Thursday, June 8th 2023
8:30-9:55 | Registration & Networking | |
9:55-10:30 | Session 1: Introduction / Opening | |
9:55-10:00 sharp! | Clara Plattel | Welcome & Opening |
10:00-10:30 sharp! | Ralph Green, keynote speaker | Causes & risk factors of vitamin B12deficiency: early childhood to elderly |
10:30-11:30 | Session 2: Pregnancy & offspring | |
10:30-10:55 | Michelle Murphy | Early pregnancy homocysteine and B12 predict pregnancy outcomes and offspring health. |
10:55-11:20 | Vera Haitsma | Case study: Pregnancy and vitamin B12 deficiency |
questions and discussion | ||
11:30-11:45 | Coffee break & Networking | |
11:45-12:45 | Session 3: Infants & Childhood | |
11:45-12:10 | Anne-Lise Bjørke-Monsen | B12, MMA & tHcy levels in healthy children |
12:10-12:35 | Ingrid Rours | Diagnosis and treatment of children with B12 deficiency: What do we learn from the clinic |
questions and discussion | ||
12:45-13:45 | Lunch: Meet The Experts | |
13:45-14:45 | Session 4: Diagnosis Adults | |
13:45-14:10 | Ebba Nexø | B12, HoloTC, MMA and tHcy in Clinical Practice |
14:10-14:35 | Heidi Seage | Diagnosis of B12 deficiency: Symptoms |
questions and discussion | ||
14:45-15:00 | Coffee break | |
15:00-16:00 | Session 5: Treatment Adults | |
15:00-15:25 | Bruce Wolffenbuttel | Clinical dilemmas in diagnosing and treating B12 deficiency |
15:25-15:50 | Peter Daudey | Trouble Shooting Health Issues as Chemical Engineer |
questions and discussion | ||
16:00-17:00 | Expert Panel | Discussion Diagnosis and Treatment |
Friday, June 9th 2023
9:30-10:30 | Session 6: The Elderly | |
9:30-9:55 | Irwin Rosenberg | B12 deficiency & Cognitive Decline |
9:55-10:20 | Gonneke Heerdink, Marieke Dekker | Two case studies B12 deficiency: symptoms and treatment in the elderly |
questions and discussion | ||
10:30-11:30 | Session 7: Riskfactors | |
10:30-10:35 | Clara Plattel | Introduction |
10:35-11:00 | Luciana Hannibal | Vegetarian/ Vegan Diet as a risk factor for B12 deficiency. New data. |
11:00-11:25 | Josh Miller | High Folic Acid in combination with low B12 |
questions and discussion | ||
11:35-11:45 | Coffee break | |
11:45-12:45 | Session 8: Patient Perspective | |
Hanneke Duifhuize: NL | Delay in diagnosis B12 def: costs | |
Bettina Borre Bühl: Denmark | Patient Perspective in Scandinavian Country: Treatment | |
Heather Hardie, Scotland | Diagnosis and Treatment: patient Perspectives: What goes wrong in diagnosis and treatment | |
Katrina Burchell: UK | PAS: Pernicious Anemia Society | |
Tracey Witty: UK by Zoom | B12 def: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms | |
questions and discussion | ||
12:45-13:45 | Lunch: Meet The Experts | |
13:45-14:45 | Session 9: Current Protocols | |
13:45-14:10 | Kim Suijker | Study Protocol: Vitamin B12 deficiency Patient Reported Outcome Measure |
14:10-14:35 | Clara Plattel | Current guidelines: Clinical relevance in diagnostics and treatment. |
questions and discussion | ||
14:45-16:15 | Session 10: Education & Research | |
Ralph Green, Irwin Rosenberg, Clara Plattel, Anne Molloy, Bruce Wolffenbuttel | Research Priorities And Future Directions | |
questions and discussion | ||
16:30 | Clara Plattel et al. | Closure |
16:35 | coffee and networking | |
17:00 | END |