3rd Nottingham GI Masterclass

14th – 17th March 2022

Hosted by the School of Medicine, University of Nottingham

We are delighted to announce the 3rd Nottingham GI Pathology Masterclass. A world-class faculty will deliver a program covering a broad range of topics in luminal gastrointestinal and hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) pathology.

The course will be delivered as mixture of didactic lectures and histopathology workshops. The emphasis is very much on diagnosis and delegates will be provided prior access to digital images of the cases.

The course is suitable for consultant pathologists with an interest in GI/HPB pathology, trainee pathologists and specialist GI/HPB pathologists wanting an update.

There will be an optional open-ended session at the end of each day where delegates will be invited to submit cases that they would like discussed (whether educational or for alternative opinions)

Additional benefits for delegates will be 12 months access to:

- recordings of the lectures and workshops

- digital slide sets (in addition to those covered in the workshops)

Given current circumstances, this will delivered online only

Registration

Delegates may register for the whole course or for individual days.


The rates are:

Full course: online- £250

Per day: online - £75

There will be no registration fee for delegates working in countries classed as Low or Middle Income Countries (http://www.oecd.org/)

Places will be limited and allocated on a first come first served basis. A website for registration will be set up soon.

In the meanwhile, please register your interest by email to: Prof Ilyas mohammad.ilyas@nottingham.ac.uk.

Please include “GIMasterclass2022” in the title (all one word) and indicate the days for which you would like to register.

Program

Monday 14th March: Upper GI tract

07:50: Introduction

08:00 – 10:00: Workshop on epithelial tumours of the upper GI tract Prof Heike Grabsch

10:00 – 10:30: Refreshments

10:30 – 12:30: Workshop on mesenchymal tumours of the upper GI tract. Dr Newton Wong

12:30 – 13:30: Refreshments

13:30 – 15:30: Workshop on inflammation in the upper GI tract Dr Philip Kaye

15:30 – 16:00: Refreshments

16:00 – 18:00: Special workshop: Neuropathies and myopathies of the GI tract Prof Jo Martin


19:00 onwards: Rose Garden Special:

BYOB (Bring your own biopsy case) Prof Mohammad Ilyas

This is an optional gathering – delegates will be invited to submit upper GI cases which they would like to discuss with the other delegates and faculty.

Tuesday 15th March: Lower GI Tract

07:50: Introduction

08:00 – 10:00: Workshop on inflammatory bowel diseases Dr Adrian Bateman

10:00 – 10:30: Refreshments

10:30 – 12:30: Workshop on iatrogenic pathology of the intestine Prof Mohammad Ilyas

12:30 – 13:30: Refreshments

13:30 – 15:30: Polyps and polyp cancer Prof Neil Shepherd

15:30 – 16:00: Refreshments

16:00 – 18:00: Special workshop: Pathology of the appendix Dr Maurice Loughrey


19:00 onwards:

Rose Garden Special: BYOB (Bring your own biopsy case) Prof Mohammad Ilyas

This is an optional gathering – delegates will be invited to submit lower GI cases which they would like to discuss with the other delegates and faculty.


Wednesday 16th March: Liver

08:15: Introduction

08:30 - 09:15: Correlating patterns of liver damage with clinical information Prof Rob Goldin

09:15 – 10:00: Chronic Biliary Diseases Prof Rob Goldin

10:00 – 10:30: Refreshments

10:30 - 12:00: Workshop Prof Rob Goldin

12:00—13:00: Refreshments

13:00 - 15:00: Workshop on drug Induced Liver Injury Dr Philip Kaye

15.00 – 15:30: Refreshments

15:30 - 17:30: Workshop on hepatic mass lesions Dr Abhik Mukherjee


19:00 onwards:

Rose Garden Special: BYOB (Bring your own biopsy case) Dr Abhik Mukherjee

This is an optional gathering – delegates will be invited to submit liver cases which they would like to discuss with the other delegates and faculty.

Thursday 17th March: Pancreas & biliary tract

07:50: Introduction

08:00 - 08:45: Assessment and dissection of pancreatobiliary resection Dr Antony Darne

08:45 – 09:30: IgG4-related disease and differential diagnoses Dr Beate Haugk

09:30 – 10:00: Refreshments

10:00 - 12:00: Workshop- pancreatic fine needle biopsies (FNB) Drs Antony Darne and Beate Haugk

12:00 - 13:00: Refreshments

13:00 – 13:50: Pancreatic cystic neoplasms Dr Abed Zaitoun

13:50 – 14:30: Workshop on pancreato-biliary lesions Drs Abhik Mukherjee and Abed Zaitoun

14:30 – 15:00: Refreshments

15:00 – 17:00: Workshop on Frozen sections & correlation Dr Abed Zaitoun

17:00 – 17:30: Course evaluation and feedback


19:00 onwards: Rose Garden Special: BYOB (Bring your own biopsy case) Dr Abhik Mukherjee

This is an optional gathering – delegates will be invited to submit pancreatobiliary cases which they would like to discuss with the other delegates and faculty.