SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Thursday,November6th,2014
CME,Symposia,Guestlectures,Neuroradiologyrounds,PearlsinNeurologyandInauguration
Timing
Halls
Topic
0830 ‐ 0840
0840 ‐ 0900
Speaker
Registration
0700 Onwards
Hall A Bhargava Introduction of Scientific Programme
Auditorium
Hall A Bhargava Inauguration of CME programme
Auditorium
CME: Neuro Ophthalmology (Session I)
0900 ‐ 0930
0930 ‐ 1000
1000 ‐ 1030
1030 ‐ 1100
1100 ‐ 1130
1130 ‐ 1200
1200 ‐ 1230
1230 ‐ 1300
1230 ‐ 1300
1300 ‐ 1330
Hall A Bhargava Auditorium
An overview of acute visual loss and focus on acute ischemic optic neuropathy Speaker: J S Chopra (Chandigarh),
Amod Gupta (Chandigarh)
Chairperson: S Prabhakar (Chandigarh), Amod Gupta (Chandigarh)
Convenor: Gagandeep Singh (Ludhiana), Shyamal K Das (Kolkata)
Speaker: Gordon Plant (UK)
Investigating Visual Loss: The State of the Art
Speaker: Satya Karna (Ludhiana)
Eye Examination in Systemic Diseases
Speaker: Atanu Biswas (Kolkata)
Painful Ophthalmoplegia
Speaker: Vivek Lal (Chandigarh)
Tea/Coffee Break Chairperson: S M Katrak (Mumbai),
U K Misra (Lucknow)
CME: Neuro Ophthalmology (Session II)
Convenor: Gagandeep Singh (Ludhiana) Shyamal K Das (Kolkata)
Hall A The Drooping eye/s
Speaker: Satish Khadilkar (Mumbai)
Bhargava Auditorium
Supranuclear Ocular Palsies
Speaker: Lakshmi Narasimhan R (Chennai)
Bedside Evaluation of Nystagmus
Bedside
Evaluation of Nystagmus
Speaker: Christopher Kennard (UK)
Speaker: Christopher Kennard (UK)
Guest lecture: Neurology and Global Health: Speaker: Farrah Mateen (UK)
Emerging trends and new priorities
Open Lunch (1200 ‐ 1530)
Sanofi Sponsored Luncheon Symposium
1330 ‐ 1415 Speaker: Sanjeev Thomas (Secretary IAN)
Chairperson: Gagandeep Singh (Ludhiana)
Convenor: Parampreet Singh (Chandigarh)
Hall A Bhargava Clobazam in management of epilepsy in 21st century Auditorium
Speaker: Manjari Tripathi (New Delhi)
(30 minutes)
Panellist: Dinesh Nayak (Chennai),
Panel Discussion (15 minutes)
Neera Chowdhury (New Delhi)
Neurodegenerative Disorders‐New developments
Chairperson: P Satish Chandra (Bangalore), Mathew Alexander (Vellore)
Convenor: Vinod Puri (New Delhi)
Hall A Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Updates on Genetics Bhargava Speaker: Robert Brown (USA)
and Approaches to Therapy (30 minutes)
Auditorium Parallel Symposia Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal (I)
Dementia: Overlap of Clinical, pathological and Speaker: M Gourie Devi (New Delhi)
genetic Features (30 minutes)
1415 ‐ 1545
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias: Impact of Neurogenetic Advances on diagnosis and treatment Speaker: Craig Blackstone (USA)
(30 minutes)
Chairperson: J M K Murthy (Hyderabad), Ajit Therapeutics in Neurology
Sowani (Ahmedabad)
Hall B Convenor: Ajit Avasthi (Chandigarh)
Charaka Hall Pitfalls in Management of Epilepsy (25 minutes)
Speaker: I M S Sawhney (UK)
Parallel Symposia Neuromodulation (20 minutes)
Speaker: Pradeep Desai (UK)
(II)
Management of hypertension in stroke and other Speaker: Kameshwar Prasad (New Delhi)
neurological emergencies (25 minutes)
Rational use of Psychotropic Drugs (20 minutes)
Speaker: Vasant Mundra (Mumbai)
Chairperson: J S Kathpal (Indore), Sanjeev Guest Lectures Thomas (Trivandrum)
Hall A Disappearing Neurological diseases in Sri Lanka (30 Speaker: J B Peiris (Sri Lanka)
Bhargava minutes)
Auditorium
Cardiac Abnormalities in Myotonic Muscular 1545 ‐ 1645 Dystrophy and potential Management Strategies (30 Speaker: Shri Kant Mishra (USA)
Guest Lectures minutes)
Chairperson: Hemant Sant (Pune), Paramjit Singh (Chandigarh)
Hall B Neuroradiology Round Charaka Hall
Speaker: Niranjan Khandelwal (Chandigarh), Shrinivas Desai (Mumbai)
Pearls in Neurolgy Tumefactive Demyelination
Prions and Parkinson's disease
Tests for immune encephalitis
Diagnosis of viral encephalitis
1645 ‐ 1745
1800 onwards
Chairperson: R M Dhamija (New Delhi),
P K Maheshwari (Agra)
Convenor: Satish Khadilkar (Mumbai)
Speaker: Girish Soni (Mumbai)
Speaker: Sudhir Shah (Ahmedabad)
Speaker: Vivek Mathew (Vellore)
Speaker: Sanjeev Kumar Bhoi (Lucknow)
GAD related diseases
Speaker: Prasanna Kasegaonkar (Solapur)
Hall B Charaka Hall Speaker: Keyur Kumar Buch (Vadodara)
Rituximab in neurology
Monoclonal antibodies in MS Speaker: Manoj Gulhane (Nashik)
Therapy of Wilsons disease
Speaker: M Netravathi (Bangalore)
Newer antiplatelet agents
Speaker: C S Aggarwal (New Delhi)
Newer anticoagulants Speaker: Sanjay Sharma (Raipur)
Prevention of vasospasm in SAH
Speaker: Rajesh Chhabra (Chandigarh)
Therapy of stiff person syndrome Speaker: Praffula Shembalkar(Nagpur)
Manoeuvres in peripheral vertigo
Speaker: Sudhir Kothari (Pune)
Therapy of restless leg syndrome Speaker: Tarun Nagpal (Jabalpur)
Hall A (Bhargava Auditorium): Inaugural Ceremony followed by cultural program
Followed by Dinner at Food Court (@ Conference Venue)