

16. Workshop on the Thyroid, sponsored by The American Thyroid Association, November, 1976.

Subject: Thyroiditis and Hypothyroidism.

17. Visiting Professor of Endocrinology to various centers in Australia, sponsored by the Endocrine Society of Australia, January, 1977.

18. Invited speaker at the Laurentian Hormone Conference at Mont Tremblant, Canada, August, 1977.

19. American College of Physicians Course: Present Concepts in Internal Medicine, Jan. 24—27, 1978.

Subject: Graves’ Disease and Hashimoto’s Thyroids.

20. International Symposium on the applications of radioassay systems to clinical endocrinology, Feb. 5—8, 1978.

Subject: Thyroxine and Reverse Triodothyronine Measurements.

21. Meeting in Internal Medicine at the General Hospital of Social Security Institute in Caracas, Venezuela, May 18-20, 1978.

Subject: Immunological Aspects of Thyroid Diseases.

22. A Symposium on Hypothyroidism, organized by Ames Co. Inc., Oct. 1978.

Subject: Thyroid Autoimmunity.

23. The Brazilian Congress of Endocrinology to speak at the XII meeting of that Congress held in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov., 1978.

Subject: Pathogenesis of Graves’ Disease: current concepts.

24. Invited by the Italian Endocrine Society to participate in an international symposium on Free Thyroid Hormones held in Venice, Dec., 1978.

Subject: Free Thyroid Hormones in Euthyroid Sick.

25. The post graduate course of the Endocrine Society held at Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California, March, 1979.

Subject: Radioimmunoassays of lodothyronines.

26. Invited speaker at an international symposium on Radioassays, held in Lyon, France, April 1979.

Subject: Detection of Iodothyronines and Thyroglobulin in serum by radioassay techniques.

27. Invited speaker at International Congress of Endocrinology held in Melbourne, Australia, February 1980.

Subject: Activity of Thyroxine and its deiodinated derivatives.

28. Invited speaker at the Thyroid Research Workshop held at the University of Arizona Health Science Center, Tucson, Arizona, October, 1980.

Subject: Alterations in Hepatic Monodeiodination of lodothyronines in Diabetic Rat.

29. Symposium on Endocrinology 1980 organized by Foundacion Argentina De Endocrinolgia, Buenos Aires, Feb. 1980.

Subject: New Insights into Metabolism of Thyroid Hormones.

30. Invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of Western Association of Physicians, Carmel, California, Feb., 1981.

Subject: Thyroid Hormones in Nonthyroid Illnesses.

31. Invited speaker at an International Symposium "Endocrines and Liver" organized by Serono Laboratories, Rome, Italy, June 1981.

Subject: Thyroid hormone metabolism and chronic liver disease.

32. Invited speaker at ‘Thyroid Symposium’ held at Providence Medical Center, Portland, Oregon,June 25, 1981.

Subject: Treatment of Hyperthyroidism.

33. Invited speaker at an International Symposium "Endocrines and Liver" organized by Serono Laboratories, Rome, Italy, June, 1981.

Subject: Abnormalities in Thyroid Function in Nonthyroid Illnesses.

34 Invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 17—19, 1981.

Subject: "Thyroid hormone metabolism": New Insights.

35. Invited speaker at an International Symposium on ‘Some Aspects of Gene Expression and Its Regulation’ held in Calcutta, India, January 1982.

Subject: Iodothyronine Metabolism: New Insights into its Role in Regulation of Thyroid Hormone Action.

36. Invited speaker at an. International Symposium on ‘Biochemical Control of Gene Expression’ held in New Delhi, India, Jan. 1982.Subject: Role of Thyroid Hormone Metabolism in Modulation of Thyroid Hormone Effects.

37. Invited speaker at an International Symposium, on RIA 82 - Free Hormone Assays and Neuropeptides, held in Venice, Italy, June 15-17, 1982.

Subject: Free Thyroid Hormones in Nonthyroid Illnesses.

38. Invited speaker at The Seventh Asia Oceanic Congress of Endocrinology held in Tokyo, Japan, August 22-25, 1982.

Subject: Thyroid Hormone Metabolism in Nonthyroid Illnesses.

39. Invited speaker at the Post Graduate courses "Thyroid Function in Nonthyroid Illnesses.

40. Invited speaker at the Annual meeting of the American Thyroid Association, October 5 - 8, 1983.

Subject: Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease in Nonthyroid Illnesses.

41. Invited speaker at the Post Graduate Course "New Horizons in Thyroid Disease" at the Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, May 25, 1985.

Subject: Thyroid Function Tests in Nonthyroid Illnesses.

42. Invited speaker at the twenty-fourth Annual Thyroid Workshop at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, November 7, 1984.

Subject: Current Concepts In Graves’ Disease.

43. Invited speaker at the silver jubilee oration at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, October 12, 1984.

Subject: Euthyroid Sick Syndrome.

44. Paschkis lecture at the Philadelphia Endocrine Club, Jefferson Medical College, March 13, 1985.

Subject: Alterations in Thyroid Hormone Levels in Nonthyroidal Systemic illnesses.

45. Invited speaker at the 1988 meeting of the American Thyroid Association, September, 1988.

Subject: Mechanism of Low Serum T3 in Systemic Illnesses.

46. Invited speaker at the International Symposium on Environment, Genetics and Thyroid Disorders, New Delhi, India, March 6-8, 1989.

Subject: New Insights into Metabolism of Iodothyronines.

47. Invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Chinese Medical Association, Taipei. June, 1989.

Subject: Mechanism of Low serum T3 in Systemic Illnesses.

48. Invited speaker for a David H. Solomon Lecture at; the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, California, September, 1990. Subject: Alterations in Thyroid Hormone Physiology in Nonthyroidal Illnesses.

49. Invited speaker at the UCLA—Harbor General Campus, October, 1990.

Subject: Low T3 Syndrome.

50. Invited speaker at the India-USA Symposium and Workshop on Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, December, 1990.

Subject: New Insights into Thyroid Hormone Deiodination.

51. Invited speaker at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, January 1991. Subject: Euthyroid Sick Syndrome.

52. Invited speaker at the Postgraduate Assembly of the Endocrine Society, San Diego, CA, October 1991. Subject: Thyroid Hormone Secretion and Thyroid Hormone Binding.

53. Invited speaker at the Postgraduate Assembly of the Endocrine Society, San Diego, CA, October 1991. Subject: Drug-Induced Thyroid Dysfunction.

54. Invited speaker at the Endocrine Days Program of the university of Seattle, Washington, January 24, 1992.

Subject: Effect of Aging on Thyroid Function; When to Intervene with Treatment.

55. Invited speaker at the UCLA-Harbor General campus, February 1992.

Subject: Effect of Drugs on Thyroid Function.

56. Invited speaker at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, CA and University of California, Irvine, February 1992.

Subject: Effect of Drugs on Thyroid Function.

  1. Invited speaker at the USC School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, March 1992.

Subject: Effect of Drugs on Thyroid Function.

  1. Invited speaker at the Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, June 1992.

Subject: Effect of Aging on Thyroid Function.

59. Invited speaker at the City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, December 1992. Subject: Low T3 Syndrome.

  1. Invited speaker at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, January 1993.

Subject: Effect of Drugs on Thyroid Function.

  1. Invited speaker at the Marian Medical Center, Santa Maria, CA March 1993.

Subject: 1.) Management of Hyperthyroidism; 2.) Evaluation and Management of Goiter and Thyroid vacuoles.

  1. Invited speaker at the Second International Conference on Peripheral Metabolism of Thyroid Hormones, Long Beach, CA June, 1993.

Subject: The Role of Sulfation and Desulfation in Thyroid Hormone Metabolism.

  1. Invited speaker at the Third International Congress on Advances in the Management of Malignancies, Pisa, Italy. December 6-10, 1993.

Subject: update on the Management of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.

  1. Invited speaker at the U.S. Naval Hospital, February 1995.

Subject: Effect of Aging on Thyroid Function.

65. Invited speaker at the Harbor -. UCLA Medical Center, April 1995.

Subject: Treatment of Hyperthyroidism.

  1. Invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of Aiimsonians of America, August 1995. Subject: Management of Thyroid Nodules
  1. Invited speaker at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, September 1995

Subject: Effect of Drugs on Thyroid Function.

68. Invited speaker at the West Hills Community Medical Center, October 1995.

Subject: Thyroid Function Tests.

  1. Invited speaker at the Cedars - Sinai Medical Center, October 1995.

    2. Subject: Euthyroid Sick Syndrome.

  2. Invited speaker at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. November 1995.

Subject: The Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome.

  1. Invited speaker at the Granada Hills Community Hospital, March 1996,

Subject: Effect of drugs on Thyroid Function.

  1. Invited speaker at the Harbor UCLA Medical Center, April, 1996.

Subject: Amiodarone Induced Thyroid Dysfunction.

  1. Invited speaker at the Martin Luther King Hospital, November 1996.

Subject: Changes in Thyroid Function with Aging.

74. Invited speaker at the Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy, November, 1996.

Subject: Euthyroid Sick Syndrome.

  1. Invited speaker at the fourth International Congress on the management of Malignancies, Pisa, Italy, November 1996.

Subject: Medullary Carcinoma of Thyroid.

76. Invited speaker at the Medical College of Wisconsin, March, 1997

Subject: Euthyroid Sick Syndrome.

77. Invited speaker at the fifth International Congress on the management of Malignancies, Pisa, Italy, December 1998.

Subject: Controversies in the management of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.

78. Invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association, Portland, Oregon, October 1998.

Subject: Treatment of Hyperthyroidism with Antithyroid Drugs.

  1. Invited speaker at the Fillmore Hospital/State University of New York, April 1999

    2. Subject: Graves’ Disease

  2. Invited speaker at the Queens of Angeles Hospital, Los Angeles, Feburary 2000

    3. Subject: Hypothyroidism

81. Invited speaker at the Third International Symposium on Thyroid Hormone Metabolism. Taipei, Taiwan, October, 2000. Subject: Perspectives on Thyroid Hormone Metabolism.

 

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