4ways Healthcare are delighted to once again be sponsoring The Royal College of Radiologists Thoracic Masterclass.
Please come and say hello to the team during your break intervals.
Date: 23rd & 24th February 2023
Venue: Cavendish Conference Centre, London, W1G 9DT
You can book onto the Masterclass through the RCR website
Learning outcomes
- To review fundamentals of thoracic anatomy, imaging techniques and key signs/patterns of thoracic disease
- To develop a solid working knowledge of major categories of thoracic disease (incl. lung cancer, interstitial lung disease, pleural and vascular disorders)
Programme
Thursday 23 February 2023
| 08:45 | Registration and refreshments | |
| 09:30 | Welcome and introduction | Professor Simon Padley, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals |
| CHEST IMAGING – THE BASICS | ||
| 09:35 | Chest xray interpretation – Pearls and Pitfalls | Dr Carole Ridge, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals |
| 09:55 | High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scanning techniques and protocols | Professor Simon Padley, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals |
| 10:15 | Key HRCT patterns | Professor Sujal Desai, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals |
| 10:35 | Session 1: Interactive case-based teaching | Dr Bhavin Rawal, Dr Emily Bartlett, Dr Logan Sun, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals |
| 11:35 | Coffee | |
| AIRWAYS AND VASCULATURE | ||
| 11:55 | Imaging of airways disease | Professor Sujal Desai, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals |
| 12:15 | Imaging of severe chronic obstructivve pulmonary disease prior to lung volume reduction | Dr Carole Ridge, Royal Brompton Hospital |
| 12:35 | Imaging in pulmonary hypertension | Dr Bhavin Rawal, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals |
| 12:55 | Session 2: Interactive case-based teaching | Dr Bhavin Rawal, Dr Emily Bartlett, Dr Logan Sun, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals |
| 13:25 | Lunch | |
| THE PLEURA & MEDIASTINUM | ||
| 14:15 | Managing pleural disease – what the guidelines say | Dr Anthony Edey, North Bristol NHS Trust |
| 14:35 | Benign and malignant pleural disease: imaging | Dr Magali Taylor, University College London Hospital NHS Trust |
| 14:55 | Incidentally detected lesions of the mediastinum | Dr Carole Ridge, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals |
| 15:15 | Coffee | |
| 15:45 | Session 3: Interactive case-based teaching | Dr Bhavin Rawal, Dr Emily Bartlett, Dr Logan Sun, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals |
| LUNG NODULES | ||
| 16:15 | Managing lung nodules – the evidence | Dr Emily Bartlett, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals |
| 16:35 | Atypical lung cancers | Dr Arjun Nair, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust |
| 16:55 | Challenging nodule management scenarios | Dr Emily Bartlett, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals |
| 17:15 | End of day 1 Please remember to take everything with you and bring back your delegate badge tomorrow. | |
Friday 24 February 2023
| 08:10 | Registration and refreshments Please remember to confirm your attendance at day 2 with the registration desk. | ||
| LUNG CANCER AND SCREENING | |||
| 08:30 | Welcome and intro | Professor Sujal Desai, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals | |
| 08:35 | UK Lung Cancer Screening – Current Status | Dr Matthew Callister, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | |
| 09:05 | Staging lung cancer – TNM 8 for radiologists | Dr Judith Babar, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| 09:35 | Intervention for Lung Cancer | Professor Simon Padley, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals | |
| 10:05 | Session 4: Interactive case-based teaching | Dr Bhavin Rawal, Dr Emily Bartlett, Dr Logan Sun, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals | |
| 11:05 | Coffee | ||
| INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES (ILD) I | |||
| 11:30 | An approach to ILDs | Professor Sujal Desai, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals | |
| 11:50 | UIP versus other Fibrotic ILDs | Professor Anand Devaraj, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals | |
| 12:10 | Sarcoidosis – Typical and Atypical Appearances | Dr Nishanth Sivarasan, Guys and St Thomas’s Hospital | |
| 12:30 | Session 5: Interactive case-based teaching | Dr Bhavin Rawal, Dr Emily Bartlett, Dr Logan Sun, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES (ILD) II | |||
| 14:00 | An ILD Physician’s Perspective | Dr Peter George, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | |
| 14:20 | Interstitial Lung Diseases: The Early Years | Dr Tom Semple, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals | |
| 14:40 | Connective Tissue Diseases/Vasculitides | Professor Anand Devaraj, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals | |
| 15:00 | Coffee | ||
| 15:30 | Session 6: Interactive case-based teaching | Dr Bhavin Rawal, Dr Emily Bartlett, Dr Logan Sun, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals | |
| 16:30 | End of course | ||
