Irish Thoracic Society

IRISH THORACIC SOCIETY ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING 2009
OUTLINE PROGRAMME


Thursday 4th November

13.00 - 17.00	Specialist Registrar Training
19.00 - 20.30	SpR Case Study Forum - followed by dinner and Award for Best SpR Case Presentation 2010

Friday 5th November

07.30 - 08.30	Registration, tea and coffee
08.30 - 10.00	Poster Review
10.00 - 11.00	Poster discussions
11.00 - 11.30	Tea and Coffee, Exhibition viewing
11.30 - 13.00	Irish Thoracic Society Symposium - Pulmonary Vascular Disease
11.30 - 12.15	Pulmonary Arterivenous Malformations in Hereditaroy Haemorragic Telangiectasia Dr Marie E. Faugnan, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
12.15 - 13.00	Novel Antithrombotics in the Management of Venous Thromboembolism Professor Martin O'Donnell, Associate Professor, HRB Clinical Research Facility, Galway
11.30 - 13.30	Forums: Respiratory Nurses (ANAIL) and Pulmonary Physiotherapists (CPRC)
13.00 - 14.30	Forum: Irish Association of Respiratory Scientists (IARS)
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 15.30	Plenary Session
15.30 - 16.00	Tea and Coffee, Exhibition viewing
16.00 - 17.00	Plenary Session
16.00 - 17.00	Irish Association of Pulmonary Rehabilitation - multi-disciplinary meeting
17.00 - 18.30	Irish Thoracic Society AGM
19.30 - 20.00	Gala Drinks Reception
20.00 - late	Gala Dinner

Saturday 6th November

08.30 - 10.00	Poster Review
10.00 - 11.00	Poster discussions
11.00 - 11.30	Tea and Coffee, Exhibition viewing
11.30 - 13.00	ITS/NETS Symposium - Allergic and Occupational Disease
11.30 - 12.15	When did you last see someone with Occupational Asthma? Dr Chris Stenton, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
12.15 - 13.00	Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Current Concepts and Controversies Dr Stephen Bourke, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
11.00 - 13.00	Irish Thoracic Society Paediatric Forum
13.00 - 13.30	Prize giving and close