16th CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGISTS

SHERATON MIRAGE RESORT, SOUTHPORT, QUEENSLAND

September 27-30, 2015

The next Clinical Neurophysiology Workshop will be held at the Sheraton Mirage Resort,

September 27-30, 2015. Workshop registration will be on Sunday September 27 from 1.00 - 2.00 pm.

The Workshop will include sessions on common clinical disorders, muscle disease, evoked responses, neuropathies, movement disorders and neuromuscular disease and include case presentations, scheduled as in the program. It is planned to have a session of free communications as posters.

This year the Movement Disorders Society of Australia meeting will be included in the Workshop.

As usual, the format will be relaxed and informal. The first session will commence at 2.00 pm, following lunch and registration, on Sunday and the Workshop will conclude Wednesday afternoon when the usual “closing ceremony” will be held.

Overseas guest speakers will be:

·  ProfessorJeremy Shefner Professor of Neurology, Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology, Upstate University Hospital, New York, USA

·  Professor Michel Kliot Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of the Peripheral Nerve

Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Registration:

The Registration fee is $750 (incl. GST) until 31 August 2015 and $800 (incl. GST) thereafter. Registration will include access for registrant and partner to the Barbecue (Sunday evening), dinner (Tuesday evening) and Closing Get Together and, for the registrant, morning and afternoon tea and lunch (Sunday-Wednesday). The registration fee does not meet the costs of catering and venue, and there is no special rate for trainees or technicians. For on-line registration go to https://anzan.org.au

Advanced trainees (affiliated with ANZAN) and full-time PhD students will be offered a $200 reduction in their registration fee on acceptance of their abstract for presentation at the meeting. A supervisor’s letter certifying the registrant fulfils the criteria should be e-mailed as an attachment to <> or posted to:

Ms Mary Sweet

Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Unit

Medical Foundation Building – K25

The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Abstracts of free communications for the poster session can be submitted now at the e-mail address above.

Accommodation:

A discount rate of $245/night (incl. GST) for single or twin will be available at the Resort for those attending the Workshop. You are responsible for organizing your own accommodation with the Resort (or elsewhere). To make your accommodation booking on-line go to http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/ANZAN2015

Deadlines:

Registration at reduced rate by 31st August 2015; Abstracts by 31st July 2015

Matthew Kiernan Ian Maxwell 14 June 2015

16th CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGISTS

SHERATON MIRAGE RESORT, SOUTHPORT, QUEENSLAND

27-30 September, 2015

Sunday September 27

Noon-1.00 Lunch

1.00-2.00 ANZAN Clinical Neurophysiology Workshop, Registration

2.00-3.30 EMG case discussions 1 Chairs: Lyn Kiers, Richard Frith

Discussants: Stacey Jankelowitz, Stefan Blum, Mark Hersch, Tim Day, Nick Crump, Neil Simon

3.30-4.00 Coffee

4.00-5.00 EMG case discussions 2 Chairs: Lyn Kiers, Richard Frith

Discussants: Stacey Jankelowitz, Stefan Blum, Mark Hersch, Tim Day, Nick Crump, Neil Simon

6.30 pm BBQ

Monday September 28

Welcome! Ian Maxwell

Invited Lecture: Chair: Ian Maxwell

8.45-9.30 Jeremy Shefner: Measuring Disability in Neurological Disease

9.30-11.00 ALS, Ca and NMJ Chair: David Burke

9.30 Steve Vucic: Diagnosis of ALS

10.00 Matthew Kiernan: Neuropathy and cancer

10.30 Rob Henderson: The neuromuscular junction

11 -11.30 Coffee

11.30-1.00 Inflammation Chair: Pam McCombe

11.30  Bruce Taylor: Treatment of CIDP

12.00 Tim Day: Is it vasculitis?

12.30 Sarah Hewer: My approach to plexopathy

1.00-2.00 Lunch

2.00-3.30 EEG findings Chair: Armin Mohamed

2.00Michelle Kiley: EEG is Status epilepticus

2.30Liz Walker: EEG in anoxic brain injury

3.00Armin Mohamed: EEG in ICU-other cases

3.30-4.00 Coffee

4.00-5.15 Neuromuscular Chair: Arman Sabat

4.00 Michel Kliot: Peripheral tumours – to operate or not

4.30 Michelle Farrar: My approach to hereditary neuropathy

5.00 Richard Macdonell: The training of Clinical Neurophysiology

6.30 for 7.00 Delegate Dinner at Glass Restaurant – sponsored by Biogen

Tuesday September 29

8.45-9.30 Invited Lecture: Chair: Matthew Kiernan

Michel Kliot: Advances in neurosurgical management of peripheral nerve trauma

09.30 Richard Macdonell: TMS and the diagnosis of epilepsy

10.00 Jeremy Shefner: Designing a Clinical Trial

10.30-11.00 Coffee

11.00-12.30  Varia Chair: Rick Adams

11.00 Steve Tisch: The role of laryngeal EMG

11.30  Michel Kliot: Peripheral nerve MRI and DTI

12.00 Arun Krishnan: My approach to Bell’s palsy

12.30-1.30 Lunch and Poster Viewing

1.30-2.30 Poster Discussion – Jeremy Shefner and Michel Kliot

2.30-5.00 Neuromuscular Ultrasound Workshop

Instructors: Dr Neil Simon, Dr Michel Kliot, Dr Yu-Ichi Noto

2.30 Nerve ultrasound technique and hands-on demonstration

3.20 Muscle ultrasound technique and hands-on demonstration

4.10 Ultrasound-guided procedures technique and hands-on

demonstration

4.30-5.00 Coffee (Trade demonstrations)

7.00 for 7.30 Dinner

Wednesday September 30

9.00-10.30 MDSA Chair: John O’Sullivan

9.00 Neil Mahant: Intraoperative monitoring for DBS

9.35 Victor Fung: Neurophysiology of dystonia and tremor

10.10 Michael Hayes: Practical aspects of botulinum toxin

therapy

10.45-11.15 Coffee

11.15 – 12.30 MDSA Chair: Andrew Evans

11.15 James Colebatch: The phenomenology of movement

disorders

11.50 Simon Lewis: Non-motor features of PD

12.30-1.30 Lunch

1.30-3.30 MDSA Chair: Simon Lewis

1.30 Kishore Kumar: Genetics of Parkinson’s disease

2.15 Sam Kim: Parkinson plus disorders

3.00 Andrew Evans: Advanced therapies for PD

3.30 pm Closing Drinks

THIS REGISTRATION FORM IS FOR PAYMENT BY CHEQUE

Please make cheques for registration payable to "Clinical Neurophysiology Workshop"

For on-line registration by credit card: https://anzan.org.au

REGISTRATION FORM and TAX INVOICE

CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGISTS

(ABN 2200 722 1301)

SHERATON MIRAGE RESORT, SOUTHPORT, QUEENSLAND

September 27-30, 2015

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Name: ......

Address: ......

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Telephone:...... ……Fax:……………………………………………

E-mail:……………………………………………

1. Registration $750 (GST inclusive)

Late Registration (after 31st August 2015) $800 (GST inclusive)

2. Attendance at barbeque – Sunday, 27 September at 6.30 pm Yes/No

Table wines to be purchased by consumers.

3. Attendance at official dinner – Tuesday, 29 September Yes/No

at 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm.

Table wines to be purchased by consumers.

Partner attendance: Yes/No

4.  Do you agree to your name, city and state being included in a list for distribution to sponsors

(e.g., John Smith, Melbourne, Vic) Yes/No

5. Please notify accommodation requirements but do not send money for accommodation

Discount rate of $245/night (includes GST):

Standard Room Yes/No

Children: nil/one/two In:…………………………….. Out:…………………………….

You must book accommodation with the Resort yourself at

http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/ANZAN2015

Forward with completed registration form to:

Ms Mary Sweet

Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Unit

Medical Foundation Building – K25

The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Telephone: (02) 9036 3091 or Fax: (02) 9036 3092

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF REGISTRATION PAYMENT IS 31ST AUGUST 2015 AND FOR ABSTRACTS IS 31ST JULY 2015