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Gastroenterology

RCPE Symposium Edinburgh

Date: Friday, 2 November 2012

Venue:

The Queen Mother Conference Centre
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
9 Queen Street
Edinburgh EH2 1JQ

Overview
Programme
Fees and Contact details
Further Information

This is an exciting time for gastroenterology, with new understandings and/or treatments emerging for common gastrointestinal and liver diseases.

This symposium – the first on gastroenterology from the RCPE for 2 years – provides a comprehensive update from an expert international faculty on these developments and will appeal to established consultants and trainees, both gastroenterologists and non-specialists, wishing to keep abreast of these rapidly moving fields.

Alastair MacGilchrist
Chair, Organising Sub-committee

Friday 2 November 2012

09.00	Registration and coffee
09.25	Welcome and introductory remarks by President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Session 1 - Gastrointestinal motility - science and practice

Chair: Dr Nigel Reynolds, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

09:30	Irritable bowel syndrome: do we know yet what it is? Professor Robin Spiller, Lead Director of NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Diseases, Nottingham University * psychological stress * gastrointestinal infection * serotonin
10:00	Irritable bowel syndrome: do we know yet how to manage it? Dr Anton Emmanuel, Consultant Gastroenterologist, University College Hospital, London doctor-patient interaction in a real life consultation drug therapies: what to use and when * non-drug therapies: placebo or unavailable panacea
10:30	What causes right upper quadrant pain and what if the ultrasound is negative? Professor Owen Epstein, Professor of Gastroenterology and Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Free Hospital, London imaging differential *treatment
11:00	Coffee / tea

Session 2 - Endoscopy - best use of new modalities

Chair: Dr Nick Church, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

11:30	Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: the first 24 hours Dr Adrian Stanley, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary early risk assessment optimal use of drugs * endoscopic therapies
12:00	Cystic lesions of the pancreas: modern diagnosis and management Dr Ian Penman, National Endoscopy Lead for Scotland and Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh different cyst types how to evaluate *resection, surveillance or discharge?
12:30	SYDNEY WATSON SMITH LECTURE Chair: President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Barrett's oesophagus: what endoscopy? Professor Jacques Bergman, Associate Professor, Amsterdam Medical Centre, The Netherlands most early neoplastic lesions in Barrett’s are endoscopically visible endoscopic resection of early neoplasia is crucial for staging and therapy * treatment should be performed in high-volume centres
13:15	Lunch

Session 3 - Liver disease - changing and challenging times

Chair: Dr Alastair MacGilchrist, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

14:00	Hepatitis B: new understanding, new treatments Professor Harry Janssen, Professor of Hepatology and Chief of Liver Diseases and Transplantation, Erasmus MC Univeristy Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands when to give nucleoside analogues or immunemodulation by Peg-IFN can we prevent liver failure and liver cancer by treatment * how to use HBsAg quantification
14:30	New therapies for Hepatitis C Dr Matthew Cramp, Consultant Hepatologist, South West Liver Unit, Plymouth when and when not to use the new oral anti-virals what about non-1 genotypes * will all HCV be curable in the future?
15:00	Liver disease: a national concern Dr Martin Lombard, Director of the National Liver Strategy for England and Consultant Hepatologist, Royal Liverpool Hospital what are the issues? how can they be addressed? *what outcomes can we expect?
15:30	Symposium feedback / tea

Session 4 - Inflammatory bowel disease - management dilemmas

Chair: Professor Jack Satsangi, Professor of Gastroenterology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

15:55	Rational use of biological therapies in inflammatory bowel disease Dr Charlie Lees, Consultant Gastroenterologist, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh patient selection for use of anti-TNFs early in disease course optimisation and monitoring of anti-TNF therapy *withdrawal of anti-TNF therapy in selected patients
16:25	Meeting the challenges of inflammatory bowel disease in adolescents Dr Richard Russell, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Yorkhill Hospital, Glasgow specific treatment and disease differences in adolescents with IBD transition and transfer * how to deal and not to deal with your next teenage IBD patient
16:55	Close

Online booking for this event closes on Thursday 1 November 2012 but places may still be available after that date - please contact the Education Co-ordinator (see below).

An early bird discount applies until 5 October 2012.

Registration fees

	Early Bird Registration Until 5 October 2012	Registration From 6 October 2012
Standard fee	£120	£150
RCPE Fellow	£60	£90
RCPE Collegiate Member/Associate/ e-Associate	£60	£90
Nurse/AHP/Pharmacist/ Postgraduate student	£45	£75
Retired FRCPE, including lunch	£15	£15
Retired FRCPE, no lunch	£0	£0
Medical student (refundable deposit)	£15	£15

Medical student - the £15 deposit will be refunded to those students who attend the event. It will not be refunded to students who register but do not show.

Unpaid Post – Nil, if confirmation of status provided – please contact the Education Co-ordinator at RCPE (see below).

Collegiate Members and Associates of the RCPE in clinical research posts may be eligible for funding - please contact the Education Co-ordinator for further information (see below).

Trainees in the medical specialties in the East of Scotland, North of Scotland or South East Scotland Deaneries are eligible to attend any number of events in the College’s main symposium programme in the current academic year for a one-off payment of £100 from their study leave budget, under the RCPE's "block grant" scheme. They will need to notify their Deanery who will issue an Application I.D. This number is needed in order to register.

Further details can be obtained from:

Christine Berwick
Education Coordinator,
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,
9 Queen Street,
Edinburgh
EH2 1JQ

TEL: 0131 247 3634
FAX: 0131 220 4393

Email: c.berwick@rcpe.ac.uk

This event is open to all grades of medical, health care and scientific staff and to medical students. If you are unsure about eligibility, or the correct fee category, please contact the RCPE member of staff responsible for the event (see Fees and Contact Details page).

All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Where appropriate, certificates of attendance will be provided but are usually posted out after the event.

Please note that on occasion event programmes may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.

Access

As a listed building, the College has restricted disabled access. A wheelchair lift is provided at the rear of the College giving access to the Conference Centre and the main historic rooms, but not all of the smaller rooms used for educational events. For further information and assistance please contact the RCPE member of staff responsible for the event (see Fees and Contact Details page).

Accommodation and Directions to the College

The College has negotiated special rates with a number of local hotels.

Interactive map and directions

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Commercial Sponsorship

Many events are supported by commercial companies taking stand space. Health professionals and NHS managers are invited to visit the company stands during the breaks. Companies interested in sponsoring this, or other events listed on the Calendar, should contact the relevant member of RCPE staff (see Fees and Contact Details page for the event).

Exhibitors/sponsors play no part in the planning or delivery of the event and the College has developed an Ethical Sponsorship Policy to support organising committees and committee chairmen in their negotiations with potential commercial partners for education and other events.