The course 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, a quiz and a CPC. The course will be didactic, but also entertaining and informative.
Features:
- MRI quiz
- CPC
8 CPD points applied for with the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians for the main course
Thursday and Friday Course fees:
- Consultant and associate specialists: £140 for 2 days
- Clinical trainees and research fellows: £80 for 2 days
- UCL/UCLH Staff: £10 for 2 days
- Students: £10 for 2 days
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Sponsoring this will be Novartis and Roche.
This meeting will be 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 (to be finalised)
Please note that speaker times and titles may change prior to this event.
Location: Kennedy Lecture Theatre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Thursday 18th April 2024
Time | Title | Speaker |
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9.25 | Introduction | Dr Tabish Saifee |
09.30-10.10 | Vitamin deficiences in neurology | Dr Alex Rossor |
10.10-10.50 | 'Ism's and isnt's' in clinical neurology | Dr Simon Freilich |
10.50-11.15 | Break | |
11.15-11.55 | Neuroradiology quiz | Dr Kelly Pegoretti Baruteau |
11.55-12.35 | Diagnosing sleep disorders | Dr Sofia Eriksson |
12.35-13.35 | Lunch | |
13.35-14.15 | Rapidly progressive and unusual dementias | Dr Andrew Thompson |
14.15-14.55 | Eye movement disorders | Dr Sui Wong |
14.55-15.35 | Eye movements in vestibular disorders | Dr Hena Ahmad |
15.35-16.00 | Break | |
16.00-16.40 | Multiple sclerosis - disease modifying treatments - a 2024 update | Prof Declan Chard |
16.40-17.20 | A pragmatic guide to running an FND service | Dr Pany Petrochilos |
Friday 19th April 2024
Time | Title | Speaker |
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09.20-10.00 | The skull base - a neurosurgical perspective | Miss Anouk Borg |
10.00-10.40 | Diagnosing and managing rare primary headaches disorders | Dr Salwa Kamourieh |
10.40-11.05 | Break | |
11.05-11.45 | Periodic paralyses and non dystrophic myotonias | Dr Dipa Jayaseelan |
11.45-12.25 | Insights from a neurology pain clinic | Dr Alan Fayaz |