ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT -
PHYSICIAN WITH SIMULATION
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
MODERATOR/SPEAKER
Prof. Suhail Alrukn
SPEAKER
DR. WAQAR GABA
SPEAKER
DR. TAREQ ALAFEEFI
NOTE: LECTURE FROM 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
WILL BE REPEATED AT 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Workshop Objectives
TO TRAIN PARTICIPANTS IN THE RAPID & EFFECTIVE ACTIVATION & EXECUTION OF A STROKE CODE, EMPHASIZING CRITICAL DECISION-MAKING DURING THE ACUTE PHASE.
TO PROVIDE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL INSIGHTS ON THROMBOLYSIS, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE OPTIMIZED USE OF TENECTEPLASE IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE.
WORKSHOP 1 - B
THROMBECTOMY
ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT -
PHYSICIAN WITH SIMULATION
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
MODERATOR
DR. ALI AL BALUSHI
SPEAKER
DR. MARIA KHAN
SPEAKER
PROF. KEITH MUIR
NOTE: LECTURE FROM 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
WILL BE REPEATED AT 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Workshop Objectives
TO FAMILIARIZE PARTICIPANTS WITH THE CLINICAL INDICATIONS, PROCEDURAL STEPS, & PROTOCOLS FOR MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY AS A KEY INTERVENTION IN ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT.
TO ENSURE PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTAND HOW THROMBECTOMY INTEGRATES INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CARE PATHWAY, FACILITATING PROTOCOL ADHERENCE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY COORDINATION.
WORKSHOP 2
BOTOX
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
MODERATOR
DR. ADNAN JALKHI
BOTOX FOR SPASTICITY
SPEAKER
DR. ALI HASSAN
BOTOX FOR MIGRAINE
SPEAKER
PROF. JASEM ALHASHEL
Workshop Objectives
TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CLINICAL INDICATIONS, DOSING, & EVIDENCE-BASED PROTOCOLS FOR BOTOX USE IN CHRONIC MIGRAINE MANAGEMENT.
TO FOCUS ON PRACTICAL, HANDS-ON TRAINING IN THE PRECISE TECHNIQUES OF ADMINISTERING BOTOX INJECTIONS, EMPHASIZING CORRECT ANATOMICAL LANDMARKS & INJECTION PATTERNS FOR OPTIMAL PATIENT OUTCOMES.
WORKSHOP 3
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
NURSES
| Reimagining Medicine
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
MODERATOR
MRS. MARIAM HAJOTHMAN
SPEAKER
MRS. GINA LEE
Workshop Objectives
TO TRAIN NURSES IN PROVIDING EFFECTIVE, PATIENT-CENTERED CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS).
TO ADDRESS COMMON CHALLENGES NURSES FACE IN MANAGING MS PATIENTS, INCLUDING SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT ADHERENCE.
TO PREPARE NURSES TO CONFIDENTLY ANSWER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FROM MS PATIENTS & THEIR FAMILIES ABOUT THE DISEASE AND ITS CARE.
07:00 - 07:20 PM
COFFEE BREAK
GALA DINNER
Moderators
DR. ALI HASSAN
PROF. SUHAIL ALRUKN
07:20 PM - 07:40 PM
TREAT & PREVENT MIGRAINE ATTACK WITH ONE
MEDICATION - DISCOVER WHAT IS POSSIBLE?
SPEAKER
DR. DEEB KAYED
07:40 PM - 08:00 PM
ROLE OF COMPLEMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT
OF GMG: FROM RWE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
SPEAKER
PROF. RAFFAELE IORIO
SPEAKER
DR. ALI HASSAN
08:00 PM - 08:20 PM
THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF MIGRAINE PROGRESSION
SPEAKER
PROF. ASTRID GENDOLLA
08:20 PM - 08:40 PM
NEW HORIZONS IN UNDERSTANDING THE
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF NON-RELAPSING SPMS
SPEAKER
DR. REEM ALSUWAIDI
08:40 PM - 09:00 PM
HATTR PROGRESSION: A NEUROLOGISTS’S APPROACH
TO UNCOVERING POLYNEUROPATHY
SPEAKER
DR. ABUBAKER ALMADANI
09:00 PM - 09:20 PM
CGRP RECEPTOR ANTAGONISM: THE EVOLUTION
OF MIGRAINE PREVENTION
SPEAKER
DR. MUSTAFA SHAKRA
09:20 PM - 10:30 PM
GALA DINNER
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DAY 2
Saturday, 11 January 2025 | 08:30 AM - 06:20 PM
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
ONSITE REGISTRATION
session 1
NEURO-IMMUNOLOGY
MODERATORS
Prof. Jihad Inshasi
Prof. Miklós Szólics
Dr. Areen Said
Dr. Ali Alshehri
08:30 AM - 08:50 AM
IIMMUNE-MEDIATED NEUROMUSCULAR
JUNCTION DISORDERS
SPEAKER
PROF. ANGELA VINCENT
08:50 AM - 09:10 AM
NMO SPECTRUM DISORDER: UPDATED MANAGEMENT
SPEAKER
PROF. RAFFAELE IORIO
09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
2024 MACDONALD CRITERIA HOW IT AFFECT
OUR CLINICAL PRACTICE
SPEAKER
DR. RAED AL ROUGHANI
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS
SPEAKER
PROF. ANGELA VINCENT
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
PERIPHERAL NERVE & IMMUNE MEDIATED DISORDERS
SPEAKER
DR. SIDRA AURENGAZEB
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM
QUESTION & ANSWER
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
6 YEARS OF EFFICACY & SAFETY: THE ONLY SELFADMINISTERED B-CELL THERAPY IN ONE MINUTE A YEAR
SPEAKER
DR. RAED ALROUGHANI
MODERATOR
DR. ALI HASSAN
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
REDEFINING BALANCE: ACHIEVING OPTIMAL
OUTCOMES IN MS MANAGEMENT
SPEAKER
DR. AHMED SHATILA
MODERATOR
DR. JIHAD INSHASI
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
MATTERS OF OUR TIME: UNLOCKING FULL
POTENTIAL OF ANTI-CD20
SPEAKER
DR. AHMED SHATILA
MODERATOR
DR. JABER AL KHABOURI
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
COFFEE BREAK
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM
OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY
DR. ALI HASSAN
session 2
HEADACHE
MODERATORS
Dr. Ahmed Daabis
Prof. Naji Riachi
Dr. Mustafa Shakra
Dr. Fatema Abdulla
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
PEROSONALIZED MIGRAINE THERAPY
SPEAKER
PROF. ASTRID GENDOLLA
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
FASTING AND MIGRAINE
SPEAKER
DR. ALI HASSAN
SPEAKER
DR. TAOUFIK ALSAADI
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
LONG TERM SAFETY OF CGRP THERAPY,
DO WE HAVE ANY RED FLAGES?
SPEAKER
PROF. ASTRID GENDOLLA
12:50 PM - 01:10 PM
QUESTION & ANSWER
01:10 PM - 01:30 PM
NEW TREATMENT PARADIGM IN MIGRAINE MANAGEMENT -
LET’S MAKE IT SIMPLE WITH ONE MEDICATION
SPEAKER
DR. TAOUFIK ALSAADI
01:30 PM - 01:50 PM
A NEW ERA OF TARGETED THERAPIES, AS EARLY AS
PRODROME AND AS TOUGH AS CHRONIC MIGRAINE PATIENTS
SPEAKER
DR. MONA THAKRE
01:50 PM - 02:50 PM
LUNCH BREAK
session 3
VASCULAR NEUROLOGY
MODERATORS
Prof. Suhail Alrukn
Dr. Adel Elberi
DR. ABUBAKER ALMADANI
Dr. Devdutt Nayak Kotekar
02:50 PM - 03:10 PM
EXTENDED WINDOWS FOR THROMBOLYSIS AN UPDATES
SPEAKER
PROF. KEITH MUIR
03:10 PM - 03:30 PM
MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY IN LVO IN ALAIN
SPEAKER
DR. JAMAL ALKOTEESH
03:30 PM - 03:50 PM
MANAGEMENT OF THE PATIENT IN THE POST
THROMBECTOMY SETTING
SPEAKER
PROF. KEITH MUIR
03:50 PM - 04:10 PM
WHAT IS NEW IN STROKE RESEARCH IN 2024
SPEAKER
DR. SEBY JOHN
04:10 PM - 04:25 PM
USING X-RAY SWALLOW TO ASSESS SILENT ASPIRATION
IN BRAIN STEM STROKES: TAWAM HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE
SPEAKER
MR. MANSOOR MUSTAFA
04:10 PM - 04:30 PM
QUESTION & ANSWER
04:30 PM - 04:40 PM
COFFEE BREAK
session 4
NEUROREHABILITATION SESSION
MODERATORS
Dr. Shruthikaa Ramanathan
Dr. Prathap Raghavan
05:00 PM - 05:20 PM
EVIDENCE BASED PHYSIOTHERAPY INTERVENTIONS
FOR VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION IN POST-STROKE
SPEAKER
DR. SHAIK BALKHIS BANU
04:40 PM - 05:00 PM
CLINICAL APPLICATION OF VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION
THERAPY IN POSTERIOR CIRCULATION STROKE
SPEAKER
MR. SRINIVASAN SHANMUGAM
SPEAKER
MR .MEERA MOHIDEEN SAHUL HAMEED
05:00 PM - 05:20 PM
USING X-RAY SWALLOW TO ASSESS SILENT ASPIRATION
IN BRAIN STEM STROKES: TAWAM HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE
SPEAKER
MR. MANSOOR MUSTHAFA
05:20 PM - 05:40 PM
PHYSICAL THERAPY MANAGEMENT FOR EARLY
PARKINSON’S DISEASE
SPEAKER
MRS. KOMATHI CHANDRAN
05:40 PM - 06:00 PM
LEE SILVERMAN VOICE THERAPY
SPEAKER
MRS. ZAKKIYA PATEL
06:10 PM - 06:30 PM
TBA
SPEAKER
TBA
06:00 PM - 06:20 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION & CLOSING REMARKS
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DAY 3
Sunday, 12 January 2025 | 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
ONSITE REGISTRATION
session 5
EPILEPSY
MODERATORS
Dr. Heba El Sayed
Dr. Hina Abbasi
Dr. Abdulla Alkuwaiti
Dr. Taoufik Alsaadi
09:00 AM - 09:20 AM
DBS IN EPILEPSY
SPEAKER
DR. TANMOY MAITI
09:20 AM - 09:40 AM
PITFALLS IN EPILEPSY MANAGEMENT
SPEAKER
PROF. JOHN PAUL LEACH
09:40 AM - 10:10 AM
EPILEPSY SURGERY: THE WHY, WHO & HOW
SPEAKER
DR. MOHAMAD AYMAN HAYKAL
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
OPTIMIZATION OF EMU
SPEAKER
PROF. JOHN PAUL LEACH
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
QUESTION & ANSWER
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
A SWIFT AND TARGETED APPROACH IN
MANAGING EPILEPSY
