Medicine and Me: Brain tumours
Monday 12 March 2012
Venue: Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street, Birmingham, B1 2NP
organised by the Royal Society of Medicine in association with Brain Tumour UK
'Medicine and Me' aims to provide an interactive forum in which the patient's voice is given top priority. The meetings provide an opportunity for healthcare professionals to hear first hand from patients and their families about their experiences and concerns and for patients to hear about the latest treatment and research by questioning the experts in an informal environment.
***Online registration is now CLOSED, there are places and if you wish to attend please do come and register on the day***
Registration Details:
Consultant/GP: £90
RSM Retired Fellow: £55
RSM Student: £35
RSM Trainee: £55
RSM Associate: £55
RSM Fellow: £65
Student: £45
Trainee: £60
Patient/Carer: £10
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £60
10.00 am |
Registration and coffee |
10.30 am |
Welcome address |
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Jenny Baker OBE Chief Executive, Brain Tumour UK |
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Session One |
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10.35 am |
Setting the scene: What is a brain tumour |
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Mr Andrew Brodbelt Consultant Neurosurgeon The Wlaton Centre NHS Liverpool |
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10.55 am |
The role of imaging in brain tumours |
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Dr Fintan Sheerin Consultant Neuro-radiologist John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford |
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11.15 am |
Epilepsy and brain tumours |
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Dr Bridget MacDonald Consultant Neurologist Mayday Hospital London |
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11.35 am |
Q&A |
11.45 am |
Coffee break |
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Session Two |
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| Chair: Jenny Baker OBE, Chief Executive, Brain Tumour UK | |
12.10 pm |
The role of the surgeon |
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Professor Garth Cruickshank Consultant Neurosurgeon University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust |
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12.30 pm |
The role of the oncologist |
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Dr Paul Mulholland Mount Vernon Hospital and Dr Sam Guglani Consultant Oncologist Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
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1.00 pm |
Q&A |
1.15 pm |
Lunch |
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Session Three |
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| Chair: Professor Colin Blakemore, Professor of Neuroscience University of Oxford | |
2.15 pm |
The patient's experience |
| TBC | |
2.45 pm |
Q&A |
3.00 pm |
Coffee break |
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Session Four |
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| Chair: Professor Colin Blakemore, Professor of Neuroscience University of Oxford | |
3.20 pm |
Depression and brain tumours |
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Dr Ally Rooney Psychiatry trainee, Edinburgh |
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3.40 pm |
Where can we find support? |
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Claire Goddard and Fred Berki Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialists in Neuro-oncology University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust |
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4.00 pm |
How can Brain Tumour UK and other charities help? |
| Jenny Baker OBE, Chief Executive, Brain Tumour UK | |
4.15 pm |
Panel discussion |
| All Speakers | |
4.45 pm |
Close of meeting and completion of evaluation forms |
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Meeting ref: MMC07 CPD (Applied for) |
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