Faculty of Pathology 37th Annual Symposium & Annual General Meeting Thursday 7 th & Friday 8 th February 2019 Approved for up 8 CPD credits
Thursday 7th February 2019 (5 CPD) 9.30-10:00 Registration / Stand viewing 10:00-10:15 Dean s Address Session 1 11:10-13:00 Breakout Sessions Corrigan Hall Lecture Theatre HISTOPATHOLOGY Cancer biomarkers Chairs: Aurelie Fabre, Cynthia Heffron MICROBIOLOGY/HAEMATOLOGY/ CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY Critical care and Sepsis Chairs: Una Ni Riain, Patrick Twomey, Ronan Desmond Time Title Speaker Title Speaker Keynote Lecture: Molecular Biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer Professor Phil Quirke, Head of Tumour Biology and Pathology, University of Leeds Intensivist - The Surviving Sepsis Guidelines Seem to Work but at what cost? Dr Patrick Neligan, Anaesthetist, Galway University Oncology Dr Deirdre O Mahony, Medical Oncologist, Cork University New diagnostics in infection in ICU patients Dr Claire P Thomas, Infectious Diseases/ Clinical Microbiology, Hampshire hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
NGS Platforms PDL-1 Immunohistochemistry in lung cancer and melanoma Dr Bruce Moran St. Vincent's University, Cancer Biology & Therapeutics Laboratory, Conway Institute Dr Aurelie Fabre, Histopathologist and UCD Clinical Professor Coagulation Issues in Critically Ill Patients Immunology in the Critically Ill patient Dr Ruth Gilmore Haematologist, Galway University s Dr Tom Ryan, in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, St James s, Dublin Histopathology EQA Questions 13.00-14:00 Lunch / Poster & Stand viewing Session 2: General Time 14:00-14:20 14:20-14:50 14:50-15:05 15:10-15:25 15:25-16:25 Title Engagement and recruitment/medical education Keynote Lecture: Behavioural change, role in the delivery of healthcare Presentation of the George Greene Medal Winner Presentation of the John D Kennedy Medal Winner Rapid fire poster session Prof Hilary Humphreys, Professor of Clinical Microbiology, RCSI and Microbiologist, Beaumont Prof Michael Borg, Head of Departments of Infection Control & Sterile Services, Mater Dei, Malta
16:25- Announcement of the Winners of the 16:40 poster, Rapid Fire poster session and student poster prize. Close out. 19.00 Admissions Ceremony 20.00 Dinner After Dinner Speaker Friday 8th February (3 CPD) Time Title Speaker Chair 9.00-10.30 AGM General Session 10:30-11:00 Molecular Pathology: Applications in Solid Tumours 11:00-11:30 Whole Genome sequencing and its application in diagnosis/typing of enteric infection including CPE 11:30-11:45 Coffee 11:45-12:15 Molecular techniques in lymphoma malignancies Dr Brendan Doyle, Department of Histopathology Beaumont Prof Martin Cormican, National Clinical Lead for HCAI and AMR. Professor of Bacteriology at NUI Galway. Microbiologist Prof Elisabeth Vandenberghe, Haematologist, St James s, Dublin
12:15-12:45 Genetics of Familial Hypercholestrolaemia 12:45-13:15 The Liquid Biopsy: Circulating tumour DNA for lung cancer management. Promises & Pitfalls 13:15-13:30 General Discussion and Q&A Dr Vivion Crowley, Chemical Pathologist Dr Stephen Finn, Pathologist, St. James's 13.30 Closing Address from Dean Prof Louise Burke, Department of Histopathology Cork University