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Morning Session: Chair - Dr Ahai Luvai, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals

0955 – 1000       Introduction
                           Dr Ahai Luvai, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals

1000 – 1030       Recent developments in FH genetic testing
                           Dr Ciaron McAnulty, Northern Genetics Service

1030 - 1100        Optimising the diagnosis of FH using bioinformatics
                           Rachel O’Leary, NICE external assessment centre

1100 - 1120        Advances in PCSK9i provision in the North East
                           Dr Purba Banerjee, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals

1120 – 1130       Break   

1130 – 1200       ApoB and β-quantification in the investigation of hypertriglyceridaemia
                           Dr Chris Boot, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals

1200 – 1230       An assay for atorvastatin: pitfalls and an unexpected surprise
                           Dr Liz Robinson, Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust

1230- 1330         Break   

Afternoon Session: Chair - Dr Fiona Jenkinson, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals

1330 – 1400       Screening for lysosomal acid lipase deficiency in dried blood spots
                           Dr Marianne Barr, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow

1400 – 1430       Non-cholesterol sterols in hyperlipidaemia and metabolic disease
                           Dr Ann Bowron, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals

1430 – 1450       An inherited cause of paediatric dyslipidaemia and hepatomegaly
                           Dr Chris Stockdale, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals

1450 – 1500       Break   

1500 – 1530       Next generation sequencing in the investigation of familial chylomicronaemia syndrome
                           Dr Paul Downie, Salisbury District Hospital and Bristol Royal Infirmary

1530 - 1600        Lipoprotein (a): When and how to measure it
                           Dr Dermot Neely, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals

1600                    Close    

Free for ACB members, £10 for non-members

This meeting is sponsored by Sanofi, Roche and Amgen
who have had no input into the content or organisation of this meeting