INAUGURAL MEETING NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY GROUP

1. INAUGURAL MEETING NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY GROUP 25th April 2008 at The Skeel Lecture Theatre, People’s Palace, Mile End, QMUL Programme 09:00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE Introduction 09:50 Introduction Professor Ian Sanderson 09:55 Welcome address Professor Qasim Aziz 10:05 History of the Wingate Institute Professor David Wingate Visceral sensation 10:20 Visceral hyposensation: are we beginning to feel it? Mr Marc Gladman 10:35 Human visceral pain research: heart and soul! Professor Qasim Aziz 10:50 Pain hypersensitivity: lessons from somatic painProfessor John Priestley 11:15 COFFEE Investigation of gut motility in the 21st century Integrated and advanced measurement of gastrointestinal function: where do we go from here? 11:40 Upper GI tract Dr Etsuro Yazaki 12:00Lower GI tract Dr Mark Scott 12:30 LUNCH (& POSTER ROUND) GI neuromuscular disease 13:45 Neuroimmunological mechanisms: channelling our efforts Mr Charles Knowles 14:05 Histopathologic abnormalities: primary, secondary or imagined Professor Jo Martin 14:25 Getting your nerves back: the future is in stem cells! Dr Nikhil Thapar 15:00 TEA Managing the difficult patient 15:20 Evacuatory difficulty: cant push wont push Mr Peter Lunniss 15:35 Treating the mind not the gut Dr Gerald Libby 15:50 The acidic child Dr Nick Croft KEYNOTE LECTURE 16:20Medically unexplained symptoms Professor Simon Wessely Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London Closing remarks 16:50 The future of neurogastroenterology at QMUL Professor Qasim Aziz 17:05 Vote of thanks Professor Sir Nicholas Wright 17:15 MEETING CLOSE DRINKS AND CANAPÉS  To confirm your place, and to receive further details, please detach this slip and return to: Ms Samantha Mills Course Administrator Wingate Institute 26 Ashfield Street Whitechapel LONDON, E1 2AJ e-mail: s.j.mills@qmul.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0)20 7882 2655 Fax: +44 (0)20 7375 2103 your name: Registration details address: please tick Consultant Higher trainee Research fellow Physiologist Nurse Student post code: e-mail: telephone: special dietary requirements: WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE