26th Advanced Gastroenterology & Hepatology Course

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26^th Advanced Gastroenterology & Hepatology Course - Tuesday 31 January & Wednesday 1 February 2023

This well-established, two-day course attracts trainees and consultants from across the UK and Globally. It is designed to cover important and "hot" topics and will feature experts speaking in their fields.

Overall this event provides an update on the latest evidence base for the management and treatment of gastrointestinal and liver conditions.

This course will be held as a hybrid event and we are delighted that the following speakers have agreed to be part of the programme:

Professor Stephen Attwood, Durham
Dr Tom Bird, Edinburgh
Professor Xavier Dray, Paris (remotely)
Professor Anton Emmanuel, London
Ms Nicola Fearnhead, Cambridge
Dr Helen Gillett, Livingston
Professor Ailsa Hart, London
Dr Emma Hathorn, Birmingham
Dr Peter Irving, London
Dr Martin James, Nottingham
Dr Rebecca Jones, Leeds
Dr Chris Lamb, Newcastle
Professor Philip Newsome, Birmingham
Professor Alastair O'Brien, London
Professor Russell Petty, Dundee
Dr Mussarat Rahim, London
Professor Shaji Sebastian, Hull
Dr Christian Selinger, Leeds
Professor Reena Sidhu, Sheffield
Dr Alexandra Thompson, Edinburgh
Dr Alissa Walsh, Oxford

Members of Organising Committee

Dr Andy Bathgate, Edinburgh
Professor Peter Hayes, Edinburgh
Professor John Plevris, Edinburgh
Professor Jack Satsangi, Oxford
Dr Adrian Stanley, Glasgow

Event Delivery:

This event will be run as a hybrid event, with the option to attend the event in-person at the College or to view online from home. Please note that there will be a mix of speakers presenting from the College and online via web-link. If you plan to attend this event in-person please be aware of our COVID-19 information information for attending an event.

This event allows the opportunity for delegates to watch the presentations live, or at their convenience for up to 28 days following the original broadcast. Please note that talks will be available to view on-demand by the second working day after the live event. Delegates can continue to register for on-demand access only after the live event has taken place. Please note that access closes 28 days after the original broadcast, not after the point of booking

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Programme

Day 1 - Tuesday 31 January 2023

08.30	Registration and Coffee
08:55	Welcome and introductory remarks Professor John Plevris, Professor and Consultant in Gastroenterology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Session 1

Chair: Professor John Plevris, Professor and Consultant in Gastroenterology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

09:00	Eosinophilic oesophagitis in 2023: are we any better in diagnosis and treatment? Professor Stephen Attwood, Consultant Surgeon and Honorary Professor, Durham University
09:25	Foreign body ingestion: dos and don'ts Professor Xavier Dray, Endocrinology Unit, Hopital Saint Antonie, APHP, Sorbonne Universite, Paris (remote delivery)
09:50	How to make your Endoscopy Unit Green Professor Shaji Sebastian, IBD Service Lead, Hull University Teaching Hospital and Chair, BSG Research Committee (remote delivery)
10:15	Break

Session 2

Chair: Professor John Plevris, Professor and Consultant in Gastroenterology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

10:45	Managing functional GI disorders in 2023 Professor Anton Emmanuel, Consultant Gastroenterologist, University College Hospital, London (remote delivery)
11:10	NSAID's related gastrointestinal injury Professor Reena Sidhu, Consultant Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (remote delivery)
11:35	Coeliac disease: clinical pathways in diagnosis and management Dr Helen Gillett, Consultant Gastroenterologist, St John's Hospital, Livingston (pre-recorded)
12:00	Immunotherapy in gastro-oesophageal cancer: the way forward? Professor Russell Petty, Professor of Medical Oncology and Honorary Consultant, University of Dundee (pre-recorded)
12:25	Lunch

Session 3

Chair: Professor Jack Satsangi, Lee Placito Professor of Gastro-intestinal Disease, University of Oxford and Consultant Physician, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

13:30	Biologics in inflammatory bowel disease - the state of the art in 2023 Dr Peter Irving, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Guy's & St Thomas Hospital, London (remote delivery)
14.00	Small molecules in inflammatory bowel disease - the state of the art Dr Alissa Walsh, Consultant Gastroenterologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford (remote delivery)
14:30	IBD surgery in the era of biologics and small molecules Ms Nicola Fearnhead, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Addenbrookes's Hospital, Cambridge (remote delivery) * surgical intervention remains a key component of the multidisciplinary armamentarium for patients with IBD * timely surgical intervention impacts on patient outcomes * modern multimodal treatment strategies are undergoing continuous refinement to mitigate against any potential excess risks for patients on novel medical therapies
15:00	Break

Session 4

Chair: Professor Jack Satsangi, Lee Placito Professor of Gastro-intestinal Disease, University of Oxford and Consultant Physician, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

15:30	Management of IBD in pregnancy - best practice Dr Christian Selinger, Consultant Gastroenterologist, St James's University Hospital, Leeds * fertility, childlessness and optimization prior to pregnancy * medical management of IBD during pregnancy * delivery and breast feeding - what does the gastroenterologist need to know
16:00	Management of dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease Professor Ailsa Hart, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Director of IBD Research and Dean of St Mark's Hospital & Imperial College, London (remote delivery)
16:30	The future - personalising care in inflammatory bowel disease Dr Chris Lamb, Clinical Scientist and Honorary Consultant in Gastroenterology, Newcastle University
17:00	Close of day one

Day 2 - Wednesday 1 February 2023

08:30

Registration and Coffee

Session 5

Chair: Dr Professor Peter Hayes, Professor of Hepatology, Royal Infirmary of Edinbugh

09:00	Optimizing treatment of autoimmune hepatitis Dr Rebecca Jones, Consultant Hepatologist, Leeds Liver Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds (remote delivery)
09:45	Management of ascites including albumin therapy Professor Alastair O'Brien, Professor of Experimental Hepatology, Institute for LIver and Digestive Health, University College London (remote delivery)
10:30	Break

Session 6

Chair: Dr Andrew Bathgate, Consultant Hepatologist, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

11.00	Liver transplantation- what’s new and who gets referred Dr Alexandra Thompson, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh
11.45	Viral hepatitis – an update Dr Emma Hathorn, Liver Unit Consultant & Blood-borne Virus Specialist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham (remote delivery)
12.30	Lunch

Session 7

Chair: Professor Adrian Stanley, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

13.30

WILFRED (BILL) SIRCUS LECTURE
Chaired: President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Diabetes and NAFLD - the way forward
Professor Philip Newsome, Professor of Hepatology, Institute of Biomedical Research, The Medical School, University of Birmingham

14.15

Pregnancy and liver disease
Dr Mussarat Rahim, King's University Hospital, London (remote delivery)

15.00

Break

Session 8

Chair: Professor Adrian Stanley, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

15:15	Hepatocellular surveillance - who,how and for how long Dr Tom Bird, Centre for Liver & Digestive Diseases, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
16:00	Hepatopancreaticobiliary EUS Dr Martin James, Division of Gastroenterology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
16:45	Close

Fees

Attendance options

RCPE are delighted that delegates can again, attend events in person at the College. Delegates can book for in-person, in the College attendance up until the before/day of the event, or for online only attendnace up until 30 January 2023. All delegates will have on-demand access to all talks for 28 days following the live event. If you would like to attend in person, please select the relevant fee (see table below for costs) to cover lunch, coffee, networking opportunities to meet speakers and colleagues in the historic surroundings of the College, and to view our Heritage exhibition.

An early bird discount applies until Tuesday 10 January 2023.

Registration fees - for in-person, online and on-demand attendance are PER DAY and a 10% discount will be applied at the checkout if you book both both days
	Early Bird fee (until 10/01/23) per day for ONLINE attendance	Early Bird fee (until 10/01/23) per day for IN-PERSON attendance	Fee (from 11/01/23) per day for ONLINE attendance	Fee (from 11/01/23) per day for IN-PERSON attendance
Non RCPE Member or Fellow	£185	£205	£195	£215
RCPE Fellow & RCPE Collegiate & Associate Member	£125	£135	£135	£145
Nurse / AHP / Pharmacist / Physician Associates/RCPE Foundation Member	£100	£120	£110	£130
RCPE Fellow in low or lower-middle income country	£0	£0	£0	£0
Retired FRCPE	£10	£10	£20	£20

Long term / other leave – Fellows and Members, please contact the Education Co-ordinator as some discretion may be available.

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

Invoices

If you wish us to invoice an employer/organisation, please contact the Education Coordinator. Payment via invoice is not available for online booking.

Free places

Unpaid post – Nil if confirmation of status provided – please contact the Education Co-ordinator.

Refugee doctors – free places are available to refugee doctors who are Associate Members of the College. Associate Membership for refugee doctors is available free of charge. Please visit our website for instructions on how to join, and then apply to the Education Co-ordinator for your free place.

Cancellation policy

If you have to cancel your place within seven days of this event, we regret that we are unable to provide a refund. However, you may nominate someone else to take your place at the discretion of the event co-ordinator.

If you are no longer able to attend in-person, you can still view the event online. We will only reimburse the in-person fee under exceptional circumstances. The event will be available to view on-demand for 28 days after the live event, therefore, there is still opportunity to view the talks if you are not able to attend on the day.

In the event that the College is unable to host the in-person element of this event, all those registered to attend the College in-person will be reimbursed the additional in-person fee.

Further Information

This advanced course is open to trainees and consultants. If you are unsure about eligibility, or the correct fee category, please contact the RCPE member of staff responsible for the event (see Fees page).

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

Certificates

All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). To receive a CPD certificate delegates must have completed the online feedback survey. The survey will close 28 days after the original broadcast of the event, with certificates being issued shortly after this.

Certificates cannot be issued after the survey has closed.

On-demand Access

All presentations will be available to view on-demand by the second working day after the live event for 28 days, allowing you to catch-up in your own time. All delegates, including those attending in-person, will have access to view the talks on-demand again during this period.

If you are attending the event in-person at the College, please be aware of the following:

Photography

A professional photographer may be in attendance at this event. Photographs may be used by the College in digital and printed publicity material. If you do not wish to be photographed, please let a member of staff know at the registration desk.

Access

A wheelchair lift and internal lift are in place at the College, allowing access to the conference centre and historic rooms. However, as a listed building, meeting rooms 4 & 5 have restricted access. For further information and assistance, please contact the Event Co-ordinator responsible for the event.

An induction loop system is available in the Great Hall and Conference Centre Auditorium.

Parent Room

We can provide a Parent Room at our events. If you are interested in using this facility, please contact the Co-ordinator for further information.

Directions to the College

Bicycle racks are available for cyclists at the door to 8 Queen Street. For access to further bicycle racks, please ask at reception.

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Local walking routes

Three short walks can be enjoyed from the College. So if you are visiting us, why not explore the local area. Details can be found at Medal Routes.

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 event Co-ordinator.

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 chairs in their negotiations with potential commercial partners for education and other events.

Venue:

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Hybrid, EH2 1JQ

Credits

Activity Code

142043

Event Coordinator

Margaret Farquhar

Telephone

+ 44 (0)131 247 3636

Email

m.farquhar@rcpe.ac.uk

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