In his participation of the opening proceedings of the 11th conference held by the department of Internal medicine, Dr Ahmed A. Gaeis, Assiut University President assured that the medical system of the University hospitals has undertaken a remarkable development both in the medical services provided to the patients and in the field of academia and research. Dr Lobna Ettouny stated that conference aims at recognizing the basics of diagnosis and treatment of endocrine and diabetes. It also aims at improving doctors' efficiency in the application of the most recent medical systems, side by side with the presentations of the latest technologies and research developments in the treatment of diabetes as it is one of the most spreading epidemic diseases.