September 20, 2024, Gibson Hotel Dublin 9am-4pm
Registration on Eventbrite – to be approved for 6 CPD
Schedule
09.00 Opening remarks and ILAE update - Dr. Peter Widdess-Walsh, President IEL
09.10 Update from Epilepsy Ireland - Peter Murphy, Epilepsy Ireland
09.20 Epilepsy nursing update - TBA
09.30 John Kirker lecture - The first epileptic seizure:
Prof Tony Marson, Liverpool
(Chair Dr. Peter Widdess-Walsh, Beaumont Hospital)
10.30 Break – tea/coffee and pastries
10.50 Paediatric epilepsy surgery update: Dr. Sophia Varadkar, GOSH
(Chair Dr. Olivia O’Mahony, Cork)
11.45 How to order genetic tests for epilepsy: Prof Norman Delanty, Beaumont Hospital.
12.30 Lunch
13.30 John Lynch Memorial Lecture - A mirror on social attitude: how epilepsy is depicted in film and literature
Prof. Simon Shorvon, UCL/Queen Square
Introduction: Dr. Danny Costello, Cork
14.30 Debate – Folic acid 5mg (high dose) should be given to all women of child bearing age
For: Dr.Tudor Munteanu, Drogheda
Against: Dr. Elisabeth Doran, St. James Hospital
(Chair Dr. Ged O’Connor, Cork)
15.30 Prizewinner platform presentations – Chair Dr. Cristina Reschke, RCSI
Clinical research prize
Science prize
Student Essay prize
16.00 Concluding remarks – Peter Widdess-Walsh