May 16 May 16
2026
8 AM - 5 PM PDT
Saturday Sat
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Registration closes May 8.

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Highlights:

  • 9 hours
  • Hybrid
  • Free registration
  • Free parking

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Sponsored by: 

  • Camurus
  • Recordati
  • Crinetics

 

Please contact Jennie Visitacion for Registration Inquiries:

JennieV@Stanford.edu or 650-497-0511

Stanford Pituitary Center

Our Center is committed to providing patients precise diagnosis and treatment, safe, gentle and accurate surgery, and a compassionate team approach. 

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Event

Stanford Medicine Pituitary Patient Education Day

Overview

Friday, May 15, 2026 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 16, 2026 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

The Stanford Pituitary Center invites patients with pituitary disease and their family and friends to the Stanford Medicine Pituitary Patient Education Day.

Friday, May 15, 2026 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Welcome Reception

Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel
Reception Room
625 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94301

Saturday, May 16, 2026 | 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Stanford Medicine Pituitary Patient Education Day

Stanford Hospital
Assembly Hall, Third floor, Hospital Rooftop
500 Pasteur Dr.
Palo Alto, CA 94304

LODGING:

Please note, the musical group BTS will be performing the same weekend on Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17 which is impacting hotel availability in the area.

The room block ended on April 15, 2026. Rooms can be reserved through general inventory.

Stanford Guest House  
Reservations can be made:
• Online at https://stanfordguesthouse.p3hotels.com/search-rates?codeType=promo&code=SHC
• By calling the front desk at 650-926-2800

Stanford Guest House
2575 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025

PARKING:

Free hospital garage parking will be provided. Please register by Friday, May 8, 2026 by midnight. Vouchers and instructions will be emailed the following week


Please click here for agenda and event details 

Event contact: Jennie Visitacion at jenniev@stanford.edu or phone 650-497-0511 (number incorrect on flyer)

Registration will close on Friday, May 8, 2026


Updated on May 7, 2026

Location

Stanford Hospital- Assembly Hall, located on 3rd Floor- towards outdoor hospital roof top
500 Pasteur Dr
Palo Alto, CA 94304
USA

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Stanford Hospital- Assembly Hall, located on 3rd Floor- towards outdoor hospital roof top

500 Pasteur Dr
Palo Alto, CA 94304
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The Stanford Pituitary Center Directors

Julia Chang, MD

Course Co-Director
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism

Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD, FACS

Course Co-Director
Professor of Neurosurgery, and by Courtesy, of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Co-Director, Stanford Skull Base Surgery Program

Invited Pituitary Community Guest Speakers

Leslie Edwin

President, Cushings Support & Research Foundation

Laurence Katznelson, MD

Professor of Medicine and Vice Dean, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Jill Sisco

President, Acromegaly Community

Catherine Jonas, CMC, LMFT

President, CJ & Associates Care Consulting

Tony Alston

Acromegaly Advocate

Hannah Pelley

Cushing’s Advocate

​Stanford Health Care Speakers

Robert Dodd, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, of Radiology and, by courtesy, of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS)

Andrew Hoffman, MD

Professor of Medicine , Endocrinology, Emeritus

Peter Hwang , MD

Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery

Elham Rahimy, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy

Susan Seav, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism Clinical Assistant Professor (by courtesy), Neurosurgery

Olivia Chu, NP

Nurse Practitioner, Neurosurgery

Erin Wipff, MSN, RN, ANP-BC

Nurse Practitioner, Neurosurgery

Agenda

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Check-In: Coffee and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Introduction: Julia J. Chang, MD and Juan Fernandez-Miranda, MD

9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Overview of Pituitary Tumors: Julia J. Chang, MD

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Innovations in Pituitary Surgery: Juan Fernandez-Miranda, MD

10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
Radiation Therapy for Pituitary Tumors: Elham Rahimy, MD

10:35 AM - 10:50 AM
Break

10:50 AM - 11:15 AM
Cushing's Support & Research Foundation: Leslie Edwin

11:15 AM - 11:40 AM
Acromegaly Community: Jill Sisco

11:40 AM - 12:30 PM
Updates in Medical Treatment for Acromegaly and Cushing Disease: Laurence Katznelson, MD

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Medical Therapies for Hypopituitarism: Andrew Hoffman, MD

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch (with Group Photo)

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session #1: Management and Life Changes Following Pituitary Surgery: What to Expect? 
Julia Chang, MD, Robert Dodd, MD, PhD,  Juan Fernandez-Miranda, MD, Peter Hwang, MD, Erin Wipff, NP 

Breakout Session #2: Cushing's Support & Research Foundation: Patient Registries and Advocacy What’s New and How to Get Involved:
Olivia Chu, NP, Leslie Edwin, Andrew Hoffman, MD, Laurence Katznelson, MD, Hannah Pelley, Susan Seav, MD

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Break

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session #1: Management and Life Changes Following Pituitary Surgery: What to Expect?
Julia Chang, MD, Robert Dodd, MD, PhD, Peter Hwang, MD, 
Juan Fernandez-Miranda, MD, Erin Wipff, NP

Breakout Session #2: Acromegaly Community
Tony Alston, Olivia Chu, NP, Andrew Hoffman, MD, Laurence Katznelson, MD, Susan Seav, MD,  Jill Sisco

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Final Remarks

4:00 PM
Conference Ends