September 27, 2025
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, Fisher Auditorium • San Francisco, CA
Course# MNS26002 - Department: Medicine
Registration Fees
Early Bird by May 31, 2025$500 Physicians$400 Advanced Practice Professionals/Nurses$350 Residents/Fellows
Regular Fee through Sept 7, 2025
$600 Physicians
$500 Advanced Practice Professionals/Nurses
$400 Residents/Fellows
Last Chance Fee after Sept 7, 2025
$700 Physicians
$600 Advanced Practice Professionals/Nurses
$500 Residents/Fellows
Cancellation Policy
Refunds, less a $150 administrative fee, are available through 09/07/25. After that date, registrations may be transferred, however, no refunds are available.
Please submit your cancellation request at https://tiny.ucsf.edu/cmehelp
Overview
This course provides endocrinologists, neurosurgeons, and other providers who care for patients with pituitary disorders with a review and update of the more controversial encountered problems in the realm of pituitary medicine and surgery. Our speakers are recognized experts in the field and several have participated in the development of specialty clinical practice guidelines. Others have written about medical decision-making and the art of medicine. Join us for this informative program where we will focus on controversies and state of the art reviews and exchange information for the ultimate benefit of our patients.
Objectives
Those attending and participating in this course will be able to improve skills and strategies to:
- Evaluate and treat patients with residual and recurrent acromegaly;
- Recognize the caveats in the management of patients with large sellar lesions and design appropriate patient-specific plans for management and follow-up;
- Apply medical decision-making in the management of patients with prolactinomas and recognize when surgery may be most appropriate first line therapy;
- Understand and recognize the controversies regarding endonasal microscopic surgery and endoscopic pituitary surgery and be positioned to educate patients regarding the best surgical approach for their condition;
- Recognize the caveats in the management of Growth Hormone replacement therapy and understand where replacement therapy is most appropriate;
- Recognize and understand the controversies in the management of patients with craniopharyngiomas;
- Interpret basic pituitary imaging studies with an emphasis on magnetic resonance imaging of the sella;
- Recognize and treat patients with Cushing syndrome and understand the caveats of surgical management of these patients;
- Recognize postoperative complications and develop a strategy for evaluation and management of these when they do occur.
Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Course Outline
Saturday, September 27, 2025 | ||
7:30 AM | Registration / Exhibits | |
Extensive Clinical Experience | ||
8:00 AM | The Evolution of our Understanding of the Nuances of Pathologic Cortisol Secretion | Dr. Lewis Blevins |
8:30 AM | BRAF/MEK therapies for papillary craniopharyngioma and LCH | Dr. Sandeep Kunwar |
9:00 AM | Break / Exhibits | |
9:20 AM | Transcription factor lineages in pituitary adenomas | Dr. Manish Aghi |
9:50 AM | A review of the complications of pituitary surgery | Tarun Arora, MD |
10:20 AM | Expanded endoscopic procedures for large suprasellar tumors | Dr. Ramin Morshed |
10:50 AM | Extensive clinical experience: Topic TBD | Dr. Francesca Galbiati |
11:20 AM | Lunch Break (on your own) | |
Illustrative Clinical Cases | ||
12:00 PM | Silent corticotroph adenoma | Dr. Manish Aghi |
12:50 PM | Rathke cleft cyst | Dr. Tarun Arora |
1:40 PM | Break / Exhibits | |
2:00 PM | Hypothalamic obesity | Dr. Lewis Blevins |
2:50 PM | Enlargement of the infundibulum | Dr. Sandeep Kunwar |
3:40 PM | Pituitary apoplexy | Dr. Ramin Morshed |
4:30 PM | Illustrative case: Topic TBD | Dr. Gabriel Zada |
5:20 PM | Adjourn |
Course Chairs
Lewis S. Blevins, Jr, MD
Professor of Medicine and of Neurological Surgery Medical Director, California Center for Pituitary Disorders at UCSF
Manish K. Aghi, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurological Surgery; Director, Center for Minimally-Invasive Skull Base Surgery
Sandeep Kunwar, MD
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery; Surgical Director, California Center for Pituitary Disorders at UCSF
Travel & Lodging
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, Fisher Auditorium
1675 Owens Street, San Francisco CA 94143-3008
415-476-2019
No Group Room Block- but discount code for UCSF at:
Hyatt Place SF
701 3rd Street, San Francisco, California, United States, 94107
(415-767-2000)
https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/california/hyatt-place-san-francisco-downtown/sfozs
UCSF discount code: 98258
Exhibitors
Exhibit Fee: $2,724
Email Contact for Exhibits [email protected]
Pay $2,724 Fee Via Credit Card
Exhibit Hours
(subject to updating)
Saturday, September 27, 2025
7:00- 8:00AM Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area
9:30- 10:00AM Coffee Break in Exhibit Area
3:00- 3:20PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Area