- Professor Susan Kennedy, Consultant Pathologist, St. Vincent’s University Hospital
- Dr. Fiona Roberts, Consultant Pathologist Glasgow University Hospital
- Dr. Arun Singh, Professor of Ophthalmology and Director, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
- Professor Heinrich Heimann, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Ocular Oncologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
- Professor Giuseppe Gullo, Consultant Medical Oncologist, St. Vincent’s University Hospital
- Professor John Crown, Consultant Medical Oncologist, St. Vincent’s University Hospital
Programme
8.30 – 8.55 Registration – tea and coffee
8.55 – 9.00 Welcome and Introduction by Chair Mr. Noel Horgan
9.00 – 9.15 Professor Susan Kennedy
‘The Enigma of Uveal Melanoma – Part 1’
9.15 – 9.30 Dr Fiona Roberts
‘The Enigma of Uveal Melanoma – Part 2’
9.30 – 9.40 Questions
9.40 – 9.55 Dr Arun Singh
‘Diagnosis of Uveal Melanoma – Pearls and Pitfalls’
9.55 – 10.05 Questions
10.05 – 10.20 Professor Heinrich Heimann
‘Treatment Choices in Uveal Melanoma’
10.20 – 10.30 Questions
10.30 – 11.00 Tea & coffee break
11.00 – 11.15 Dr Arun Singh
‘Genetics of Uveal Melanoma: Recent Advances in our Understanding’
11.15 – 11.25 Questions
11.25 – 11.40 Professor Heinrich Heimann
‘Fine Needle Biopsy in Uveal Melanoma, Pros and Cons’
11.40 -11.50 Questions
11.50 – 12.05 Mr Adrian Skelly (Novartis)
“A Snapshot of Value of Evidence in the Real-World (VERO)”
12.05 – 12.10 Questions
12.10 – 12.25 Professor Giuseppe Gullo
‘Survival in Uveal Melanoma: An Irish Patient Cohort’
12.25 – 12.35 Questions
12.35 – 12.50 Professor John Crown
‘Systemic Treatment for Uveal melanoma in the 21st Century’
12.50 – 1.00 Questions
1.00 – 2.00 Break for Lunch
The meeting is supported by Novartis
