Meetings

BPNS Training Day and Meeting
Start Date
End Date
Thursday 3 Apr 2014 09:00 AM
Friday 4 Apr 2014 16:45 PM
Location
Birmingham
Details

British Peripheral Nerve Society Teaching Day

Thursday 3rd April 2014, Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. 

9.00 to 17.45

09.00 – 9.30

REGISTRATION & COFFEE

 

 

09.30 – 09.55

  • Approach to Peripheral Neuropathy

Prof L Ginsberg

 

10.00 – 10.25

10.30 – 11.00

 

11.05-  11.30

Inflammatory Neuropathies

  • Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Chronic Inflammatory Neuropathies
  • Paraproteinaemic Neuropathies

 

 

 

Dr J Winer
Dr Y Rajabally

 

Dr M Lunn

 

 

11.35 – 12.00

COFFEE

 

 

12.00 – 12.40

·         Genetic Neuropathies

Prof M Reilly

12.45 – 13.15

·         The Diabetic Neuropathies

Dr G Llewelyn

 

13.20 – 14.15

 

LUNCH

 

 

14.15-14.40

·         Vasculitic Neuropathy

Dr R Hadden

14.45-15.10

·         Small Fibre Neuropathies

Dr D Bennett

15.15-15.40

·         Inherited Metabolic Neuropathies

Prof L Ginsberg

15.45 – 16.15

TEA

 

 

16.15 – 16.40

·         Neurophysiology in Peripheral Nerve Disorders

Dr C Shirley

16.45 – 17.10

·         Peripheral Nerve Pathology

Dr R King

17.15 – 17.40

·         Neuropathy Mimics

Dr N Davies

 

 

BRITISH PERIPHERAL NERVE SOCIETY MEETING

Friday 4th April 2014   09.00-16.45

QE Conference Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

 

PROGRAMME.

09.00-09.25: Registration & Coffee

09.25-10.30: Morning Session 1: Chair: Professor Mary Reilly

09.30-09.45: Case Presentation 1 Dr Jane Pritchard

09.45-10.00: Case Presentation 2: Dr David Bennett

10.00-10.15: Case Presentation 3  Dr. Jason Appleton/Dr. David Nichol

10.15-10.30: Case Presentation 4  Prof. Lionel Ginsberg

10.30-11.00: COFFEE BREAK

11.00-12.30: Morning Session 2: Chair Dr John Winer

11.00-11.45: Guest Speaker: Dr. Andrew Norman, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Bristol Hospitals.

“Neurogenetic disorders with a secondary peripheral nerve component.”

11.50-12.30: Discussion Forum: “IVIG and monitoring in CIDP and MMN: survey of our practice”, Dr. J Winer, Dr. M. Lunn.

12.30-13.30: LUNCH

13.30-15.00 Afternoon Session 1: Chair Dr. Yusuf Rajabally

13.30-14.15: Guest Speaker: Mr. Dominic Power, Consultant Peripheral Nerve Surgeon, QE Hospital, Birmingham.

"Nerve transfer surgery: Past, present and future......."
 

14.15-14.30: Case Presentation 5 Dr Ai-Lan Nguyen/ Dr. Bobby Bhattacharjee/Dr. Rosalind King

14.30-14.45: Case Presentation 6 Dr. John Winer

14.45-15.00: Case Presentation 7 Dr. Haider Katifi

15.00-15.30: COFFEE BREAK

15.30-16.45 Afternoon Session 2. Chair: Dr. Nick Davies

15.30-15.45: Case Presentation 8   Dr. Aisling Carr/Prof. Mary Reilly

15.45-16.00: Case Presentation 9   Dr. Mike Lunn

16.00-16.15: Case Presentation 10 Dr Gareth Llewellyn

16.15-16.30: Case Presentation 11 Dr. James Mitchell/ Dr. Yusuf Rajabally

16.30-16.45: Case Presentation 12 Dr. Mohammed Mahdi-Rogers/Dr. Rob Hadden

 

 

BPNS Training Day Thursday 3rd April: 9.00-17.45;

Included Dinner on-site: 18.30-20.30

 

Included Minibus Service:

-Thursday 3rd April 21.15 from QE Postgraduate Centre to Accommodation (H Court, University Grounds)

-Friday 4th April: Collection 8.15 am & Return to QE Postgraduate Centre

 

BPNS Meeting Friday 4th April : 9.00-16.45; BPNS Dinner (central Birmingham): 18.00-21.00

Venue: The QE Postgraduate Conference Centre where both Teaching Day and Meeting are taking place, is on Queen Elizabeth Hospital grounds, 3mn walk from the main entrance of the New QE Hospital.

Closest Train Station: 

The nearest station to the hospital is University station, which is less than 10 minutes' walk from the Main hospital. The QE hospital is clearly signposted from the station.
 

University station is on the Cross City line. 

There are trains approximately every 10 minutes from New Street station in Birmingham city centre.

 

BPNS Friday evening Dinner:

Hotel du Vin (Central Birmingham; 8 mn walk from New St Station).

 

Included Minibus Service:

-Friday 3rd April from QE Postgraduate Centre to Hotel du Vin

Departing 17.30.

Abstracts (can change before the event)
TitleLead AuthorStatus 
An unusual case of radiculopathyJames Mitchell Finished Version View
A case of very severe CIDPLionel Ginsberg Finished Version View
Bard of BorehamwoodAi-Lan Nguyen Finished Version View
A puzzling radial nerve lesionJohn Winer Finished Version View
BPNS Library Case 2014-04-C07Haider Katifi Finished Version View
This pain is getting on my nerves!AS Carr Finished Version View
The relevance of the blood nerve barrier in treating peripheral neuropathiesMichael Lunn Finished Version View
It gets worse after colonoscopyGareth Llewelyn Finished Version View
Cobalamin-pathway defect presenting as a sub-acute demyelinating neuropathyMohammed Mahdi-Rogers Finished Version View
Prion neuropathyDavid Bennett Finished Version View
A Simple Case of a Neuropathic UlcerJason Appleton Finished Version View
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