13:15   Registration

13:30   Welcome and introduction
Dr Anu Gunavardhan, Chair of the RCPath Wales Regional Council

13:40   Digital Pathology service for haematological malignancies: A paradigm change?
Professor Stefan Dojcinov, Swansea Bay University Health Board

14:05   Pharmacotherapy in Weight Management – Past, Present and Future
Dr Patrick Wainwright, Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board

14:30   Haematology update
Dr Abdul Mannan, Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board

14:55   Genomic testing in cancer: Experiences of an NHS diagnostic laboratory in delivering for patients and navigating strategies for the future
Mrs Sally A Spillane, All Wales Medical Genomics Service 

15:20   Break 

15:35   President update 
Professor Mike Osborn, RCPath President

15:55   Being a LIFT FY1 in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
Dr Taranvir Kullar, Swansea Bay Health Board

16:05   The LIFT programme: a junior doctor’s gateway to histopathology
Dr Sally Ashton, Swansea Bay Health Board

16:15   IT and innovations in Cellular Pathology: a trainee’s perspective
Dr Alistair Heath, Cellular Pathology trainee, Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board

16:25   Poster Presentation: Tumour Mutational Burden: clinical utility as an immunotherapy response predictor in the NHS
Mrs Helen Roberts, All Wales Medical Genomics Service (AWMGS), University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

16:35   Poster presentation: Delivering a National perioperative Anaemia Pathway – Utilising laboratory services to drive clinical improvement
Mrs Stephanie Ditcham, Welsh Blood Service, Llantrisant, Wales, UK

16:45   Poster presentation: Haemoglobinopathy Event in Cardiff City Centre – Public Engagement and Screening Opportunity
Dr Chloe Knott, Haematology, University Hospital Wales

16:55   Poster presentation: Value of using multiwell cassettes in a busy Histology department
Mr Robert Bonwick-Salisbury, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

17:05   Summary and close
Dr Anu Gunavardhan, Chair of the RCPath Wales Regional Council

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