About this event
- Date and time Thu 29 Nov 2018 from 8:30am to 5:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Clinical Neurosciences
This meeting will provide delegates with essential knowledge and top tips, to enable safe and effective assessment and management of key neurological and neurosurgical conditions.
These conditions may arise, or need to be excluded in an acutely unwell patient, whether on a specialist ward, in the A&E department or during an on-call shift.
There will be formal presentations and panel sessions during which delegates may ask questions of the presenters, and networking opportunities over coffee and lunch.
We would like to thank our exhibitor Biogen.
Please note that none of the companies listed have had any influence or involvement over the agenda, content or organisation of this meeting.
topics include:
- Update on the effective assessment and management of key neurological and neurosurgical conditions which might arise or need to be excluded in an acutely unwell neurosurgical patient
- Current best practice, new developments and clinical trials in progress
Agenda
View the programme
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Dr Emma Dalton, Council Member, Clinical Neurosciences Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Paediatric neurosurgery
Mr Alistair Jenkins, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Spinal neurosurgery
Mr Nick Carleton-Bland, Consultant General Neurosurgeon, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool
Vascular neurosurgery
Mr Chris Uff, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust
Neuro-oncology: Basics and recent advances
Mr Babar Vaqas, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Queen's Hospital, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Cranial neurosurgical emergencies
Mr Kevin Tsang, Consultant Neurosurgeon and Craniofacial Surgeon, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Spinal emergencies
Mr Matthew Crocker, Consultant Neurosurgeon, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Neuroradiology
Dr Maneesh Bhojak, Consultant Neuroradiologist, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Acute neurology and neurocritical care
Dr Ari Ercole, Consultant in Neurosciences and Trauma Intensive Care Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
EEG essentials
Dr Robert Elwes, Consultant Neurologist, King's College London
Capacity, consent and do not attempt to resuscitate orders
Nadya Wolferstan, Partner, Hempsons
The Coroner’s Court
Professor Paul Marks, HM Senior Coroner, East Riding of Yorkshire and City of Kingston-Upon-Hull
Panel discussion
Closing remarks and end of meeting
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom