About this event

  • Date and time Wed 11 Dec 2024 from 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Location Online
  • Organised by Paediatrics and Child Health, London School of Paediatrics

This study day will build your confidence in history-taking, and diagnosis and management of common childhood neurological problems. You will hear a summary of key recent research advances that have been made in the field of paediatric neurology. Finally, experts will provide a comprehensive overview of key guidelines and resources that can be utilized to aid daily clinical practice in the management of childhood neurological problems.  

By attending, you will:

  • Build your confidence in history-taking, diagnosis and management of common childhood neurological problems
  • Know key research advances that have been made in paediatric neurology
  • Hear key guidelines that can be readily accessed to manage common childhood neurological problems

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Agenda

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Welcome and introduction

Chairs: 

Dr Ramyia Elangovan, Paediatric Neurology GRID Trainee, Evelina Children’s Hospital

Dr Jane Kung, Paediatric Neurology GRID Trainee, Great Ormond Street Hospital 

Dr Sarah Dowsell, ST2 Paediatrics, Great Ormond Street Hospital

Recognising movement disorders

Dr Daniel Lumsden, Paediatric Neurologist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital

Acute severe and life-threatening CNS inflammation

Professor Ming Lim, Paediatric Neurologist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital

Comfort break
Headaches in children – recent advances

Dr Prab Prabhakar, Paediatric Neurologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust 

Genomic testing: An overview for paediatric neurology

Dr Lara Menzies, Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust 

Lunch
Community paediatric neurology

Dr Lorna Pakkiri, Consultant Paediatrician, Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Stroke in childhood

Dr Vijeya Ganesan, Paediatric Neurologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust 

Comfort break
Update in epilepsy

Dr Robert Robinson, Consultant in Paediatric Neurology and Complex Epilepsy, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust 

Applying for GRID/SPIN

Dr Beshoy Reyad, Epilepsy SPIN, Evelina Children's Hospital, and Dr Sanjana Kattera, Neurodisability GRID Trainee, Evelina Children’s Hospital

Question and answers
Closing remarks
Close of meeting

Location

Online

Registration for this event will close at 7:00am on Wednesday 11 December 2024. Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.

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