ANNUAL MEETING 2024 –Tuesday 21st May 2024
Dorney Lake Conference Centre,
Dorney Lake, Eton College Rowing Centre, Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor SL4 6FJ
Registration opens 1st March, email to reserve your place.
Please note: This is a provisional programme and is subject to change.
| 09.00h | Registration and refreshments |
| 09:30h | Welcome Dr Martyn King, Chair of the BAS |
| Leg ulcers: Latest developments Chair of session: Dr Martyn King | |
| 09:30 | What causes leg ulcers? |
| Mr Michael Wall, Consultant Vascular Surgeon | |
| 09:45 | Venous ulceration – a research project |
| Ms Lily Benton RGN, Research Nurse, St Thomas’ Hospital | |
| 10:00 | How I approach a leg ulcer |
| Mr Jeremy Crane, Consultant Vascular Surgeon | |
| BAS Curriculum & Standards | |
| 10:20 | Trainers – Are you ticking all the boxes? |
| Dr Martyn King, Chair of the BAS & Miss Catharine McGuinness, Consultant Surgeon | |
| 10:40 – 11:10h | COFFEE & VISIT TRADE EXHIBITION |
| Marketing and managing a successful sclerotherapy practice Chair of session: Mr Philip Coleridge Smith | |
| 11:10 | Connect, Attract, Profit: The Machine Blueprint for Clinic Success |
| Dr Haroun Gajraj, Phlebologist | |
| 11:35 | Sclerosants: Basic Science and Reducing Adverse Events |
| Dr Richard Oliver, Head of Technical and Clinical, STD Pharmaceutical Products | |
| 11:50 – 12:10h | Regulation of cosmetic treatments – how will it affect you? |
| Dr Martyn King, Aesthetic Physician, Chair of the BAS | |
| Case presentations from members of the BAS – What would you have done? Chair of session: Dr Martyn King | |
| 12:10 | Case 1 Dr Stephen Tristram: Pregnant legs Case 2 Mr Zola Mzimba: When you’re lost all roads lead to foam Case 3 Mr Philip Coleridge Smith: 1. An unusual skin rash after sclerotherapy 2. Failed thread vein treatment |
| 12.35 – 14.00h | LUNCH/VISIT TRADE EXHIBITION |
| 12:55 – 13:55h | AND Basic Life Support training Steve Swift (Thames Rooms) Restricted numbers session – separate registration required |
| Live demonstrations Plenary session with video coverage in main auditorium Chairs of session: Mr Zola Mzimba & Mr Alastair Lewis | |
| 14.00 | Foam sclerotherapy: Philip Coleridge Smith |
| 14.20 – 15.10h | Microsclerotherapy Catharine McGuinness & Kate England |
| 15:10 -15:30h | AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS |
| Afternoon session: Modern phlebology practice Chair of session: Mr Philip Coleridge Smith | |
| 15:30 | Aspects of consent and medicolegal matters. |
| Mr Greg Fulton, Consultant Vascular Surgeon | |
| 15:50 | Average sclerotherapy and Excellent Sclerotherapy: The Difference |
| Mr Philip Coleridge Smith, President BAS | |
| 16:10 | Managing the patient experience –consent, pre-treatment info, post-treatment procedure |
| Mr Alastair Lewis, Consultant Vascular Surgeon | |
| 16.30 | The Last Word |
| Dr Martyn King, Chair, BAS | |
| 16:40 | CLOSE |
Registration opens 1st March, email to reserve your place.
