Autumn Meeting - Friday 10th November 2006
Lecture Theatre 2, Level 4, UBHT Education Centre,
Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol BS2 8AE
Collagen type II in skeletal dysplasias
9.40
Registration and coffee
10.10
Welcome and outline of day
Dr Sarah Smithson, Consultant in Clinical Genetics, Bristol
10.15
Collagen type II: the gene and protein
Dr Sarah Smithson and Dr Kristein Hoornaert, PhD in Molecular Genetics, Gent
University, Belgium
10.45
Clinical and radiological findings associated with COL2A1 mutations
Dr Sarah Smithson and Dr David Grier, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, Bristol
Children’s Hospital
12.00
Namaqualand dysplasia – a South African type II collagenopathy
Professor Peter Beighton, Deparment of Genetics, University of Cape Town,
South Africa (TBC)
12.15
Taking Xrays of patients with skeletal dysplasias: the radiographers perspective
Mrs Donna Dimond, Superintendent Radiographer, Bristol Children’s Hospital
12.30
Lunch
1.15
Annual General Meeting of Skeletal Dysplasia Group
1.30
Surgical management of collagen type II disorders
Mr Fergal Monsell, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bristol Children’s
Hospital
2.00
Growth and medical aspects of collagen type II disorders
Dr Christine Burren, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Bristol Children’s
Hospital
2.30
The eye in type II collagenopathies
Dr Sarah Meredith, Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology,
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
3.15
Tea
3.45
Founder member prize presentations
Case discussion – please bring cases with you in powerpoint format
4.45
End of meeting
Dear Member,
Here is the final programme for the Autumn meeting in Bristol. The Annual General
Meeting of the Skeletal Dysplasia Group will be held at 1.15pm, during the meeting. The
provisional agenda for the meeting is as follows:
Annual General Meeting of the Skeletal Dysplasia Group
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Minutes of last AGM
Matters arising from AGM
Report by Administrator
Report by Hon. Treasurer
Election of new officers
Any other business
Please inform the Administrator, Dr Joanna Fairhurst, if you have any items for the
agenda. (email: jo.fairhurst@suht.swest.nhs.uk)
Please return the application form for the meeting by Friday 27th October to:
Dr Joanna Fairhurst, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, Children’s Xray Dept,
Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Shirley, Southampton, SO16 6YD.
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I would like to attend the Autumn meeting of the SDG and enclose a cheque for £20 made
out to the Skeletal Dysplasia Group.