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Acute and general medicine for the physician Monday 28 October – Wednesday 30 October 2019
Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE
Programme director: Dr Rupert Beale, Royal Free Hospital, Francis Crick Institute and Chair, AGM Conference Committee
Monday 28 October 2019
09.00 Registration and coffee
09.30 Welcome and opening remarks Dr Rupert Beale, Royal Free Hospital, Francis Crick Institute and Chair, AGM Conference Committee
Session 1: Neurology Chair: Dr Rupert Beale, Royal Free Hospital, Francis Crick Institute and Chair, AGM Conference Committee
09.35 Transient loss of consciousness Dr Richard Davenport, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
10.10 Parkinsonism Dr Tabish Saifee, University College London Hospitals NHs Foundation Trust
10.45 Coffee
Session 2: Respiratory Chair: Dr Ananthakrishnan Raghuram, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
11.15 Occupational lung disease Dr Johanna Feary, Royal Brompton Hospital
11.50 Pulmonary embolus Professor David Kiely, The University of Sheffield
12.25 Lung cancer Dr Mark Slade, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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13.00 Lunch
Session 3: Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics Chair: Professor Tahseen Chowdhury, Royal London Hospital
Lecture chair and vote of thanks: Dr Rasha Mukhtar, censor, Royal College of Physicians
14.00 Turner-Warwick Lecture A personalised, clinical pharmacological approach to acute and subacute management of severe hypertension in secondary care Dr Azara Janmohamed, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Hospitals NHS Trust
14.40 Toxicology on the acute take Dr Nerys Conway, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
15.15 Tea
Session 4: Endocrinology Chair: Professor Tahseen Chowdhury, Royal London Hospital
15.50 Endocrine emergencies Dr Paul Carroll, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
16.20 Abnormal electrolytes Professor Steve Ball, The University of Manchester
17.00 Close of day one
Tuesday 29 October 2019
09.00 Registration and coffee
Session 5: Palliative care and psychiatry Chair: Dr Niall Keenan, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
09.30 Symptom control Dr Amy Proffitt, Barts Health NHS Trust
10.05 Liaison psychiatry Dr Rebecca Chubb, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
10.40 Coffee
Session 6: Care of older people Chair: Dr Niall Keenan, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
11.10 TIA and mimics Dr Alexandra Andrews, Barts Health
11.45 Delirium Dr Eileen Burns, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
12.20 Lunch
Session 7: Renal medicine Chair: Professor Tahseen Chowdhury, Royal London Hospital
13.20 Glomerulonephritis Dr Emma Vaux, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and college officer, Royal College of Physicians
13.55 Chronic kidney disease and diabetic nephropathy Dr Stephen Walsh, University College London
Lecture chair and vote of thanks: Dr Emma Vaux, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and college officer, Royal College of Physicians
14.30 Milroy Lecture Can we eradicate premature deaths from non-communicable diseases? Professor Simon Capewell, University of Liverpool
15.10 Tea
Session 8: Rheumatology and genetics Chair: Professor Andrew Goddard, president, Royal College of Physicians
15.30 Acute hot joints Dr Shirley Rigby, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
16.00 Cognitive bias Dr Amie Burbridge, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
16.30 Genetics Dr Janna Kenny, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
17.00 Close of day two
Wednesday 30 October 2019
09.00 Registration and coffee
Session 9: Haematology and oncology Chair: Dr Safa Al-Shamma, Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
09.30 New agents, new problems Dr Tim Cooksley, University Hospital of Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
10.05 Unexpected haematology results Dr Mohamed Hamid, The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
10.40 Coffee
Session 10: Infectious diseases Chair: Dr Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, Addenbrooke’s Hospital
11.10 PUO Dr Nick Matheson, Addenbrooke’s Hospital
11.45 The great mimicker and other STIs: diagnostic dilemmas Dr Olwen Williams, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and council member, Royal College of Physicians
12.20 Lunch
Session 11: Cardiology Chair: Dr Sudantha Bulugahapitiya, Bradford Teaching Hospitals
13.20 Chest pain Dr Sarah Clarke, clinical vice president, Royal College of Physicians
13.50 Atrial fibrillation Dr Dipak Kotecha, University of Birmingham
14.25 Valvular heart disease Dr Niall Keenan, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
15.00 Tea
Session 12: Gastroenterology Chair: Dr Sudantha Bulugahapitiya, Bradford Teaching Hospitals
15.30 Inflammatory bowel disease Dr Louise Langmead, Barts Health NHS Trust
16.00 Abnormal LFTs Dr Will Alazawi, London Bridge Hospital
16.30 GI bleeding Dr Neeraj Bhala, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
17.00 Close of conference
We’d like to thank our supporters for this meeting, Daiichi-Sankyo, Unite Medical and Univadis.