The ABN Annual Meeting 2024 will be held at the EICC in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Event Dates
Monday 20 May 2024 (Training Day) Tuesday 21 - Thursday 23 May 2024 (Main Meeting Days)
Key dates
| Registration opens/Call for abstracts |
Monday 4th December 2023 |
| Abstract deadline |
Monday 22nd January 2024 |
| Early bird deadline |
Monday 11th March 2024 |
| Online registration closes |
Monday 6 May 2024 |
9:15am
Plenary session 1: Pathogenic mechanisms of neurological disorders
- Neurobiology of functional seizures: Mahinda Yogarajah, NHNN, London
- The Pain Matrix: Irene Tracey, Oxford
- Synaptic degeneration and Alzheimer’s disease: Tara Spires-Jones, Edinburgh
11:30am
Parallel Session 1: Cognitive/Vascular
Parallel Session 2: Epilepsy
12:30pm
Lunch Break, Exhibition & Sponsored Symposium
2:00pm
ABN Medallist lecture
Three phospholipid headgroups and a neurological tale: Lionel Ginsberg, NHNN, London
2:45pm
Plenary session 2: Difficult management issues
- Sexual function and neurology: Laura Jarvis, Tayside
- How to treat CIDP: Rob Hadden, Kings College Hospital
3.45pm
Coffee, Exhibition & Silent Symposium
7:45am
ABN SIGS
- SIG 1: Epilepsy
- SIG 2: Headache
- SIG 3: MS
- SIG 4: Peripheral Nerve
- SIG 5: Cognitive
- SIG 6: Autonomic
- SIG 7: FND
9:00am
Plenary session 3: Expert advice for the non-expert
- Management of neurocutaneous syndromes: John Ealing, Manchester
- OCT and other neuro-ophthalmology investigations: Luke Bennetto, Bristol
- Palliative care for neurological disorders: Jonathan Martin, NHNN, London
10:30am
Coffee, Exhibition & Silent Symposium
11:20am
Gordon Holmes lecture
Christopher Walsh, Harvard University, USA
This lecture is kindly supported by the Guarantors of Brain.
12:00pm
Plenary 4: Acute neurology in practice
- Intracranial haemorrhage: Adrian Parry-Jones, Manchester
- The ward referral: encephalitis: Nick Davies, Imperial College, London
3.30pm
Plenary 5: Developing a new service
- Advice and guidance and referral management systems: Fiona McKevitt, Sheffield
- Working with primary care: Nicola Williams, London, GPwSI
- The MDT: MS DMTs for the non-specialist : Simon Shields, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton
4:30pm
Coffee, Exhibition & Silent Symposium
5:00pm
Parallel Session 3: Quality, Services and Training
Parallel Session 4: Movement Disorders
7:45am
ABN SIGs
- SIG 9: Epilepsy
- SIG 10: Neuroinfection
- SIG 11: Myasthenia Gravis
- SIG 12: Neuro-oncology
- SIG 13: Neuro-ophthalmology
- SIG 14: Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- SIG 15: Sustainability
9:30am
Case Presentation Competition & Top 5 posters
10:45am
Practical Neurology Lecture
Ehlers Danlos Syndromes: the importance of defining the type: Fleur van Dijk, Northwick Park, London
11:30am
Coffee, Exhibition & Silent Symposium
12:15pm
Parallel Session 5: MS and Neuroinflammation
Parallel Session 4: Neuromuscular
1:15pm
Lunch, Exhibition & Symposium
2:45pm
Plenary 6: Video Session
- Gait disorders: Sundus Alusi, The Walton Centre, Liverpool
- Localisation of seizures: Fahmida Chowdhury, NHNN, London
- The MDT: MS DMTs for the non-specialist : Simon Shields, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton
3:55pm
Clinicopathological Case Conference
4:30pm
Prize Presentations & close
1:30pm
CMT
- Neurological examination – beyond the basics:
Ed Newman, Glasgow
ST
- The drugs don't work, they just make you worse - recreational drugs and brain injury
Amy Davidson, Glasgow
2:15pm
CMT
- Dazed and confused - assessing the acutely confused patient on hospital presentation:
Sian Alexander, Gloucestershire
ST
- Being a good sport - the truth about sports injury, concussion and CTE:
Willie Stewart, Glasgow
3:30pm
CMT
- Emerging Horizons – new drugs in neurology:
Rhys Thomas, Newcastle
ST
- Can we prevent MS? Viruses, vaccines and environmental factors in MS:
James McDonald, Edinburgh and Fife
4.15pm
CMT
- Getting into neurology – A day in the life of a neurology registrar and how to get there
Anna Nagy, London
ST
- I like driving in my car - assessing safety for driving with neurological conditions
Jeremy Rees, London
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