Final Arrangements
Dear Delegate
Thank you for booking onto the 5th Manchester Dermatopathology Update Course to be held on 24th November, 2015. I am sure that you will thoroughly enjoy the experience, finding it both rewarding and important in helping to develop a better knowledge.
Venue for the course will be:
Cotton Room,
Manchester Conference Centre,
78 Sackville St,
Manchester
M1 3NJ,
United Kingdom
Manchester Conference Centre is in the heart of Manchester, just off the Mancunian way. Please click here for the directions.
By Rail
From Manchester Victoria Train Station
Purchase a City Zone ticket and take the metrolink connection from Manchester Victoria to Manchester Piccadilly Train Station.
By Road
If you are using sat nav the postcode for the venue is M1 3BB
From the M60 ring road exit at junction 12 and join the M602 towards the city centre. Follow the M602 onto the A57 (Regent Road) and continue on to the A57(M) (Mancunian Way). Exit the A57(M) at the Universities slip road onto Sackville Street. The Manchester Conference Centre Entrance will be on your left.
Parking
Located next to the Manchester Conference Centre, on Charles Street, is an affordable multi-storey car park.
If approaching MCC from the Mancunian way – drive passed the entrance to MCC and take the first left down Charles Street, the car park entrance will be on your right.
If approaching from Sackville Street – drive to the end of the road and follow Sackville Street on to Charles Street, the car park entrance will be on your right.
(Please note that the entrance to MCC is on a one-way street and by car can only be reached via the mancunian way)
The course will commence at 9.00am however you should aim to arrive at the venue no later than 8:30am for registration. it is vital that you are punctual as there is a lot to get through during the course.
Please see below the programme:
| Session Time | Session Title |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Diagnostic quandaries in inflammatory dermatoses – Robert Phelps |
| 09:45 – 10:30 | Approach to alopecia using horizontal and vertical sectioning, Iskander Chaudhry |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Break |
| 10:50 – 11:35 | Update on superficial soft tissue tumours, Patrick Shenjere |
| 11:35 – 12:30 | Spindle cell melanocytic proliferations – Robert Phelps |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 14:15 | Interpreting incisional biopsies of pigmented lesions, Wolter Mooi |
| 14:15 – 15:10 | Update on molecular advances in dermatopathology, Nick Tiffin |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Break |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Slide Seminar Cases |
Please click here to download these arrangements in printable format.
Should you have any issues or queries please contact me either via email or at the office on 0161 9808882, from Monday to Friday. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on the course.
Phil Stephenson
Course Coordinator