Homepage --- Join us --- About the Association --- Links --- Contact us --- Search

About ITP
Childhood ITP
Teenage ITP
Adult ITP
Medical Advisors
Research into ITP

Events
Convention
Seminar

Send for:-
Publications
American Perspective

Downloads
Leaflets and more....

Search this site


How we spend your donations

Vertical line

ITP National Convention 2009

The ITP Support Association held the annual convention for patients in Edinburgh on May 16th 2009.

The programme was:-

  • Why people make antibodies against their platelets. Professor John Semple (University of Toronto, Canada). View presentation here.

  • Childhood ITP – hands off! Dr Angela Thomas (Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children, UK). View presentation here.

  • Fatigue in ITP – learning from other autoimmune diseases? Professor Julia Newton (Newcastle University, UK). View presentation here.

  • Management of ITP: Professor James George (University of Oklahoma, USA), presented by Dr Paula Bolton-Maggs (Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK) as Professor James George was unable to attend. View presentation here.

  • ITP A unique Perspective
    Jacqueline Guidry, Medical Student, University of Oklahoma. View presentation here.

  • Question Forum chaired by Dr Michael Richards.

In response to feedback this Convention focused more on discussion groups and questions than formal presentations.

Click here for the evaluation.

Medical Seminar 2009. The annual ITP Medical Seminar was be held in Edinburgh on May 15th 2009. Details here....


Past conventions

 

    Was this information helpful? If so, please consider making a donation to help us continue our work.