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50th St Andrew's Day Festival Symposium: Five decades of medical progress

Date: Thursday, 2 December 2010 - Friday, 3 December 2010

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

The RCPE held its first St. Andrew's Day Festival Symposium in December 1961. This year, the College is organising its 50th St. Andrew's Day Symposium and to mark the occassion, this annual flagship event is slightly different in nature. The symposium programme will cover eight different specialty areas looking at key developments over the past 50 years, but still with the emphasis very much on current and emerging clinical management issues. The sessions that will be covered are Cardiolovascular medicine, Gastroenterology, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Palliative care, Renal medicine and Respiratory medicine.

The first St. Andrew’s Day Symposium was on genetics and cell biology and the College is delighted that Professor David Porteous will give the Ballantyne Lecture on “Our genetic inheritance: a decade on from sequencing the human genome”. In addition, Baroness Ilora Finlay will give the Sir James Cameron Lecture on “Palliative care – 2020 vision”.

Thursday 2 December

09.00	Registration and Coffee
09.25	Welcome by Dr Neil Dewhurst, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Session 1 - Cardiovascular Medicine

Chair: Dr Nicholas Boon, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

09.30	Getting out of bed; the evolution of myocardial infarction Dr Nicholas Boon
09.40	Advances in diagnosis of coronary heart disease TBC
10.05	Changes in diagnosis and management of acute myocardial infarction Professor Keith Fox, Duke of Edinburgh Professor of Cardiology, University of Edinburgh
10.30	21st century approach to acute MI: percutaneous intervention Dr Jim McLenachan, Leeds General Infirmary
10.55	Coffee / tea

Session 2 - Genetics

Chair:

11.30	TBC
12.00	BALLANTYNE LECTURE Chair: Dr Neil Dewhurst, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Our genetic inheritance: a decade on from sequencing the human genome Professor David Porteous, Head of Section, Medical Genetics, University of Edinburgh
12.45	Lunch
	13.15-14.00 RCPE Annual General Meeting for Fellows and Members (in the Auditorium)

Session 3 - Gastroenterology

Chair: Professor Duncan Bell, University of East Anglia, Norwich

14.00	Colonoscopy – knowing where it is going Professor Duncan Bell
14.10	Current use of colonoscopy in diagnosis and management Dr Matthew Rutter, Consultant Gastroenterologist, University Hospital of North Tees
14.35	Management of acute liver failure: no longer a dead cert! Professor Rajiv Jalan, Consultant Hepatologist, University College London
15.00	Symposium feedback / tea

Session 4 - Renal Medicine

Chair: Dr Alistair Douglas, Consultant in Acute Medicine and Nephrology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee

15.30	Introduction Dr Alistair Douglas
15.40	50 years of nephrology – transforming prospects for people with kidney disease Professor John Feehally, Honorary Professor of Renal Medicine, University of Leicester
16.05	Treatment of renal anaemia Professor Iain Macdougall, Consultant Nephrologist, King’s College Hospital, London
16.30	Renal protection: preventing acute kidney injury – the future Dr Andrew Lewington, Consultant Renal Physician, St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds
16.55	Close

Friday 3 December

09.00

Registration and Coffee

Session 1 - Respiratory Medicine

Chair: Professor Graham Devereux, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Aberdeen

09.30	The ups and downs of 50 years of respiratory medicine Professor Graham Devereux
09.40	50 years of ventilation: from ITU to the home Dr Ian Grant, Consultant Physician, Home Ventilation Service, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
10.05	50 years of pneumonia, can we improve prevention and treatment? Dr Stephen Gordon, Reader in Tropical Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
10.30	50 years of cystic fibrosis TBC
10.55	Coffee / tea

Session 2 - Palliative Care

Chair: Professor Scott Murray, St. Columbas Hospice Chair of Primary Palliative Care, University of Edinburgh

11.25	50 years of end of life care Professor Scott Murray, St. Columbas Hospice Chair of Primary Palliative Care, University of Edinburgh
11.35	Palliative care – state of the art Professor Mike Bennett, Professor of Palliative Medicine, Lancaster University
12.00	SIR JAMES CAMERON LECTURE Chair: Dr Neil Dewhurst, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Palliative care – 2020 vision Baroness Ilora Finlay, Professor of Palliative Care, Cardiff University
12.45	Lunch

Session 3 - Neurology

Chair: Professor Charles Warlow, Professor of Medical Neurology, University of Edinburgh

13.40	50 years of neurology Professor Charles Warlow, Professor of Medical Neurology, University of Edinburgh
13.50	From apoplexy to brain attack via stroke and CVA Dr John Bamford, Consultant Neurologist and Cerebrovascular Physician, Leeds General Infirmary
14.15	Doing acute neurology better…and better Dr Ed Dunn, Consultant Neurologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals
14.40	Epilepsy: from stigma to celebs Dr Richard Roberts, Reader in Neurology, University of Dundee
15.05	Symposium feedback / tea

Session 4 - Infectious Diseases

Chair: Dr David Wilks, Consultant Physician, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

15.30	50 years of infectious diseases Dr David Wilks, Consultant Physician, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
15.40	From Salk and Sabine to swine flu - 50 years of mass vaccination TBC
16.05	HIV: before and after the divide Dr Ray Brettle, Consultant Physician, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
16.30	Malaria: future challenges for world disease Professor Christopher Whitty, Professor of International Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
16.55	Close

Click here to download the programme for this event.

Online booking for this event closes on Tuesday 30 November but places may still be available after that date - please contact the Symposium Co-ordinator (see below).

Registration fees PER DAY

Full fee	£120
RCPE Fellow	£60
RCPE Collegiate Member/Associate	£60
RCPE e-associate	£60
Nurse/AHP/Pharmacist	£45
Retired FRCPE, including lunch	£15
Retired FRCPE, no lunch	£0
*Medical or other healthcare student	£0

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

*Medical or other healthcare student - limited numbers available on a first-come-first-served basis.

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 your study leave budget, under the RCPE's "block grant" scheme. You will need to notify your Deanery that you wish to access the scheme before registering and to register using the registration form accessible at the bottom of this page.

50th ST. ANDREWSTIDE FESTIVAL DINNER Thursday 2 December 2010
A dinner will be held in the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 2 December at 6.45 for 8.00pm, dress black tie, for Symposium speakers and invited RCPE guests. It is hoped that places will be available for Fellows, Collegiate Members, Associates and their guests. The cost is £48. As places are limited, an early application is advised and should be made before Friday 12 November 2010.

Further details can be obtained from:

Eileen Strawn,
Symposium Co-ordinator,
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,
9 Queen Street,
Edinburgh
EH2 1JQ

TEL: 0131 247 3619
FAX: 0131 220 4393

Email: e.strawn@rcpe.ac.uk

This event is open to all grades of medical, health care and scientific staff and to students but, if you are unsure about eligibility, or the correct fee category for you, 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) and the College is accredited as an EPASS Provider by RCGP Scotland. Where appropriate, certificates of attendance will be provided but are usually posted out after the event.

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

Download pdf map and directions

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.