08 Oct
UCL Institute of Child Health, London, 8th October 2015
This meeting includes the 67th Simpson Smith Memorial Lecture. This annual Symposium focuses on aspects of paediatric surgery, providing an insight into innovation and current practice, with speakers from the major centres of excellence in the field.
| 09.30 | Registration | |
| Introduction – Professor L Spitz | ||
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Morning: |
Controversies in Paediatric Surgery |
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| 10.00 – 10.30 | Exomphalos: Paint or no paint? | Mr. Mike Stanton / Mr. David Drake |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Fundoplication or gastrojejunal tubes in neurologically impaired patients | Mr Simon Blackburn / Dr Nikhil Thapar |
| 11.00 – 11.30 |
Generalization or specialization? |
Mr Edward Kiely / Mr. Joe Curry |
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Coffee | |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Volvulus/Ladd’s: Open or laparoscopic? | Ms Erica Makin / Miss Kate Cross |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Cystic Hygroma: ENT or Interventional radiology | Mr. Ben Hartley / Dr. Alex Barnacle |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
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Afternoon: |
Present and Future of Fetal Surgery |
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14.00 – 14.20 |
Gastroschisis: implications of prenatal finding in postnatal outcome |
Dr. Anna David |
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14.20 – 14.40 |
Prenatal finding and postnatal implication of renal abnormalities |
Prof. Paul Winyard |
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14.40 – 15.00 |
Stem Cells and Gene Therapies Technologies for the Treatment of Congenital Haematopoietic Disorders |
Dr. Tippi MacKenzie |
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15.00 – 15.45 |
Tea | |
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15.45 – 16.15 |
In utero surgery for spina bifida: an update | Dr Alan Flake |
| 16.15 -16.45 | The future of prenatal diagnosis and therapy | Professor Lyn Chitty |
| 17.00 – 18.00 |
67th Simpson Smith Memorial Lecture: Diaphragmatic Hernia: Fallout from the FETO era |
Professor Mark Davenport |
| 18.00 | Drinks |
The course is convened by Professor Paolo De Coppi and Dr Simon Eaton.
For more information and to book, please see the GOSH website.