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Friday 18th
13:40 |
Introduction & Welcome |
Professor John Duncan |
DIAGNOSIS
Chair: Prof Philip Smith
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14:00 – 14:20 |
Setting up an epilepsy clinic |
Dr Dominic Heaney |
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14:20 - 15:10 |
Differential diagnosis -
Convulsive seizures, blank spells, partial seizures.
(Interactive Video session) |
Dr Beate Diehl |
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15:10 - 15:40 |
Tea |
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INVESTIGATIONS
Chair: Prof John Duncan
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15:40 – 16:20 |
EEG basics: ictal and interictal |
Dr Robin Kennett |
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16:20 – 17:00 |
Imaging the brain |
Dr Fergus Rugg-Gunn |
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17:00 – 17:40 |
Neuropsychology – testing the brain |
Dr Sallie Baxendale |
| 17:40 - 18:20 |
Interactive diagnostic case presentations |
Prof Philip Smith |
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19:30 |
Reception in Ruth Deech Foyer, St Anne’s |
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20:15 |
Dinner in St Anne’s Dining Hall |
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Saturday, 19th September
07:30 |
Breakfast
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TREATMENT
Chair: Prof Ley Sander |
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08:30 – 08:45 |
Why it is important to get it right |
Juliet Stephens |
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08:45 – 09:20 |
Initiating treatment of epilepsy in adults
- When and what with
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Dr Andrew Nicolson |
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09:20 – 10:00 |
Interactive discussions on treatment |
Dr Richard Roberts |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Managing refractory epilepsy |
Dr John Paul Leach |
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10:30– 11:00 |
Coffee |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Non-epileptic attacks |
Annick Perry |
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11:15 – 11:45 |
Recognition and treatment of dissociative seizures |
Dr John Mellers |
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11:45 – 12:20 |
Epilepsy and reproduction |
Dr John Craig |
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12:20 – 13:00 |
Status epilepticus |
Prof Matthew Walker |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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PARALLEL GROUPS
SESSION 1:
14:00 – 14:40
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Neonatal seizures
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Dr Ronit Pressler |
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Depression and psychosis |
Dr Jackie Foong |
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Medico legal aspects |
Professor John Duncan |
SESSION 2:
14:50 – 15:30 |
Genetics of epilepsy |
Dr Mike Johnson |
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Managing epilepsy and learning disability |
Prof Michael Kerr |
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Epilepsy and bones |
Dr Hannah Cock |
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15:30 – 16:00 |
Tea |
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SESSION 3
16:00 – 16:40 |
Neuropharmacology of antiepileptic drugs |
Dr Graeme Sills |
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Epilepsy and cognitive impairment |
Professor Adam Zeman |
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Mortality in epilepsy |
Professor Ley Sander |
SESSION 4
16:50 – 17:30 |
Clinical and EEG features of temporal and frontal lobe seizures
- interactive session |
Dr Beate Diehl |
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Pharmacological and non pharmacological treatments |
Dr Nicholas Moran |
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Managing epilepsy plus comorbidities |
Dr Markus Reuber |
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17:45 – 18:30 |
Who wants to be an epileptologist? |
Professor Ley Sander |
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Evening Free |
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Sunday, 20th September
08:00
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Breakfast |
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PAEDIATRICS
Chair: Dr Tony McShane |
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09:00 – 09:40 |
The severe paediatric epilepsies |
Dr Colin Ferrie |
