Description

Review and update your knowledge of best practice and new developments in allergy, immunology and the skin.

With an in-depth focus on what is new in allergic and immunological diseases, the meeting will be thought-provoking and also extremely helpful for clinical practice.

Professor Maurer will be sharing details of his latest work from his team in Berlin, delegates will get the chance to ask questions directly during this session. He will also be providing an analysis of the European perspective on the treatment of mast cell disorders.

UK-based speakers on the programme are similarly leading experts in their fields, and as such this programme promises to deliver an edifying and enriching session for physicians wishing to keep up-to-date and provide optimal care for their patients.

This meeting will promote discussion among delegates, fostering exchanges of ideas and collaborations that may further advance the understanding of these diseases and their management.

The event promises to be particularly beneficial for general physicians, general practitioners, students and trainees, as well as clinicians from dermatology, immunology and allergy.

topics include:
Advances in the pathophysiology of the disorders discussed
Review the current evidence for management
Discuss differential diagnosis of the diseases, as well as an overview of newer diagnosis and assessment tools
Latest treatments and novel targets for therapy will be presented

featured speaker:
Professor Marcus Maurer, Professor of Dermatology and Allergy and Director of Research at the Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin in Berlin

key speakers:
Dr Chris Rutkowski, Consultant Allergist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London
Professor Gideon Lack, Consultant Paediatric Allergist at St Thomas’ Hospital in London
Dr George Du Toit, Consultant Paediatric Allergist at St Thomas’ Hospital in London
Professor Mike Cork, Professor of Dermatology and Head of Sheffield Dermatology Research at the University of Sheffield
Dr Tabi Leslie, Consultant Adult & Paediatric Dermatologist at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Dr David Orton, Consultant Dermatologist and Allergy Management in Adults and Children at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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agenda
8.45 am
Trainee registration

9.00 am
Trainee breakfast and introduction meeting with visiting Professor

Professor Marcus Maurer, Professor of Dermatology and Allergy and Director of Research at the Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité of the Charité

9.30 am
Registration, tea and coffee

10.00 am
Introduction and welcome

Dr Tabi Leslie, President, Clinical Immunology & Allergy Section, Royal Society of Medicine

10.15 am
Advances in mast cell disorders

Professor Marcus Maurer, Professor of Dermatology and Allergy and Director of Research at the Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité of the Charité

10.45 am
Advances in urticaria

Dr Tabi Leslie

11.15 am
Autoinflammatory disorders

Speaker to be confirmed

11.45 am
Panel discussion

All speakers

12.15 pm
Lunch

1.15 pm
Hereditary angioedema

Professor Marcus Maurer, Professor of Dermatology and Allergy and Director of Research at the Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité of the Charité

1.45 pm
Food allergy and the skin

Professor Gideon Lack, Consultant Paediatric Allergist

2.15 pm
Panel discussion

2.30 pm
Tea and coffee break

3.00 pm
Drug hypersensitivity

Dr Chris Rutkowski, Consultant Allergist

3.30 pm
Advances in atopic eczema

Professor Mike Cork, Head of Sheffield Dermatology, University of Sheffield

4.00 pm
Advances in contact allergy

Dr David Orton, Consultant Dermatologist and Allergist

4.30 pm
Panel discussion

4.45 pm
Close of meeting