The Association of Consultant Physicians of Jamaica

PRESENTS

 SYMPOSIUM 2018

THEME: “The Health of our Youth: At a Tipping point?”

Sunday, September 9, 2018

The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel

8.00 – 8.45 AM	Registration
8.45 – 8.50 AM	Welcome - Michael Boyne, President, ACPJ
8.50 – 9.00 AM	Official Opening
1st Scientific Session:	Chairperson: Dr. Lisa Dawes
9.00 – 9.20 AM	The escalating problem of obesity in the adolescent - Dr. Leslie Gabay
9.20 – 9.40 AM	How to investigate hypertension in youth - Dr. Claudine Lewis
9.40 – 9.45 AM	Introduction of Wilbert Jeffrey Smith Wilson Speaker
9.45 – 10.30 AM	THE WILBERT JEFFREY SMITH WILSON MEMORIAL LECTURE "The Health of Our Youth: At a Tipping Point?" - Dr. Ernest Pate
10.30 – 10.45 AM	Question and Answer
10.45 – 11.05 AM	COFFEE BREAK AND VIEWING OF EXHIBITS
2nd Scientific Session:	Chairperson: Dr. Tanesha Davis
11.55 – 11.25 AM	Depression in youth – another epidemic in the making? - Dr. Gillian Lowe
11.25 – 11.45 AM	Diabetes in the adolescent – type 2 or type 1? - Prof. Marshall Tulloch-Reid
11.45 – 12.05 PM	Joint pain in the adolescent – “It couldn’t be rheumatoid arthritis, right doc?” - Dr. Karlene Hagley
12.05 – 12.25 PM	Questions & Answers
12.25 – 12.50 PM	COFFEE BREAK AND VIEWING OF EXHIBITS
3rd Scientific Session:	Chairperson: Dr. Curtis Yeates
12.55 – 1.15 PM	Cancer in Jamaica- getting younger and younger? - Dr. Danielle Smellie
1.15 – 1.35 PM	A practical approach to STIs in youth - Prof Peter Figueroa
1.35 – 1.55 PM	Abdominal pain in youth – is it all IBS? - Dr. Mike Mills/ Dr. Carolyn Pinnock Jackson
1.55 – 2.05 PM	Questions & Answers
2.05 – 2.10 PM	Vote of thanks