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Neurology Symposium

Date: Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Venue:

The Queen Mother Conference Centre
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
9 Queen Street
Edinburgh EH2 1JQ

Overview
Programme
Fees and Contact details
Further Information

The workings of the nervous system are one of the last great unknowns, which probably accounts for some of the interest of Neurology to doctors and the general public alike. This day aims to take you through muscle and myelin diseases, common in general practice, hospital practice and neurology wards. We tackle the inevitable overlap of neurology with three other specialties – sleep medicine, orthopaedics and obstetrics. With the highly publicised advances in stem cells, we ask what they actually are, how we explain them to patients and what use are they anyway? Finally, in an Endowed Lecture, we ask Baroness Susan Greenfield why neuroscience is fascinating to us all!

Dr Anna Williams
Chair, Organising Sub Committee

Organising Sub Committee
Dr Connor Myles
Dr Suvankar Pal
Dr David Simpson
Dr Gillian Stewart

Wednesday 27 October 2010

09.00	Registration and Coffee
09.25	Welcome and Introductory Remarks by Dr Neill Dewhurst, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Session 1 – Flexing muscles

Chair: Dr Myles Connor, Consultant Neurologist, Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline

09.30	Motor neurone disease Dr Kevin Talbot, Reader in Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford • diagnosis • management • progress?
10.00	Inherited muscle disease Dr Cheryl Longman, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Western General Hospital Edinburgh • tips to spotting, diagnosing and getting help for patients with inherited muscle disease • what's new in inherited muscle disease
10.30	Acquired muscle disease Dr James Miller, Consultant Neurologist, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle • tips to spotting, diagnosing and treating patients with acquired muscle disease • when is muscle pain significant? • statins and muscle disease
11.00	Coffee / tea

Session 2 - Learning from other specialties

Chair: Dr Gillian Stewart, Consultant Neurologist, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

11.30	Complex regional pain syndrome – does it exist and can orthopaedic surgeons help? Professor Rolfe Birch, Professor in Neurological Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Middlesex • do you know your tarsal tunnel syndrome from your morton’s neuralgia? • a guide to peripheral nerve problems that orthopaedic surgeons can help with.
12.00	Obstetrics – neurology in pregnancy Dr Lucy Mackillop, Consultant in Maternal Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford • neurological complications of pregnancy • investigation and treatment of neurological conditions in pregnancy
12.30	Sleep medicine Dr Paul Reading, Consultant Neurologist, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough • what is normal and what is not?
13.00	Lunch

Session 3 - Demyelinating diseases

Chair: Dr Anna Williams, Welcome Trust Fellow and Honorary Consultant Neurology, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

13.45	Multiple sclerosis Dr Raj Kapoor, Consultant Neurologist, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London • diagnosis • initial treatment • standard management • relapse management • new treatment
14.15	Guillain-barre syndrome Dr John Winer, Consultant Neurologist, University Hospitals, Birmingham • diagnosis • acute treatment • long-term outcome
14.45	Symposium feedback / tea

Session 4 - Neuroscience made popular

Chair: Dr Suvankar Pal, SpR in Neurology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

15.15	Stem cells Dr Jo Mountford, Senior Lecturer in Stem Cell Technology, University of Glasgow, and Professor Siddharthan Chandran, Centre for Neuroregeneration, University of Edinburgh • what is a stem cell and a induced pluipotent stem cell? • how do I explain it to my patient? • what is the role, hope and reality of stem cells in neurological disease
15.45	MARJORIE ROBERTSON LECTURE Chair: Dr Neil Dewhurst, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Why is neuroscience fascinating to us all? Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE Hon FRCP, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Oxford
16.45	Close

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Online booking for this event closes on 25 October but places may still be available after that date - please contact the Education Co-ordinator (see below).

Registration fees

Full fee	£120
RCPE Fellow	£60
RCPE Collegiate Member/Associate	£60
RCPE e-associate	£60
Nurse/AHP/Pharmacist	£45
Retired FRCPE, including lunch	£15
Retired FRCPE, no lunch	£0
Medical or other healthcare student	£0

Unpaid Post - Nil, if confirmation of status provided - please contact the Education Co-ordinator at RCPE (see below).

Collegiate Members and Associates of the RCPE in clinical research posts may be eligible for funding - please contact the Education Co-ordinator for further information (see below).

Trainees in the medical specialties in the East of Scotland, North of Scotland or South East Scotland Deaneries are eligible to attend any number of events in the College’s main symposium programme in the current academic year for a one-off payment of £100 from your study leave budget, under the RCPE's "block grant" scheme. You will need to notify your Deanery that you wish to access the scheme before registering and to register using the registration form accessible at the bottom of this page.

Further details can be obtained from:

Christine Berwick,
Education Co-ordinator,
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,
9 Queen Street,
Edinburgh
EH2 1JQ

TEL: 0131 247 3634
FAX: 0131 220 4393

Email: c.berwick@rcpe.ac.uk

This event is open to all grades of medical, health care and scientific staff and to students but, if you are unsure about eligibility, or the correct fee category for you, please contact the RCPE member of staff responsible for the event (see Fees and Contact Details page).

All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and the College is accredited as an EPASS Provider by RCGP Scotland. Where appropriate, certificates of attendance will be provided but are usually posted out after the event.

Access

As a listed building, the College has restricted disabled access. A wheelchair lift is provided at the rear of the College giving access to the Conference Centre and the main historic rooms, but not all of the smaller rooms used for educational events. For further information and assistance please contact the RCPE member of staff responsible for the event (see Fees and Contact Details page).

Accommodation and Directions to the College

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