Association of Clinical Biochemists (N.I. Region) and Association of Clinical Biochemists in Ireland

Scientific Meeting

Friday 25th February 2005
Undergraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital

Programme

10.15

Registration and coffee

10.55

Opening remarks
Mr Peter Auld, Chairperson, N.I. Region ACB

11.00

Optimal Control of Hyperlipidaemia
Prof Ian Young, Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast

11.35

What’s new in Renal Medicine
Dr John Harty, Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry

12.10

Chemical Incidents and Mass Poisoning
Dr Michael Trimble, Belfast City Hospital

12.45

Lunch

14.00

Review of Pathology in Northern Ireland – Lessons for All
Dame Ingrid Allen, Dept of Health & Social Services

14.35

Natriuretic Peptides – an overview
Dr Paul Collinson, St Georges Hospital, London

15.10

Informatics for Patient Safety
Dr Jonathan Kay, John Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford

15.45

The Role of self blood glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Dr Maurice O’Kane, Altnagelvin Area Hospital, L’Derry

16.20

Discussion

16.30

Close of meeting and Coffee

Further information available from :

Dr Mark Lynch, Clinical Chemistry, Altnagelvin Area Hospital,
meetings@acbni.org.uk or

Dr Martin Healy, St James Hospital, Dublin
Tel. 01 4537941 ext. 2024