Thursday 11th November
PROGRAM

Friday 12th November
PROGRAM

8.30am

Registration

8.30am

Registration

9.00am

Opening Speech
Gibraltar Minister for Health and Civil Protection .
The Hon Yvette Del Agua

9.00am

Cardiovascular Biomarkers: state of the art in assessing risk
Dr.David Gaze.
Cardiac Research Scientist
St.George’s Hospital. London

9.15am

Talk on The future Healthcare Workforce in Gibraltar.
Chris Wilson,
GHA Director of HR

9.45am

"Pitfalls and practice of anticoagulation: from the community to the hospital bedside."

Dr.Francis Matthey,FRCP,FRCPath
Consultant Haematologist
Chelsea and Westminister NHS Foundation Trust.

10.00am

Update on the diagnosis and treatment of localised prostate cancer.

Mr Ben Challacombe
Consultant Urological Surgeon & Honorary Senior Lecturer  Guy's Hospital, London

10.30am

 Poster session and prize giving

10.45am

Coffee Break

11.00am

Coffee Break

11.00am

Benefits associated with reducing blood culture contamination
Andrew Bamber BSc MSc CSci FIBMS CertMHS
Deputy Head of Clinical Services,
Medical Microbiology
Wirral University Teaching Hospital

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11.30am

Forum Laboratory and Healthcare System

 AFRICA Morocco:
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Dr. Mustafa Argaz.
Consultant Haematologist and Clinical Immunology.
Chairman of Moroccan delegation.

ASIA Hong Kong:
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CHAN Wing Kwong
BSc., MSc, MBA, MEC, CSci, FIBMS, FHKIMLS, FHKSMDS, FHKSC, MCIM

Chairman HKG IBMS Branch .
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,Prince of Wales Hospital Hong Kong.

EUROPE Gibraltar (UK):
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Dr. Alex Menez.
Pathology Services Manager
Gibraltar Health Authority

  Chairman: Audrey Smith,
Chairman IBMS Gibraltar Branch

11.45am

Prostate Cancer: Pathological and Research Perspective
Dr.Charles Jameson.
Consultant Histopathologist.
Royal Marsden Hospital London.

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1.00pm

Pathology Services In Canada”
Dr David McCutcheon. MBA.
CEO
Gibraltar Health Authority

1.00pm

Buffet lunch        

1.45pm

Closing Speech.
Dr David McCutcheon.MBA.
CEO
Gibraltar Health Authority

2.00pm

Role of Medical Haematologist in the day to day blood banking services in Morocco

El Dr. Ouakrim.
Consultant Haematologist and Director of Blood Banking Services
Tangiers, Morocco.  

3.00pm

Coffee Break

3.15pm

"Recent Trend in Prenatal Diagnosis in Hong Kong"

Mr.Wing Kwong Chan.

BSc. MSc MEC CSci FIBMS FHKIMLS FHKSMDS FHKSC MCIM
Chairman HKG IBMS Branch .
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,Prince of Wales Hospital Hong Kong.

4.15pm

    ' Incidental Adrenal masses’
    Mr Dimitre Grama. MD Consultant Surgeon
 Dr. M.A. Pervez. NCHD General Surgery
        Gibraltar Health Authority

8.00pm

Gala night. The Rock Hotel, Gibraltar.