Registrars’ Prize in Clinical Neuroscience
Director: Dr. John McHugh
Sponsored by: Biogen Idec Ireland
Minerva Room, RDS, Dublin
November 10th, 2017
Registrar’s Prize in Clinical Neuroscience
November 10th, 2017
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08.30 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 – 09.10 Welcome and Introduction
Dr. John McHugh
INTERESTING CASE REPORTS
10 minutes: 8 minutes + 2 minutes questions
09.10Familial early onset tremulous dystonia- a novel mutation
Al Hussona M, McGovern EM, Webb D, Hutchinson M, O’Riordan S.
09.21Complex Family Dynamics
Barr S, Doherty CM, Morrison PJ, Gray O, Donaghy C, McConville J.
09.32Pharmacogenetic mediated encephalopathy in a patient with metastatic pancreatic cancer
Cullinane P, Leonard G, Lynch J.
09.43A Case of AARS2 Leucoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation (LBSL)
Doyle M, Lynch J.
09.54Double Trouble: A difficult dual diagnosis.
Gaughan M, Nestor L, Beausang A, Wall D, Redmond J.
10.05A Positive Brain Biopsy But What’s The Diagnosis?
Laffan A, Crimmins D, Farrell M, Tubridy N, Kinsella J, McGuigan C.
10.16Neurological Aspects of a Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus.
Llamas Y, O’Brien M, Widdess-Walsh P, Farrell M.
10.27Deaf, Blind, and a Surprising Find.
Yap SM, Reid V, Lynch T, Smyth S.
10.40 – 11.00 Tea and Coffee
11.00Subacute cough headache with fever
McKenna MC,Cronin S.
11.11Human prion disease – the Great Masquerader of cognitive decline
Munteanu T, Lynch T.
11.22Clash of the Titins
Murphy SJX, Bogdanova-Mihaylova P, Hurley A, Murphy SM.
11.33A Case of Two Brothers: Should we look beyond a Cerebral palsy diagnosis?
Ndukwe II, King M, O’Riordan S, Hutchinson M.
11.44A Rare presentation for a Thunderclap Headache.
O’Donnell L, Lynch J, Monaghan T.
11.55Atrioesophageal fistula: A case report
Shaikh E, Murphy S.
12.06Reversible Corticobasal Syndrome
Williams L1, Paramanandam V1, Hadjivassiliou M2, Olszewska D1, Munteanu T1, Fearon C, Magennis B, Sarrigiannis P, Lynch T.
12.17Effective urgent surgical treatment of refractory focal motor seizures due to focal cortical dysplasia.
Lyons S, Brett FM, O’Brien D, Kilbride R, Delanty N, Widdess-Walsh P, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
12.30 – 13.30Lunch
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
15 minutes: 12 minutes + 3 minutes questions
13.30Healthcare utilisation in patients with chronic Hepatitis C infection related neurocognitive dysfunction.
Ferguson D, Gaudino C, Ascione M, Doherty CP, Norris S.
13.46Sub-concussive brain injury; Dynamic Blood Brain Barrier changes in response to a season of contact sport.
Kelly E, O’Keefe E, Wallace E, Greene C, Kealy J, Lynch MA, Doyle N, Hay A, Humphries MM, Humphries P, Farrell MA, Grant GA, Friedman A, Veksler R, Molloy MG, Meaney JF, Pender N, Doherty CP, Campbell M.
14.02New versus old: Implications of evolving diagnostic criteria for Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
McNicholas N, Lockhart A, Yap SM, O’Connell K, Tubridy N, Hutchinson M, McGuigan C.
14.18Goal directed motor learning performance in IPD and PARK2-PD
Munteanu T, Birsanu D, Newman L, Fearon C, O’Riordan S, Reilly RB, Lynch T.
14.34Evidence Of Ongoing Platelet Activation In Micro-Emboli Negative Recently Symptomatic Versus Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: Results From The Haemostasis In Carotid Stenosis (HEIST) Study
Murphy SJX, Lim ST,, Kinsella JA, Tierney S, Egan B, Feeley TM, Murphy SM, Walsh RA, Collins DR, Coughlan T, O’Neill D, Harbison JA, Madhavan P, O’Neill SM, Colgan MP, Cox D, Moran N, Hamilton G, McCabe DJH
14.50The first study to examine the association between glucocerebrosidase mutations and Parkinson’s disease in Ireland.
Olszewska DA, McCarthy A, Soto A, Walton R, McLaughlin R, Hardiman O, Lynch T, Ross OA.
15.06A prospective study of fracture risk, fall risk and overall bone health in ambulatory patients with moderately advanced multiple sclerosis.
Yap SM, McNicholas N, Jordan S, Buckley L, Iyer PM, Shaikh E, Tubridy N, Hutchinson M, McGuigan C.
15.22Diffuse right hemisphere hypoxic-ischaemic injury following status epilepticus: report of three cases
Vila-Sala C, Sala-Padró J, Lynch J, Delanty N, Widdess-Walsh P.
15.40Judges Deliberation
16.00Announcement and Presentation of Awards
16.15Close of Meeting
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