Jeddah Neuroscience Update 2007

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15th Annual Saudi Neuroscience Symposium
7th Annual Meeting of the Saudi Chapter of Epilepsy
4th Annual Jeddah Neuroscience Update
 
 
Venue: Al Qaser Hall, Jeddah Hilton Hotel
Jeddah, KSA
23-24-25 January 2007

 Honorary Chairman
Dr. Mohamed Erfan                  Dr. Saleh Al Deeb

Chairman
Dr. Hussein Malibary

Steering Committee
Dr. Abdelhakim Shawki         Dr. Hussein Malibary
Dr. Siba Abssi



Topics

Epilepsy & Epilepsy Surgery

Headache

Involuntary Movements

Dementia

Multiple Sclerosis

Stroke & Vascular Disorders

Neurosurgery

Neuroradiology

Spinal Surgery

Miscellaneous




 

 

 

Organized by:
 

CME Committee

at Dr. Erfan and Bagedo Hospital

 

In collaboration with the:

Saudi Chapter of Epilepsy

Saudi Advisory Group Against Stroke

Saudi Advisory Group Against Multiple Sclerosis

Saudi Neurological Society

 

 

National Advisory Board

 

 

Abed Abdelkareem
Mohamad Abdul Jabbar
Ahmad Al Attar
Hussein Al Gahtani
Saeed Al Ghamdi
Fawaz Al Hamaid
Mohamad Al Jumaah
Saggaf Al Saggaf
Abdelsalam Al Sulaiman
Abdelaziz Al Zamzami
Saleh Baeesa
Saeed Bohlega
Mousa El Megally

 

Yusif El Saied
Abdel Rahman El-Tahan
Ayman Eman Hassan
Hassan Jaber
Abdelhakim Jamjoom
Mohammad Jan
Maher Ahmed Khalifa
Sonia Khan
Waleed Khoja
Taher Obied
Sherin Qureshi
Mohamad Tarkhan
Talat Wazna

 

 

International Advisory Group
 

 

Adel Al Geshi
Abdelkarim Al Qudah
Asmahan Al Shebili
Ahmad Beydoun
Yousef Comair
Saher Hashim

 

Hassan Hosni
Ahmad Khalifa
Ashraf Kurdi
Mohamed Mikati
Amel Mrabet
Marwan Najjar



 

 

 

 

 

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 Faculty

 

 

 

International Faculty

Magdy Aidaros, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Zagazig University
Egypt

Ahmed Beydoun, MD
Professor of Neurology
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon

Wael Fadel, MD
Professor of Neurology
Tanta University
Egypt

Gharib Fawi, MD
Professor of Neurology
Head of Neuropsychiatry Dept.
Sohag Faculty of Medicine
Egypt

Peter Jenner, MD
Professor of Clinical Pharmaceutical
Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Center, GKT School of Biomedical Sciences, King’s College
London, UK

Ahmed Khalifa, MD
Head Department of Neurology
Damascus Hospital
President of Syrian Society of Neurosciences, President Syrian Chapter of Epilepsy, Vice President of Pan Arab Union Neurological Society
Damascus, Syria

Bernd Kiesseier, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Heinrich-Heine University
Dusseldorf, Germany

Heba Mourad, MD
Asst. Professor of Clinical Pathology
Tanta University
Egypt

Marwan Najjar, MD
Assistant Professor Of Neurosurgery
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon

Mohamed Abdulkhaleq Omar, MD
Consultant Diabetologist
Associate Professor Department of Medicine, University of Natal
South Africa

Emilio Perucca, MD
Vice President of ILAE
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology
Institute of Neurology
University of Pavia
Pavia – Italy

Hartwig R. Siebner, MD
Professor of “Neuroimaging of Movement disorders”
Department of Neurology
Schleswig-Holstein University Hospital, Kiel Campus
Schittenhelmstrasse Germany

 

National Faculty

Mohamed Abduljabbar, MD
Head of Neurology Department
Security Forces Hospital
Riyadh

Abdinnaser Abukar, MD
Specialist Neurosurgeon
King Abdulaziz University Hospital & Oncology Center
Jeddah

Ahmed Aboulaban, MD
Neurologist
King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Jeddah

Taha Ahmed, PhD
Associate Professor, College of Medicine
King Saud University, Riyadh
Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist
King Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh

Ahmed Al Attar, MD
Consultant Neurologist
National Guard Hospital
Jeddah

Narmer I. Azzam, MD, FRCS Ed
Head of Neurosurgery Department
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Dr. Erfan & Bagedo Hospital
Jeddah

Hani Azzouni, MD
Consultant Neurosurgeon
King Fahd Hospital
Jeddah

Saleh Baeesa, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
King Abdulaziz University and King Faisal Specialist Hospital
Jeddah

Eman Bakhsh, MD
Consultant Neuroradiologist
Riyadh Military Hospital
Riyadh

Raida Al Baradie, MD
Assistant Professor Pediatric Neurologist and
Epilepsy specialist, Department of Pediatrics
King Faisal University
King Fahd Hospital of the University
Al-Khobar

Magdy Barakat, MD
Consultant Rheumatologist
King Fahad Hospital
Jeddah

Nabil Biary, MD
Consultant Neurologist, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital
Riyadh

Omar Bin Bisher, PhD
President, Saudi Neurophysiology Board
Chief, Clinical Neurophysiology Services
King Abdulaziz Medical City
National Guard Health Affairs
Riyadh

Saeed Bohlega, MD, FRCPC, ABEM, FRCP (EDIN)
Interim Chairman, Department of Neurosciences
Distinguished Senior Consultant Neurologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh

Mohamed Dad, CABP DCH MSC
Pediatric Consultant Epileptologist in MMCH
Assistant Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine,
Taibah University in Madinah
President of Madina Physicians Charity Foundation
Madinah, Al Munawwara

Abdulkader Daif, MD
Professor of Neurology
King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh

H. Al Dalaan, MD
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Riyadh

Saleh Al Deeb, MD
Regional Vice President of WFN
H. President of Saudi Chapter of Epilepsy
Consultant Neurologist
Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital
Riyadh

Ahmed Diraz, MD
Consultant Neurosurgeon
King Abdulaziz Hospital and Oncology Center
Jeddah

Mohamed Erfan, MD
Consultant Psychiatry
General Director and CEO
Dr. Erfan and Bagedo Hospital
Jeddah

Hussien Al Qahtani, MD
Consultant Neurologist
National Guard Hospital
Jeddah

Husam Al Habib, MD
Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery
Dammam Central Hospital
Dammam

Mohamed Al Hakami, MD
Consultant Neurologist
King Fahd Hospital
Gizan

Ahmed Hassan, MD
Consultant Neurologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Jeddah

Ayman Emam Hassan, MD
Professor of Neurology
Head of Neurology Department
Saudi German Hospital
Jeddah

Abdulmonem Al Hayani, DipFMS, PhD
Faculty of Medicine
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah

Hassan Jaber, MD
Head of Neurosurgery Department
Armed Forces Hospital
Jeddah

Maher Al Jadid, MD
Consultant & Head of Rehabilitation Division
Neuroscience Department
Riyadh Military Hospital
Riyadh
 

Anis Jamil, MD
Senior Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Head, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Children's Hospital, Riyadh Medical Complex
Riyadh

Abdelhakim Jamjoum, MD
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Head of Neurosurgery Department
National Guard Hospital
Jeddah

Mohamed Jan, MD
Associate Professor and Consultant of Pediatric Neurology
King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Jeddah

Mohamed Al Jumaah, MD
Head of Neurology Department
National Guard Hospital
Riyadh

Mohamed Kabiraj, MD
Consultant Neurophysiologist
Riyadh Military Hospital
Riyadh

Mamdouh Kalkattawi, MD
Consultant Neurologist
Al Noor General Hospital
Makkah

Abid Kareem, MD
Consultant Neurologist
King Fahad Hospital
Madinah, Al Munawwara

Zuheir Al Kawi, MD
Distinguished Senior Consultant
Department of Neurosciences
King Faisal Specialist Hospital And Research Center
Riyadh
 

Maher Khalifa, MD
Consultant Pediatrician
Pediatric Neurologist
Dr. Erfan & Bagedo Hospital
Jeddah

Mohamed Khalifah, MD
Consultant Rheumatologist
King Fahad Hospital
Jeddah

Sonia A. Khan, MD, FRCP (Edin)
President of the Saudi Chapter of Epilepsy
Consultant Neurologist, Consultant Epileptologist
Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital
Riyadh

Ahmed Al Khani, MD
Consultant Neurosurgery
Director, Movement Disorders Program
Department of Neurosciences
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center.

Waleed Khoja, MD
Consultant and Head of Neurology
Chair, Saudi Advisory Group Against Stroke,
Riyadh Military Hospital
Riyadh

Suliman Kojan, MD
Consultant Neurologist
Neurology Division, Medicine Dept.
King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh

Sattam S. Lingawi, MD, FRCPC, ABR
Associate Prof. & Chairman of Radiology
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah
President, Radiological Society of Saudi Arabia
President, Pan Arab Association of Radiological Societies

Adel A.H. Mahmoud, MD, FRCP,

MRCPCH (UK)
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh

Hussein Malibary, MD
Professor of Neurology
King Abdulaziz University
Former Dean of Medical School
Jeddah

Waleed Mangour, MD
Neurology Specialist, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital
Riyadh

Medhat Marzook, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Suez Canal University
Ismailia, Egypt
Consultant of Neurosurgery
King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Jeddah

Mousa El Megally, MD
Consultant Neurologist
Heraa General Hospital
Makkah

Abdulaziz Mirghani, MD
Consultant Neurology
Dr. Erfan & Bagedo Hospital
Jeddah

Mansour El Moalem, MD
Professor of Neurology
King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh

Hatem Mourad, MD
Consultant Neurologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &RC
Riyadh

Yahya Mousali, MD
Consultant Neurologist
King Khalid National Guard Hospital
Jeddah

Tahir Obeid, MD
Head of Neurology Department
Consultant Neurologist
National Guard Hospital
Jeddah

Shireen Qureshi, MD, FRCPC
Consultant Neurologist/Clinical Neurophysiologist
Saudi Aramco
Dhahran

Saad Al Rajeh, MD
Professor of Neurology
King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh

Ahmed Al Rumayyan, MD, FRCPC, FAAP
Division Head, Pediatric Neurology
Department of Pediatrics King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh

Ghassan Sabbagh, MD
Consultant Neurosurgeon
King Fahad Hospital
Jeddah

Saggaf El Saggaf, MD
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Head of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Department
King Fahad Hospital
Jeddah

Yousef Al Said, MD
Vice Presidents of Saudi Chapter of Epilepsy
Consultant Neurologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Jeddah

Abdelaziz Al Semari, MD
Consultant Neurologist, Director of Epilepsy Program
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Riyadh

Fahmai Al Senani, MD
Deputy Director of the Neuroscience Center
King Fahad Medical City
Stroke Program Director
Head of of the Neurology Dept
Riyadh

Mohamed Shamrani, MD
Consultant Neurologist
National Guard Hospital
Dammam

Abdelhakim Shawki, MD
Professor of Neurology
Consultant Neurologist
Head of Neurology Department
Dr. Erfan and Bagedo Hospital
Jeddah

Khalid Siddiqui, MD
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Director of Neurosciences
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Saad Specialist Hospital
Al Khobar

Bent Stigsby, MD, PhD
Consultant Neurophysiologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh

Abdulrahman Tahan, MD
Professor & Consultant Neurologist
Neurology Division, Department of Medicine
King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh

Mohamed Tarkhan, MD
Professor & Consultant Neurologist
Bakhsh Hospital
Jeddah

Ebtissam Thubaiti, MD
Neurologist
National Guard Hospital
Riyadh

Saeed Wahass, PhD
Assistant Professor & Consultant, Division of Clinical Psychology College of Medicine, King Faisal University
Dammam

Omar M. Wazzan, MD
Consultant Neurologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Jeddah

Mohamed Zaghloul, MD
Consultant Rheumatologist
King Fahad Hospital
Jeddah

Abdelaziz Al Zamzami, MD
Head of Neurology Department
King Fahad Hospital
Jeddah

 

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Program

Tuesday, Jan 23, 2007
Al Qaser Hall, Hilton Hotel

 

7:30 – 8:30am

Registration

8:30 – 9:00am  

Welcome Address


 

 

Session 1

(9:00am - 11:10am)
 

Chairmen:    Dr. Saleh El Deeb
                     Dr. Abdelrahman Tahan

 

9:00 – 9:15 

Neurology in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hussein Malibary

 

9:15 – 9:30 

Pediatric Neurologists in Saudi Arabia: An Audit of Current Practice  
Dr. Mohammed Jan

 

9:30 – 9:45  

Controversies in Neurosurgery: A Saudi Experience               
Dr. Khalid Siddiqui

 

9:45 – 10:05

Migraine: New Concepts
Dr. Abdelhakim Shawki

 

10:05 – 10:25   

Update in Botulinum Therapy in Neurology

Dr. Saeed Bohlega

 

10:25 – 10:55

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Neurological Practice
Dr. Hartwig Siebner

 

10:55 – 11:10 

Panel Discussion

 

11:10 – 11:30 

Coffee Break

 


 

Session 2
(11:30am -12:30 pm)

 
Chairmen:    Dr. Abdel Aziz Zamzami
                   Dr. Mohamed Al Hakami

           

Satellite Symposium "Lundbeck"
 

11:30 – 11:50 

Alzheimer’s disease Current Status and Future Prospects
Dr. Abdelhakim Shawki

 

11:50 – 12:15 

New Therapeutic Approaches to Alzheimer’s Disease
Dr. Hatem Mourad

 

12:15 – 12:30 

Discussion

 

12:30 – 1:30 

Prayer / Lunch

 
  Poster Session I


                       

Session 3

Stroke Program
(1:30 - 3:30 pm)
 

Chairmen:    Dr. Saad Al Rajih
                   Dr. Zuheir Al Kawi

 

1:30 – 1:50

Neuroimaging in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Dr. Sattam Lingawi

 

1:50 – 2:10

Prognostic Factors that Predict the Outcome of Stroke
Dr. Abdulrahman Tahan

 

2:10 – 2:30 

Update on Stroke Prevention             
Dr. Shireen Al-Qureshi

 

2:30 – 2:50

Saudi Resident Attitude Towards Stroke Study “SRATSS”:

Research Proposal

Dr. Fahmi Al-Senani

 

2:50 – 3:10

Difficulties Encountered in Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Maher Al-Jadid

 

3:10 – 3:30 

Discussion

 

3:30 – 4:00  

Prayer / Break

 


 

Session 4

Stroke Program
Interactive Case Discussion
(4:00 – 5:30pm)
 


Chairmen: Dr. Ahmed Hassan
                  Dr. Mousa El Megally
 

4:00 – 4:20

Critical Thinking is Always the Way to Go
Dr. Suleiman Kojan

 

4:20 – 4:40

Emergency Stroke Management
Dr. Fahmi Al-Senani

 

4:40 – 5:00

Small Vessel Disease & Stroke
Dr. Zuheir Al Kawi

 

5:00 – 5:20

Honey Moon Crisis
Dr. Waleed Khoja

 

5:20 – 5:30

Saudi Stroke Association – A Glance
Dr. Waleed Khoja

 

 

Business Meeting

Al Madinah Room

 

5:30 – 6:00pm

Annual Neuroscience Meetings
 

6:15 - 7:00pm

SAGAS

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, Jan 24, 2007

 

Session 5
Neurosurgery
(8:30- 10:50am)

 

Chairmen: Dr. Abdelhakim Jamjoum
                  Dr. Hassan Jaber

 

8:30 – 8:50

Functional Neurosurgery: Experience for Movement Disorders at Riyadh Military Hospital

Dr. Nabil Biary

 

8:50 – 9:10

Honey is the Natural Glue
Dr. Narmer Azzam

 

9:10 – 9:30

Dystonia: Surgical Treatment Options
Dr. Ahmed Al Khani

 

9:30 – 9:50

Performing Arteriography by Using N-Butyl Cyanoacrylate in Animals Model
Dr. Husam Al-Habib

 

9:50 – 10:10

The Impact of Neuronavigation on the Resection of Supratentorial Gliomas: Does It Make a Difference?
Dr. Saleh S. Baeesa

 

10:10 – 10:30

Management of Lesions at the Craniovertebral Junction
Dr. Ahmed Diraz
Dr. Abdinnaser Abubakr

 

10:30 – 10:50

Traumatic Cranial Epidural Hematomas Conservative Treatment vs. Surgical Intervention
Dr. Saggaf El Saggaf
Dr. Hani Al Azzouni
Dr. Moh’d Gassan

 

10:50 – 11:10

Discussion

 

11:10 – 11:40

Break

 

 



 

Session 6
(11:40am -12:50pm)
 


Chairmen: Dr. Abdulkader Daif
                  Dr. Saed Bohlega
 

11:40 – 12:00

Population Based Carrier Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Dr. Moh’d Al Jumah

 

12:00 – 12:20

Acute Disseminated Encephalo Myelitis
Dr. Ayman Emam

 

12:20 – 12:50

Long Term Efficacy in M.S. Therapy
Dr. Bernd Kiesseier

 

Satellite Symposium “Biogen”

12:50 – 1:20

New Approaches in the Management of M.S.
Dr. Bernd Kiesseier

 

1:20 – 2:20

Prayers / Lunch

 

Poster Session II


 


                        

Session 7

(2:20pm –3:40pm)
 

Chairmen: Dr. Ahmed Al Attar
                Dr. Mohamed Abduljabbar
 

2:20 – 2:40

Non-Motor Manifestations of Parkinson Disease
Dr. Saeed Bohlega

 

2:40 – 3:10

Mechanisms of Motor Complications in PD
Dr. Peter Jenner

 

Satellite Symposium “Novartis”

3:10 – 3:40

 

New Therapeutic Approaches to the Treatment of PD”
Dr. Peter Jenner

 


 

Session 8

(3:40pm –4:45pm)
 


Chairmen: Dr. Abid Kareem
                  Dr. Moh’d Tarkhan
 

3:40 – 4:10

Diabetic Neuropathy
Dr. Mohamed A. Omar

 

4:10 – 4:25

Central Control of Ocular Movement
Dr. Ahmed Khalifa

 

4:30 – 4:45

Oculomotor Apraxia: One Sign, Different Etiologies

Dr. Maher Khalifa

 

4:45 – 5:15

Prayer / Break

 

 

 

 

Session 9
Neurosurgery
(5:15pm –6:25pm)
 

Chairmen: Dr. Abdulaziz Mirghani
                  Dr. Mansour El Moalem

5:15 – 5:30

Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Associated with Streptococcal Infections In Young Patients
Dr. Mohamed Zaghloul
Dr. Mohamed Khalifah
Dr. Magdy Barakat

 

5:30 – 5:45

Subclinical Autonomic Neuropathy in
Asymptomatic Saudi Diabetic Patients
Dr. Taha S. Ahmed

 

5:45 – 6:00

A New Appraisal of Cutaneous Silent Period (CSP): An On-going Prospective
Study on A-Delta Fibers Conduction Behaviour
Dr. Waleed Mangour
Dr. Mohamed Kabiraj

 

6:00 – 6:15

Correlation between SSG Alpha Wave and Medical Student’s Performance
Dr. Ahmed Aboulaban

 

6:15 – 6:25

Discussion

 

 

Business Meeting

Al Madinah Room

 

6:30 – 7:00

Saudi Chapter of Epilepsy Meeting

 

7:00 – 7:30

Saudi Board of Neurophysiology Meeting

 

7:30

Gala Dinner

 


 

Thursday, Jan 25, 2007

Al Qaser Hall, Hilton Hotel

 

8:00 – 8:10 am

Welcome Address
Dr. Saleh Al Deeb

 

8:10 – 8:20

The Saudi Chapter of Epilepsy
Dr. Sonia Khan
 

8:20 – 8:30

The Role of International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)
Dr. Emilio Perucca

 


 

Session 10

Epilepsy Program
(8:30 – 10:10am)

 


Chairmen: Dr. Abdelaziz Al Semari
                Dr. Yousif Al Said
 

8:30 – 9:00

The Role of Pharmacogenetics and
Pharmacogenomics In Antiepileptic Drug Therapy
Dr. Emilio Perucca

 

9:00 – 9:30

Medical Treatment of Pharmacoresistant Epilepsies
Dr. Ahmed Beydoun

 

9:30 – 10:00

Epidemiology of Epilepsy and Epilepsy Registry
Dr. Abdelaziz Al Semari

 

10:00 – 10:10

Discussion


                       

Session 11

Epilepsy Program

Pediatric Epilepsy
(10:10am - 11:20am)
 

Chairmen:  Dr. Mohamed Jan
                 Dr. Raida Al Baradie
 

10:10 – 10:30

Update on Management of Infantile Spasm
Dr. Raida Al Baradie
 

10:30 – 10:50

Generalized Epilepsies in Children
Dr. Mohamed Dad

 

10:50 – 11:10

Partial Epilepsies in Children
Dr. Ahmed Al Rumayyan
 

11:10 – 11:20

Discussion
 

11:20 – 11:30

Break
 



 

Session 12

Epilepsy Program
EEG Teaching Session
(11:30am – 1:15pm)
 


Chairmen:   Dr. H. Al Dalaan
                 Dr. Mohd Shamrani
 

11:30 – 11:45

Technical Limitation of EEG
Dr. Omar Bin Bishr

 

11:45 – 12:00

EEG Montages in Clinical Application
Dr. Shireen Qureshi

 

12:00 – 12:15

EEG in Neonatal Seizures
Dr. Nabil Biary

 

12:15 – 12:30

CEEG Monitoring for Critically ill Patients in the NICU
Dr. Mohamed Kabiraj
 

12:30 – 12:45

Discussion
 

 

                       

Satellite Symposium "UCB"

 

Chairmen: Dr. Hussein Malibary
                Dr. Moh’d Kalkattawi

 

12:45 – 1:15

New Trends in the Management of the Epilepsies
Dr. Ahmed Beydoun

 

1:15 – 2:00

Lunch break

 


 

Session 13
Epilepsy Program
(2:00 – 4:20 pm)
 

Chairmen: Dr. Hussien Al Qahtani
                  Dr. Saleh Baeesa

 

2:00 – 2:10

Epileptic Disorders Associated with Chromosomal Aberrations- An Overview
Dr. Jamil Anis
 

2:10 – 2:20

Potentially Serious Lamotrigine-Related Skin Rash
Dr. Mohamed Jan
 

2:20 – 2:30

Epilepsy Surgery Done in KFSH&RC - Jeddah
Dr. Yousef Al Said

 

2:30 – 2:40

Task Related Functional MRI Clinical Application in Epilepsy
Dr. Eman Bakhsh
 

2:40 – 2:50

Psychology of Epilepsy
Dr. Saeed Wahass
 

2:50 – 3:00

Resective Epilepsy Surgery: Outcome Analysis
Dr. Marwan Najjar
 

3:00 – 3:10

Ketogenic Diet in Epilepsy
Dr. A. Mahmoud
 

3:10 – 3:20

Levetiracetam in the Management of Epilepsy: RMH Experience
Dr. Sonia Khan
 

3:20 – 3:30

The Effect of Topiramate on Seizure Types within the Lennox- Gastaut Syndrome
Dr. Hussien Al Qahtani
 

3:30 – 3:40

Success and Failure of Topiramate monotherapy in the Treatment of Childhood Epilepsy
Dr. Ahmed Attar
 

3:40 – 3:50

Non-Epileptic Psychogenic Seizures “Diagnostic Difficulty" Clinical, Biochemical, and Neurophysiological Study
Dr. Garib Fawi

 

3:50 – 4:00

Stigma and Epilepsy
Dr. Tahir Obeid
 

4:00 – 4:10

In-vitro Anticonvulsant Action of 2-ara Chidonylglycerol
Dr. Al Hayani

 

4:10 – 4:20

Epilepsy age 60 years and above
Dr. Yahya Mousali
 

Satellite Symposium “Sanofi Aventis”

 

4:20 – 4:45

Efficacy of Valproate in different seizures and syndromes
Dr. Emilio Perucca
 

4:45 - 4:55

Break

 


                       

Session 14

Epilepsy Program

Video EEG Presentations
(4:55 – 5:40pm)
 

Chairpersons: Dr. Sonia Khan
                     Dr. Ayman Emam
 

4:55 – 5:10

Case 1
Dr. Sonia Khan
 

5:10 – 5:25

Case 2
Dr. Abdelaziz Al Semari
 

5:25 – 5:40

Case 3
Dr. Abdulhakim Shawki
 

 

Closing Remarks
Dr. Hussein Malibary

 

 

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Workshop

 


 23rd & 24th January 2007
TIME: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Venue: Al Madinah Room
EMG Course Session 1 & 2
 4 CME hours


Instructors:
Dr. Omar Wazzan  & Dr. Bent Stigsby

Objective:
1- To obtain additional skills in performing neurophysiological tests
including EMG, NCV and evoked potentials.
2- To have an exposure how to operate key point machine and to read and
interpret results.


DAY 1 January 23, 2007
Duration: 3 hours

Structure:
1- Neurophysiology simplified related anatomy
2- NCV, Basic concepts
3- Sensory NCV
4- Motor NCV
5- Late responses (F-wave and H-reflex)
6- NMJ, RNS
7- Clinical applications.


DAY 2 January 24, 2007
Duration: 3 hours

Structure:
1- EMG, Basic concepts
2- EMG, Normal Findings
3- EMG, Abnormal Findings
4- EMG, Clinical applications (neurogenic vs. myogenic)

Hands on training:
Each attendee will try to perform the test.

 

"Limited participants only"

 

 

 

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 Registration Information:
Dr. Erfan & Bagedo Hospital
P. O. Box 6519 Jeddah 21452, KSA
Phone (9662) 682-0022 ext. 673 Fax (9662) 691-7747 or
(9662) 682-0022 ext. 672 E-mail: cme@ebhospital.com 
Website: http://www.erfanbagedohospital.med.sa  

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