BRS/RA Integrated Conference
Tuesday 13th May 2008: Scientific Programme

 Tuesday 13th May

 Wednesday 14th May

  Thursday 15th May

  Friday 16th May

11.00 REGISTRATION OPENS
15.00 – 18.00 COMPANY SPONSORED SYMPOSIA      Boisdale

THE GREAT RENAL HOME THERAPIES DEBATE: DO THE ADVANTAGES OUTWEIGH THE EFFORTS?
Sponsored by Baxter

Programme
15.00 - Dialysis at Home – Why Bother?
Chair: Dr Peter Rutherford MD, PhD, FRCP
Medical Director, Renal - Europe, Middle East and Africa
Baxter Healthcare SA

15.30 - Patients Know Best?
Putting patients in control. Using a self-care model
to maintain health and well being.

Carina Nildalen
Cognitive Psychotherapist, Stockholm, Sweden
Per Ake Zillen
Patient, Stockholm, Sweden

16.15 - Choice and Chance
Achieving a balanced portfolio of renal replacement
treatment options. Implementing a Home versus
Hospital approach to patient choice.

Dr. Alastair Hutchison FRCP
Clinical Director Renal Services, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK

17.00 - Home is where the heart is
Innovations and outcomes in Nocturnal
daily Home Haemodialysis.

Dr. Bruce Culleton MD, MSc
Baxter Healthcare, Medical Director, Chicago, USA

17.45 - Can I go home now?
Dr Peter Rutherford

18.00 - Meeting Close
Pre-Dinner Reception

COMPANY SPONSORED SYMPOSIA                    Alsh

MANAGING HYPERTENSION WITH RENAL IMPAIRMENT – A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CHALLENGE
Sponsored by Novartis

Programme
15.00 - CKD: the challenge in perspective
Epidemiology of CKD and current understanding of the importance of proteinuria  

Dr Donal O’Donoghue
Consultant Renal Physician
Salford Royal Hospitals Foundation Trust
National Clinical Director for Kidney Care

The tubular toxicity of proteinuria

Professor Nigel Brunskill
Professor and Chief Physician,
Consultant Nephrologist,
Leicester General Hospital

15.30 - Managing renal disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes: a review of the evidence

Professor Hans-Henrik Parving
Professor and Chief Physician,
Department of Medical Endocrinology,
University Hospital of Copenhagen

16.00 - CKD and hypertension in the real world: Interactive quiz/case discussions

Facilitator: Dr David Wheeler
Reader in Nephrology, Royal Free and
University College Medical School,
University College London

Panellists:
Ms Nicki Thomas
Registered General Nurse and Lecturer,
City University London
Dr. Ian Wilkinson
GP, Oldham

16.30 - Interactive keypad discussion and summary

17.00 - Meeting close (buffet refreshments
will be served)