LONDON ASM 2008 Programme
MONDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2008
08.45 – 09.25: Coffee and registration
09.25 – 09.30: Introduction and W elcome - Dr Michael Michell
SESSION 1 CANCER REFORM STRATEGY: SCREENING
Chair: Dr Anthony J Maxwell (Bolton)
Integrating digital mammography Dr Mary Wilson (Manchester)
Review of the efficacy of the current screening programme and evidence for extending it
Professor Stephen Duffy (London)
Implementing the strategy Professor Julietta Patnick (Sheffield)
Panel Discussion
Coffee and Poster Viewing
SESSION 2 QUESTION TIME
Chair: Dr Michael Michell
Panel :
Professor Julietta Patnick (Sheffield)
Dr Ros Given-Wilson (London)
Dr Erika Denton (Norwich)
Dr Dorothy Goddard (Bath)
Lunch and Poster Viewing
SESSION 3 ADVANCES IN BREAST IMAGING
Chair: Dr Nicholas Ridley (Swindon)
MRI Professor Lindsay Turnbull (Hull)
Ultrasound Professor Tom Stavros (Denver, USA)
Digital mammography Dr Ulrich Bick (Berlin, Germany)
Tea and Poster Viewing
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Conference Reception and Dinner ! Imperial War Museum, London
SESSION 4 CANCER REFORM STRATEGY: SYMPTOMATIC SERVICE
Chair: Dr Matthew Wallis (Cambridge)
Imaging first Dr Dorothy Goddard (Bath)
The surgeon's role Dr Simon Cawthorn (Bristol)
The nurse practitioner's role nurse practitioner's role Ms Dawn Chapman (Cambridge)
Meeting the reform strategy's targets Ms Fiona McNeil (Sutton)
Discussion
Coffee and Poster Viewing
SESSION 5 SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Chair: Dr Erika Denton (Norwich)
Cancer follow up Mr Mike Dixon (Edinburgh)
Information technology and all that Dr Erika Denton (Norwich)
SESSION 6 PROFFERED PAPERS
Scientific Papers
Lunch and Poster Viewing
SESSION 7 PROFESSORIAL LECTURE AND PRACTICAL ISSUES
Chair: Professor Fiona Gilbert (Aberdeen)
BIG Professor ! Professorial Lecture Dr Ros Given-Wilson (London) Breast is best ! enthusing radiology registrars
Letter from America Professor Chris Flowers (San Francisco, USA)
KEYNOTE LECTURE Professor Tom Stavros Ultrasound in everyday practice (Denver, USA)
Prizes and closing remarks Dr Michael Michell