Queen Square Alumnus Association Meeting 2013

Publication date: Jul 8, 2013 9:00:00 AM

Start: Jul 8, 2013 9:00:00 AM
End: Jul 9, 2013 5:00:00 PM

Location: Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square

The Queen Square Alumnus Association is pleased to announce that a meeting will take place on the 8th and 9th July 2013. Lectures will be delivered by current and retired members of staff and Alumni. This event is open to all those who studied or worked at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and the UCL Institute of Neurology.


Dates: 8th & 9th July 2013

Venue: Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery

Registration fee: £100

Online registration is now closed. If you wish to attend the meeting please contact Mr David Blundred

Programme
Monday, 8th July 2013
8.25am Registration  
9.00am Welcome and History of Epilepsy at Queen Square Professor Simon Shorvon, ION
9.45am   
New treatments for epilepsy – the ideas of Hughlings Jackson realised Professor Matthew Walker, ION
10.30am Queen Square and the development of Neurology Services in Kenya and East Africa
Professor James Jowi, Alumnus – Kenya
11.05am Coffee
 
11.30am Britain, the “English Malady,” and neuropathic pain Professor Jose Ochoa, Alumnus – Chile
12.15pm Recent developments in Peripheral Nerve Disease Professor Mary Reilly, ION
 12.55pm PhD highlights – research of current students Dr Atbin Djamshidian-Tehrani, ION   
1.10pm    
Lunch  

 
2.00pm Recent developments in Dementia Research Professor Nick Fox, ION   
2.40pm Australia and Queen Square Dr Catherine Storey, Alumnus - Australia
3.25pm Break  
3.45pm The Present and Future of Neurosurgery Mr George Samandouras, NHNN
4.30pm   
Neurosurgery at Queen Square: A historical perspective Mr Michael Powell
5.10pm Movement Disorders: Beyond the Basal Ganglia
Dr Mark Edwards, ION
5.40pm Queen Square Library, Archive and Museum tour (to register contact Mr David Blundred d.blundred@ucl.ac.uk)
 
6.00pm Evening Drinks reception  
Tuesday, 9th July 2013
9.00am   
The History of Therapy of MS over the last two centuries- hopes, frustrations and triumphs
 Professor Jock Murray Alumnus - Canada   
9.45am   
Clinical and Research developments in MS
 Professor Alan Thompson, ION
10.30 am
 Uro-Neurology at Queen Square
 Professor Clare Fowler, ION
11.05 am
 Coffee
 
11.30am
 Interview with Professor Andrew Lees, ION

11.50am
 PhD highlights – research of current students Mr Sundeep Teki
12.10pm
 Kinnier Wilson, his 1912 Brain paper & Movement Disorders at Queen Square
 Professor Niall Quinn, ION
1.00pm    
Lunch
  
1.50pm
 Mouse Models and Down Syndrome
 Professor Elizabeth Fisher, ION   
2.20pm   
Huntington’s disease, past, present and future
 Professor Sarah Tabrizi, ION
2.55pm   
Neurology in Thailand & links with Queen Square
 Professor Suthipun Jitpimolmard, Alumnus -      Thailand
3.40pm   
Break
  
4.00pm   
Recent Advances in Neuro-oncology
 Dr Jeremy Rees
4.30pm
 International Teaching in Queen Square: opportunities to contribute and network
 Dr Laura Moriyama, ION
4.55pm
 Ophthalmology and the National Hospital
 Dr Gordon Plant, ION
5.40pm
 Evening Drinks reception
  

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