Master Class: Diseases of the Ageing Brain

Date(s)
Sat 11 October 2025
Registration address:
https://brainmasterclass.com.au/mc2025/
Course duration:
2 days
Cost:
$700AUD + GST (10%)
Full time/part time:
Full time
Residential; non-residential; distance:
Residential non-residential Distance learning
Method of assessment:
No formal testing
Master Class: Diseases of the Ageing Brain

Course overview

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