Overview

This symposium is aimed at RCPath fellows, members, trainees, medical students and others interested in the range of pathology specialties in Northern Ireland. Delegates will hear presentations about upcoming themes in the field of pathology and share some of the great developments happening in Northern Ireland. They will hear from the President Professor Mike Osborn and find out what the College does in Northern Ireland. 

This is a Free event. The Symposium will be taking place in the morning between 9.30am-1pm.

The event will  be held in person only at Postgraudate Medical Centre, Belfast City Hospital, 51 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7AB

Online registration is now closed!

 

Programme

09:30

Meeting opens

Dr Gareth McKeeman, Chair, RCPath Northern Ireland Regional Council

Professor Ian Young, Chief Scientific Advisor, Director of Research for Health and Social Care

09:40

POCT – Past, Present and Potential

Dr Derek McKillop, Consultant Clinical Scientist and POCT Manager, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

10:15

The Use of Procalcitonin Testing to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship in all-cause Respiratory Admissions

Dr Suzanna Paterson, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

10:35

Regional Pathology Network Update

Mr Ronan Strain, Northern Ireland Pathology Network Manager

10:45

NI Pathology Blueprint Programme Update

Dr Michael McKenna, Northern Ireland Pathology Network Clinical Director for Blueprint

10:55

College President update

Professor Mike Osborn, President of the Royal College of Pathologists

11:20

Coffee Break

11:35

Clinical Case Study: Plumbing the DePTHs

Mr Neil Gilmore, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

11:50

Clinical Case Study: An Unusual Abdominal Mass

Dr Peter Nelson, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

12:05

Emerging and re-emerging viral infections

Dr Kathy Li, Consultant Medical Virologist, Regional Virus Laboratory, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

12:45

Q&A session

13:00

Meeting closes

Dr Gareth McKeeman, Chair, RCPath Northern Ireland Regional Council
Location

To be held at Postgraudate Medical Centre, Belfast City Hospital, 51 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7AB

 

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