Dr. John Lynch will direct the 10th annual Neurology Update Meeting in the Galway Bay Hotel on Friday, October 14th 2011.
Lecturers
The Institute is pleased to welcome eminent speakers, each of whom is acknowledged as expert in their specialist area. The format of the meeting is designed to facilitate questions and discussion with delegates to the meeting.
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Martin O’Donnell is Professor of Translational Medicine and Associate Director of Clinical Research Facility at NUI Galway. His research focus includes clinical trials in Vascular medicine and epidemiology of stroke and vascular ageing. He is Principal Investigator of an international case-control study of risk factors for stroke (INTERSTROKE).
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Daniel Costello is a Consultant Neurologist at Cork University Hospital. He has completed clinical fellowships in Epilepsy & Neurophysiology and General Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital before becoming a faculty member in the same institution and Harvard Medical School. He returned to Ireland in 2009. His research interests include Epilepsy surgery, non-lesional Epilepsy and Status Epilepticus.
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David Burn is Professor of Movement Disorder Neurology at the Clinical Ageing Research Unit, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle. Professor Burn’s primary aims are to improve our knowledge of the evolution of cognitive impairment in non-demented PD patients and also the pathophysiological basis for this devastating complication.
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Lionel Ginsberg is Consultant Neurologist and Clinical Director, Neurosciences, Royal Free Hospital, London.
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Raymond Murphy is Consultant Neurologist at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children's Hospital. Dr. Murphy has been National Specialty Director of the specialist registrar in neurology training scheme for many years.
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Programme
To download the meeting programme please click the link to follow Neurology Update Meeting 2011
Neurology Update Meeting Programme 2011
| 09.00 |
Registration, Coffee and Welcome |
| 10.00 |
Salt and Stroke: Evidence or Evangelism?
Professor Martin O'Donnell, National University Ireland Galway and University College Hospital Galway. |
| 10.40 |
Catastrophic Epilepsy at Onset.
Dr. Danny Costello, Cork University Hospital. |
| 11.20 |
Questions and Discussion followed by Coffee |
| 11.55 |
From the Vee to Kelly: An Update on the Lewy Body Dementias.
Professor David Burn, Acting Director, Institute for Ageing and Health, and Professor of Movement Disorders Neurology, Clinical Ageing Research Unit Newcastle University |
| 12.35 |
Update on Neuropathy
Professor Lionel Ginsberg, Royal Free Medical School and Hospital, UCL, London. |
| 12.35 |
Questions and Discussion followed by Lunch |
| 14.25 |
Guest Lecture
'Je ne regrette rien....at least not much. A lifetime in Neurology!
Dr. Raymond P Murphy, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children’s Hospital, Dublin |
| 15.05 |
Clinico-Pathological Case Studies
Discussion: Panel of Neurologists, Professor Michael Farrell, Consultant Neuropathologist, Beaumont, Dublin and audience. |
| 16.00 |
Close of Meeting |
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Registration
The Registration fee for the meeting is €50 or £45 Sterling.
To register for the meeting please click on the link to follow, Registration Neurology Update Meeting 2011
Please complete the form and forward with the registration fee to: The Administrator, IICN, P.O. Box 351, Limerick before Monday, October 10th 2011
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Continuing Medical Education
The meeting has been awarded 4.5 continuing medical eduation credits by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Please note that the Irish College of General Practitioners have confirmed that they have a reciprocal recognition of CPD accreditation from the Royal Colleges.
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Venue
Overnight accommodation
To reserve overnight accommodation at the Galway Bay Hotel please contact the hotel by email info@galwaybayhotel.com or telephone 091 520520. Special rates as below for delegates to the meeting have been agreed, please quote the conference name when making your reservation. Rooms will be reserved for delegates until September 22nd.
€95 Single room, B&B
€130 Double or Twin room, B&B
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Directions to Galway Bay Hotel.
Galway Bay Hotel is situated along the coast road in Salthill overlooking the Promenade.
Distance By Road
- Dublin - Galway (218kms) 2hrs 10mins
- Limerick - Galway (104kms) 1hr 30mins
- Cork - Galway (204kms) 3hrs
- Sligo - Galway (140kms) 2hrs
- Shannon - Galway (86kms) 1hr 15mins
- Belfast - Galway (308kms) 4 hrs 30mins
- Knock - Galway (72kms) 1hr
By Plane to Galway
By Train & Bus - Ceannt Station, Galway.
Sat Nav Coordinates
Latitude = 53.2585 degrees
Longitude = -9.0835 degrees
Please contact the hotel on 091 520520 if you need further directions or have any difficulties.
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Watch the Neurology Update Meeting Live.
Please log in to the website using your member user name and password. Go to the Member section at the right hand side of the green menu bar. IN the drop down menu, click on Watch Neurology Update Meeting Live. Click the photo of the Galway Bay Hotel in this screen to view the meeting live. Note: this option requires member log in and is only open to members
