Overview

The ISG Winter Meeting takes place on the 24th & 25th of November at Fitzpatricks Castle Hotel, Killiney, Co. Dublin

Programme

Thursday 24th November

10.30 
Satellite Meeting (Spon by AbbVie)
Dr. Simon Travis, University of Oxford
Real World Evidence of Biologic Use in Ulcerative Colitis
&
The role of patient self management systems in IBD

12.00 
Registration

12.45 
Lunch Poster Viewing & Meet the Indusry

13.30 
Oral Free Papers 1 – 6

14.30 
Colorectal Cancer: early detection and screening

Ian Tomlinson
Prof of Molecular & Population Genetics. University of Oxford UK
“Personalised Colorectal Cancer Screening: translating progress in cancer genetics”

Helen Fenlon
UCD/Mater University Hospital
“The role of CT Colonography in screening”

15.30 
Coffee Break, Poster viewing & meet the Industry

16.00 
Oral Free Papers 7 – 10

16.40 
IBD:

Mark Silverberg
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, Canada
“Biologic Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Optimal Current Use & Future Promise”

18.00 
ISG Board

18.15 
Satelitte Meeting (Spon by Janssen Cilag)

19.15 
Pre Dinner Drinks

20.00 
Conference Dinner

Friday 25th November

8.00
Satellite Meeting
 (Spon by Tillotts)

Dr. Ian Arnott, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh Consultant Gastroenterologist, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

A critical appraisal of the use of mesalazines for the management of mild to moderate UC

Professor Laurence Egan, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, NUIG Consultant Gastroenterologist, University Hospital Galway

Mild to moderate patients treatment in practice – case study presentations

9.00
Oral Free Papers 11 – 16

10.00
Endoscopy:

James East
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
“Serrated lesions: significance, detection, resection and follow-up”

Chris Steele (National Lead) / Steve Patchett (Joint RCPI/RCSI lead)
“What is the national plan for GI endoscopy?”

11.15
Coffee Break, Poster viewing, Meet the Industry

11.45
Surgery – Rectal Cancer:

Roel Hompes (Oxford, UK)
“Rectal cancer – controversies in management”

Des Winters (St Vincent’s University Hospital)
“Rectal Cancer: optimum treatment in 2016”

12.45
Video Presentations 
(S. Sengupta)

13.00
Nutrition

Derek Power
Medical Oncologist (CUH/UCC)
“The Impact of Body Composition on Cancer Outcome”

14.00 
Prize Giving and Close of Meeting

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