About this event

  • Date and time Tue 11 Feb 2025 from 8:30am to 5:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Paediatrics and Child Health, London School of Paediatrics

Come and join this study day to explore common allergic conditions that you will encounter as a general paediatrician in both acute and outpatient settings, including their pathophysiology, investigation, diagnosis and management. This event is designed to provide you with the latest knowledge and best practice in the field to enhance your confidence in effectively managing patients with allergies. You will also have the opportunity to participate in interactive workshops where you can hone your practical skills in allergy. Furthermore, you will learn about training pathways in paediatric allergy, either in sub-specialty (GRID) training or as a general paediatrician with a special interest (SPIN). 

By the end of the study day, you will be able to:

  • Take an allergy focused clinical history
  • Utilise and interpret appropriate investigations in supporting an allergic diagnosis
  • Assess, differentiate and manage children and young people with IgE-mediated Vs. non-IgE-mediated food allergy.
  • Understand the role and importance of working and learning in a multidisciplinary environment for managing allergic conditions
  • Understand the pathophysiology of anaphylaxis and gain confidence in its diagnosis and management.
  • Recognise and appreciate the spectrum of allergic conditions.
  • Understand the trainee pathway for Paediatric Allergy GRID and SPIN 

Tickets

Standard pricing available until 10 February 2025.

Member

RSM Trainee
£45.00

Non - Member

Trainee London School of Paediatrics
£65.00 £60.00

Agenda

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Registration
Welcome and introduction

Dr Stephanie Ng, Paediatric Specialty Trainee Year 5, Barnet Hospital, Dr Annabelle Liew, General Paediatric Registrar Specialty Trainee Year 6, Evelina London Children’s Healthcare Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Emine Nebati, Paediatric Allergy Specialty Trainee Year 2, Royal London Hospital and Dr Emine Senkal, Specialty Trainee Year 3, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

Food allergy, investigation, interpretation and management

Dr Robert Boyle, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, St. Mary’s Hospital

ENT and respiratory allergy

Dr Emily Derrick, Consultant in General Paediatrics and Paediatric Allergy, Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust

Tea and coffee break
Skin/drug allergy

Dr Mariana Noy, Consultant Dermatologist, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Allergy-focused history: SPT and ssIgE interpretation

Dr Kathy Sim, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, Royal London Hospital

Lunch break
Practical workshops
AAI

Frances Ling, Allergy Nurse Specialist, Royal London Hospital

Inhalers and nasal sprays

Sinead Doherty, Clinical Nurse Specialist Children’s Allergy, Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Emollients and topical steroids

Dr Radhika Bali, Dermatology Registrar Specialty Trainee Year 5, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation trust

Tea and coffee break
Anaphylaxis

Dr Paul Turner, MRC Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Allergy and Immunology, Imperial College London and St. Mary’s Hospital

Patients and parents’ voices

Dr Claudia Gore, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, St. Mary’s Hospital

GRID/SPIN training

Dr Hannah Marshall, Clinical Research Fellow in Paediatric Allergy, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Parisut Kimkool, Paediatric Allergy Specialty Trainee Year 8, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust 

Questions and answers
Close of meeting

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration for this event will close at 8:00am on Monday 10 February 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.

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