RCPI Advanced Masterclass 2009:
Latest Advances in Clinical Practice Supported by Improved Understanding of Disease Mechanisms
The St Luke's Day Advanced Masterclass will feature clinical scenarios based on current best evidence, together with presentations of papers which have substantially impacted on areas of practice in recent years, followed by a debate on coronary heart disease, and will conclude with a keynote lecture from Prof Robert Rizza, Executive Dean for Research, Mayo Clinic, USA.
Date: Friday October 23 2009 at 09:30
Venue: RCPI, No.6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Registration
Trainees, Members and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Faculties and Institute can attend at no charge, but advance registration is required. The registration fee for others is €200. Please complete the registration form and return it to:
Helen Murray
Royal College of Phsicians of Ireland
Frederick House, 19 South Frederick Street, Dublin 2
Fax: +353 1 672 4707
Email: college@rcpi.ie
09:30 - Registration
09:50 - Dr John Donohoe, President, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Welcome
CLINICAL PEARLS CASE PRESENTATIONS:
Clinical case scenarios based on current best evidence
Chair: Prof Richard Costello, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
10:00 - Dr Niamh O'Connell, Consultant Haematologist, AMNCH Tallaght, Dublin
Clinical pearls in haematology - the story of ADAM and JAK
10:20 - Dr Michael Henry, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Cork University Hospital
A couple of pulmonary pearls
10:40 - Prof Suzanne Norris, Consultant Hepatologist & Gastroenterologist, St James's Hospital, Dublin
Ferritin and the liver - innocent bystander or silent witness
11:00 - Dr Joseph Eustace, Consultant Nephrologist, Cork University Hospital
The rise and fall of serum sodium
11:20 - Question and Answers Session
11:30 - 11:45 Refreshment Break
CLINICAL UPDATES:
Presentation of Papers which have substantially impacted on areas of practice in recent years
Chair: Dr Diarmuid O'Shea, Vice President for Education & Professional Development, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
11:45 - Dr Rachael Doyle, Consultant Geriatrician, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin and St Columcille's Hospital Dublin
Advances in cerebrovascular disease management
12:10 - Prof Hilary Humphreys, Consultant Microbiologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Are healthcare-associated infections more preventable than we think?
12:35 - Dr Sean Dineen, Consultant Endocrinologist, National University of Ireland, Galway
Obesity/diabetes in acute illness
13:00 - Question And Answers Session
13:15 - 14:30 - Lunch
DEBATE ON CORONARY HEART DISEASE:
Stents: the death knell for coronary artery surgery
Chair: Dr Brian Maurer, Consultant Cardiologist and Medical Director of the Irish Heart Foundation
14:30 - Prof David Foley, Consultant Cardiologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
14:40 - Dr Ross Murphy, Consultant Cardiologist, St James's Hospital, Dublin
14:50 - Dr Mike Tolan, Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon, St James's Hospital, Dublin
15:00 - Panel Discussion
ST LUKE'S KEYNOTE LECTURE
15:30 - Prof Robert Rizza, Executive Dean for Research, Mayo Clinic, USA
The economic and human implications of chronic disease - modelling diabetes outcomes
16:15 Close of Session
Continuing Medical Education
This meeting is approved for 5 CME Credits