PROGRAMME
09:30 | Coffee and registration | |
10:00 | Introduction & welcome | Dr Fergus Rugg-Gunn |
DIAGNOSIS & INVESTIGATIONS |
Chair: Prof Philip Smith |
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10:15 – 11:00 | Interactive diagnostic case presentations | Prof Philip Smith |
11:00 – 11:30 | EEG basics: ictal and interictal | Dr Tejal Mitchell |
11:30 – 12:00 | Imaging the brain | Dr Fergus Rugg-Gunn |
12:00 – 12:30 | Neuropsychology – testing the brain | Dr Sallie Baxendale |
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
Chair: Dr Fergus Rugg-Gunn |
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13:30 – 14:15 | Differential diagnosis | Dr Fahmida Chowdhury |
14:15 – 14:45 | Initiating treatment of epilepsy in adults | Dr Khalid Hamandi |
14:45 – 15:15 | Managing refractory epilepsy | Dr Rajiv Mohanraj |
15:15 – 15:45 | Status epilepticus | Dr Sanjeev Rajakulendran |
15:45 – 16:15 | Refreshment Break | |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT II |
Chair: Dr Arjune Sen |
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16:15 – 16:45 | Management of dissociative seizures | Dr Nick Medford |
16:45 – 17:15 | Seizures on a general medical ward | Dr Arjune Sen |
17:15 – 17:45 | Epilepsy and reproduction | Dr John Craig |
18:00 – 19:00 DRINKS RECEPTION |
08:00 | Breakfast | |
PARALLEL GROUPS |
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09:00 – 09:40 | SESSION 1 | |
1A: Neonatal seizures | Dr Ronit Pressler | |
1B: Recognising and managing depression and psychosis | Dr Jackie Foong | |
1C: Epilepsy and bones | Prof Hannah Cock | |
09:50 – 10:30 | SESSION 2 | |
2A: The benign paediatric epilepsies | Dr Elaine Hughes | |
2B: Epilepsy and cognitive impairments | Prof Adam Zeman | |
2C: Genetics of epilepsy | Prof Sanjay Sisodiya | |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee | |
11:00 – 11:40 | SESSION 3 | |
3A: The severe paediatric epilepsies | Dr Sophia Varadkar | |
3B: Mortality in epilepsy | Dr Becky Liu | |
3C: Managing epilepsy and learning disability | Dr Maria Oto | |
11:50 – 12:30 | SESSION 4 | |
4A: Treatment of epilepsy in children | Dr Ailsa McLellan | |
4B: Epilepsy and sleep disorders | Dr Sofia Eriksson | |
4C: Driving regulations and medico-legal aspects | Dr Dominic Heaney | |
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
Chair: Dr Sofia Eriksson |
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13:30 – 14:15 | Clinical and EEG features of temporal and frontal lobe seizures – interactive session | Dr Beate Diehl |
14:15 – 14:30 | The option of surgery | Ms Emma Johnstone (patient) |
14:30 – 15:30 | Surgery for epilepsy, theory and interactive case discussion | Mr Andrew McEvoy |
15:30 | Conclusion | Dr Fergus Rugg-Gunn |
15:45 |
Depart |