09.00

Registration and Coffee

09.25

Welcome and Introductory Remarks
by Dr Conor Maguire, Director of Education, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

09:30

...stroke treatment
Dr Tracey Baird, Consultant Stroke Physician and Neurologist, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
*antiplatelets and anticoagulants - which one, when and why?   *other aspects of secondary preventive treatment    *role of echocardiography, ECG and loop recorders

10:00

....the management of myasthenia gravis
Dr Maria Farrugia, Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
*applying the Association of British Neurologists' guidelines  *pitfalls   *thymectomy - when to refer  *when to use Rituximab

10:30

.....headache management
Dr Alok Tyagi, Consultant Neurologist, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
*abortive treatments  *prophylactic treatments  *medication overuse *non-pharmacological treatments

11:00

Coffee / tea

11:30

Dementia - novel biomarkers, neuroimaging and treatments
Professor Craig Ritchie, Professor of the Psychiatry of Ageing and Director of Edinburgh Dementia Prevention, University of Edinburgh
*early diagnosis using imaging techniques, biomarkers and genetics  *identifying the controlling risk factors  *effective therapies

12:00

ALEXANDER MORISON LECTURE
Chair: Dr Conor Maguire, Director of Education, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Gene targeting therapies - what does the future hold for neurological disorders?
Professor Sarah Tabrizi, Professor of Clinical Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, Huntington's Disease Centre and Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, London
*anti-sense oligonucleotides *RNA interference  *genome editing *learning from Huntington's disease *implications for management of neurogenetic disorders and future practice

12:45

Lunch

13:30

Epilepsy treatments - an update
Professor Matthew Walker, Professor of Neurology, Institute of Neurology UCL and Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
*"old" versus "new" drugs *choosing the right drug  *side effects and teratogenicity

14:00

The treatable phenotypic spectrum of autoimmune encephalitides - diagnosis and management
Professor Sarosh Irani, Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford
*the widening spectrum of antibodies *diagnostic criteria and pitfalls  *acute and long term therapies

14:30

Coffee / tea

15:00

How to diagnose functional neurological disorders
Professor Jon Stone, Consultant Neurologist, Western General Hospital and Honorary Reader in Neurology, University of Edinburgh
*typical clinical presentations  *communication with patients (and their relatives)

15:30

Physiotherapy in functional neurological disorders
Ms Paula Gardiner, Neurophysiotherapist, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
*when is physiotherapy likely to be useful? *specific physical therapies for specific clinical syndromes   *how to sustain improvement in the community

16:00

Psychological management in functional neurological disorders
Dr Timothy Nicholson, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neurosciences, King's College, London
*evidence-based therapeutic approaches   *cognitive behavioural therapies  *psychodynamic interpersonal therapy

16:30

Discussion then Close