Clinical update: Chlamydia
Monday 24 May 2010
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
Chlamydia is a major cause of ill health and the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection among the under 25's.
The aim of this cross disciplinary meeting is to provide a comprehensive clinical update on Chlamydia focusing on its epidemiology, biology, immunology, diagnosis and prevention together with its impact on male and female infertility.
Chlamydia infection which is often asymptomatic poses many important challenges across the medical specialties. This symposium in the Clinical Update series should provide new insight into prevention and treatment for Chlamydia enabling delegates to understand better its importance and how best to address it in their laboratories and clinical practice.
Who should attend? GUM (consultants, nurses and trainees), GPs, Obstetrics & Gynaecologists, Pathologists, Sexual health nurses, Sexual health leads, BASHH, Faculty of sexual & reproductive healthcare, Urologists, Public health doctors, Community physicians, Diagnostic labs, IBMS, trainees
Registration Details:
Other: £65
Consultant/GP: £135
RSM Retired Fellow: £65
RSM Student: £25
RSM Trainee: £65
RSM Associate: £65
RSM Fellow: £85
Student: £30
Trainee: £80
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £85
CPD: 5 credits
9.30 am |
Registration and coffee |
9.55 am |
Welcome address |
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Professor John Betteridge Associate Dean, Royal Society of Medicine |
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Chlamydial infection: the basics |
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| Chair: Dr Angela Robinson, Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine, Mortimer Market Centre, London | |
10.00 am |
Moses, microscopes and molecules; a history of chlamydial infection |
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Dr Geoffrey Ridgway Clinical Microbiologist, Hampshire |
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10.20 am |
Biology and persistence |
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Professor Ian Clarke Professor of Virology/Molecular Microbiology, Southampton School of Medicine |
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10.40 am |
Immunology and vaccine development |
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Professor Sarah Howie Chair of Immunopathology, University of Edinburgh |
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11.00 am |
Tea break |
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Clinical problems |
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| Chair: Professor Ian Clarke Professor of Virology/Molecular Microbiology, Southampton School of Medicine |
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11.30 am |
The diagnostics of pelvic inflammatory disease |
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Dr Jonathan Ross Consultant GU Physician, Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust |
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11.50 am |
Lymphogranuloma venereum and HIV/Aids |
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Dr John White Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust |
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12.10 pm |
Male fertility |
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Dr Allan Pacey Senior Lecturer in Andrology, The University of Sheffield |
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12.30 pm |
Lunch |
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Chlamydia infection: current practice |
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| Chair: Dr Geoffrey Ridgway, Clinical Microbiologist, Hampshire | |
1.30 pm |
The burden of chlamydia |
| Dr Mary Macintosh, Director, NCSP | |
1.50 pm |
Where are we with chlamydia screening? |
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Professor Judith Stephenson Margaret Pyke Chair of Sexual & Reproductive Health, Centre for Sexual Health & HIV Research, London |
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2.10 pm |
Test of re-infection/Test of cure - pros and cons |
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Dr Paddy Horner Consultant Senior Lecturer in Genitourinary Medicine, Bristol University |
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2.30 pm |
Tea break |
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Chlamydial infection: the future |
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| Chair: Dr Imtyaz Ahmed Consultant in GUM/HIV, Nottingham University Hospitals |
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3.00 pm |
Point of care testing |
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Professor Rosanna Peeling Professor and Chair of Diagnostic Research at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
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3.20 pm |
Internet testing for chlamydia- facts and fallacies |
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Dr Paula Baraitser, Medical Advisor National Chlamydia Screening Programme |
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3.50 pm |
New technologies |
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Professor Catherine Ison Director of Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections |
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4.10 pm |
Panel discussion |
| Chair: Dr Paddy Horner Consultant Senior Lecturer in Genitourinary Medicine, Bristol University |
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4.40 pm |
Close of meeting |
