DAY 1: Thursday 24th November 2016
10:00 Registration and coffee
10:30 Welcome - President Royal College of Pathologists, Dr Suzy Lishman
Foundation Lecture Chair – Professor David Roberts
10:40 Blood group genomics – Dr Connie Westhoff, Director of Immunohematology & Genomics, New York Blood Center
Evidence based transfusion practice Chair – Dr Shubha Allard
11:20 Blood conservation in cardiac surgery - Dr Andrew A Klein, Consultant Anaesthetist, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
11:45 Advances in the Management of Upper GI Haemorrhage- Dr Candido Villanueva, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona
12:10 Best practice in critical care - Professor Tim Walsh, Clinical & Surgical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
12:35 Discussion
12:50 Lunch
Transfusion and transplantation science - Chair: Professor Adrian Newland and Dr Jonathan Wallis
14.00 QUOD study - organ transplantation – Professor Rutger J. Ploeg, Director of Clinical and Translational Research, University of Oxford
14.20 INTERVAL Trial – iron metabolism in blood donors - Professor David Roberts, Consultant Haematologist, NHS Blood & Transplant
14.45 Clinical registries: Expanding opportunities in haematology research - Professor Erika Wood, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
15.10 Coffee
15.40 HLA typing by NGS and its implications - Dr Cristina Navarrete, NHS Blood & Transplant, London
16.05 Current and future platelet trials - Dr Lise Estcourt, Consultant Haematologist, University of Oxford
16.30 Discussion
16.45 Close
DAY 2: Friday 25 November 2016
09:30 Coffee
Transfusion Safety – Chair Dr Lorna Williamson
10:00 SHOT – an evolving role - Dr Paula Bolton-Maggs, Serious Hazards of Transfusion Scheme (SHOT) Medical Director, Manchester
10:25 Future of blood components - Dr Rebecca Cardigan, Head of Components Development, NHS Blood & Transplant Cambridge
10:50 Epidemiology of donors and recipients Lessons from the SCANDAT2 database - Dr Gustaf Edgren, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Karolinska Institute, Sweden
11:15 Coffee
Clinical practice - Chair Dr Kate Pendry
11:35 ORANGE – bleeding on oral anticoagulants - Dr Laura Green, Consultant Haematologist, NHS Blood & Transplant Colindale and BartsHealth NHS Trust
12:00 HSCT and malignant haematology - transfusion challenges - Dr Paul Kerr, Connsultant Haematologist, Royal Devon & Exeter Wonford Hospital
12:25 Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia – challenges in management - Dr Quentin Hill, Consultant Haematologist, St James’ University Hospital, Leeds
13:00 Lunch
Improving the impact of Patient Blood Management (PBM) Chair - Prof. Michael Murphy
14:00 Surgical PBM - Mr Toby Richards, Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon at University College Hospital, London
14.25 Implementation of PBM - Australian experience - Professor Erika Wood, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
14.50 Changing Behaviour – AFFINITE trial - Dr Simon Stanworth, Consultant Haematologist, NHS Blood & Transplant Oxford
15.15 Discussion
15.30 Close
Online registration fees
RCPath Members: £360.00
Concessions: £185.00
Non Members: £435.00
