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Wed 30th Jun 2010

MEET THE EXPERTS - Bereavement Care for COPD
07:45 - 08:45
Experts: Dr Dawn Chaplin & Ms Geraldine Burge
  
MEET THE EXPERTS - Chronic Disease Management
07:45 - 08:45
Experts: Prof Mike Morgan & Ms Jane Scullion
  
MEET THE EXPERTS - Misinterpreting FEV1: What Primary Care Need to know
07:45 - 08:45
Experts: Dr Brendan Cooper & Mrs Angela Evans
  
MEET THE EXPERTS - Pneumonia and inhaled steroid issue
07:45 - 08:45
Expert: Professor Peter Calverley
  

MINI SYMPOSIA - ACTIVITY IN COPD - WHAT'S NEW?
11:30 - 12:00
TIM GRIFFITHS MEMORIAL LECTURE - Cross cultural links with other diseases - Prof Mike Morgan - Activity Monitoring - what is new, what is old, is it needed - Dr Richard Zuwallack - How to maintain activity levels in everyday life? - Prof Sally Singh - Mediating or moderating activity levels in COPD: anxiety and depression - Prof Paula Meed
  
MINI SYMPOSIA - BIOMARKERS AND IMMUNOLOGY
11:30 - 13:00
- Immunosubversion & Immunorestitution - Dr Martin Stampfli - Autoimmunity - Prof Alvar Agusti - Problems and benefits of Proteomics - Prof Philip Johnson
  
MINI SYMPOSIA - END STAGE DISEASE
11:30 - 13:00
- Introduction to current issues and achieving a holistic approach - Dr Noel O'Kelly - Palliative Care and Dyspnea Management in End Stage COPD - Dr Richard Mularski - Controversies in oxygen therapy - Christine Mikelsons - Management of COPD cachexia - Prof Rich Casaburi
  

MINI SYMPOSIA - HOT MANAGEMENT TOPICS
16:00 - 17:30
- Interventional bronchoscopy (stenting) - Dr Frank Sciurba - Systemic versus local therapy - Prof Rob Stockley - Bio behavioural issues - Dr Jan Vercoulen - Can genetic testing predict COPD? - Prof Ian Hall
  
MINI SYMPOSIA - HOT TOPICS (1)
16:00 - 17:30
- Lung maturation - Prof David Warburton - Stem cells and regenerative medicine - Prof Stephen Rennard - Animal models what is the bottom line - Prof Andrew Churg
  
MINI SYMPOSIA - MEASURING QUALITY OF CARE
16:00 - 17:30
- Developing patient reported quality measures - Prof Paul Jones - Metrics and Indicators - can we achieve them - Prof Mike Pearson - what can be done in primary care - Dr Kevin Grifydd-Jones - What do patients really want (professional patients) - John Walsh & Dame Helena Shovelton, Round table discussion
  

Thu 1st Jul 2010

MINI SYMPOSIA - ACHIEVING INTEGRATION ACROSS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CARE
11:30 - 13:00
- National COPD strategy - an English approach - Professor Sue Hill - Delivering high quality care for patients - Dr Robert Winter - A solution across the primary secondary care divide (IMPRESS) - tbc - Developing the workforce - tbc
  
MINI SYMPOSIA - ACUTE CARE - CAN IT BE DONE DIFFERENTLY?
11:30 - 13:00
Admissions avoidance - Dr Lisa Davies Ventilatory support - Prof Mark Elliott Prophylactic therapy - Prof Wisia Wedzicha Structured admission - Dr Roger Goldstein
  
MINI SYMPOSIA - HOT TOPICS (2)
11:30 - 13:00
- COPD and lung cancer at the molecular level - Prof Avi Spira - Lung and bone; what's beneath the COPD - Osteoporosis link - Dr Charlotte Bolton - Myoremediation - Dr David Glass - Atherosclerosis - Emphysema of the blood vessels - Dr Magnus Back
  

MINI SYMPOSIA - EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF EXACERBATIONS
16:00 - 17:30
- Assessment & management of acute exacerbations - Dr John Hurst - Does early pulmonary rehabilitation work? - Prof Thierry Troosters - Exacerbation follow-up - Prof Wisia Wedzicha - How can we effectively prevent hospital admission in COPD - Dr Marc Miravitlles
  
MINI SYMPOSIA - FUNCTIONAL GENETICS
16:00 - 17:30
- Lung function decline - Prof James Crapo - Phenotypes - Prof David Lomas - Exacerbations: COPD susceptibility, emphysema and airway disease - Prof Edwin Silverman
  
MINI SYMPOSIA - GENDER: Y CHROMOSOMES HAVE AN EFFECT?
16:00 - 17:30
What is the data telling us? - Dr Don Sin Why does it matter? - Dr Maarten van den Berge What should we do? - Prof Sonia Buist
  

Fri 2nd Jul 2010

MEET THE EXPERTS - Nursing Research
07:00 - 09:00
Experts: Paula Meek & Sue Lareau
  
MEET THE EXPERTS - Bronchiectasis: Current management and emerging therapies
08:00 - 09:00
Experts: Dr Dr Bilton
  
MEET THE EXPERTS - Common Pitfalls in Diagnosis
08:00 - 09:00
Expert: Professor Bart Celli
  
MEET THE EXPERTS - Effective partnerships with patients improving compliance and concordance
08:00 - 09:00
Experts: Prof Christine Jenkins & Ms Sam Prigmore
  
MEET THE EXPERTS - New and Emerging Diagnostic Technologies
08:00 - 09:00
Experts: Dr Brendan Cooper & Prof Mike Pearson
  

 

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