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Details of forthcoming meetings are available from the Meetings page.
RCPCH Conference 2024 – Joint session DSMIG and British Association of Paediatricians in Audiology, Birmingham Wednesday 27th March 2024
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November 23 2023 DSMIG Winter Meeting
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November 4th 2022 DSMIG Winter Meeting.
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DSMIG SESSION, RCPCH 2022 Conference, Liverpool
10:15 am -11:30 am, Thursday 30 June 2022
The full programme for this event can be downloaded here.
| Guest Speaker 1 |
Ms Sally Tennant, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore alison.woodrow1@nhs.ne |
| Guest Speaker 2 |
Dr Meriel McEntagart, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, St George’s Hospital, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, grace.powell@stgeorges.nhs.uk |
Chair: Dr Jill Ellis, Consultant Community Paediatrician, Specialist Children and Young People’s Services,
East London NHS Foundation Trust, jill.ellis3@nhs.net
| Time | Event |
| 10.15-11.30 | DSMIG Morning Session |
| 10.15-10.20 | Introduction and Welcome, Dr Jill Ellis, Chair of DSMIG |
| 10.20-10.45 | Orthopaedic Problems in Children with Down Syndrome, Miss Sally Tennant |
| 10.45-11.10 | Understanding the Molecular Effects of an Extra Chromosome 21, Dr Meriel McEntagart |
| 11.10-11.20 | ID 849: The impact of the pandemic on children under 11 with Down Syndrome (8 minutes presentation – 2 minutes Q&A) |
| 11.20-11.30 | ID 1213: Vitamin D Surveillance in Children with Down’s syndrome in a Regional Disability Service in Dublin (8 minutes presentation – 2 minutes Q&A) |
| 11.30 | Closing remarks and Poster viewing |
November 4th 2021 DSMIG Winter Meeting.
Please find the agenda of the virtual meeting below or download the programme here.
| Time | |
| 9.00-11.15 | Members meeting (DSMIG MEMBERS ONLY) |
| 9.00 | Annual General Meeting |
| 10.00 | Break |
| 10.05 | Case discussion – discussion of complex cases & recent queries handled by the DSMIG team |
| 11.15 | Coffee break |
| 11.45-4.15 | Open meeting – Welcome from President and Chair, Shiela Puri |
| 11.50 | Updates from the Immunology Clinic in Children With Down Syndrome Professor Eleanor Molloy, Neonatal Consultant and Professor of Paediatrics & Child Health, Trinity College, University of Dublin |
| 12.30 | The Voices of Young People With Down Syndrome Through the COVID 19 Pandemic Eddie McConnell – Chief Executive, Down Syndrome Scotland |
| 13.10 | Lunch |
| 13.50 | Feeding and Nutrition in Children with Down Syndrome Himali De Silva – Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital |
| 14.30 | Reducing the Impact of Sepsis on Children with Down Syndrome Dr Elizabeth Herrieven – Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, HUTH NHS Trust |
| 15.10 | Coffee break |
| 15.20-16.20 | Current Research, Audit and Guidelines Update |
| 15.20 | Update from the Feeding and Autoimmunity in Down Syndrome Evaluation Study (FADES), Georgina Williams, University of Bristol |
| 15.50 | Update on COVID 19 infection in children with Down Syndrome and other Current Global Research Projects Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, Professor of Integrated Community Child Health UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health |
| 16.20 | Closing remarks |
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June 17th 2021 Joint Meeting at RCPCH Conference
The joint meeting was online as part of a virtual conference. You can download the programme here.
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November 18th 2020 DSMIG Winter Meeting.
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October 2nd 2020 Session at RCPCH Conference
Online as part of virtual conference
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November 15th 2019 One Day Symposium, AGM and Members Meeting
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London
Annual Winter Meeting Programme November 2019
Presentations
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May 15th 2019 DSMIG workshop at RCPCH Annual Conference in Birmingham
Presentation given by Professor Jeremy Turk
November 16th 2018 One Day Symposium, AGM and Members Meeting
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London
Annual Winter Meeting Programme November 2018
Presentations
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November 3rd 2017 One Day Symposium, AGM and Members Meeting
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London
Annual Winter Meeting November 3rd 2017
Presentations
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DSMIG workshop at RCPCH 24th May 2017
ICC, Birmingham
Programme Template Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group May 2017 (4)
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November 11th 2016 One Day Symposium and Members Meeting
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Annual Winter Meeting November 11th 2016
Presentations
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DSMIG workshop and AGM at RCPCH annual meeting 27th April 2016
ACC, Liverpool.
Presentations
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Joint Meeting DSMIG/RSM Intellectual Disability Forum Friday 20th November 2015
Royal Society of Medicine , London
November 2015 RSM Programme and flyer
Presentations
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Friday 15 June 2015, One-day symposium, AGM and Members meeting
College Court Conference Centre , Leicester
Presentations
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Friday 14 November 2014, One-day Symposium & Members Meeting
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health , London
Presentations
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Friday 13 June 2014, One-day symposium, AGM and Members meeting
Chancellor’s Hotel and Conference Centre , Manchester
Presentations
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Friday 25 November 2013, One-day Symposium & Members Meeting
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health , London
Presentations
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Friday 10 May 2013, One-day symposium, AGM and Members meeting
Hatfield House, Hatfield
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Friday 23 November 2012, One-day Symposium & Members Meeting
Royal Society of Medicine, London
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Friday 29 June 2012, One-day symposium, AGM and Members meeting
Winchester Hotel, Winchester
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Friday 25 November 2011, One-day Symposium & Members Meeting
Royal Society of Medicine, London
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Friday 24 June 2011: Open Scientific Symposium and Members Meeting
The Little Haven Hotel, South Shields, Tyneside.
Our Spring Meeting 2011 was held in South Shields, the home of Harlow Printing, who is our partner in producing and publishing the Parent Held Child Health Record and the UK Down specific growth charts.
The meeting included the official launch of the 3rd edition of our PCHR insert and our newly formatted growth charts.
Symposium Topics:
Official launch of the new 2011 editions of the PCHR Insert and Growth Charts for children with Down syndrome, together with Harlow Printing staff and guests
Growth, Growth Charts and Growth Monitoring of Children with Down Syndrome
Thyroid Disorders in Children with Down Syndrome
Research Update
Presentations
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Friday 26 November 2010 DSMIG Symposium & Members Meeting
Royal Society of Medicine, London
Presentations
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Friday 11 June 2010: DSMIG Symposium & Members Meeting
Children’s Centre and PGEC, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham
Main symposium topic – adolescent issues of capacity to consent, sexual development, and sex and relationships education
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Friday 27 Nov 2009: DSMIG Symposium & Members Meeting
Royal Society of Medicine, London
Main symposium topic – Cervical Spine Instability (CSD)
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Friday, 12 June 2009: DSMIG Symposium & Members Meeting
Members meeting followed by open symposium
Engineers’ House, The Promenade, Clifton Down, Bristol BS8 3NB.
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One day symposium and members meeting, Friday 28 November 2008
Chandos House, Royal Society of Medicine, London.
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