We are delighted to welcome you to ACB Wales's Spring Scientific Meeting.

This unique event will be taking place in-person at The Towers Hotel & Spa in Swansea on Thursday 3rd March 2022. The venue has a limited capacity for in-person attendees, but this meeting will also be broadcast over MS Teams allowing a greater number of delegates to attend remotely.

The theme will be transgender medicine and endocrinology related to sex hormones, providing an exciting opportunity to learn more about this topic from experts in the field.

A full agenda can be found below, as well as instructions on how to find the venue for delegates planning to attend in-person.

AGENDA

09.30-10.00     Registration and welcome

10.00-11.00     Session 1

• Sponsor presentations: Citadel Health and Waters
• Male hypogonadism: Dr Sam Rice, Consultant Endocrinologist, HDUHB

11.00-11.15     BREAK

11.15-12.15     Session 2

• Diagnosis or polycystic ovarian disease: Dr Boregowda, Consultant Endocrinologist, SBUHB
• Transgender medicine and the endocrinology of gender: Dr David Price, Consultant Endocrinologist, SBUHB

12.15-13.15     LUNCH

13.15-14.15     Session 3

• Overview of the Gender Recognition Act and Patients Medical Records: Kathryn Cobley, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, & Alan Winter, Senior Diversity & Inclusion Officer, HDUHB
• Laboratory services and the healthcare of Trans and Gender Diverse people: Dr John Dean, NHS Gender Specialist

14.15-14.30     BREAK

14.30-16.00     Session 4

• How to make your reports more useful to practitioners and patients: Prof Jonathan Kay, University of Oxford
• ACB pre-analytical phase special interest group - transgender medicine: Dr Sean Costelloe, Consultant Clinical Scientist
• Trans and non-binary health inequalities: Tash Oakes-Monger, National LGBT Project Manager

Travel Instructions

Exit the M4 towards Swansea at Junction 42 and join the A483. Turn right at the first roundabout (by the Amazon warehouse) onto the B4290 and you will find us at the first turning on the left. You can see the hotel's tower from the main road.

Click HERE to be redirected to the hotel's website for more detailed travel instructions.

 This event is being sponsored by: