BRS/RA Integrated Conference
Thursday 15th May 2008: The year before dialysis and the first year

 Tuesday 13th May

 Wednesday 14th May

  Thursday 15th May

  Friday 16th May

07.30 REGISTRATION
07:45-08.30

RENAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING                                                                   Boisdale

08:45-10.15

                                                            Lomond Auditorium
THE GOLDEN YEAR: ONE YEAR BEFORE RRT
Chair: Brian Junor and Stuart Rodger

Overview
Invited speaker: Donal O’Donoghue, National Clinical Director for Kidney Care

Choice
Invited speaker: Jackie Buck, Nurse Research Fellow, Leicester General Hospital

Planning
Invited speaker: Colin Jones, Consultant Renal Physician, York Hospital

Pre-emptive Transplant
Invited speaker: Lisa Burnapp, Consultant Nurse (Living donor renal transplant), Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Discussion

                                                                      ALSH
DE WARDENER LECTURE
Chairs: Caroline Savage & Edwina Brown

Uric acid, the metabolic syndrome, and Kidney Disease
Invited speaker: Rick Johnson, Chief, Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplantation, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

O35 Primary Care Renal Disease management using a renal decision support system
Bernhard Klebe, Consultant Nephrologist, Kent & Canterbury Hospital

O36 Endothelin-A receptor antagonism offers patients with CKD cardiovascular and renal protection
Neeraj Dhaun, Renal Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh

O37 HD facility failure to deliver optimal diabetic care to diabetic HD patients is associated with increased mortality: An international picture from DOPPS III
Natasha McIntyre, Research Fellow, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

10.15-10.45 COFFEE & EXHIBITION                                                                                                             POSTERS

10.45- 12.00

Lomond Auditorium

NON DIALYTIC THERAPIES
Chairs: Cathy Johnson

Conservative and Palliative Care
Invited Speaker: Neil Sheerin, Professor of Nephrology,
Newcastle University

O38 Symptoms in the month before death of patients with Stage 5 CKD managed conservatively, without dialysis
Fliss Murtagh, Research Training Fellow, Kings College London

O39 Improving the care of patients dying in the renal setting: A focus group analysis prior to implementation of the Liverpool Care Pathway
Emma Murphy, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Guy’s Hospital

O40 The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the patient dying with advanced CKD: Development of evidence-based guidelines by an expert consensus group
Claire Douglas, Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

                         Alsh

CARDIORENAL DISEASE
Chairs: Chris McIntyre & Mhairi Sigrist

O41 The natural history of vascular calcification in CKD – a bone to pick?
Rukshana Shroff, Research Registrar, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children

Cardiovascular disease in CKD: should we give up or fight on? An optimist’s view
Invited speaker: Charlie Ferro, Consultant Nephrologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

O42 Renal function is an independent determinant of arterial stiffness and predictive of outcome in patients with coronary artery disease
Neeraj Dhaun, Renal Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh

O43 The relationship between vascular function and survival in advanced CKD: A magnetic resonance imaging study
Patrick Mark
Lecturer in Nephrology, University of Glasgow

                Boisdale

TRANSPLANTATION
Chairs: Rob Higgins & Jane Smith

O44 Is there equity of access to the Renal Transplant Waiting List in the United Kingdom?
Deepika Akolekar, Clinical Research Fellow, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

O45 Renal allograft rejection after campath induction and tacrolimus monotherapy without steroids or mycophenolate mofetil
Jack Galliford, Clinical Research Fellow, Hammersmith Hospital

O46 Pre-emptive coronary artery angiography and revascularisation in renal transplant recipients
Nicky Kumar, Specialist Registrar Nephrology, Hammersmith

Risk factors and the transplant assessment: old challenges, new rules?
Invited speaker: Gabriel Oniscu, Specialist Registrar, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Hospital

                     Carron

CKD AND PROGRESSION OF RENAL DISEASE (Renal Science)
Chairs: Nigel Brunskill and Roger Mason

Galectin 3 and the Regulation of Renal Fibrosis
Invited speaker: Tariq Sethi, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh

O47 The Fisher-to-Lewis Model of chronic allograft nephropathy shows increased expression of transglutaminase Type 2, a protein cross-linking enzyme
Badri Shrestha
Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield

O48 Targeting Kirsten-Ras with antisense oligonucleotides is antifibrotic in a rat model of unilateral ureteric obstruction
Jia-hui Wang, Clinical Research Fellow, Kings College London

O49 Tubular Epithelial Mesenchymal Transformation (EMT) and The role of Albumin
Juma Ibrini, Research Fellow, Sheffield Kidney Institute

           Dochart

CLINICAL TRIALS UPDATE
Chairs: Colin Baigent & Fiona Karet

Proposal for a UK-based randomized controlled trial of beta-blockers in advanced chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients
Invited speaker: John McMurray, Professor of Medical Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Glasgow

12.00-13.30 LUNCH & EXHIBITION & CORPORATE SESSIONS
12.15 – 13.15

LUNCHTIME
SESSIONS

                              Alsh ROCHE

PUTTING TIME BACK INTO THE PATIENT-NURSE DIALOGUE

 

                        Boisdale
SYNER-MED

ANAEMIA IN CKD-
THE FUTURE OF IV IRON TREATMENT

 

                            Carron
WYETH

IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AND MALIGNANCY- the latest update

12.15 Introduction Professor Alan Jardine, University of Glasgow

12.25 The impact of mTOR-inhibitors on the development of malignancy
Professor Edward K. Geissler, Regensburg, Germany

12.50 Immunosuppression and skin cancer-how research can inform clinical choice
Professor Dr Johan W de Fijter, Leiden The Netherlands

13.15 Close

                         Dochart

ANNUAL RENAL SAS FORUM

SAS CAREER PROGRESSION AND PMETB ARTICLE 14 APPLICATION
Invited Speaker: Steve Powis, Professor of Renal Medicine, Royal Free & University College Medical School, London

13.30- 14.45

                                             Lomond Auditorium
Transplantation:
Moral Maze

HIGH RISK ISSUES: INTERACTIVE SESSION
Chair & Question Master: Dr. John Scoble, Consultant Nephrologist, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Invited Members of the Panel:
Chris Winearls, Consultant Nephrologist, The Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Chris Dudley, Consultant Nephrologist, Southmead Hospital, Bristol
Ann Frankton, Live Donor Co-ordinator, City Hospital, Nottingham
John Forsythe, Consultant Surgeon & Clinical Director, Transplant Unit, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Antonia Cronin, Wellcome Research Fellow in Bioethics, Manchester University
Alastair Santhouse, Consultant in Psychological Medicine, South London + Maudsley NH Foundation Trust
Madeleine Warren,Patient Representative

                                                                             Alsh
THE OSMAN LECTURE


Chair: Peter Mathieson, President of the Renal Association

From cage to bedside: new approaches to the treatment of CKD patients
Invited Speaker: Jurgen Floege, Professor of Nephrology, Aachen, Germany

O50 A20, a negative regulator of NF-KB, suppresses endothelial activation in response to Hypoxia/Re-Oxygenation and protects kidneys from Ischaemia/Reperfusion Injury
Le Luong, Post Doctural Scientist, Imperial College London

O51 BMP-7 opposes TGF beta signalling via altered DNA binding and ID expression
Donald Fraser, Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Cardiff

O52 Treatment of Lupus Nephritis without maintenance steroids-12 month follow up
Ruth Pepper, Renal Specialist Registrar, Hammersmith Hospital

14.45-15.45 COFFEE & EXHIBITION MODERATED POSTER SESSION

15.45-17.15

Lomond Auditorium

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS
Chairs: Martin Wilkie & Gerry Endall

Long-term challenges for Peritoneal Dialysis
Invited Speaker: John Williams, Professor of Nephrology, Institute of Nephrology, University of Wales

O53 Dialysate cytokines predict progression of peritoneal fibrosis in patients on PD
Sohail Ahmed, Renal Research Registrar, Hammersmith Hospital

O54 The effects of Icodextrin on Peritoneal Protein Clearance
Biju John, Specialist Registrar, University Hospital of North Staffordshire

O55 Comparison of long term survivors on PD and HD
Christopher Lawrence, Renal Registrar, Lister Hospital, Stevenage

O56 Plasma Volume is normal in PD patients despite an increased extracellular (ECF) to total body water (TBW) ratio
Biju John, Specialist Registrar, University Hospital of North Staffordshire

                      Alsh

SCREENING/ SURVEILLANCE – IS IT WORTH IT?
Chairs: President of The British Society of Interventional Radiology , Peter Mathieson, &

CV evaluation of potential transplant patients
Invited Speaker: Alan Jardine, Consultant Nephrologist, University of Glasgow

Renal Vascular Disease Invited Speaker: John Main, Consultant Nephrologist, South Tees NHS Trust

Radiological imaging & intervention for native fistulae
Invited Speaker: Peter Bungay, Consultant Radiologist, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

                 Boisdale

RUNNING THE SERVICE

Chair: Jane Macdonald

O57 Self-Care as a means to increasing capacity and patient choice in a HD Service
Rosamund Tibbles, Service Improvement Nurse, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

O58 Access to Cadaveric Renal Transplantation – is it equitable across the UK?
Rommel Ravanan, Consultant Nephrologist & Transplant Physician, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

O59 CKD and Diabetes Mellitus in an ethnically diverse and socially deprived area – is it as bad as we think?
Gavin Dreyer,Renal Specialist Registrar, Royal London Hospital

O60 A Workforce Survey of Renal Social Workers within the United Kingdom
Julie Daniels, Renal Social Worker, East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust

O61 The use of assessment centres for recruitment of renal nurses
Lisa Silas, Matron for Hospital & Home Dialysis,
Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation Trust

                   Carron

TUBULAR EPITHELIAL CELL BIOLOGY
(Renal Science)
Chair: Jeremy Hughes and Adrian Woolf

The Regulation of EMT
Invited Speaker: Roger Mason, Professor, Imperial College London

Epithelial Cell Transporters
Invited Speaker: Robert Unwin, Professor, University College London

Tubular morphogenesis
Invited Speaker: Jamie Davies, Professor, University of Edinburgh

Electrical modulation of cell behaviour
Invited Speaker: Colin McCaig, Regius Professor of Physiology, University of Aberdeen

                     Dochart

Palliative care
Chair: Edwina Brown & Celia Eggeling

Barriers to improving end of life care
Invited Speaker: Edwina Brown, Consultant Nephrologist, Hammersmith Hospital

Learning Disabilities, Advocacy and Renal Palliative Care
Invited Speaker: Jackie McNicholas, Nurse, St Helier Hospital, Carshalton

Communicating with patients and their families at the end of life
Invited Speaker: Celia Eggeling Renal Counsellor, St Helier Hospital, Carshalton

Achieving good symptom control for the renal patient at the end of life
Invited Speaker: Jo Chambers, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Southmead Hospital, Bristol

17.25-18.25
                                                                                                                                          Lomond Auditorium
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE

Chair: Richard Fluck
Working both sides of the street – a patient’s perspective
Dr. Stephen D’Souza, Consultant Radiologist, Royal Preston Hospital
19.45 BRS/RA RECEPTION AND GALA DINNER – HILTON HOTEL