The annual Neurology Update Meeting of the Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience will take place on Friday, September 28th at the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin 8.
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Programme
Guest Lecture
Continuing Medical Education
Registration
Directions to the Venue
Further Information
Theme: Symptom-based Approach to Clinical Neurology.
This meeting outlines new advances in diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions for clinicians who manage neurological illness as part of their practice. The programme will be of interest to neurologists, physicians in general medicine, accident and emergency, care of the elderly, general practice and other disciplines, as well as trainees in all disciplines.
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Programme
08.30 – 09.00 Registration and Coffee
09.00 – 09.10 Welcome and Introduction. Dr. Sean Connolly, Dean IICN.
09.10 – 09.45 New-onset Seizures.
Dr. Norman Delanty, Beaumont Hospital
09.45 – 10.20 New-onset Headache.
Dr. Raeburn Forbes, Craigavon Area Hospital.
10.20 – 10.55 New-onset ‘Confusion’.
Dr. Colin Doherty, St. James’ Hospital.
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
11.15 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 12.05 New-onset Double Vision.
Dr. Brian Sweeney, Cork University Hospital.
12.05 – 12.40 New-onset Lower Limb Weakness.
Dr. Michael Hennessy, University College Hospital Galway.
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
12.55 – 14.15 Lunch.
14.15 – 14.50 New-onset Dizziness.
Dr. Paul Crowley, Aut Even Hospital.
14.50 – 15.25 New-onset Tremor.
Dr. Raymond Murphy, AMNCH
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
15.40 – 16.00 Coffee.
16.00. – 17.00 Guest Lecture - Overview of Movement Disorders.
Professor Niall Quinn, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
17.30 Close of Meeting
Time will be allocated to questions and discussion after each session.
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Guest Lecture
Professor Niall Quinn will deliver the Guest Lecture entitled Outline of Movement Disorders. Niall Quinn is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Neurology at the Institute of Neurology, and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London. He is former Secretary of the Movement Disorder Society, Past Chairman of its European Section, and an Honorary Life Member of the Society. He has over 300 original peer-reviewed publications on movement disorders, has a special interest in young-onset PD and multiple system atrophy, and is currently on the Editorial Board of Lancet Neurology.
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Continuing Medical Education
Application for CME certification is in progress. Certification has been awarded in previous years.
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Registration
To register for the meeting please click on the link to follow, Registration form, complete the registration form, and forward by email to info@iicn.ie, by fax to 061 203041 or by post to Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, P.O. Box 351, Limerick. The registration fee is €50 or £35 Sterling.
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Directions to the venue
For directions to the Guinness Storehouse please click on the link to follow Guinness Storehouse
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Further information
For queries regarding the meeting please contact the Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience by Telephone: 061 203040 or by Email: info@iicn.ie
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