Twelfth Annual Conference of the

 

BRITISH MATERNAL AND

FETAL MEDICINE SOCIETY

 

Tuesday 17th - Wednesday 18th April 2007

Waterfront Hall - Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

 

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TUESDAY 17th APRIL 2007

08.00 - 09.15 Registration and Coffee  
     
09.15 - 09.20 Official Opening of Conference Dr. Alan Cameron (President of the Society)
     

FIRST SESSION

MATERNAL MEDICINE

Chairs:   Professor Ian Greer

              Professor Fionnuala McAuliffe

09.20 - 09.50 KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Hypoxia/Altitude Pregnancy Dr. Stacy Zamudio (Newark, USA)
     
09.50 - 10.20 Hot Topic - Effects of antiepileptic drugs Dr. Michael O'Donaghue (Nottingham, UK)
     
10.20 - 11.20 Coffee, Exhibition and Poster Presentations  
     
11.20 - 11.50 Horizon Gazing Professor Philip Baker (Manchester, UK)
     
11.50 - 12.30 Submitted Abstracts  
     
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing  
     

13.30 - 14.00

Meet the Experts Session

VBAC: Professor Gordon Smith and Mr Kim Hinshaw

IUGR: Professor Jim Thornton and Mr Christoph Lee
Diabetes: Mr Steve Walkinshaw and tbc
     
     

SECOND SESSION

FETAL MEDICINE

Chairs:  Dr. Gerald Mason

             Professor Mark Kilby

14.10 - 14.40 KEYNOTE ADDRESS - State of Art Down Screening Professor Howard Cuckle (Leeds, UK)
     
14.40 - 15.10 Hot Topic - Fetal MRI and Ventriculomegaly Professor Paul Griffiths (Sheffield, UK)
     
15.10 - 15.40 Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing  
     
15.40 - 16.10 Horizon Gazing Professor David James (Nottingham, UK)
     
16.10 - 16.50 Submitted Abstracts  
     
16.50 - 17.50 Annual General Meeting  
     
19.45 Society Reception and Dinner Belfast City Hall, Belfast
     
     
WEDNESDAY 18th APRIL 2007
     

THIRD SESSION

PREGNANCY OUTCOME

Chairs:  Dr. Susan Bewley

             Dr. Margaret Ramsay

09.15 - 09.45

KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Cerebral Palsy

Professor Fiona Stanley (Perth, Australia)

     
09.45 - 10.15 Hot Topic - Provision of Obstetric High Dependency Care Dr Helen Scholefield (Liverpool, UK)
     
10.15 - 11.15 Coffee, Exhibition and Poster Presentations  
     
11.15 - 11.45 Horizon Gazing Professor Zarko Alfirevic (Liverpool, UK)
     
11.45 - 12.25 Submitted Abstracts  
     
12.25 - 13.25 Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing  
     
     

FOURTH SESSION

LABOUR AND DELIVERY

Chairs:  Dr. Lucy Kean

             Dr. Tracey Johnston

13.25 - 13.55

KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Pre-Term Labour

Professor Jane Norman (Glasgow, UK)

     
13.55 - 14.25 Hot Topic - Post Partum Haemorrhage Professor Philip Steer (London, UK)
     
14.25 - 14.55 Horizon Gazing Professor Jim Dornan (London, UK)
     

14.55 - 15.25

Coffee  
     
15.25 - 16.05 Submitted Abstracts  
     
16.05 - 16.15 Presentation of Abstract Prizes  
     
16.15 - 16.50 DEBATE: 'All twins should be delivered by
                caesarean section'
Dr. Alan Cameron:                     Chair

Dr. Myles Taylor:                       FOR the motion

Professor Jim Thornton:            AGAINST the motion

     
16.50 - 17.00 General Discussion  
     
17.00 Close of Meeting  
     
     

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