Trent Spring Meeting 2021

Dr Graham Fancourt, Consultant Physician, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (Retired) 
I was appointed as a consultant geriatrician and general physician in 1987.  For the last twenty years I have but worked exclusively in cardiology running the syncope clinic.  I retired in 2018. 

Professor Rea was appointed consultant ENT surgeon in Leicester in 2004. He is a neuro-otologist and specialises in balance disorders and middle and inner ear disease. He is currently President of the British Society of Otology (2020-2022) and was previously Chair of the British Society of Neuro-otology (2013-2019). His undergraduate training was at Cambridge where he obtained first class honours,  and at Oxford. His training took him through the major London teaching hospitals, the USA and a year in Sydney. He is on the faculty of 7 major national and international congresses and he has run the 3 day Leicester Balance course for 16 years. He lectures and writes widely. His current research projects range from a share of a $2,000,000 grant investigating central processing of balance disorders, through to developing artificial intelligence led diagnostics with IBM.

Vestibular Physiotherapist, Leicester Balance Centre (UHL NHS Trust)
Visiting Specialist Lecturer (Health Sciences),De Montford University
Private Practitioner (Charnwood Physiotherapy)

 Professor Masud trained at the University of Oxford and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. After postgraduate training in London and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and a Research Fellow post in St Thomas’ Hospital London, he took up a position of Consultant Physician in General and Geriatric Medicine at Nottingham in 1994. He has a research and clinical interest in osteoporosis and falls and has published widely in these areas. He heads the Clinical Gerontology Research Unit at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. He has previously been a scientific advisor to the National Osteoporosis Society and is the main organiser of the annual International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability. He has Honorary/Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Nottingham, Derby and Southern Denmark and has also served as the Clinical Sub-Dean at the University of Nottingham Medical School. He is a recent Past President of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS), the former President of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)-Geriatric Medicine Section, the current Secretary of the Clinical Section of the International Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology (IAGG)-European Region, and a member of the executive council of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS). 

Platform presentations:

Abstract 1: Chronic Medical Conditions and Falls as a risk factor for post traumatic stress disorder in the elderly – review

Dr Ana Akhtar, Independent Researcher, Cork

Abstract 2: Care Homes, their communities, and resilience in the face of COVID-19: findings from a qualitative study

Fiona Marshall, Researcher - Ageing and Age-related conditions, University of Nottingham

Abstract 3: Around 30% of Hospital Readmissions can be avoided!

Dr Prianka Baral, SAS/Staff Grade doctor, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
 

Abstract 4: Communication on the Acute Older Person’s Unit – Improving MDT communication using Quality Improvement Methodology

Elizabeth Cotzias, GP Trainee, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust