14th Annual Academic Sessions
Improving neurology care through introspection
DAY 1
Pre-congress session
Virtual event
Friday 12 February 2021
08.00 – 09.00 | REGISTRATION and LOG-IN |
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09.00 – 11.00 |
Neurology Challenge (interactive question session – Open for All) |
11.00 – 11.30 | Tea |
11.30 – 12.30 |
Inter-Neurology Unit Medical Officer’s Quiz |
12.30 – 13.00 | Lunch |
13.00 – 14.30 |
Registrar’s Neurology Quiz |
DAY 2
Venue: Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo
Saturday 13 February 2021
*In-person participation by invitation only. These measures are in place owing to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
08.00 – 09.00 | REGISTRATION and LOG-IN | |
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09.00 – 11.00 | INAUGURATION CEREMONY and JB PEIRIS ORATION | |
11.30 – 12.00 |
Parkinson’s disease: update on non-motor aspects |
Prof. Shen-Yang Lim Malaysia |
12.00 – 13.00 |
Oral Research Presentations |
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13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
14.00 – 14.30 |
Understanding Parkinson’s: where has genetics got us? |
Prof. Nicholas Wood UK |
14.30 – 15.00 |
Update on stroke thrombolysis and thrombectomy |
Dr Anthony Pereira UK |
15.00 – 15.30 |
Emerging therapies in migraine |
Dr Manjit Matharu UK |
15.30 – 16.00 |
Epilepsy in the elderly |
Prof. Ley Sanders UK |
16.00 – 16.30 | Tea |
DAY 3
Venue: Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo
Sunday 14 February 2021
*In-person participation by invitation only. These measures are in place owing to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
08.00 – 09.00 | REGISTRATION and LOG-IN | |
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09.00 – 09.30 |
Antiplatelet therapy in secondary prevention of stroke |
Prof. Udaya Ranawaka SL |
09.30 – 10.00 |
Principles of CSF diversion |
Dr Stravinsky Perera SL |
10.00 – 10.30 |
Clinicopathological features of muscular dystrophy. Are we missing chronic autoimmune myopathy? |
Prof. Roshitha Waduge SL |
10.30 – 11.00 |
Use of mobile apps in clinical neurology |
Dr Dilum Palliyeguruge SL |
11.00 – 11.30 | Tea | |
11.30 – 12.00 |
Alzheimer’s disease: past, present and future |
Prof. Amos Korczyn Israel |
12.00 – 12.30 |
Mild cognitive impairment – is it a legitimate diagnosis? |
Prof. Amos Korczyn Israel |
12.30 – 13.00 |
Recent advances in Paediatric MS and its mimics |
Dr Cheryl Hemingway UK |
13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
14.00 – 14.30 |
Young Neurologists’ Forum Best Presentation |
Dr Hasini Munasinghe
SL |
14.30 – 16.00 |
ASN Quiz and awards |
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16.00 – 16.30 | Tea |