Ms Orla Purcell, our senior metabolic dietitian, won 1st place for her oral presentation on growth patterns in the Irish HCU population at the Temple Street Bi- Annual Research, Clinical Audit and QI Day. Well Done Orla!!
Month: July 2017
Temple Street Bi-Annual Research, Clinical Audit and QI day
There were lots of posters and presentations at the Temple Street Bi-Annual Research, Clinical Audit and QI day by the metabolic team. Congratulations to all involved, Orla Purcell (senior metabolic dietitian), Emma Lally (metabolic dietitian), Yvonne Rodgers (Senior Clinical Psychologist), Dr Jennifer Finnegan, Rachel Finnegan (ERT co-ordinator) and Amy Craddock (senior dietitian). Well done to all!
Congratulations Dr Power
Dr Power, the metabolic SHO, won 1st place for her metabolic presentation at grand rounds in TSCUH. Well Done Dr Power!!
HCU Patient-Expert Meeting, Brazil
The 2nd International Homocystinurias Patient-Expert Meeting will take place on September 4th 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting is scheduled as a pre-meeting to the 13th International Congress of Inborn Errors of Metabolism. See the following for more details: www.hcunetworkaustralia.org.au/event/patient-expert-meeting-rio-2017/ Please note that this event is not organised by the NCIMD. Details are […]
Change in target Phe levels for PKU management
The European Guidelines for Phenylketonuria were recently published. These guidelines were developed by a group of 17 well known European PKU experts. The group was made up of biochemists, dietitians, metabolic paediatricians, metabolic adult physicians and psychologists. In line with these new European Guidelines as of July 1st 2017, we are changing our target phenylalanine […]