Dr Farzana Virani - Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Florence Nightingale House, Buckinghamshire NHS Trust

Dr Virani completed her specialty training the Thames Valley Deanery in 2022, and is currently a Consultant in Palliative Medicine in Buckinghamshire. Dr Virani also provides supportive palliative care to patients undergoing Early Phase Clinical Trials, Heart Failure and CAR-T treatments. She has presented and published her work in Early Phase Clinical Trials, and on Alfentanil.
Dr Annie Pettifer - Assistant Professor Adult Nursing, Member of BRHUmB, West Midlands Palliative Care Research Hub

Dr Annie Pettifer is an Assistant Professor within the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Birmingham and the School of Nursing. She is a member of the End of life, Advanced Illness, Complex Health, and Social Care Research Hub (REACH) and an experience educator across both undergraduate and post graduate curricular. Her clinical background is as a registered Adult Nurse, and she has worked extensively as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in end-of-life care across both acute and community settings. Annie’s research interests currently lie in the support of family members of dying people.

Dr Mary Miller - Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Sobell House, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, University of Oxford, Director OxCERPC (Oxford Centre for education and research in palliative care) and Clinical Lead for NACEL

Dr Miller qualified from University College Cork, Ireland in 1988. She trained and worked in palliative medicine in Ireland, Sweden and the UK and has been a consultant in palliative medicine in Oxford since 1998. Dr Miller has a strong interest in education; completing a Diploma in Learning and Teaching at Oxford University 2005, was Training Programme Director and Regional Specialty Advisor (2002 – 2008) and has led the Oxford Advanced Courses in Pain and Symptom Management since 2005. She is an elected member of the Education Committee of the Association of Palliative Medicine and joint lead of the postgraduate education special interest forum. Since the inception of OxCERPC in 2017, Dr Miller and the team are focusing on building an exciting portfolio of courses, building research readiness and reaching out to practitioners across the globe.

Dr Aoife Lowney - Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Marymount University Hospital & Hospice, Cork

Dr Lowney is a graduate of University College Cork, trained in palliative medicine in Ireland, and was awarded a Masters in the Science of Palliative Medicine from Kings College London. She worked as a consultant in Palliative Medicine in the NHS for 6 years, during which time she set up the Oxford Kidney Supportive Care Service in collaboration with Nephrology colleagues and worked for NHS England on the Renal Services Transformation Programme. Dr Lowney's published work largely focuses on the subject of Kidney Supportive Care. She will speak about Kidney Supportive Care Services and her involvement in a new published international curriculum for Kidney Supportive Care through the International Society of Nephrology.

Dr Annie Pettifer - Hydration towards end of life

Dr Farzana Virani - Case presentation on Sialorrhea & Motor Neurone Disease

Dr Mary Miller - Liver Failure and Palliative Care Patients

Dr Aoife Lowney - Kidney Supportive Care: Where have we come from and where are we going?

There will be time available for Q&A