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Elements and advances in Sickle Cell Care
A 2-day virtual conference
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Day One
Welcome and Introduction - Professor Eugene Oteng-Ntim
What is SCD and overview of care for SCD patients - Professor Jo Howard
Medication and Pain management - Dr Rachel Kesse-Adu
Psychological care in Sickle Cell Disease - Abbie Wickham
Sickle Care Nursing - Olushola Shoyemi
Blood transfusions and safety - Specialist Nurse Kelly Nwankiti
Stem Cell Transplant - Professor Josu De La Fuente
Patient’s experiences Q&A - Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) member Jeannine Joseph
Sickle Cell support Group - The Sickle Cell Society
In Conversation with Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
Day Two
Welcome and Introduction - Dr Panicos Shangaris
Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis - Mr Tarek El-Toukhy
Fertility in sickle cell patients and options for fertility preservation - Dr Julia Kopeika
Antenatal Haemoglobinopathy screening - Mrs Nkechi Anyanwu
Joint Sickle Cell Clinic @ GSTT (Antenatal Care) - Dr Nita Prasannan
Sickle Care – Caseload Midwifery - Jackie Rice & Aisling Fisher, Tower Team Midwives
Neonatal and Paediatric Sickle overview - Professor Baba Inusa
Sickle Cell and Pregnancy - Professor Eugene Oteng-Ntim
SCIP – non-invasive prenatal testing for sickle cell - Professor Eugene Oteng-Ntim
Gene Therapy - Dr Panicos Shangaris
New Horizon of inutero therapy for sickle cell - Professor Kypros Nicolaides
TAPS2- Transfusion Antenatally in Pregnant Women with SCD - Research Leads for TAPS2 – Hilary Thompson (RN/RM) & Vicky Robinson (RM)
Q&A Session