SENA BIANNUAL MEETING

SPRING 2025 | FRIDAY 21 MARCH 2025

— IN-PERSON MEETING —

Hosted by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Local SENA representatives: Dr Julia Aram & Dr Romi Saha

Venue: Richard Cairns Theatre

Brighton College, Eastern Road, Brighton. BN2 0AL ⧉

REGISTRATION OPENS 3RD FEBRUARY 2025

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 – 0910 Registration and coffee
 

Session 1

0910 – 0930

Why SENA is still relevant after 40 years (20mins)

Dr John Rees – Co-Founder of SENA and Sussex Neurologist

0930 – 1000

Neuromuscular cases, lessons learnt (30mins)

Dr Rebecca Cooper – Consultant Neurologist

1000 – 1030

Update in HIV - What Neurologists need to know (30mins)

Prof. Jaime Vera

1030 – 1100

Neuro-ophthalmology videos and case presentations (30mins)

Dr Sarah Cooper – Consultant Neurologist

1100 – 1130 Coffee break (30 mins)
 

Session 2

1130 – 1150

Is Cenobamate the next wonder drug for epilepsy? (20mins)

Dr Julia Aram (Neurologist) & Dr Gill Yates (Neuropharmacist)

1150 – 1220

Setting up the Brighton s/c FOS Produodopa service: Lessons learnt after 6 months (30mins)

Dr Eva Bunting – Consultant Neurologist

1220 – 1250

Is this the cause of my headache, dizziness, tinnitus, facial pain? Incidental scan findings (pineal cysts, large arachnoid cysts and Chiari) (30mins)

Mrs Charlotte Hammerbeck-Ward – Consultant Neurosurgeon

1250 – 1400

Lunch Break (70 mins)

 

Session 3

1400 – 1430

How can your nuclear medicine dept help you? (30mins)

Prof. Sabina Dizdarevic

1430 – 1510

Neurodiversity and hypermobility, and are we seeing more patients with these in the neurology outpatients? (40mins)

Dr Jessica Eccles – Reader in Brain-Body Medicine

1510 – 1540 Coffee break (30 mins)
 

Session 4

1540 – 1610

Measures of consciousness and applications to psychedelics (30mins)

Dr Adam Barrett – Deputy Director, Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science

1610 – 1640

A digital future for neurology: opportunities and challenges (30mins)

Prof. Dennis Chan – Consultant Neurologist and Professor of Cognitive Neurology UCL

1640 – 1730 SpR Prize Case presentations (50mins)
~1740 Closing remarks and results
1830

SENA Social Dinner / Drinks

The venue is Browns in Scott Cafe & Club lounge space in Richard Cairns Theatre

The cost will be confirmed once numbers are finalised and must be paid in advance before Friday 14th March, 2025.

 

REGISTRATION OPENS 3RD FEBRUARY 2025

SPONSORS

  • SENA
  • St. George's Hospital

Sponsoring companies have no involvement or input into the meeting organisation or the 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].