The 2008 Neurology Update Meeting will take place in Croke Park Conference Centre on October 17th 2008.
Theme: Update on Neurological Therapeutics.
Programme
Guest Lecture
Registration
Directions to the Venue
Continuing Medical Education
Programme
Neurology Update Meeting 2008 - Programme
| 08.30 - 09.00 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 09.00 - 09.20 |
Neurological Therapeutics – “Diagnose and Adios” no Longer.
Dr. N Delanty, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. |
| 09.20 - 10.00 |
What can we really expect from Therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease?
Dr. C Doherty, St. James’ Hospital, Dublin. |
| 10.00 - 10.40 |
Novel Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapies for Stroke – Is there anything really new?
Dr. M McCarron, Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry |
| 10.40 - 10.50 |
Questions and Discussion |
| 10.50 - 11.10 |
Coffee |
| 11.10 - 11.50 |
Migraine and the Triptan Wars.
Dr. P Boers, Mid west Regional Hospital, Limerick. |
| 11.50 - 12.30 |
A Guide to the Newest Anti-epileptic Drugs.
Dr. K Murphy, Sligo General Hospital |
| 12.30 - 12.40 |
Questions and Discussion |
| 12.40 - 13.40 |
Lunch |
| 13.40 - 14.20 |
Disease Modifying Therapies in MS – Focus on Natalizamab (Tysabri).
Dr. J Moroney, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin |
| 14.20 - 15.00 |
Parkinson’s Disease – new Patches and Formulations.
Dr. T Counihan, University College Hospital, Galway. |
| 15.00 - 15.40 |
Treatment of Psychiatric Co-morbidity in Neurological Disease.
Dr. D Cotter, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin |
| 15.40 - 15.50 |
Questions and Discussion |
| 15.50 - 16.10 |
Coffee |
| 16.10 - 17.10 |
Guest Lecture – "Treatment of Mitochondrial Disease - start of a new era?"
Professor D Turnbull, University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
| 17.10 - 17.20 |
Questions and Discussion |
| 17.20 |
Close of Meeting |
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Guest Lecture
Professor Douglas Turnbull will deliver the guest lecture. Professor Turnbull is Professor of Neurology at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne where he heads the Mitochondrial Research Group at the Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases. 
His major research interests are the role of mitochondrial DNA mutations in disease. Mitochondrial DNA disorders are a common group of inborn errors of metabolism and the diagnosis and management of patients with these defects has been a major interest of the group. More recently the Mitochondrial Research Group has been exploring the role of mitochondrial abnormalities in neurodegenerative disease, ageing and cancer.
For more information on Professor Turnbull's work with the Mitochondrial Research Group please click on the link to follow Mitochondrial Research Group
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Registration
To register for the meeting please click on the link to follow and forward the form and registration fee to the IICN at:
P.O. Box 351, Limerick; Email: info@iicn.ie; Fax: 061 203041 Registration Neurology Update Meeting
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Directions to Croke Park Stadium
Directions & Parking http://www.crokepark.ie/page/directions.html
Croke Park is situated in north Dublin between Drumcondra and Ballybough and is bordered by Jones's Road to the west, Clonliffe Road to the north, St. James Avenue to the east and the Royal Canal to the south.
Car
For Hogan/Davin Stand events, parking is available at the Canal Car Park. This is located off the North Circular Road and accessed via St Margaret Avenue (first left after Gills Pub on the corner with Russell Street). Pedestrian access is from the car park onto Jones's Road for the main entrance to the Hogan Stand.
The stadium is well served by public transport.
See Bus, Rail, DART and LUAS can all bring you to within 15 minutes walk from the ground.
Dublin Bus www.dublinbus.ie
Croke Park is serviced by the following routes : 11 | 11a | 11b | 16 | 16a | 3 | 41 | 51a |
LUAS www.luas.ie
DART www.dart.ie
To view a downloadable map please click on the link to follow Croke Park Stadium
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Continuing Medical Education
The meeting has been allocated 7 continuing medical education (CME) credits by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
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