About this event

  • Date and time Fri 17 Mar 2023 from 11:30am to 6:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

This unique and relevant meeting will highlight overlapping aspects of gastroenterology and rheumatology. Top speakers will present the latest understanding of complex clinical areas common to both specialities, update and enhance knowledge in gastroenterology for the rheumatology clinic, improve patient care and stimulate closer collaboration. 

Attendees will receive a comprehensive update of the latest research across a broad spectrum of functional gastrointestinal diseases, including coeliac disease and autoimmune liver disease. Additionally, we will examine the rheumatological manifestations of these conditions and their treatment.

The role of the gut microbiome will be explored as well as its impact on immunology and autoimmune disease.

Attendees will gain insight into:

  • A wide range of gastrointestinal diseases (such as coeliac disease), their rheumatological implications and treatment strategies
  • The influence of the gut microbiome on immunology and autoimmune disease
  • Autoimmune liver disease and its rheumatological manifestations
  • The implications of immunosuppression on the gut (potential risks and benefits)

 

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Key speakers

Dr Deepak Joshi

Dr Deepak Joshi

Consultant Hepatologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Speaker's biography

Dr Deepak Joshi is a transplant hepatologist with an interest in autoimmune liver disease. He is the clinical lead for Hepato-pancreato-biliary medicine at King’s College Hospital and is an advanced biliary endoscopist, specialising in paediatric endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. He is a member of the BSG liver committee and is a co-author of the book, Hepatology at a Glance. His current research interests include the management of biliary disease pre- and post - liver transplantation including the role of endoscopy.  

Dr Ravi Misra

Consultant Gastroenterologist, St Marks Hospital

Speaker's biography

Dr Ravi Misra is a consultant gastroenterologist at St. Marks hospital with a specialist interest in inflammatory bowel disease. He completed training in the North West Thames rotation. His PhD from Imperial College examined the impact of ethnicity on inflammatory bowel disease epidemiology and gut microbiota profiling of newly diagnosed patients.

Dr Gehanjali Amarasinghe

Dr Gehanjali Amarasinghe

Gastroenterologist as St Marks Hospital 

Speaker's biography

Dr Amarasinghe is a gastroenterologist at St Marks Hospital with a special interest in neurogastroenterology and motility. She is the lead for upper GI physiology at St Marks and is a member of the pelvic floor multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

She completed her gastroenterology training in the South Thames rotation and her PhD at Queen Mary University of London on the topic of oesophageal pain.

Agenda

View the programme (in person) 17 March 2023

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Update on functional gastrointestinal disease

Dr Zarate Lopez, Consultant Neurogastroenterology, University College Hospital 

Autoimmune gastrointestinal dysmotility from scleroderma and chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction /oesophageal motility perspective

Dr Gehanjali Amarasinghe, Consultant Gastroenerology, St Marks Hospital

Questions and answer session
Tea and Coffee break
Update on Sclerosing cholangitis - primary sclerosing cholangitis IgG4

Dr Deepak Joshi, Consultant Hepatologist, Institute of Liver Studies, Kings College London 

Update on Inflammatory bowel disease, biologic treatment and tips for the rheumatology clinic

Dr Ravi Misra, Consultant Gastroenterology, St Marks Hospital

Question and answer session
Tea and coffee break
Update on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and tips for rheumatology prescribing keynote lecture

Professor Guruprasad P. Aithal, Deputy Director and Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorder Theme Lead, National Institute for Health Care Research, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham 

Gut microbiome and implications for autoimmune disease

Professor Frances MK Williams, Professor of Genomic Epidemiology, Department Twin Research, Kings College London and Guys and St Thomas Hospital

Question and answer session
Close of meeting
View the programme (virtual) 17 March 2023

Welcome and introduction
Update on functional gastrointestinal disease

Dr Zarate Lopez, Consultant Neurogastroenterology, University College Hospital 

Autoimmune gastrointestinal dysmotility from scleroderma and chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction /oesophageal motility perspective

Dr Gehanjali Amarasinghe, Consultant Gastroenterology, St Marks Hospital

Question and answer session
Comfort break
Update on Sclerosing cholangitis - primary sclerosing cholangitis IgG4

Dr Deepak Joshi, Consultant Hepatologist, Institute of Liver Studies, Kings College London

Update on inflammatory bowel disease, biologic treatment and tips for rheumatology clinic

Dr Ravi Misra, Consultant Gastroenterology, St Marks Hospital

Question and answer session
Comfort break
Update on non alcoholic fatty liver disease and tips for rheumatology prescribing key note lecture

Porfessor Guruprasad P. Aithal, Deputy Director and Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorder Theme Lead, National Institute for Health Care and Research, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham

Gut microbiome and implications for autoimmune disease

Professor Frances MK Williams, Professor of Genomic Epidemiology, Department Twin Research, Kings College London and Guys and St Thomas' Hospital

Question and answer session
Close of meeting

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on 16 March 2023. Late registrations will not be accepted. 

The agenda is subject to change at any time 

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenters and RSM's discretion. 

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations. 

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels. 

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