Year 4, 2012-13
Module leaders
Professor Simon Taylor-Robinson
Dr Belinda Smith
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Monday 12 November - Friday 14 December 2012

Module 2: Diagnostic and therapeutic principles in gastrointestinal and liver disease
- timetable [Word]

PowerPoint presentations, unless otherwise indicated:
Mon 12 Nov Introduction - Dr Belinda Smith
Sequelae of alcohol - Dr Belinda Smith
Clinical applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Professor Wladyslaw Gedroyc
Tues 13 Nov

Microbubble US of the liver - Ankur Thapar, Brahman Dharmarajah on behalf of Professor Edward Leen
Fri 16 Nov Cancer cell regulation [pdf] - Dr Salvatore Papa
Tumour suppressor genes and oncogenes [pdf] - Dr Salvatore Papa
CT gastrointestinal applications [pdf] - Dr Chris Harvey
Mon 19 Nov MRI of the biliary tree - Professor Wladyslaw Gedroyc

Indications for liver transplantation - Dr Ameet Dhar
Oncological treatment of lower GI cancers - Dr Susan Cleator
Assessment of functional hepatic reserve - Professor Mark Thursz
Tues 20 Nov Liver biopsy - Rachel Westbrook
HCC: diagnosis and management - Dr Shahid Khan
Serum markers in the assessment of liver disease - Dr Sudeep Tanwar
Thurs 22 Nov Pancreatic neoplasms - Dr Raida Ahmad

Tumours of bile ducts - Professor Robert Goldin
H pylori, gastric physiology and cancer - Dr Kirsty Lloyd
Fri 23 Nov Fibroscan demonstration - Dr Belinda Smith
Mon 26 Nov

Gut hormone tumours - Professor Waljit Dhillo
Principles of radioimmunoassay - Dr Ameet Dhar
Tues 27 Nov Cholangiocarcinoma - Dr Shahid Khan
Ascites - Dr Ashley Brown
Acute liver failure - Dr Ashley Brown
Fri 30 Nov Radiology of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum - Dr Adrian Lim
Radiology of the small bowel - Dr Adrian Lim
Thurs 6 Dec PET and receptor imaging in oncology - Professor Adil AL-Nahhas
Non-surgical management of HCC - Dr Rohini Sharma
Mon 3 Dec Viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma - Dr Belinda Smith
Critical care of liver failure - Dr Ameet Dhar
Hepatic encephalopathy - Dr Mark McPhail
Chemoprevention in GI cancer - Dr Geoff Smith
Prevention, screening and surveillance in oesophageal cancer - Dr Geoff Smith
Tues 4 Dec Portal hypertension and variceal bleeding - Dr David Westaby
The management of malignant bile duct obstruction [pdf] - Dr David Westaby
Fri 7 Dec MR spectroscopy - Professor Simon Taylor-Robinson
Transcription and regulatory factors in GI malignancy - Professor Julian Walters
Mon 10 Dec MRI endoscopy [pdf] - Dr Simon Ralphs
Symptom palliation and support for secondary gastrointestinal cancer - Dr Danielle Power
Genetic and Environmental Effects on Development of Colonic Neoplasia - John Martin
Colorectal Cancer Screening - John Martin

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