Provisional Programme at February 2022

Monday 28th March - EEG and epilepsy

• 09:00  President's welcome - Dr Jacquie Deeb
• 09:15  EEG in paediatric seizure syndromes - Dr Sushma Goyal, London, UK
• 09:45  Neonatal EEG and seizure semiology - Dr Ronit Pressler, London, UK
• 10:30  Coffee
• 11:00  Criteria for identifying interictal epileptiform discharges - Prof Sandor Benickzy, Denmark 
• 11:45  Trainee case presentations
• 12:30  Lunch
• 13:30  Pre-epilepsy surgery evaluation - Dr Nandini Mullatti, London, UK
• 14:00 Trainee case presentations
• 14:45  Tea
• 15:15  Workshops - Seizure semiology, Home video telemetry, Epilepsy surgery
• 17:15 Close

Tuesday 29th March - EMG and Ultrasound

• 09:00  Technical aspects of EMG - Prof Sanjeev Nandedkar, USA
• 09:45  Nerve conduction techniques - Dr Machiel Zwarts, Netherlands
• 10:30  Coffee
• 11:00  Testing the neuromuscular junction - Prof Erik Stalberg, Sweden
• 11:30  Paediatric EMG - Dr Matthew Pitt, London, UK
• 12:30  Lunch
• 13:30  Ultrasound imaging of nerve and muscle, what is it good for - Dr Jeremy Bland, Canterbury, UK
• 14:00  Ultrasound imaging of nerve and muscle, what is it good for - Dr Nens van Alfen, Netherlands
• 14:30  Trainee case presentations
• 15:15  Tea
• 15:30  Workshops - Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Ultrasound
• 17:30  Close

Wednesday 30th March - Special topics

• 09:00  Status epilepticus: overview and what is new - Dr Stephan Ruegg, Switzerland
• 09:45  Encephalopathy & periodic discharges on EEG - Prof Peter Kaplan, USA
• 10:30  Coffee
• 11:00  EMG of the urogenital system - Prof David Vodusek, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 11:45  Trainee case presentations
• 12:30  Lunch
• 13:30  Peripheral nerve inury - Mr Michael Fox, London, UK
• 14:15  Trainee case presentations
• 15:00  Coffee
• 15:30  Workshops - NCS and EMG Techniques

Thursday 31st March - Evoked potentials and IOM

• 09:00  Somatosensory and auditory evoked potentials - Mr Peter Walsh, UK
• 09:45  Visual electrophysiology - Dr Gareth Payne, UK
• 10:30  Coffee
• 11:00  Introduction to intraoperative monitoring - Dr David MacDonald, Italy 
• 11:45  Trainee case presentations
• 12:30  Lunch
• 13:30  IOM for spinal surgery - Dr Alan Forster, UK
• 14:00  IOM for cerebral surgery - Dr Ana Mirallave-Pescador, UK
• 14:30  Tea
• 15:00  IOM for brainstem surgery - Dr Francesco Sala, Italy
• 15:30  Trainee case presentations
• 16:15  Quiz - Dr Mark Baker and Dr Gareth Payne (Answer sheet)

Friday 1st April - Intensive care

• 09:00  Assessment of hypoxic brain injury - Dr Nick Kane, Bristol, UK
• 09:45  Continuous vs routine EEG in critical care - Dr Peter Kaplan, USA
• 10:30  Coffee
• 11:00  Peripheral neurophysiology in critical care - Dr Andrew Michell, Cambridge, UK
• 11:30  Critical illness neuropathy and myopathy - Dr Gerald Cooray, London, UK
• 12:30  Presentation of prizes
• 12:40  Lunch
• 14:00 Close