2007

Programme <word file>

PROGRAMME
MEDICAL DERMATOLOGY

Royal College of Physicians and British Association of Dermatologists Joint Meeting on Medical Dermatology, Thursday 22nd March 2007


09:00 – 09:30 Registration, coffee & exhibition

09:30 – 09:40 Introduction and welcome
Professor Ian Gilmore PRCP

Session 1: Chairs – Professor Ian Gilmore /Dr Susan Burge

09:40 – 10:10 Dermatological disease in transplant patients
Dr Catherine Harwood (London)

10:10 – 10:40 Emergency dermatology
Dr Cameron Kennedy (Bristol)

10:40 – 11:10 Coffee and exhibition

Session 2: Chair - Dr David Shuttleworth

11:10 – 11:40 Skin care in the elderly
Dr Margaret Kirkup (Weston-Super-Mare)

11:40 – 12:10 Allergy and the dermatologist
Professor David Gawkrodger (Sheffield)

12:10 – 12:55 Royal College of Physicians Parkes Weber Lecture
Introduced by Professor Ian Gilmore PRCP
From undercover to front cover - psoriasis revealed
Professor Christopher Griffiths (Manchester)

12:55 – 13:45 Lunch and exhibition

Session 3: Chair – Professor David Gawkrodger

13:45 – 14:15 Lessons for dermatology from a biologics register
Professor Deborah Symmons (Manchester)

14:15 – 14:40 Systemic Retinoids and how to use them
Professor Christos Zouboulis (Berlin)

14:40 – 15:05 Methotrexate and the NPSA Guidance
Dr Robert Chalmers (Manchester)

15:05 – 15:25 Tea and exhibition

Session 4: Chair – Dr Colin Holden

15:25 – 15:55 Diabetes and the skin
Dr Neil Cox (Carlisle)

15:55 – 16:25 Genetics and pharmacogenetics in inflammatory skin disease
Professor Jonathan Barker (London)

16:25 Close