UK MDS Forum Education Day Friday 17 October 2014

UK MDS Forum Education Day
Friday 17th October 2014
Hallam Conference Centre, 44 Hallam Street, London W1W 6JJ
10.00
Registration and Coffee
Chair: Professor Ghulam Mufti
10.30
Welcome & introduction
Professor Ghulam Mufti
King’s College London
10.40
Terry Hamblin Memorial Lecture:
MDS stem cell
Dr Petter Woll
Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford
11.20
11.40
12.00
12.20
12.40
Novel Therapies in Development from Pharmaceutical Collaborators
Celgene
Dr Han Myint
Novartis
Dr Andrew Danquah
Onconova
Dr Hannes Loferer
GSK
Dr Paresh Sewpaul
Discussion
All
13.00
Lunch
Chair: Professor David Bowen
13.45
MDS: Mutational landscape in clinical practice
Dr Nicholas Lea
King’s College Hospital, London
14.05
Hypoplastic MDS: A distinct entity?
Dr Hadil Abuarqoub
King’s College Hospital, London
14.25
Isolated monosomy 7/del7q
Dr Austin Kulasekararaj
King’s College Hospital, London
14.40
5q- : What is new?
Dr Andrea Pellagatti
LLR Institute of Molecular Haematology, Oxford
15.00
CMML diagnostic criteria & genetics
15.20
Tea
15.45
Annual General Meeting/Treasurer’s report
Professor David Bowen
St James’ Institute of Oncology, Leeds
Dr Jonathan Kell
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
15.55
David Hall Memorial Lecture
Kes Grant
MDS UK Patient Support Group
16.15
Interesting cases
Dr Sally Killick & Dr Emma Das-Gupta
Royal Bournemouth Hospital &
Nottingham University Hospital
16.55
Closing remarks
Registration Fee: £100.00
Online registration is now available at www.hartleytaylor.co.uk
For further information please email: MDS@hartleytaylor.co.uk or telephone 01565 621697 / 07900 634948
This meeting is sponsored by Celgene, who have provided sponsorship to contribute to the costs
but have had no input into or influence over the agenda
Further sponsorship applications are pending.