SSG Spring Meeting - 16th March 2012
Full details of the spring meeting of the SSG are now finalised:
Venue: Tweed Horizons Conference Centre, St Boswells, TD6 0SG
CME topics: Coeliac disease, anorexia nervosa, IBS, oesophageal varices, radiofrequency ablation
SSG Dinner: Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, Thursday 15th March
The SSG dinner will be held at the Dryburgh Abbey hotel on the
Thursday evening. The hotel sits on the banks of the Tweed near a footbridge that leads to the SSG conference venue. Rooms have been reserved at a special B &B rate of £65. These are currently available on a first come first serve basis and must be booked directly with the hotel
http://www.dryburgh.co.uk Dinner will be held at 8:00 pm Thursday evening following talks from two invited speakers. Dr Andy Murray will speak about his 2011 record breaking run from John O’Groats to the Sahara 34 miles a day for 78 consecutive days. Dr Paul Syme will explain novel insights into the aetiology of IBS
I hope you can find time to attend our meeting and look forward to welcoming many of you on Thursday evening at Dryburgh Abbey.
Dr Jonathan Fletcher, Borders District General Hospital
IBD Masterclass and SSG Winter Meeting 2011 - 24th and 25th November 2011
Host Organiser Dr Dan Gaya would like to thank everyone involved with the recent winter meeting and IBD masterclass -
'The Scottish IBD Masterclass & the winter meeting of the SSG on following days at the Stirling Management Centre were a resounding success. I am grateful to all those who contributed to both days which included speakers of local, national and international standing. Judging by the feedback, the delegates found the meeting educationally fulfilling in a great location with excellent accommodation, catering and conference facilities. I do hope the Society seriously considers making the meeting a permanent fixture at this venue as many suggested on the feedback forms.'
Dr Dan Gaya
Winter Meeting Prize Winners
The Anne Ferguson Prize was won by Dr Miller and colleagues from the Biomedical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee with their abstract entitled "Novel non-invasive scoring system for the detection of NASH from a NAFLD population."
Dr Parris and colleagues form Glasgow took the medical student prize with a their presentation "Vitamin D status of a cohort of IBD patients treated with biologic therapy."