2023 Autumn meeting
Speakers include
Dr Aoife Mullally, Consultant Obstetrician, Coombe Hospital Dublin and HSE Clinical lead for Abortion.
Dr Michael Rayment, Consultant in Sexual Health & HIV, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
Dr John McSorley, Consultant in Genitourinary and HIV medicine, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust.
More speakers to be announced soon
| Type | Member | Non-Member | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early | Late | Early | Late | |
| Meeting ONLY No Society dinner No accommodation |
FREE | FREE | €30 | €30 |
17th Nov 2023
Registration - Tea/Coffee/Sandwiches
SSSTDI Annual General Meeting and Opening Address, Professor Fiona Lyons, President SSSTDI
Session 1
Chairs: Professor Fiona Lyons, President SSSTDI
Abstract 1: Testing and management of patients with Trichomonas Vaginalis (TV) at the GUIDE Clinic, St. James’s Hospital (SJH), Dublin, Ireland
Bergin, J., King, A. and Villa, G.
Abstract 2: Changes in Gonorrhoea Epidemiology in Cork & Kerry (2016 – 2022)
M. Hanrahan, C. D’arcy Walsh, O.Jackson, O.Bruton, A.Bermueller, A. Dillon, P. Barrett
Dept. of Public Health – HSE South West (Cork & Kerry)
PLENARY: “Hospital-based abortion care: where we are now”.
Dr Aoifa Mulally, Consultant Gynaecologist
Coombe Womens & Infants Hospital. Lead of HSE abortion services
Abstract 3: Scratching the surface: A review of scabies presentations in an urban sexual health service
O’Flaherty C., White A., Devitt E.
GUIDe Clinic, St James’s Hospital
Abstract 4: Characteristics of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) users aged over 50 in the GUIDE Clinic, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin
C. Keegan Hickey, D. Murphy, L Quinn, S. McCormack, E. Devitt, G. Villa
Tea/Coffee/biscuits
Sponsored Satellite Symposium
Chairperson: Dr Aisling Loy, Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine, St James’s Hospital, Dublin 8
‘Menopause Matters ‘ HIV and Menopause’
Dr Naomi Sutton, Consultant Physician
Rotherham Sexual Health Services, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Session 2
Chair: Dr John White, Consultant in Sexual Health/HIV, Western & Northern Health & Social Care Trusts NI
PLENARY: Mycoplasma Genitalium: Clinical Conundrums in Clinical Practice”
Dr Michael Rayment , Consultant in Sexual Health & HIV
Chelsea &Westminster Hospital
Abstract 5: A retrospective chart review of the cause of death in a HIV positive cohort attending the GUIDE Clinic
Farrell G., Bergin C.
GUIDe Clinic, St James’s Hospital
Abstract 6: HIV Fast-Track Cities (FTC) scoping study in Ireland
Rachael Metrustry, Caroline Hurley, Fiona Lyons
HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme (SHCPP)
Abstract 7: Rise in Neurosyphilis admissions since 2021 to a large Tertiary Referral Hospital
Dr Emma Kinghan, Dr Sean McGinley, Dr Leah McVeigh, Dr Carol Emerson
Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast
SSSTDI Society Dinner
Royal St George Yacht Club
18th Nov 2023
Session 3
Chairs: Dr Derek Freedman, Consultant in GenitoUrinary Medicine, Dublin
Abstract 8: The students new union club: STI testing
Sherrey, H, Emerson, C.
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Abstract 9: Community Needs of gbMSM in Ireland in Response to Mpox PHEIC
Gilmore, John P (1); Comer, D. (2); Noone, C. (2); Shanley, A.(3)
1.UCD, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems. 2.University of Galway, School of Psychology. 3.MPower Programme, HIV Ireland
Abstract 10: National response to increase in sexually acquired shigellosis in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Ireland
Derval Igoe, on behalf of the National Shigella Incident Management Team
National Health Protection Service of Ireland
PLENARY: "Be careful what you wish for"
Dr John McSorley, Consultant in GenitoUrinary & HIV Medicine
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
Tea/Coffee/Biscuits
Sponsored Satellite Symposium
“The ART of individualised care”
Chairperson: Dr Adam Stubbs
The ART of living well with HIV: It’s everyone’s business
Moses Shongwe HIV Network Lead Nurse
Barts Health NHS Trust, London
The ART of making HIV a smaller part of our patients’ lives
Prof Giovanni Guaraldi, Professor of Infectious Disease
University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy
Session 4
Chair: Dr Grainne Courtney, Consultant in GU Medicne, Gay Mens Health Service, Dublin
Abstract 11: Guidelines and Practice of Breastfeeding in Women Living with HIV- Results from the European INSURE Survey
A Keane, F Lyons, K Aebi-Popp, C Feiterna-Sperling, H Lyall, A Martínez Hoffart, H.Scherpbier, C Thorne, H Albayrak Ucak, A Haberl
Abstract 12: One year anniversary of Ireland’s free home STI testing service
Caroline Hurley, Rachael Metrustry, Justin Harbottle, Paula Barrister, Fiona Lyons
HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme (SHCPP)
Closing remarks and prize giving