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This two-day course (run by the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) is designed for consultants and trainees at all levels in neurology and other neuroscience specialties, from the UK, Europe and worldwide, and aims to provide a practical update on the hospital management of neurological diseases. The focus of the course is on everyday neurological practice which will include lectures and a neuroimaging quiz. Refreshments and buffet lunch provided. The course will be didactic, but also entertaining and informative.
CPD points applied for with the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians for the main course
Course fees:
- Consultant and associate specialists: £100 for 2 days
- Clinical trainees and research fellows: £60 for 2 days
- UCL/UCLH Staff: £60 for 2 days
- Students: £40 for 2 days
Dates: 10th and 11th June 2025
Location: Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AB
Event registratrion: Sign up here
Pfzier will be a sponsor of this event.
This meeting will be supported by the Pharmaceutical Industry. All sponsors will have no input to the content of the meeting. A list of participants names and level (consultant, registrar etc) will be provided to all sponsors at the meeting.
Programme
Please note that speaker times and titles may change prior to this event.
| Tuesday 10th June | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker |
| 9.25 | Introduction | Dr Tabish Saifee |
| 09:30 – 10:10 | Novel cancer treatments and their effects on the nervous system | Dr Aisling Carr |
| 10:10 – 10:50 | How to use neurophysiology for movement disorders | Dr Anna Latorre |
| 10:50 - 11:15 | Break | |
| 11:15 - 11:55 | Recognising and diagnosing the genetic leukodystrophies | Dr David Lynch |
| 11:55 - 12:35 | Neuroradiology quiz | Dr Kelly Pegoretti Baruteau |
| 12:35 - 13:35 | Lunch | |
| 13:35 - 14:15 | Becoming a Clinical Leader | Dr Gill Gaskin |
| 14:15 - 14:55 | Monogenic Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism - the approach to diagnosis | Dr Francesca Magrinelli |
| 14:55 - 15:35 | Recognising and managing nodo-paranodopathies | Dr Simon Rinaldi |
| 15:35 - 16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00 - 16:40 | Remember the retina | Dr Zhaleh Khaleeli |
| 16:40 - 17:20 | Neurofibromatosis type 1 and NF2-for the general neurologist | Dr Una-Marie Sheerin |
| Dr Shazia Afridi | ||
| Wednesday 11 June | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker |
| 09:20 – 10:00 | What does a neurologist need to know about auditory disorders | Dr Nehzat Koohi |
| 10.00 – 10.40 | Genetic ataxia - the approach to diagnosis | Prof Paola Giunti |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:00 – 11:40 | Treating migraine in 2025 | Dr Tim Yates |
| 11:40-12:20 | Neurotoxicology | Dr Frederick Vonberg |