Program Day 1

Meeting of the Paediatrics & Child Health Section
OVERSEAS MEETING IN LISBON
Friday - Monday 27 - 30 May 2005



FRIDAY 27 MAY 2005

8.30 am Registration

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

9.00 am TB: Return of an old disease
Dr Delane Shingadia, Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Barts and The London Medical and Dental School, University of London, UK

9.20 am Discussion: Portuguese perspective
Dr Graça Rocha, Consultant Infectious Diseases H.Pediátrico – Coimbra

9.30 am Open discussion

9.40 am HIV/AIDS: challenges of a new disease
Dr Conceição Neves, Consultant, Paediatric Department H.Fernando Fonseca- Lisboa

10.00 am Discussion: UK perspective
Dr Delane Shingadia, Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Barts and The London Medical and Dental School, University of London, UK

10.10 am Open discussion


10.20 am Coffee

NUTRITION

11.00 am Obesity in childhood
Dr Carla Rego, Consultant, Nutrition Unit, Paediatric Department, H.S. João –Oporto, Portugal

11.30 am Management of Short Bowel Syndrome
Sue Protheroe, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK

RESPIRATORY

12.00 pm CF: Transition to adult care
Susan Madge, PhD Consultant Nurse, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK

12.30 pm Difficult asthma
Dr Luísa Guedes Vaz, Consultant, Respiratory Unit, Paediatric Department, H.S. João –Oporto, Portugal

1.00 pm Lunch

2.00 pm 6 Case/Research presentations
Presenters from UK and Portugal

4.00 pm Tea

ENDOCRINOLOGY

4.20 pm Diabetes in the under 5s
Professor Amilcar Mota, Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Portugal

4.45 pm Indications and expectations for growth hormone
Mehul Dattani, Reader in Paediatric Endocrinology, BEM Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, UK

5.10 pm End of day