PROGRAMME
The programme on Saturday comprises a series of plenary style lectures focusing on Diagnosis & Investigations and Medical Management of epilepsy.
The programme on Sunday allows the opportunity to expand into more specialised areas of interest via a series of parallel sessions in the morning and you will be able to select those sessions which you particularly wish to attend during the registration process.
The Sunday afternoon programme returns to the plenary style lecture focusing on Surgical Management.
All of the sessions on both days will include a moderated Q&A to enable you to raise your own questions directly with the speakers.
| 09:30 | Coffee and registration | |
| 10:00 | Introduction & welcome | Dr Fergus Rugg-Gunn |
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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 | Neuropsychology – testing the brain | Prof Sallie Baxendale |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | EEG basics: ictal and interictal | Dr Tejal Mitchell |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Imaging the brain | Dr Fergus Rugg-Gunn |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
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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 | Prof Khalid Hamandi |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Managing refractory epilepsy | Dr Rajiv Mohanraj |
| 15:15 – 15:145 | Refreshment Break | |
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MEDICAL MANAGEMENT II |
Chair: Dr Fergus Rugg-Gunn |
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| 15:45 – 16:15 | Status epilepticus | Dr Sanjeev Rajakulendran |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Management of dissociative seizures | Dr Manny Bagary |
| 16:45 – 17:15 | Epilepsy and reproduction | Dr John Craig |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Drinks Reception |
| 08:00 | Breakfast | ||
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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: Seizures on a general medical ward | Prof Arjune Sen | ||
| 09:50 – 10:30 | SESSION 2 | ||
| 2A: The benign paediatric epilepsies | Dr Elaine Hughes | ||
| 2B: Epilepsy and cognitive impairments | Dr Manny Bagary | ||
| 2C: Genetics of epilepsy | Prof Sanjay Sisodiya | ||
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee | ||
| 11:00 – 11:40 | SESSION 3 | ||
| 3A: The severe paediatric epilepsies | Dr Suresh Pujar | ||
| 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 | ||
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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 – 15:15 | Surgery for epilepsy, theory and interactive case discussion |
Mr Andrew McEvoy | |
| 15:15 | Conclusion | Dr Fergus Rugg-Gunn | |
| 15:30 | Depart |
