Thursday, June 8th 2023
9:00-9:55 | Registration & Networking | |
9:55-10:30 | Session 1: Introduction / Opening | |
Clara Plattel | Welcome & Opening | |
Ralph Green, keynote speaker | Causes & risk factors of vB12d: early childhood to elderly | |
10:30-11:30 | Session 2: Pregnancy & offspring | |
Michelle Murphy | Pregnancy homocysteïne & B12 predict health in offspring | |
Vera Haitsma | Case study: Pregnancy and vitamin B12 deficiency | |
11:30-11:45 | Coffee break & Networking | |
11:45-12:45 | Session 3: Infants & childhood | |
Anne-Lise Bjørke-Monsen | B12, MMA & tHcy levels in healthy children | |
Ingrid Rours | Diagnosis and treatment of children with B12 deficiency: What do we learn from the clinic | |
12:45-13:45 | Lunch | |
13:45-14:45 | Session 4: Diagnosis Adults | |
Ebba Nexø | B12, HoloTC, MMA and tHcy in Clinical Practise | |
Heidi Seage | Diagnosis of B12 deficiency: Symptoms | |
14:45-15:00 | Coffee break | |
15:00-16:00 | Session 5: Treatment Adults | |
Bruce Wolffenbuttel | Clinical dilemmas in diagnosing and treating B12 deficiency | |
Peter Daudey | The experience & ideas of a scientist & patiënt on neglected aspects | |
16:00-17:00 | Resumé: Diagnosis & Treatment | |
19:00-21:30 | Dinner: Meet the experts during dinner in ‘Euromast’, Rotterdam | |
Friday, June 9th 2023
9:30-10:30 | Session 6: The Elderly | |
Irwin Rosenberg | B12 deficiency & Cognitive Decline | |
Gonneke Heerdink | Case study B12 deficiency: symptoms and treatment in the elderly | |
10:30-11:30 | Session 7: Riskfactors | |
Clara Plattel | Introduction | |
Kourosh Ahmadi | Vegetarian/ Vegan Diet as risk factor of B12 deficiency | |
Josh Miller | High Folic Acid in combination with low B12 | |
11:30-11:45 | Coffee break | |
11:45-12:45 | Session 8: patiënt Perspective | |
Patiënt: t.b.a. | Diagnosis and treatment: a patiënt Perspective | |
Patiënt: t.b.a. | Delay in diagnosis B12 def: costs | |
12:45-13:45 | Lunch | |
13:45-14:45 | Session 9: Current Protocols | |
Kim Suijker | Study Protocol: long-term treatment and patient monitoring tool. PhD Study | |
Clara Plattel | Current guidelines: what is the scientific clinical substantiation? | |
14:00-16:30 | Session 10: Education & Research | |
Ralph Green, Irwin Rosenberg, Clara Plattel, Peter Daudey, Bruce Wolffenbuttel, Kim Suijker, | Difference between harmless high vitamin B12 levels and the need for a differential diagnosis due to underlying diseases that cause a high level of vitamin B12 in the blood | |
Research Priorities | ||
discussion and questions | How can we provide the best practical information to help the Physician in his or her diagnosis & treatment of B12 deficiency? | |
16:30 | coffee and networking | |
17:00 | END |