Who should attend?
This programme will be of interest to Geriatricians, General Physicians, Junior Doctors, Nurses, Allied Health and other Healthcare Professionals.
Why attend?
This programme will offer an opportunity to learn about the practical clinical aspects of many common diseases that affect the ageing brain including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Stroke, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Motor Neurone Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia, along with other insights and helpful tips.
This programme will be of interest to Geriatricians, General Physicians, Junior Doctors, Nurses, Allied Health and other Healthcare Professionals. It will offer an opportunity to learn about the practical clinical aspects of many common diseases that affect the ageing brain including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Stroke, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Motor Neurone Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia, along with other insights and helpful tips.
Provisional program:
Time
Session Details
8.30am-9.30am
SPONSOR PRESENTATIONS
Session I
9.30am-10.15am
DR CATRIONA IRELAND, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
so you HAVE diagnosed THE dementia BUT What next?
10.15am-11am
DR BASSEL HASSAN, LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL
FALLS AND FUNNY WALKS
11am-11.30am
SPONSOR PRESENTATIONS
11.30am-1pm
Session II
CASE DISCUSSIONS
CHAIR: PROF SIMON LEWIS
DISCUSSANTS: CATRIONA IRELAND, JOAN O’DONNELL, JANE LONIE, BASSEL HASSAN
1pm-2pm
SPONSOR PRESENTATIONS
Session III
2pm-2.45pm
A/PROF TODD HARDY, CONCORD HOSPITAL SYDNEY
NEUROINFLAMMATION AND WHITE MATTER CHANGES IN THE OLDER PATIENT
2.45pm-3.30pm
DOCTOR STEPHEN WINTERS, ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL SYDNEY
AN UPDATE ON STROKE MANAGEMENT
3-30pm-4pm
SPONSOR PRESENTATIONS
Session IV
4pm-4.45pm
DOCTOR CHRISTINA NORRIS, PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL SYDNEY
PERI-OPERATIVE CARE AND THE OLDER BRAIN
4.45pm-5.30pm
PROFESSOR SUE KURRLE, NORTHERN CLINICAL SCHOOL, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
TACKLING CAPACITY IN THE CLINIC
Time
Session Details
8.30am-9am
SPONSOR PRESENTATIONS
Session V
9am-9.45am
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR James BuRRELL, CONCORD Hospital
NAVIGATING INVESTIGATIONS IN THE MEMORY CLINIC
9.45am-10.30am
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MICHAEL WOODWARD, AUSTIN HEALTH
SO DO WE HAVE THE CURE FOR ALZHEIMER’S
10.30am-11am
SPONSOR PRESENTATIONS
Session VI
11am-11.45am
DOCTOR ELIE MATAR, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY AND ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL
MANAGING SLEEP DISTURBANCES IN THE OLDER PATIENT
11.45am-12.30pm
JULIA THOMPSON, Prince of Wales Hospital
MANAGING HEADACHE in the older patienT
12.30pm-1pm
Wrap-Up with Prof Simon Lewis