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About this event
- Date and time Tue 14 Jan 2025 from 9:30am to 5:00pm
- Location Online
- Organised by Paediatrics and Child Health, London School of Paediatrics
This study day will cover non-malignant paediatric haematology conditions and will provide you with the latest updates available in the field of paediatrics haematology to trainees. It will be an engaging session with specialists and wider multidisciplinary team involved in paediatric haematology in which experts will discuss the conditions that are regularly encountered by a trainee in accident and emergency department, paediatric wards as well as in outpatient clinics. You will also have the opportunity to hear from a GRID/SPIN trainee who will give an insight into sub-specialising in haematology.
By attending, you will:
- Review paediatric bleeding disorders and their management
- Recognise Neutropenia and its management
- Develop an understanding of bone marrow transplant, failures and patient’s experience.
- Identify the causes of anaemia in children and the indication for tertiary referrals
- Manage haemoglobinopathies and its complications
- Attain further insight into sub-specialising in haematology
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Agenda
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Welcome and introduction
Chairs:
Anna Hutchins, Paediatrics Speciality Trainee Year 3, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Hephzibah Ogunro, Paediatrics Speciality Trainee Year 2, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Kiran Surdhur, Paediatrics, Reg, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Manisha Kumar, Paediatrics Speciality Trainee Year 5, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Bleeding
Dr Julia Sikorska, Consultant Adult Haematologist, St George’s University Hospital NHS Trust
Haemoglobinopathies
Dr James Masters, Consultant Haematologist, St George’s University Hospital NHS Trust
Panel discussion
Comfort break
Bone marrow failure
Dr Lars Hanssen, Academic Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics Haematology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, with contribution from Dr Deena Iskander, Honorary Consultant Haematologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Specialist haematology training and SPIN
Dr Srinivasa Rambhatla, Haematology Speciality Trainee Year 3 North Central London Deanery
Panel discussion
Lunch
Afternoon introduction
Chairs: Anna Hutchins, Hephzibah Ogunro, Kiran Surdhur, and Manisha Kumar
Bone marrow transplant and patient’s experience
Dr Leena Karnik, Consultant Haematologist, Imperial College NHS Trust and Dr Becky Armstrong, Clinical Psychologist in Paediatric Haematology, Imperial College NHS Trust
Comfort break
Nutritional anaemia
Dr Sue Height, Consultant Haematology, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Neutropenia
Dr Samantha Hughes, Consultant Haematologist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Panel discussion
Close of meeting
Closing remarks
Location
Online
Registration for this event will close at 7:00am on Tuesday 14 January 2025. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.