The Genomic Medicine Foundation

The 7th International Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine Conference
2019-12-04 - 2019-12-05 | Radisson Blu Hotel, York, England, UK, North Street,, York, Yorkshire, Y01 6JF, United Kingdom
‘Clinical Cardiology in the Genome Era- From Genome Diagnosis to Therapy of Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases’
The Biennial ‘7th International Conference on Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine Conference’ offers a unique opportunity for clinical cardiologists, specialist cardiac nurses, electrophysiologists, cardiovascular radiologists, cardiac pathologists, clinical geneticists, genetic counselors and molecular geneticists to learn and share the fast emerging practice of cardiovascular genomic medicine.
World class Faculty of experts in all fields of cardiovascular genetics & genomics and genomic medicine will join the wide ranging participants from UK, Europe and rest of the World. The programme includes plenary lectures, keynote presentations, open platform and poster presentations and seminars on selected topics.
This conference is the 7th as part of the original series of Biennial ‘Cardiff Cardiovascular Genetics Conference’ held since 2007. All previous events were grand successes admired by several clinicians, health professionals and researchers from all over the world.
For Registration, Sponsorship and all other enquiries please visit www.genomicmedicine.org
www.eventbrite.co.uk
For General information and contributions to the Scientific Programme please contact Prof. Dhavendra Kumar
genomicmedicine@yahoo.co.uk
cardiovasculargeneticsgenomics@gmail.com
Scientific Programme
Scientific Committee

Dhavendra Kumar (Cardiff, UK)- Chair
Perry Elliott (London, UK)
Bill Newman (Manchester, UK)
Elijah Behr (London, UK)
Arthur Wilde (Amsterdam, NL)
Bart Loeys (Antwerp, Belgium)
Robert Hamilton (Toronto, Canada)
Ajay Bahl (Chandigarh, India)
Lorenzo Monserrat (La Coruna, Spain)
Ingrid Winship (Melbourne, Australia)

Day 1:
0800 Registration
0900 Welcome/ Introduction Dhavendra Kumar
0905 Session 1: ‘Phenotype-genotype ontology of inherited
cardiovascular conditions’
Chair: Professor Ruth New-Bury Ecob, Bristol, UK
0905 Congenital heart disease
Catherine Mercer, Clinical Genetics Unit, University of Southampton, UK
0920 Myocardium phenotypes
Diana Fatkin, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
0940 Aortic & arterial phenotypes
Bart Loeys, University of Antwerp, Belgium
1000 Primary lymphatic anomalies- an update
Sahar Mansour, St. George’s Hospital, London, UK
1015 Role of Myocardin in smooth and cardiac muscle development

Houweling, Molecular Cardiology Unit, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1030 Plenary 1:
‘Genomics led personalised prescribing in cardiovascular medicine’
Professor Sir Munir Primohamed, Liverpool, UK
Chair: Professor Patricia Munroe, QMUL, London, UK
1115 Tea/Coffee/Exhibitors
1145 Session 2: ‘Novel genes and molecules underpinning cardiomyopathies’
Chair: Professor Perry Elliott, UCL/Bart’s, London, UK
1145 Sarcomere- novel genes and related molecules
Lorenzo Monserrat, Cardiovascular Genomics Laboratory (HealthinCode), La Coruna, Spain
1205 MYH7 variant in Egyptian HCM patients
Mona Allouba, Aswan Heart Centre, Egypt
1220 Titin and related genes/molecules
James Ware, Imperial, University of London, UK
1240 Dystrophin & related molecules
Federica Montanaro, Great Ormond Street Hospital of Sick Children, London, UK
1300 LUNCH
1415 Session 3: ‘Heterogeneity of disorders of cardiac conduction & rhythm’
Chair: Dr. John Dean, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
1415 Brugada syndrome- Mendelian, Oligogenic or Multigenic?
Elijah Behr, Cardiovascular Medicine, St. George’s, London, UK
1435 Genomic complexity of atrial fibrillation
Rui Providencia and Pier Lambiase, Cardiovascular Research Centre, University College of London, UK
1455 Whole genome and transcriptome sequencing of post-mortem cardiac tissues from sudden cardiac death victims
S.B. Jacobson, Section of Forensic Genetics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
1505 The Egyptian Collaborative Cardiac Genomics (ECCO-GEN): Defining a Healthy Volunteer Cohort
Yasmine Aguib, Aswan Heart Centre, Egypt
1520 TEA/ COFFEE/ POSTERS
1545 Plenary 2- Keynote Lecture: “The Sir William Harvey Oration” Life long pursuit of Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions
Professor Bill McKenna, Cardiovascular Medicine, University College London, London, UK
Introduction/ Citation by Professor Dhavendra Kumar
1645 Session 4: Clinical Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine
Chair: Professor Ajay Bahl, Chandigarh, India
1645 The Miles Frost Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Prevention- a model for Preventive (Community/Public Health) Cardiology
Morven Dunn & Joanne Whitmore, The British Heart Foundation, London, UK
1700 Outcomes of the next generation genome diagnosis for inherited cardiac conditions
Tessa Homfray, Clinical Genetics Unit, St.George’s Hospital, London, UK
1715 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy & Pregnancy Outcomes in North India
Pooja Sikka, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
1730 Multi-Disciplinary team for delivering the NHS cardiovascular genomic medicine service
Gerry Carr-White, St. Thomas/ Guy’s Hospitals, London, UK
Reflections & Discussion on Day 1
1745 CLOSE
1800 Welcome Drinks Reception
1900 GALA DINNER
Day 2: 5th December 2019
0800-0830 Registration
0830 Session 5: ‘Genomic research applications in complex cardiovascular conditions’
Chair: Dr. Maite Tome, St. George’s, London, UK
0830 Polygenic score and complex cardiac conditions
Emanuale Di Angelantonio, University of Cambridge, UK
0850 Stroke genetics & genomics in clinical arena
Hugh Markus, Adenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK
0910 Systemic Hypertension- outcomes of genomic studies
Patricia Munroe, The William Harvey Heart Centre, QMUL, London, UK
0930 Genomic insights in aortic & arterial diseases
Julie de Backer, University of Ghent Hospital, Belgium
1000 Plenary 3: ‘The Genomic Revolution in Pediatric Clinical Cardiology’
Prof. Seema Mittal, Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Chair: Dr. Juan Kaski, GOSH, London, UK
1100 Tea/Coffee/ Posters
1130 Session 6: ‘Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine Research’
Chair: Professor Elijah Behr, London, UK
1130 Validating electronic health records (EHR) cardiovascular phenotypes by the UK Phenomics platform
Tom Lumbers, University College London, UK
1150 Pertinent Issues in cardiovascular diagnostic genomic testing
Ellen Thomas, Genomics England, QMUL/Imperial, London, UK
1210 Challenge of variant classification in cardiovascular medicine: The example of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Fokstuen, Service of Genetic Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

1230 Development of the Indian Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions Database
Ajay Bahl, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
1250- 1415 Poster viewing & Lunch
Session 7: ‘Novel genomic/molecular cardiovascular therapeutics approaches’
Chair: Professor Dhavendra Kumar, QMUL, London, UK
1415 Novel therapeutic advances in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Angeliki Asimaki, Cardiovascular Medicine, St. George’s, London, UK
1435 Novel therapeutic advances for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Rajaram Anananthraman, Dr. Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, India
1455 Stem cell and related therapeutic advances in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Matthew Daniels, Department of Cardiology, University of Oxford & University of Manchester, UK
1520 COFFEE/TEA
1530 Session 8: Open Presentations (selected from submitted abstracts)
Prize for best presentation
Panel of 3 judges Dr. Sarju Mehta, Cambridge, UK
Ms. Melanie Watson, Southampton, UK
Dr. Sam Mohaddin, Bart’s, London, UK
Note: 7 minutes including 2 minutes discussion
1530 Heart failure, severe arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death in Marfan syndrome
and related heritable thoracic aortic diseases
Anthony Demolder, Centre for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
1540 Atypical COL3A1 variants (glutamic acid to lysine) cause vascular Ehlers Danlos Syndrome with a consistent phenotype of tissue fragility and skin hyperextensibility
Neeti Ghali, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome National Diagnostic Service London, North West Thames Regional Genetics Service, London North West Healthcare University NHS Trust, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
1550 Genome sequencing for inherited cardiac conditions: analysis of 201 cardiovascular patients recruited through the 100,000 Genomes project by the West of England and South West NHS Genomic Medicine Centres.
Rebecca Whittington, Clinical Genetics, Bristol University Hospitals NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
1600 Major Genetic Contributors to Non-syndromic Tetralogy of Fallot
Richard Monaghan, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Manchester, UK
1610 Identifying Long QT syndrome patients in primary care: A population- based case control study
WRH Evans, PRISM group, Division of Primary care, University of Nottingham, UK
1620 Biallelic PPP1R13L-associated paediatric dilated cardiomyopathy: expanding the phenotypic spectrum
Claire Turner, Department of Clinical Genetics, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
1630 Panel comments, summing up and the best presentation award
1635 Plenary 4: ‘Dilated Cardiomyopathies- new paradigms for cardiovascular genomic medicine’
Professor Perry Elliott, Director- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University College London and Lead Consultant Cardiologist of the Inherited Heart Diseases Unit, St. Bart’s Hospital, London, UK
Chair: Professor Nigel Wheeldon, Sheffield, UK
1715 Questions/ Reflections
1730 Prizes/ Vote of Thanks/ Close
Good Bye/ Bon voyage

Human Genome Meeting 2019
2019-04-24 - 2019-05-26 | Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
“Genomic Education and Training for Healthcare”
Sponsored by the ‘Global Consortium for Genomic Education (GC4GE)’, The Genomic Medicine Foundation, UK (www.genomicmedicine.org)
Convener:
Professor Dhavendra Kumar, Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, UK & Genomic Policy Unit, University of South Wales, Wales, UK; Chair- Global Consortium for Genomic Education (GC4GE); CEO & Medical Director- The Genomic Medicine Foundation (UK).
Session objectives:

Essential skills and competencies for delivering the effective genomic medicine & healthcare
Core curriculum for genomic education & training
Organization and quality outcomes of genomic education & training program
Genomic education and training in developing and less developed nations
Role of public and media in genetic and genomic education
Continuous genetic and genomic education through tertiary multi-disciplinary specialist genetic & genomic clinics (oncology, cardiovascular, neurology, psychiatry, fetal/neonatal etc.)

For Registration and program please visit:
https://www.emedevents.com/c/medical-conferences-2019/human-genome-meeting-hgm-2019
Session plan
Date: 24 April 2019
Program- Tentative: 30 minutes each including 5 minutes for questions/answers followed by one hour panel discussion
0830 – Registration
09:00 – Welcome/ Introduction
Stylianos Antonarakis, Geneva, Switzerland (Past President- HUGO)
0915 – The Global Status of Genetic/Genomic Education- Mainstreaming of genetic/genomic medicine education
Dhavendra Kumar, Cardiff, UK (kumard1@cf.ac.uk)
0945 – Genomic Medicine teaching/ training for NHS UK
Mark Caulfield, London, UK (m.j.caulfield@qmul.ac.uk )
10:15 – Genomic Medicine training program in North America
Heather Junkins Colley, NHGRI, Bethesda, MD, USA (junkinsh@mail.nih.gov)
10:45 – Status of Genomic Medicine education & training in Malaysia and Region
M.K. Thong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (thongmk@um.edu.my )
11:15 – Tea/ Coffee
11:30 – Education & Training for Genetic Counselors in Far East
Mercy Laurino, Manila, The Philippines;( mylaurino@post.upm.edu.ph )
12:00 – Genetic counseling education & training program of India
Annie Hasan, Director, Board of Genetic Counseling, India (qhasan2000@yahoo.com )
12:30 – Panel Discussion – All Speakers/ Dhavendra Kumar (Lead)
Participants – All audience and invitees
Informal led by questions and discussion
13:30 – Close of the Session

The Second Indo-UK Symposium on Cardiovascular Genetics & Genomics
2018-12-18 | Frontier Life Line Hospital‎, R 30 C, Ambattur Industrial Estate Road,, Mogappair,, Tamil Nadu, 600101, India
Organised by the Dr. KM Charian Heart Foundation/ Frontline Hospital, Chennai, India & the Genomic Medicine Foundation (UK). For Registration and Prgramme please contact Prof. Dhavendra Kumar (kumard1@cf.ac.uk) or Dr. Raja Ananathraman

International Seminar “Advances in Inherited Heart Diseases"
2018-12-18 | Frontier Life Line Hospital‎, R 30 C, Ambattur Industrial Estate Road,, Mogappair,, Tamil Nadu, 600101, India
UK India Genomic Medicine Alliance
Indo-UK Genetic Education Forum
Frontier KM Lifeline Hospital & Dr. Cherian Heart Foundation
Faculty:

Professor Dhavendra Kumar, Cardiff, UK (Convenor)
Dr. Rajaram Anantharaman, Chennai, India (Co-Convenor)
Dr. Priya Chokhalingasamy, Inherited Heart Diseases Clinic, Chennai, India
(Co-Convenor)
Professor Perry Elliott, UCL/Bart’s, London, UK
Professor Pier Lambiase, UCL/ Bart’s, London, UK
Professor Meena Bhatt, CHG, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Dr. Siddhartha Banka, Genomic Medicine, Manchester, UK
Professor Arthur Wilde, Molecular Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Programme:
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00 – Welcome/ Introduction

Dhavendra Kumar, Cardiff, UK
Viji Samuel, Vellore, India

09:10 – Scope and Challenges of Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics

Perry Elliott, London, UK

Session I – Cardiovascular Developmental Disorders
Chairs:
09:30 – Congenital cardiac anomalies- clinical and genetic heterogeneity

Meena Bhatt, Bangalore, India

10:00 – Molecular Congenital Cardiology

Siddhartha Banka, Manchester, UK

10:30 -Inherited aortic and arterial diseases- clinical spectrum and new genes

Dhavendra Kumar, Cardiff, UK

11:00 – TEA/ COFFEE
Session II Disorders of Cardiac Muscle
Chairs:
11:30 – Inherited disorders of the myocardium- clinical spectrum and genomic factors

Perry Elliott, London, UK

12:10 – Cardiomyopathies in South India- Spectrum and Management

Viji Samuel, Vellore, India

12:30 – Cardiomyopathies in North India- Spectrum and Management

Ajay Behl, Chandigarh, India

12:50 – Heart muscles disease in Inherited Metabolic Disease

I.B. Vijayalaxmi, Bangalore, India

13:15 – LUNCH
Session III – Inherited Heart Diseases – Grand Round
Chairs: Professor Viji Samuel & Professor Perry Elliott
14:00-15:30 – Cases presentations by Trainees/ Junior Faculty/ PG Students Maximum 10 minutes each including questions/ discussion
15:30 – TEA/ COFFEE
Session IV Disorders of cardiac conduction and rhythm
Chairs:
16:00 – Genetic factors in cardiac conduction and atrial fibrillation

Perry Lambiase, London, UK

16:30 – Cardiac inherited channelopathies in clinical practice

Arthur Wilde, Amsterdam, NL

Session V Inherited Cardiac Diseases Clinic
Chairs:
17:00 – Inherited Cardiac Conditions Multi-Disciplinary service

Dhavendra Kumar, Cardiff, UK

17:30 – Inherited heart diseases clinic- the Chennai experience

Priya Chokhalingasamy, Chennai, India

1800 – Discussion & Reflections

Faculty and Participants

18:30 – CLOSE of the Workshop

The Second Indo-Uk Genomic Medicine Training Workshop
2018-12-15 | Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632004, India
Organised by the Christian Medical College, Vellore, TN, India in collaboration with the Genomic Medicine Foundation (UK), part of the Indo-UK Genomic Medicine Alliance.
For Programme and Registration please contact Prof. Dhavendra Kumar (kumard1@cf.ac.uk) and Prof. Sumita Danda (sdanda@cmcvellore.ac.in)
Click here for Provisional Programme

4th International Conference on Birth Defects & 5th Annual Conference of the Society for Indian Academy of Medical Genetics
2018-12-12 - 2018-12-15 | Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632004, India
The theme of the ICBD 2018 is “From Genome Diagnosis to Therapy of Birth Defects”.
It gives us great honor to invite you to participate in the scientific program. The three days event includes series of dedicated sessions, plenary lectures, keynote lectures, CME, Quiz and workshops.
We sincerely hope that you accept this invitation. We can assure an exciting ICBD 2018 and opportunity to visit one of the most enjoyable and memorable historic cities in India. Please confirm your acceptance and preferred topic of presentation.

The Third Indian Cancer Genetics Conference
2018-12-08 - 2018-12-10 | Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Sector 22, Utsav Chowk - CISF Road, Owe Camp, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410210, India
Organised by the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Navi Mumbai, India in collaboration with the Genomic Medicine Foundation (UK); Part of the Indo-UK Genomic Medicine Alliance.
For Programme and Registration please contact Prof. Rajiv Sarin (rsarin@actrec.gov.in ); Prof. Shirley Hodgson (shodgson@sgul.ac.uk) and Professor Dhavendra Kumar (kumard1@cf.ac.uk).
Click here for provisional programme

First Indo-UK Training Workshop on 'Genomic and Molecular Medicine'
2018-11-19 - 2018-11-21 | Molecular Biology Unit, Center for Advance Research King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, UP, Shah Mina Road,, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226003, India
Unique training workshop aims to introduce fundamental aspects of genomic and molecular medicine to wide ranging Medical Faculty, Postgraduates in Medicine and Surgery and other Specialist Medical Practitioners.
Three day Workshop offers training in the key aspects of current practice in the following areas-

Fundamentals of genetic and genomic medicine
Concept of molecular basis of human disease
Spectrum and heterogeneity of human disease
Techniques for genetic, genomic and molecular pathology of human disease
Scope and limitations of next generation genome sequencing in clinical medicine
Specific issues in genome and molecular level diagnosis
Gene and genome based molecular therapy for human disease
Genomic and Molecular approach to infectious diseases
Community and public health aspects of genomic & molecular medicine
Targeted molecular therapy including Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics
Gene & Genome based Therapeutics
Practice of Intergrated precision genomic and molecular medicine

International Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine Conference
2017-10-30 - 2017-10-31 | Radisson Blu Convention Center, Meridian Gate Bute Terrace, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 2FL, United Kingdom
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PROGRAMME
DAY 1: 30 October 2017
08:30 Registration/ Coffee
09:15 Welcome/ Introduction Professor Dhavendra Kumar
SESSION I: CONGENITAL CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY
CHAIRS: DR. JUAN KASKI, GOSH, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
DR. GRAHAM STUART, BRISTOL, UK
09:20 ‘New genomic and molecular insights in cardiovascular development’
Dr. Jean Luc Balligand , UH Brussels, Belgium
09:40 ‘Genomic profiling in monogenic malformation syndromes with cardiovascular phenotype’
Dr. Catherine Mercer, Southampton, UK
10:00 Biallelic truncating mutations in PKP2 underlie hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Judith M.A. Verhagen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
10:20 Genomic heterogeneity of Primary and Paediatric Lymphoedema
Pia Ostergaard* and Sahar Mansour St George’s, University of London, London,
10:40 Tailoring the ACMG and AMP recommendations for the interpretation
of genetic variants in the FBN1 gene: A gene-specific guideline.
L. Muiño-Mosquera*, F. Steijns, M. Renard, J. De Backer; University of Ghent, Belgium
10:40 Discussion/ Questions & Answers
10:45 COFFEE
11:00 KEY NOTE LECTURE I
CHAIR: DR. ANN CHILD, READER/ CONSULTANT CARDIOVASCULAR GENETICS, ST. GEORGE’S, LONDON, UK
‘THE EXPANDING LANDSCAPE OF THE TGF-BETA MOLECULAR FAMILY”
PROFESSOR BART LOEYS, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
SESSION II: FUNCTIONAL VASCULAR DISEASE
CHAIR: DR. GERAINT JENKINS, CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST, MORRISTON HOSPITAL, SWANSEA, WALES, UK
12:00 ‘Genomic insights of essential hypertension and clinical applications’
Professor Patricia Munroe, William Harvey Research Institute, QMUL, London
12:20 ‘Molecular heterogeneity in pulmonary arterial hypertension’
Professor Robert Tulloh, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol
12:40 ‘Genomic heterogeneity of vascular phenotypes of inherited connective tissue disease’
Prof. Julie de Baker, University of Ghent, Belgium
13:00 LUNCH
14:00 SESSION III: CARDIAC CONDUCTION AND RHYTHM DISORDERS
CHAIRS: DR. JOHN DEAN, CONSULTANT CLINICAL GENETICS, ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND
DR. PETER O’CALLAGHAN, UHW, CARDIFF, UK
14:00 ‘Clinical and molecular heterogeneity of the SCN5A related cardiac phenotypes’
Professor Arthur Wilde, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
14:30 ‘Molecular complexities of atrial fibrillation and related disorders’
Professor Pier Lambiase, UCL & St. Bart’s, London
15:00 “Cardiac conduction manifestations in rare primary myopathies- genotype: phenotype correlations’
Dr. Mark Rogers, UHW, Cardiff, Wales, UK
15:30 TEA BREAK
SESSION IV: MANAGEMENT OF INHERITED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
CHAIR: Dr. CHRISTOPHER MADLER, NEWPORT, WALES, UK
15:45 ‘Genetic & Genomic selection for cardiovascular pharmacotherapy’
Dr. Richard Turner, MRC Centre for Pharmacogenomics, Liverpool, UK
16:15 ‘Peripartum cardiomyopathy- Genomic & Therapeutic perspectives’
Dr. James Ware, Imperial College of Medicine & Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
16:45 ‘Inactivation of KLHL24 associated with abnormal glycogen storage in heart and skeletal muscle
C. Hedberg-Oldfors (1) and Y. Jamshidi* (2)
(1) University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; (2) St George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom,
17:00 “Whole exome sequencing for elucidation of Pediatric cardiomyopathy patients- a Pilot study”
Selim S.S., Seidman C., El-Saiedi S.A*., Alizera H., Mehaney D., Darwish R., Ammar R., El Feel N., Abd Elsatar E; Deprtment of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Cairo, Egypt
17:15 Reflections on Day 1
17:30 CLOSE
18:30 DRINKS RECEPTION/ JAZZ QUARTET
19:30 WELSH CARDIAC CHOIR/ GALA DINNER
DAY 2: 31 October 2017
08:30 Registration/ Coffee
09:00 SESSION V: KEY NOTE LECTURE II
CHAIR: PROF. ZAHEER YOUSEF, UHW, CARDIFF, UK
“BROADENING SPECTRUM OF CARDIAC SARCOMERES FAMILY- GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATIONS AND THERAPEUTIC OPPORTUNITIES”
PROFESSOR PERRY ELLIOTT, UCL & ST BART’S, LONDON
SESSION VI: CARDIAC AND VOLUNTARY MUSCLE DISORDERS
CHAIRS: PROFESSOR PERRY ELLIOTT, LONDON, UK
DR MARK ROGERS, UHW, CARDIFF, UK
10:00 ‘Expanding genomic horizons of dilated cardiomyopathy’
Professor Eloisa Arbustini, University of Pavia, Italy
10:30 “Molecular advances in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy”
Kalliopi Pilichou, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
11:00 ‘New genomic biomarkers and therapy for ARVC’
Professor Robert Hamilton, Hospital Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada
11:30 GUEST LECTURE
PROFESSOR SIR NILESH SAMANI,
MEDICAL DIRECTOR BHF & PROFESSOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE, LEICESTER, UK
INTRODUCTION- PROFESSOR DHAVENDRA KUMAR
“New opportunities and challenges for Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions”
12:30 ‘Genomic diagnosis of rare cardiovascular diseases’
Mr. Anil Bhardwaj, Centogene, Germany
12:40 Bio-Informatics input in cardiac genome diagnosis
Dr. David Una, Health-in-Code, La Coruna, Spain
12:50 LUNCH/ POSTER VIEWING
14:00 SESSION VII: DIAGNOSTIC CARDIOVASCULAR GENOMIC MEDICINE
CHAIRS: DR. RACHEL BUTLER, IMG, UHW, CARDIFF, UK
14:00 “The impact of NGS testing for inherited cardiovascular disease”
Dr. Lorenzo Monserratt, Health in Code, La Coruna, Spain
14:20 “Complexities and challenges of genome diagnostics in clinical practice’
Dr. Antoine Bondue, Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
14:40 Quantitative approaches to variant classification increase the yield, precision and equitability of genetic testing in HCM
Roddy Walsh, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK
15:00 ‘Genomic bio-markers for drug induced arrhythmias’
Dr. Elijah Behr, St. George’s Hospital, Medical School, London, UK
SESSION VIII: FATAL AND NEAR MISS LIFE THREATENING OUTCOMES
CHAIRS: Prof. MARY SHEPARD, ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL, LONDON, UK
DR. SARJU MEHTA, ADDENBROOKE’S HOSPITAL, CAMBRIDGE, UK
15:25 ‘Recommendations for post-mortem genetic analysis for sudden cardiac death’
Florence Felmann*, Lausanne, Switzerland; on behalf of the Public and Professional Policy Committee of the European Society of Human Genetics
15:45 ‘Genomic perspectives of sudden cardiac death in Sports & Athletics’
Dr. Michael Papadakis, St. George’s, London, UK
16:05 ‘Targetting prevention of sudden cardiac death’
Dr. Andrew Grace, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, England, UK
16:25 REFLECTIONS ON DAY 2 & CONFERENCE
16:30 CLOSE & GOODBYE
Faculty
Prof. Dhavendra Kumar, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK (Chair- Scientific Committee)
Kumard1@cf.ac.uk ; dhavendra.kumar@southwales.ac.uk
Prof. Perry Elliott, UCL/ Bart’s, London, UK
perry.elliott@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Sir Nilesh Samani, BHF Medical Director & Leicester University, UK
njs@leicester.ac.uk
Dr. Richard Turner, MRC Centre for Pharmacogenomics, Liverpool, UK
Richard.Turner@liverpool.ac.uk
Prof. Arthur Wilde, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, NL
a.a.wilde@amc.uva.nl
Dr. Lorenzo Monserrat, Health in Code, La Coruna, Spain
lorenzo.monserrat@healthincode.com
Dr. Elijah Behr, St. George’s Hospital Medical School. London, UK
ebehr@sgul.ac.uk
Prof. Julie de Backer, Medical Genetics Centre, University of Ghent, Belgium
Julie.DeBacker@UGent.be
Dr. Michael Pappadakis, St. George’s, London, UK
mihalispapadakis@hotmail.com
Dr. James Ware, Imperial College of Medicine & Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
j.ware@imperial.ac.uk
Prof. Bart Loeys, Centre for Medical Genetics, Univ. Antwerp, Belgium
bart.loeys@uantwerpen.be
Dr. Antoine Bondue, Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
(Bondue Antoine Antoine.Bondue@erasme.ulb.ac.be)
Professor Robert Hamilton, Hospital Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada
robert.hamilton@sickkids.ca
Professor Eloisa Arbustini, University of Pavia, Italy
e.arbustini@smatteo.pv.it
Dr. Jean Luc Balligand , Université catholique de Louvain, Tour Vésale +5, 52 avenue Mounier, 1200 Bruxelles
jean-luc.balligand@uclouvain.be
Dr. Catherine Mercer, Princess Ann Hospital, Southampton, UK
Catherine.Mercer@uhs.nhs.uk
Prof. Robert Tulloh, Consultant Cardiologist, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK
Robert.Tulloh@bristol.ac.uk
Prof. Patricia Munroe, William Harvey Research Centre, QMUL, UK
p.b.munroe@qmul.ac.uk
Dr. Kalliopi Pilichou/ Prof. Cristina Basso, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
cristina.basso@unipd.it
Dr. Andrew Grace, Department of Cardiology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, Engalnd, UK
aag1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Florence FELLMANN – MD, PhD – Médecin Associé
Service de Médecine Génétique, NES 06/ 6024
Avenue Pierre Decker 5, CH-1011 Lausanne
Switzerland
Florence.Fellmann@chuv.ch
Jean-Luc Balligand, MD, PhD
Head, Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
President, Institut de Recherche Experimentale et
Clinique (IREC)
University of Louvain Medical School
UCL-FATH Tour Vésale 5th floor
52 Avenue Mounier B1.53.09
1200 Brussels, Belgium (E.U.)
jean-luc.balligand@uclouvain.be
Dr. Catherine Mercer, Consultant Clinical Genetics,
Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, UK
Catherine.Mercer@uhs.nhs.uk
Dr. Judith M.A. Verhagen, Department of Clinical Genetics
DeUErasmus M.C
UnivUniversity Medical Center, Rotterdam
Th
The Netherlands
j.m.a.verhagen@erasmusmc.nl
Dr. Pia Ostergaard, St George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, London,
posterga@sgul.ac.uk
Dr. L. Muiño-Mosquera, Department of Medical Genetics, University Hospital of Ghent, Belgium
Laura.MuinoMosquera@uzgent.be
Dr. Yalda Jamshidi, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
St. George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, UK
yjamshid@sgul.ac.uk
Prof. Sonia A. El-Saiedi, Deparment of Pediatric Cardiology
Cairo University Children’s Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Mr. Anil Bhardwaj, Senior Executive, Centogene, Germany
Anil.bhardwaj@centogene.com
Dr. David de Uña, Bioinformatics Scientist, Health in Code, La Coruna, Spain
David.deuna@healthincode.com
Dr. Roddy Walsh, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK
r.walsh@rbht.nhs.uk

New Horizons in the Management of Colo-Rectal Cancer
2017-07-21 | The Medical School, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Convenors: Prof. Dhavendra Kumar (Convenor), Dr. Sunil Dolwani (Co-Convenor)
RCP- CPD Accreditation: Applied for 6 hours CPD credits
Provisional programme:
09:30 – Registration/ Coffee
09:50 – Welcome/ Introduction

Dhavendra Kumar

10:00 – Clinical genetics/ Genomic Medicine perspectives of colo-rectal cancer (CRC)

Julian Sampson

10:30 – Colonoscopic detection and diagnosis of CRC

Sunil Dolwani

11:00 – CT imaging in colo-rectal cancer

Ruth Ellis-Owen

11:30 – Coffee
11:45 – Interpretation of the family history of CRC

Karen Bailey

12:15 – Hereditary non- polyposis CRC

Mark Rogers

12:45 – Interpretation of CRC histopathology

Meleri Morgan

13:15 – Lunch
14:15 – New surgical approaches in CRC management

Jared Torkington

14:45 – What is new in the molecular testing for CRC

Rachel Butler

15:15 – Tailoring and Personalising the oncological management for bowel cancer

Richard Adams

16:00 – Thank you and Close

Dhavendra Kumar

Faculty

Prof. Dhavendra Kumar – Consultant in Clinical Genetics, All Wales Medical Genetics Service, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Dr. Sunil Dolwani – Sr. Lecturer/ Hon. Consultant in Gastroenterology, Cardiff University Medical School, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
Prof. Julian Sampson – Professor/ Hon. Consultant in Clinical Genetics, Director- Inst. Medical Genetics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
Dr. Mark Rogers – Consultant in Clinical Genetics, All Wales Medical Genetics Service, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
Dr. Rachel Butler – Consultant in Laboratory Genetics, All Wales Genetics Laboratory Service, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Ms. Karen Bailey – Genetic Counsellor (Cancer Genetics), All Wales Medical Genetics Service, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Dr. Richard Adams – Consultant in Medical Oncology, Velindre Hospital NHS Trust, Cardiff
Dr. Meleri Morgan – Consultant in Histopathology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Mr. Jared Torckington – Consultant Surgeon/ Colo-rectal surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Dr. Ruth Ellis-Morgan – Consultant Radiologist, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

For Registration and All other enquiries, please contact:

genomicmedicine@yahoo.co.uk
kumard1@cf.ac.uk
07766310291
029 2074 4037
Sharon.takata@wales.nhs.uk
sharonanntakata@yahoo.co.uk
029 2074 8170
07969024315

Please note- Special concessionary registration for Nursing and Allied Healthcare staff
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