Thrombosis Research in Advanced Disease (TRAD) Alliance
“A global approach to thrombosis research”
The Inaugural Thrombosis Research in Advanced Disease Alliance Scientific Meeting
Wednesday 24th November 2010, 9am - 5.00pm
Holland House Hotel, Cardiff, Wales
Conference Programme
9.00am Registration and Coffee
9.30am Welcome and Introduction
Morning Session
Chair: Dr Paul Keeley, Consultant Palliative Care Physician, Glasgow
9.40am Venous thromboembolism in the palliative care setting: what are the challenges?
Dr Simon Noble, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, Cardiff University
10.20am The management of venous thromboembolism when the evidence is lacking.
Dr Miriam Johnson, Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, Hull York Medical School
11.00am Tea
11.30am Update on anticoagulants: how do they apply to palliative care?
Dr Trevor Baglin, Consultant Haematologist, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge
12.15pm Researching venous thromboembolism in vulnerable adult populations.
Professor David Fitzmaurice, Professor of Primary Care, Birmingham University
1.00pm Lunch
Afternoon Session
Chair: Professor Kerenza Hood, Director South East Wales Trials Unit
1.50pm Defining the scope of the problem: Introducing TROPHY: the Thrombosis Registry of Palliative and Hospice Patients.
Dr Simon Noble, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, Cardiff University
2.20pm Defining the scope of the problem: the Hospice Thromboprophylaxis Project
Dr Susie Gillon, Specialist Registrar, St Catherine’s Hospice Scarborough
2.35pm Thromboprophylaxis in the ambulant cancer patient.
Dr Anthony Maraveyas, Senior Lecturer in Oncology, Hull York Medical School
3.15pm Tea
3.45pm Researching patient and clinician relevant outcomes
Dr Laura Sheard, Hul York Medical School
4.15pm In pursuit of the elusive palliative care randomised control trial
Dr Anthony Byrne, Medial Director, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Group, Cardiff University
5.00pm Close
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