SENA BIANNUAL MEETING

SPRING 2024 | FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER 2024

— IN-PERSON MEETING —

hosted by King's College Hospital

Local SENA representatives: Dr Yasser Falah

Venue: Goodenough Colleg

London, WC1N 2AB ⧉

REGISTRATION OPENS 6TH SEPTEMBER 2024

For enqueries e-mail [email protected]

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PROGRAMME

Timings subject to change

IMPORTANT: This is an in-person meeting only. We hope to record the sessions if budget allows and make these available after the meeting on the SENA website but these would not be eligible for CPD credits.

The number of attendees we can accept is limited by budget (not space). We apologise if you are unable to register before the seats are filled. As and when we secure additional funding, more seats will be made available. Please add your name to the waiting list if the event is full booked.

0830 – 0900 Registration and coffee

 

0900 – 0910

Opening Address

Dr Lina Nashef

 

Session 1

Chair: Dr Yasser Falah

0910 – 0935 The changing treatment landscape in motor neuron disease (25 mins) 
Prof. Ammar Al-Chalabi
0935 – 1000

Rhabdomyolysis in the adult metabolic clinic  (25 mins) 
Dr Simon Heller

1000 – 1025

Treatable hyperkinetic movement disorders  (25 mins) 
Dr Marianna Sarchioto

1025 – 1100 Coffee break [30 mins]
 

Session 2

1100 – 1125 Evidence and availability of non-pharmaceutical therapies for headache (25 mins)
Dr Diana Wei
1125 – 1150 Stenting for intracranial hypertension (25 mins)
Dr Parthiban Balasundaram
1150 – 1215 Update on diagnosis and treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (25 mins)
Dr Lalani Carlton Jones
1215 – 1315

Lunch Break [60 mins]

 

Session 3

1315 – 1400 Marginal gains in stroke (25 mins) 
Dr Owain Williams
1340 – 1405 Novel diagnostic and treatment approaches in NORSE   (25 mins)
Dr Laura Mantoan
1405 – 1430 Updates on cognition in multiple sclerosis   (25 mins)
Dr Anisha Doshi
1430 – 1455 Update on sleep disorders   (25 mins)
Prof. Guy Leschziner
1500 – 1530 Coffee break [30 mins]
 

Session 4

1530 – 1630

SpR Presentations

Chair: Dr Yasser Falah

Registrar case presentations x 5

7 minutes presentation + 2 minutes Q & A per centre

1630 – 1655 Clinicopathological conference (25 mins) 
Dr Nicholas Moran
1655 – 1720 Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LiTT) for Epilepsy (25 mins)
Mr Harutomo Hasegawa
~1720 Closing remarks and results
1730

SENA Social Dinner / Drinks
3 course set menu includes wine and still/sparkling water.

The venue is Browns in Covent Garden

N.B. The social dinner for clinicians and speakers is not funded by sponsors and is paid by the attendee.

The cost (estimated £70) will be confirmed once numbers are finalised and must be paid in advance before Thursday 3rd October, 2024.

 

REGISTRATION OPENS 6TH SEPTEMBER 2024

SPONSORS

  • SENA
  • St. George's Hospital

Sponsoring companies have no involvement or input into the meeting organisation or agenda and provide financial support for this meeting through an unrestricted grant or sponsorship.

  • Abbvie
  • Allergan - an Abbvie ompany
  • Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
  • Angelini Pharma UK-I Limited
  • Argenx UK Ltd
  • Aspire Pharma
  • Bial
  • Biogen
  • Britannia Pharmaceuticals Ltd
  • Eisai Limited
  • Eli Lilly and Company Ltd
  • EVER PHARMA UK Ltd
  • GE Healthcare
  • Ipsen Limited
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals
  • GW Pharmaceuticals plc.
  • Janssen UK
  • Merck
  • Novartis
  • Organon UK
  • Organon UK
  • Roche
  • Sandoz
  • Sanofi Genzyme
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals
  • UCB

If you would like to learn more about sponsoring the SENA meeting, please contact Dr Chris Carswell, SENA Honorary Secretary, at [email protected].