About this event

  • Date and time Mon 5 Oct 2020 from 5:00pm to 6:00pm
  • Location Online
  • Organised by Venous Forum

This Venous Forum 2020 webinar series will provide insightful updates and discussions on important aspects of venous diseases.

In this webinar we will be joined by two skin specialists who will discuss conditions which can mimic C4 disease and the topic of skin cancer on legs. The aim is to discuss some of the dermatological conditions that may present to the venous specialist and to consider appropriate management.

During this webinar you will:

  • Understand some of the important dermatological conditions that may mimic venous skin changes 
  • Know about appropriate management and when to refer to other specialists

Join this discussion to broaden your knowledge of important dermatological conditions and understand the correct management of these.

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The RSM is offering this webinar at no charge to delegates, in order to help healthcare professionals to easily access COVID-19 related education material & resources during the pandemic. However, we are asking people to support the RSM in these unprecedented times. Now more than ever, as a charity we need your help to continue our work and mission in advancing healthcare through innovation and education. Please consider making a donation  for joining this webinar. Thank you for your generosity. 

Key speakers

Dr Kristiana Gordon

Consultant in Dermatology and Lympho-vascular Medicine

Speaker's biography

Dr Kristiana Gordon is Consultant Physician in Dermatology & Lympho-vascular Medicine. She is Clinical Lead of the Lymphoedema Service at St George’s Hospital, London where her team cares for thousands of patients with primary and secondary lymphoedema and lipoedema. She is also a certified lymphoedema therapist.

Dr Gordon has completed a doctorate in the genetics of primary lymphoedema and imaging of the lymphatic system. She continues to pursue her research interests within the rapidly developing field of lympho-vascular medicine.

Dr Richard Bull

Consultant Dermatologist Homerton University Hospital and Barts Health NHS Trusts and AccelerateCIC

Speaker's biography

After training at Westminster and St Stephens, St George's and the Royal London, Richard was a consultant Dermatologist at Homerton University Hospital and Barts Health with a special interest in wound care. He is part of a multidisciplinary team at AccelerateCIC offering specialist care for patients with leg ulcers and lymphoedema.

Agenda

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Welcome and introduction

Mr Ian Franklin, President, Venous Forum, Royal Society of Medicine and Professor Peter Mortimer, Professor of Dermatological Medicine, St George’s University of London

Skin conditions that can resemble CEAP C4-6 disease

Dr Kristiana Gordon, Consultant in Dermatology and Lympho-vascular Medicine 

Skin cancer and dermatitis on legs

Dr Richard Bull, Consultant Dermatologist Homerton University Hospital and Barts Health NHS Trusts and AccelerateCIC

Panel discussion
Close of meeting

Location

Online

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Disclaimer: All views expressed in this webinar are of the speakers themselves and not of the RSM. 

Registration for this webinar will close 2 hours prior to the start time. You will receive the webinar link 2 hours before the meeting. Late registrations will not be accepted.

Webinar recordings will be available for registered delegates up to 30 days after the live webinar, via Zoom. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place.  

This webinar 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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