About this event
- Date and time Tue 20 Nov 2018 from 9:00am to 5:30pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Paediatrics and Child Health
This annual event is suitable to all members of the multidisciplinary team who care for adults or children with cystic fibrosis (CF).
Delegates will be updated and informed of current best practice and future developments in CF care.
Topics include:
- New and emerging therapies
- NICE CF guidelines
- Diagnosing respiratory infections and CF
- Yearly review
Agenda
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Session one
Registration, tea and coffee
Introduction and welcome
Professor Iolo Doull, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital for Wales, Cardiff
Is it cystic fibrosis?
Dr Nicholas Simmonds, Associate Director and Consultant Respiratory Physician, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London
How best to diagnose respiratory infections in children
Dr Julian Forton, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital for Wales, Cardiff
Tea and coffee break
Session two
Treatment for rare cystic fibrosis mutations
Professor Dr Christiane De Boeck, Pediatric Pneumologist, Department of Paediatrics, University of Leuven, Belgium
The NICE cystic fibrosis guideline
Professor Martin Walshaw, Consultant Chest Physician and Director, Specialist Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
Lunch
New and emerging therapies for cystic fibrosis
Professor Jane Davies, Professor of Paediatric Respirology and Experimental Medicine, Imperial College London and Honorary Consultant, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Which pathogens should we worry about?
Professor Andrew Jones, Centre Director, Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre
Tea and coffee break
Session three : Fellows' round (5 X 15 minutes cases)
"Fortunate are those who take the first steps”? The biopsychosocial impact of novel drug development
Dr Rebecca Dobra, Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London and Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Amyloidosis in a cystic fibrosis patient
Dr Tom Simpson, ST7 Respiratory and General Medicine, South London Hospital for Women and Children
Cystic Fibrosis Screen Positive, inconclusive diagnosis: The D1152H mutation dilemma
Dr Thanuja Krishnananthan, Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Fellow, Royal London Hospital
Implications of fatherhood in cystic fibrosis
Brooke Bianco, Cystic Fibrosis Research Nurse, Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre and Manchester Clinical Research Facility
Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: Benefit for everyone
Dr Chris Course, ST5 Paediatric Registrar, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Session four
Year end review
Dr Ian Balfour-Lynn, Consultant Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Director of Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis, Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Close of meeting
Sponsors
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom