14 Nov
Liverpool, 14th November 2017 - 16th November 2017
CDH EURO CONSORTIUM
1st Announcement
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It is a privilege to announce and warmly invite you to join us in Liverpool for the 2017 International Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Workshop Meeting.
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The CDH meeting is being held as part of an event programme linking closely also with the Peter Paul Rickham Symposium which celebrates the life-time achievements of an eminent paediatric surgeon who was co-founder of the World’s 1st Neonatal Surgical Unit at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in 1953. A faculty of leading experts will deliver state-of-the-art lectures pertinent to clinical care and management of CDH ( prenatal / postnatal / long term follow up ) including the latest advances in the basic sciences / developmental lung biology of particular relevance to the clinician / investigator(s). We invite Abstract submission(s) as free paper scientific sessions are a key feature included in the 2 day symposium timetable.
CDH Parent support groups are particularly invited to attend and contribute . We are delighted to announce that CDH UK will be joining us for the 1st International CDH Symposium to be held in the UK.
Professor Paul Losty
On behalf of the local organising committee
Instructions
Abstracts are welcome on every aspect of CDH which will be scored , evaluated and selected by the scientific committee. Free paper sessions / posters presentations will be timetabled in the meeting programme scheduled with faculty lectures.
On behalf of the local organising committee, CDH UK and the CDH EURO CONSORTIUM
we therefore request you reserve the dates : November 14th – 16th 2017 in your diary and encourage your colleagues to submit abstracts.
Workshop fee : The CDH workshop fee – which includes lunches and refreshments – ‘ early bird ‘ rate – £ 250 – payment details to follow.
Abstract Format – Aims , Methods , Results , Conclusions – 350 words maximum.
Indicate submission preference – Oral or poster presentation category
Abstracts mail to : [email protected]
Deadline for abstract submission – July 30th 2017
Abstract acceptance will be announced – August 31st 2017
Please note : The Peter Paul Rickham Symposium is a full 1 day event during the conference being held on November 16th 2017. The clinical & scientific programme for the Peter Paul Rickham meeting will be finalised and announced in Summer 2017. There will be a one day registration available just for the PPR symposium. Details will follow.
Those delegates registering and attending the CDH International Workshop – a 2 day scientific meeting (November 14th and 15th ) will have a special conference fee rate ( £ ) also included for the Peter Paul Rickham Symposium which immediately follows on November 16th 2017 – arrangements to be confirmed.
Professor Dick Tibboel – Sophia Children’s Hospital , Erasmus University Rotterdam , Netherlands will deliver the 2017 Peter Paul Rickham Guest Lecture.
Enquiries and further information :
Moira Saphier – Executive PA
Institute of Child Health
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital , Liverpool , UK
Email : [email protected]
Tel : + 44-151-252-5250
CDH International Workshop Faculty :
Kevin Lally ( USA) – CDH International Registry
Pam Lally (USA ) – CDH International Registry
Jay Wilson ( USA ) – Boston Children’s Hospital – A lifetimes personal experience
Alan Flake ( USA ) – “ New ways to support the patient “ ….
EriK Skarsgard (Canada ) – CAPsNET CDH network
Richard Keijzer ( Canada ) – Science CDH & Nanoparticles as novel therapies ..
Mauro Longoni ( USA) – Advanced genetics and CDH …
Carl Davis ( UK ) – CDH and ECMO Service – The Glasgow Experience …
Neil Patel ( UK ) – Cardiac evaluation in CDH – current status
David Field ( UK ) – British Association Perinatal Medicine – CDH new guidelines
Paul Losty ( UK ) – Evidence .. What evidence ?
Paolo De Coppi ( UK ) – Regenerative Medicine
Jan Deprest ( Belgium ) – FETO – Latest News ……
Alexandra Benachi ( France ) – Prenatal evaluation update & developments …
Richard Rottier ( Netherlands ) – Pulmonary vascular developmental biology
Hanneke Ijsselstijn ( Netherlands ) – Long term outcomes …
Dick Tibboel ( Netherlands ) – New clinical trials … What’s next ? …
Francesco Morrini ( Italy ) – Studies with The Registry
Pietro Bagolan ( Italy ) – ‘ Tales from Rome ‘ …
Thomas Schaible ( Germany ) – CDH ECMO Mannheim Experience
Japanese CDH Study Group ( Japan ) – Outcome Studies From Japan …
CDH UK – Parent support group – Reflections & Perspectives ….
CDH Euroconsortium – Networks and Collaborative Research