Conference Programme

08.00 - 08.30

Registration 

08.45 - 09.00

 Welcome Address Leanne Topcuoglu, Chair of BAHT

09.00 - 10.15

Symposium 1 - Wrist Instability

Kinematics of the Wrist: - Sarah Mee, Consultant Hand Therapist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

Carpal Instabilities: Assessment and Surgical Approaches - Mr. Alex Lluch, Consultant Hand Surgeon and Co-Director Kaplan Institute, Barcelona

Carpal Instabilities: Rehabilitation - Christy Fowler Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Hands, Guys and St Thomas Hospital, London

10.15 - 10.45

Refreshment Break & Exhibitors

10.45 - 12.00

Symposium 2 - Entrapment Neuropathy 

The Role  of Neuroinflammation in Entrapment Neuropathies: - Professor Annina Schmid, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Electrodiagnostic Test Negative Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: - Dr Eva Sierra Silvestre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

What happens after carpal tunnel release? Wound care, driving, work and function: - Dr Lisa Newington, Post Doctorate Research Fellow, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London

12.00-12.45

Presidential Address:

Mr James Bedford, Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Hand Surgeon,  Manchester 

12.45 - 14.00

LUNCH   *Including Sponsor Demonstration* 

14.00 - 15.00

Free Paper Session

15.00 - 15.20

Refreshment Break & Exhibitors

15.20 - 16.20

Workshop 1

16.20 - 16.30

Comfort Break

16.30 - 17.30

Workshop 2

Workshop choices to be selected at later date

*Wrist Instability Assessment

*Wrist Instability Rehabilitation

*Entrapment Neuropathy

*Committee Workshop TBC

17.30

08.00 - 08.30

Registration 

08.30 - 08.45

 Welcome Address Leanne Topcuoglu, Chair of BAHT

08.45 - 10.00

Symposium 3 - Grafts, Flaps & Scars

Surgical Coverage Techniques - Skin Grafts & Flaps: - Mr Stephen Southern, Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive, Burns and Hand Surgeon, Pinderfields Hospital

Multi-disciplinary Scar Rehabilitation: - Dr. RuthAnn Fanstone, Lead Therapist at Katie Piper Institute

Scar Assessment and Evaluation: Dr. Donna Kennedy, Hand Therapist and Senior Clinical Academic for OT, NIHR, Imperial College Hospital, London  

10.00 - 10.30

Refreshment Break & Exhibitors

10.30 - 11.45

Symposium 4 - Hand Trauma 

POINT Trial - Surgery vs splints to manage proximal phalanx fractures: - Ms Alexia Karantana, Clinical Associate Professor in Hand Surgery, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham

BAHT & BSSH Hand Trauma Standards. HandsFirst2 Quality Improvement Programme: - Leanne Topcuoglu, Miriam Parker BAHT Executive Committee.   Mr James Bedford,  Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Hand Surgeon,  Manchester  

11.45-12.30

Key Note Address- My journey through hand therapy:

Sarah Mee, Consultant Hand Therapist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

12.30 - 13.30

LUNCH  

13.30 - 14.15

Free Paper Session

14.30 - 14.45

Refreshment Break & Exhibitors

14.45 - 15.45

Workshop 3

15.45 - 16.00

Comfort Break

16.00 - 17.00

Workshop 3

Workshop choices to be selected at later date

*Scar Management

*Management of Proximal Phalanx Fractures

*Radiographic Image Interpretation

*Committee Workshop TBC

17.00pm