BSGAR 2012 Provisional Programme

BSGAR are delighted to welcome Professor Yves Menu from Paris who will be giving this year's Richard Farrow Memorial Lecture.

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Wednesday February 1st 2012
18.30 - 20.00 Welcome Reception  

Thursday February 2nd 2012
08.30 - 08.55 Registration and coffee  
08.55 - 09.00 Welcome and introduction Dr Simon Jackson, President, BSGAR
09.00 - 10.30 Session: Multidisciplinary Management of Acute Pancreatitis Chairman: Dr A Guthrie, Leeds Teaching Hospitals
09.00 - 09.20 Standardising CT protocols – How to optimise dose/technique Speaker: Surg Cdr E Armstrong, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
09.20 - 09.40 Update on imaging in acute pancreatitis and complications Speaker: Dr P Wylie, Royal Free Hospital, London
09.40 - 10.00 Current place of Interventional radiology Speaker: Dr M Callaway, Bristol Royal Infirmary
10.00 - 10.20 Current place of Surgery Speaker: Mr E Dickson, Glasgow Royal Infirmary
10.20 - 10.40 Panel Discussion  
10.40 - 11.15 Coffee and Exhibition  
11.15 - 12.50 Session: Controversies in Rectal Cancer Staging Chairman: Dr A Roberts, Cardiff University Hospital
11.15 - 11.35 Latest developments in oncology Speaker: Professor T Maughan, Velindre Hospital, Cardiff
11.35 - 11.55 How I optimally stage early rectal cancer Speaker: Dr A Lowe, Bradford Teaching Hospitals
11.55 - 12.15 How I optimally stage advanced rectal cancer Speaker: Dr R Bleehen, Cardiff University Hospital
12.15 - 12.35 Role of MRI in restaging following neoadjuvant treatment Speaker: Dr G Brown, Royal Marsden Hospital
12.35 - 12.50 Panel Discussion  
12.50 - 14.00 Lunch and Exhibition  
14.00 - 15.15 Session: Tips and Tricks to Improve your Department
(whilst maintaining service quality)

Chairman: Professor Clive Kay, Bradford University Hospitals
15.15 - 15.30 Audit Update: National Colonic Imaging Survey Speaker: Dr A Lowe, Bradford University Hospitals
15.30 - 16.15 Tea break and Exhibition  
16.15 - 17.00 THE RICHARD FARROW MEMORIAL LECTURE Chairman: Dr S Jackson, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
  The Incidental liver lesion – How should we solve the diagnostic conundrum in 2012? Professor Yves Menu, Saint Antoine Hospital, Paris
17.00 Meeting ends  
17.00 - 18.00 Annual General Meeting (BSGAR members only)  
19.30 Drinks reception  
20.00 Dinner  

Friday February 3rd 2012
08.30 - 09:00 Coffee  
09.00 - 10.00 Interesting Cases Chairman: Dr Damian Tolan - Leeds General Infirmary
10.00 - 11.00 Session: BSGAR Related Research Trials:
Clinical Background and Practical Update
Chairman: Dr S Taylor, University College, London
10.00 - 10.15 FOXTRoT - Staging colon cancer with CT Speaker: Dr G Brown, Royal Marsden Hospital
10.15 - 10.30 CReST - Imaging work up for colonic obstruction Speaker: Professor C Kay, Bradford Teaching Hospitals
10.30 - 10.45 FIAT - Fistula MRI for surgical planning Speaker: Dr D Tolan, Leeds General Infirmary
10.45 - 11.00 PROSpeCT - Practicalities of CT perfusion Speaker: Professor V Goh, King's College, London
11.00 - 11.25 Coffee and Exhibition  
11.25 - 11.30 Prizes  
11.30 - 13.00 Session: Colorectal Liver Metastases Chairman: Dr A Phillips, Royal United Hospital, Bath
11.30 - 11.50 Multimodality imaging assessment and referral strategies Speaker: Dr D Peppercorn, Basingstoke, and North Hampshire Hospital
11.50 - 12.10 Liver resection surgery - Current Status Speaker: Mr M Rees, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
12.10 - 12.30 Role interventional radiology in patient management Speaker: Dr D Yu, Royal Free Hospital, London
12.30 - 12.50 Follow up and assessment of treatment response Speaker: Professor Y Menu, Saint Antoine Hospital, Paris
12.50 - 13.00 Discussion  
13.00 Close of Meeting Dr Andrea Phillips
  Buffet or takeaway lunch  

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