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Current topics in Lupus - 2023

Key information

Subject area:

Life Sciences & Medicine


Course type:

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)


Credit level:

Not for credit


Duration:

2 days at Guy's Hospital, London, UK


Available course dates:

To be confirmed

Course overview

The course will be held In-person at Guy's Hospital, London, UK. All the talks in this meeting will be delivered by consultants who are experts in the subject being presented. They all run clinics specifically for patients with topic under discussion.

What does this course cover?

Systemic Lupus erythematosus (lupus) is a multisystem disease and consequently clinicians from a range of specialities care for these patients. It is a disease that doctors and nurses in general medicine and primary care also need to be aware of. This course will be a series of in person talks that cover the main clinical manifestations of lupus, in addition to histopathology and genetics, and interactive case discussions.

What will I achieve?

The aim is to update doctors and nurses in the pathogenesis diagnosis and treatment of the diverse manifestations of lupus.

Who will I learn with?

Michael  Robson

Michael Robson

Consultant nephrologist

Tim Vyse

Tim Vyse

Professor of Molecular Medicine

David  D’Cruz

David D’Cruz

Consultant Rheumatologist at Guy’s Hospital

Thomas  Tull

Thomas Tull

Consultant Dermatologist

Boris  Lams

Boris Lams

Consultant in respiratory medicine

Tevik  Ismail

Tevik Ismail

Honorary Consultant Cardiologist

Nigel  Davies

Nigel Davies

Consultant Ophthalmologist

Giovanni  Sanna

Giovanni Sanna

Consultant Rheumatologist

 Candice  Roufosse

Candice Roufosse

Consultant Histopathologist

Michelle Fernando

Consultant Rheumatologist

Catherine  Nelson-Piercy

Catherine Nelson-Piercy

Consultant Obstetric Physician at Guy’s and St. Thomas’

Heather  Brown

Heather Brown

Consultant Nephrologist

Catherine  Horsfield

Catherine Horsfield

Consultant histopathologist

Oseme  Etomi

Oseme Etomi

Consultant Obstetric Physician

Andrew Doyle

Andrew Doyle

Consultant Haematologist

Who is this for?

Clinicians, trainees & nurses in the fields of nephrology, rheumatology and other specialties.

What is the teaching schedule?

19th and 20th January 2023

AALB, Seminar Room, 5th floor, Bermondsey Wing, Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT

Hosted by:

Centre for Nephrology, Urology and Transplantation - King’s College London

Programme

Time

19th January 2023

Speaker

9:30 - 10:00

Registration & Refreshments

 

10:00 - 10:15

Introduction and Welcome

Michael Robson

10:15 - 11:00

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

David D’Cruz

11:00 - 11:45

Cutaneous Lupus

Thomas Tull

11:45 - 12:30

Lupus and the lung

Boris Lams

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch Break

 

13:30 - 14:15

Genetics and lupus

Tim Vyse

14:15 - 15:00

Lupus and the heart

Tevik Ismail

15:00 - 15:15

Short break

 

15:15 - 16:00

Hydroxychloroquine retinopathy

Nigel Davies

16:00 - 16:45

Neurological lupus

Giovanni Sanna

Time

20th January 2023

Speaker

9:30 - 10:00

Refreshments

 

10:00 - 10:45

The utility of ECMO in patients presenting with life-threatening SLE & HLH

Michelle Fernando

10:45 - 11:30

Histopathology of lupus nephritis

Candice Roufosse

11:30 - 11:45

Short break

 

11:45 - 12:30

Treatment of lupus nephritis

Michael Robson

12:30 - 13:15

Antiphospholipid syndrome

Andrew Dolye

13:15 - 14:15

Lunch Break

 

14:15 - 15:00

Pregnancy and lupus

Catherine Nelson-Piercy

15:00 - 16:30

Interactive case studies

Oseme Etomi

Heather Brown

David D’Cruz

Catherine Horsfield

 

 

Accreditations

Royal College of Physicians

British Association of Dermatologists

British Association of Dermatologists

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