Grown Up Congenital Heart Training Day October 5th British Racing School Newmarket

Dear all

Welcome to another year in the EoE SpR Training Days.

We start with an excellent programme put together by Dr. Leisa Freeman from Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. The venue as last year is the British Racing School in Newmarket.

You can view the programme and register at (link works, but if web browser blocks it please copy and paste):
http://www.papworthhospital.nhs.uk/content.php?/education/cardiology_training_day_-_guch_and_pregnancyhttp://www.papworthhospital.nhs.uk/content.php?/education/cardiology_training_day_-_guch_and_pregnancy

EoE Deanery SpR training day Monday 5^th October 2015

British Racing School Newmarket

Grown up congenital heart disease                         Pregnancy and heart disease

Course organisers: Dr Leisa Freeman Consultant Cardiologist NNUH and Dr Vass Vassilou Spr

8.30 – registration and coffee

9.00- 9.45 The inderminate ASD with PH – understanding PVR from RHC; who to close who NOT to close  - Dr Dolores Taboada, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit Papworth

9.45-10.30 Cardiological consultations: acute problems in complex adult CHD...“you are the registrar
and are called to see”... Dr Cathy Head Consultant ACHD cardiologist NNUH & Guys & St Thomas’

10.30-11.00 Coffee

11.00-11.45 Understanding the cardiovascular effects of parturition including management of the 3^rd stage. Choice of uterotonics in the pregnant woman with heart disease.  Mr Alistair McKelvey Consultant Maternal  and Fetal  Obstetrician NNUH

11.45-12.30 – Interpreting the cardiopulmonary exercise test – understanding cardiovascular and respiratory limitation.  Dr Satish Parasuranam – Research Registrar to Professor Michael Frenneaux (Dean and Professor of Cardiology NNUH) 

12.30-13.30  Lunch

13.30-14.30 Quiz – echo recognition of congenital heart defects.  Your diagnosis to be marked by your neighbour.  Learning point discussion of cases.  Dr Lynne Williams, Consultant Imaging Cardiologist Papworth Hospital

14.30-15.15 – Quiz – What are the risks of pregnancy for mother and foetus in following conditions (congenital and acquired).  What are the inheritance risks for congenital heart disease in offspring  Dr Leisa Freeman Consultant GUCH Cardiologist NNUH and Dr Rizwan Ahmed SpR – London Deanery ACHD programme

15.15-15.40  tea

15.40-16.15  Follow up of AVSD (atrioventricular canal defects)  Dr Lynne Williams Consultant Imaging Cardiologist Papworth Hospital

16.15-17.00 Heart Transplantation in congenital heart disease in adults.  Dr Clive Lewis Consultant Transplant Physician and GUCH Cardiologist Papworth Hospital

Intervention Training Day

Dear all

Cambridge Intervention training day

registration for EoE SpRs as usual


http://www.papworthhospital.nhs.uk/content.php?/education/cardiology_training_day_-_cambridge_intervention

Programme on the following link

http://www.papworthhospital.nhs.uk/docs/conferences/Cambridge-Intervention-programme-may-2015.pdf

CT Course Opportunity 19-22 May 2015

Dear all

if anyone is interesting in attending a very well run course 19th-22nd May there might be a great opportunity.

The course is run by Dr. Ed Nicol (email: e.nicol@nhs.net) who is a fantastic educator and also the President-Elect of the BSCI. The course is run by Imperial College London and further information can be found at the following address:

 http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/training/shortcourses/advanced_cardiovascular_ct/

Although it is called Advanced CT course, it is very suitable for beginners. 

The course costs £1600 for trainees. Now, the very nice thing regarding the May course, is that Dr. Nicol has agreed to offer a further  discount if >2 trainees from East of England wish to attend and are able to commit to that soon. Therefore, if anyone wishes to attend could you please drop Dr. Nicol an email and also stating that you are EoE trainees and hoping to get the extra discount?

Symposium on Scleroderma 22nd June 2015

Convenors: Dr Chetan Mukhtyar & Dr Leisa Freeman

Venue – Gooch Auditorium

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Registration contact: anne.howden@nnuh.nhs.uk

Telephone: 01603 287118

2 CPD points applied for

3:15             Registration and Coffee

3:45           Clinical features and diagnosis of scleroderma

                    Speaker: Dr Dev Mukerjee

                   Consultant Rheumatologist, Broomfield Hospital

4:15             Pulmonary artery hypertension in scleroderma

Speaker: Dr John Cannon

Consultant Chest Physician, Papworth Hospital

5:00            ILD and scleroderma

                    Speaker: Dr Ajay Kamath

Consultant Chest Physician, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

5:30            Simple truths about managing scleroderma

                   Speaker: Dr Voon Ong

                   Consultant Rheumatologist, Royal Free Hospital

6:15             Close

Clinical Lectureship in Cardiovascular Medicine - Oxford

If anyone is interested in a very exciting post in Oxford have a look at the following link, deadline March 31st

https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/academic/index/ac17560j/ 

ixed-term for six years.

Applications are invited for the above post in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, within the Radcliffe Department of Medicine (RDM) at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The appointee will join RDM, a large multi-disciplinary department with research interests that span the translational spectrum, from basic biological research through to clinical application. The key duties of the Clinical Lecturer will be to take part in the teaching of Cardiology to medical students, engage in research and contribute towards the clinical work of the department under the direction of the Head of Department.

Candidates should possess MRCP or equivalent and will have demonstrated ability to undertake research by the submission of a thesis for a higher degree and/or relevant publications in refereed journals. The successful candidate will possess a commitment to the teaching of undergraduates. The post will provide higher specialist training and research experience in an area of relevance. The post is available to applicants with SpR (ST3 & above) in Cardiology who will be able to gain a CCT in Cardiology during the tenure of the post. The appointment is full-time and will be for six years with a formal review after a probationary period of two years.

Devices interrogation hands-on teaching by Medtronic

Dear all

There is a half-day devices interrogation teaching for SpRs in EoE on April 21st, 2015.

This is kindly sponsored by Medtronic .

It will start at 9.00  in the morning and finish at 13.00, at the British Racing School.

In the pm it is the leadership course at the same venue so it might be helpful if already planning to attend this.

If you are interested to attend please let me know, as spaces are limited to  optimise learning.

Many thanks

Vass

SpR Training Day 17th March 2015

Dear all

the next training day is March 17th, 2015 at usual place.

To register please go to 

Register for March 17th Non Invasive CT/ MRI day

Link should work, but if it doesn't please copy and paste the following:
http://www.papworthhospital.nhs.uk/content.php?/education/ct_and_mri_study_day


Many thanks

Vass

Preliminary programme

Registration: 9.30-10.00

10.00-10.45: Advances in Cardiac Imaging: Sacha Bull

 10.45-11.30: Troponin positive acute chest pain with non-obstructive coronary arteries – The Value of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Vanessa Ferreira

11.30-11.45: Tea break

11:45-12:30: Myocardial fibrosis & clinical applications: Vass Vassilou

 12:30-13.15: Interesting clinical cases (Multimodality Imaging): Deepa Gopalan

13.15-14.00: Lunch break

14.00-14.45: CMR in Grown up Congenital Heart: Eva Nyktari

14.45-15.30: Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy: Current use & future applications: Eliana Reyes

15.30-15.45: Tea

15:45-16.30:  FDG-PET in Sarcoid & Infection (infected devices & endocarditis): Francis Joshi

  

16:30-16:45 Closing remarks