Patient Day
Saturday 11th September 2010
Doors open at 10.00 for coffee and registration and the conference ends at 16.45 – detailed programme to follow but the day will bring patients and professionals together to network, learn from each other, hear about the latest treatments, build a Birdshot community, lobby for better treatment and design a research programme for the future. The provisional programme for the Patient day can be found here as a PDF file. Provisional Programme Birdshot Day
Presentations about Birdshot Chorioretinopathy and future treatments by leading consultants, inspirational speaker, Mike Brace of Vision 2020 (UK) ; an introduction to a possible model that could be used to improve treatment of Birdshot through the UK – Phil Hibbert (UIG); Rea Mattocks and Annie Folkard explaining how the Birdshot Uveitis Society came about and what they’d like to achieve from Birdshot Patient Days.
- There will be up-to-date news and information on new treatments
- Patient and consultants stories about treating birdshot
- Separate breakout groups
- A question and answer session
| From: 10.00 – 16.45
Where:UCL Roberts Building, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE
Refreshments provided |
The conference, including lunch, is free, as we have managed to obtain sponsorship but we do require a £20 refundable registration deposit. This can paid on line here (debit and credit card & PayPal). We plan to have an informal social get-together afterwards, details to follow and these will depend on numbers interested.
Please contact us for details if you would like to join us for this get together as well. ( birdshot@live.co.uk) You can also apply for tickets by post. Cheques should be made payable to: Uveitis Information Group. You can download the form here , fill it in and send it to:
BUS PO Box 64996, London SW20 2BL
Please noted: if you are unemployed we will waive the deposit as we do not want people to be prevented from coming due to financial constraint.
For further information about the patient day please follow this link to the other posts in the news section of the site: