Date: 08 Nov 2023
ABN Autumn Meeting
Event Notes:
9:15-9:30 – Opening and Welcome: Richard Davenport, Edinburgh
9:30-11:00 – Plenary 1
Chairs: Biba Stanton and Camille Carrol
- Neurology commissioning in the new NHS – Niran Nirmalananthan, St George’s,
- Advances in neurosurgery for movement disorders – Ludvic Zrinzo, Consultant Neurosurgeon, UCLH
- Myasthenia: treatment beyond the 2015 guidelines – Saiju Jacob, Birmingham
11:00-11:30 COFFEE
11:30-12:30 – Plenary 2
Chairs: Anna Cohen and Arani Nitkunan
- Practice updates: SIH guidelines – Manjit Matharu, UCLH
- Climate change and neurology – Sanjay Sisodiya, UCLH
12:30-13:15 – ABN Practical Neurology Lecture
Chair: Geraint Fuller
Speaker: James Teo, Kings College Hospital
13:15-14:15 – LUNCH
14:15-15:00 – ABN John Walton Lecture
Chair: David Werring
Speaker: Joanna Wardlaw, Edinburgh
15:00-15:30 – BIASP Session
Chair: Anthony Pereira
Advances in thrombectomy – Soma Banerjee, Consultant Stroke Physician, Imperial
15:30-16:00 – COFFEE
16:00-17:20 – Plenary 3
Chairs: Sofia Eriksson and Stephan Hinze
- Neurology on the Maternity Unit – Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Consultant Obstetric Physician, Guys & St Thomas’
- Antiseizure medication: patient choice Vs. regulation – Charlotte Lawthom, Royal Gwent Hospital, Wales
- Antiseizure medication: patient choice Vs. regulation – Fergus Rugg-Gunn, UCLH
17:20-17:30 – Closing comments: Richard Davenport
17:30-18:30 – Drinks Reception
