ADULT AND PAEDIATRIC CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY

Wednesday-Thursday 19th-20th June 2024

Course hosted by St George’s, University of London Organisers:

Professor Mary N Sheppard & Dr Joseph Westaby

This course approaches the practical problems that face the diagnostic pathologist when dealing with cardiovascular pathology, which is the most common cause of death in the western world. Topics covered include: Cardiac dissection, sudden cardiac death, cardiomyopathies, inherited cardiac disease, myocarditis, coronary artery and aortic diseases. We will demonstrate cardiac specimens from our large collection. CPD accreditation is being sought from the Royal College of Pathologists

Course fees: Consultants – £400 Full Rate | £200 Daily Rate
Trainees, coroners, coroner officers , nurses, genetic councillors, and APTs – £300 Full Rate | £150 Daily Rate

Registration via email: crypathology@sgul.ac.uk

Thursday 15th June 2023
08:45 – 09:00	Introduction	Mary N Sheppard
Session One		Chair: Mary N Sheppard
09.00 – 09.30	The role of toxicology in the autopsy	Limon Nahar
09.30 – 10.00	Role of Medical examiner in England and Wales	Suzy Lisham
10.00 – 10.30	The coroner’s perspective on sudden death	Joanne Andrews
10.30 – 10.45	Coffee break and networking
Session Two		Chair: Joseph Westaby
10.45 – 11.15	Ischaemic heart disease	Joseph Westaby
11.15 – 11.45	Non atheromatous coronary artery disease	Mary N Sheppard
11.45 – 12.15	Imaging at Post Mortem	Ian Roberts
12.15 – 12.30	Panel discussion with the speakers
12:30 – 13:00	Lunch Break
Session Three		Chair: Mary N Sheppard
13.30 – 14.30	Keynote lecture	Mike Osborn
	Role of the autopsy in 21st century
14.30- 14.45	Guidelines on genetic cardiomyopathies	Mary N Sheppard
15.00 – 17.00	Cardiac specimen viewing and dissection demonstration
Thursday 20th June 2024
08.45 – 09.00	Introduction and Update from day 1	Joe Westaby
Session Four		Joe Westaby
09.00 – 09.30	Myocarditis	Sarah Parsons
09:30 – 10:00	Forensic investigation of Sudden Death	Olaf Biedrzycki
10.00 – 10.30	National Coroners and NHS pathway for sudden death	Elijah Behr
10.30 – 11.00	Panel discussion with the speakers
11.00 – 11.15	Coffee break and networking
Session Five		Chair: Mary N Sheppard
11.15 – 12.00	Investigation of sudden cardiac death in children	Marta Cohen
12.00 – 12.30	Why is the pathologist useful to the cardiologist	Michael Papadakis
12.30 – 13.00	Valve disease	Jo Westaby
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch break and networking
14.00 – 15.15	Cardiac specimen viewing and demonstration
Session Six		Chair: Joseph Westaby
15.15 – 15:35	Causes of left ventricular hypertrophy	Joe Westaby
15.35 – 16.00	Aortic disease	Kathryn Griffin
16.00 – 16.30	Interesting cases	Joe Westaby
	Final remarks	Mary N Sheppard