1. Association of Clinical Biochemists (N.I. Region)
and Association of Clinical Biochemists in Ireland
Scientific Meeting
Friday 28th March 2003
Undergraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
10.15 Registration and coffee
10.55 Opening remarks Mr Peter Auld Chairperson, N.I. Region ACB
11.00 Metabolic Muscle Disease Dr Victor Patterson Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast
11.35 Investigation of Hypoglycaemia in Childhood: problems and pitfalls Dr Jim Bonham Sheffield Children’s Hospital
12.10 Implications of New Diagnostic and Cardiac Marker Guidelines in
Acute Coronary Syndromes Dr Sean Cunningham St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
12.45 Lunch
14.00 Interpretation of Dynamic Endocrine Tests Dr David McCance Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast
14.35 Clinical Applications of Electrospray MS/MS Dr Neil Dalton Guy’s Hospital, London
15.10 Modernised Pathology in a Modernised NHS and What It Means for
Staff Mr Geoff Lester Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
15.45 Lipid Risk Factors in Coronary Heart Disease Mr Tony McGill St James Hospital, Dublin
16.20 Close of meeting and Coffee
Chairperson : Miss Liz McClean Belfast City Hospital
Chairperson : Dr Mike Ryan United Hospitals, Antrim
Further information available from :
Dr Peter Sharpe, Clinical Biochemistry,
Craigavon Area Hospital, Craigavon, BT63 5QQ
Tel. O ;
Dr Martin Healy, St James Hospital, Dublin
Tel ext. 2024;