Yves Dauvilliers
Director of the Sleep Disorders Centre, Dept. of Neurology, Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France
About the event
This is a fantastic opportunity to hear from experts in the field of narcolepsy. Join us as we cover everything from what narcolepsy is and isn’t, the causes and genetics behind this chronic, neurological condition and why it is not “just about sleep”.
Joint sessions with both patients and clinicians providing balance on the impacts of the condition will provide the perfect learning environment for anyone involved in caring for a person with narcolepsy, whether as a family member, funded carer, sleep specialist, G.P. or medical trainee.
We aim to increase awareness and understanding by talking about the patient journey, the variances in access to medication across the UK and the massive impact this debilitating disorder can have on the individual and people around them.
Prior to this event, Narcolepsy UK will have held their annual conference in Manchester where they will be presenting the findings from the largest survey of people with narcolepsy & their family & carers since 1986.
What will I learn?
Jointly organised with Narcolepsy UK, this afternoon meeting will give you an understanding of living with narcolepsy. We'll learn more about it's treatment and gain insight into the psychological and emotional wellbeing of people living with the disease, as well as current research and future developments.
The Medicine and me meetings aim to provide an outline of current best practice and future updates of important conditions and to give direct voice to patients and their carers and enable them to discuss their concerns and reflections on the impact of diagnosis, investigation and management. Physicians and surgeons and indeed all healthcare professionals continue to learn from and be inspired to greater efforts to improve care by hearing directly from patients
Director of the Sleep Disorders Centre, Dept. of Neurology, Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick. Joint Editor & Contributor to “Sleep, Health and Society, from aetiology to public health” 2nd Edition, 2018
Trustee, Narcolepsy UK & author of Sleepyhead: Narcolepsy, Neuroscience and the Search for a Good Night, Profile Books, 2018
Miss Kaji Sritharan
Professor Yves Dauvilliers, Montpellier, France
Ms Heather Korbey
Birgitte Kornum, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
Mr Matt O’Neill, Trustee, Narcolepsy UK
Ms Helen Strongman, Trustee, Narcolepsy UK
Professor Francesco Cappuccio, Warwick University
Mr Henry Nicholls, Trustee, Narcolepsy UK
Dr Jane Blackwell, Research Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Leeds
Ms Teya Staniforth, Undergraduate Student, Durham University
Dr David O’Regan, Consultant, Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine, Sleep Disorder Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Shane Keenan, Senior Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Oxfordshire
Dr Charlie Tyack, Clinical Psychologist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Professor Yves Dauvilliers
Mr Matt O’Neill
All speakers
Mr Matt O’Neill
All speakers
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