16th CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW
ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGISTS
SHERATON MIRAGE RESORT, SOUTHPORT, QUEENSLAND
September 27-30, 2015
The next Clinical Neurophysiology Workshop will be held at the Sheraton Mirage Resort,
September 27-30, 2015. Workshop registration will be on Sunday September 27 from 1.00 - 2.00 pm.
The Workshop will include sessions on common clinical disorders, muscle disease, evoked responses,
neuropathies, movement disorders and neuromuscular disease and include case presentations, scheduled as in
the program. It is planned to have a session of free communications as posters.
This year the Movement Disorders Society of Australia meeting will be included in the Workshop.
As usual, the format will be relaxed and informal. The first session will commence at 2.00 pm,
following lunch and registration, on Sunday and the Workshop will conclude Wednesday afternoon when the
usual “closing ceremony” will be held.
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Overseas guest speakers will be:
ProfessorJeremy Shefner
Professor of Neurology, Professor of Neuroscience and
Physiology, Upstate University Hospital, New York, USA
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Professor Michel Kliot
Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of the Peripheral Nerve
Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Registration:
The Registration fee is $750 (incl. GST) until 31 August 2015 and $800 (incl. GST) thereafter.
Registration will include access for registrant and partner to the Barbecue (Sunday evening), dinner (Tuesday
evening) and Closing Get Together and, for the registrant, morning and afternoon tea and lunch (SundayWednesday). The registration fee does not meet the costs of catering and venue, and there is no special rate for
trainees or technicians. For on-line registration go to https://anzan.org.au
Advanced trainees (affiliated with ANZAN) and full-time PhD students will be offered a $200
reduction in their registration fee on acceptance of their abstract for presentation at the meeting. A
supervisor’s letter certifying the registrant fulfils the criteria should be e-mailed as an attachment to
<mary.sweet@sydney.edu.au> or posted to:
Ms Mary Sweet
Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Unit
Medical Foundation Building – K25
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
Abstracts of free communications for the poster session can be submitted now at the e-mail address above.
Accommodation:
A discount rate of $245/night (incl. GST) for single or twin will be available at the Resort for those
attending the Workshop. You are responsible for organizing your own accommodation with the Resort
(or elsewhere). To make your accommodation booking on-line go to
http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/ANZAN2015
Deadlines:
Registration at reduced rate by 31st August 2015; Abstracts by 31st July 2015
Matthew Kiernan
Ian Maxwell
14 June 2015
16th CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND
NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGISTS
SHERATON MIRAGE RESORT, SOUTHPORT, QUEENSLAND
27-30 September, 2015
Sunday September 27
Noon-1.00
Lunch
1.00-2.00
ANZAN Clinical Neurophysiology Workshop, Registration
2.00-3.30
EMG case discussions 1
Chairs: Lyn Kiers, Richard Frith
Discussants: Stacey Jankelowitz, Stefan Blum, Mark Hersch, Tim Day, Nick
Crump, Neil Simon
3.30-4.00
Coffee
4.00-5.00
EMG case discussions 2
Chairs: Lyn Kiers, Richard Frith
Discussants: Stacey Jankelowitz, Stefan Blum, Mark Hersch, Tim Day, Nick
Crump, Neil Simon
6.30 pm
BBQ
Monday September 28
Welcome! Ian Maxwell
Invited Lecture:
Chair: Ian Maxwell
8.45-9.30
Jeremy Shefner: Measuring Disability in Neurological Disease
9.30-11.00
ALS, Ca and NMJ Chair: David Burke
9.30 Steve Vucic: Diagnosis of ALS
10.00 Matthew Kiernan: Neuropathy and cancer
10.30 Rob Henderson: The neuromuscular junction
11 -11.30
Coffee
11.30-1.00
Inflammation
Chair: Pam McCombe
11.30 Bruce Taylor: Treatment of CIDP
12.00 Tim Day: Is it vasculitis?
12.30 Sarah Hewer: My approach to plexopathy
1.00-2.00
Lunch
2.00-3.30
EEG findings
Chair: Armin Mohamed
2.00
2.30
3.00
Michelle Kiley: EEG is Status epilepticus
Liz Walker: EEG in anoxic brain injury
Armin Mohamed: EEG in ICU-other cases
3.30-4.00
Coffee
4.00-5.15
Neuromuscular
Chair: Arman Sabat
4.00 Michel Kliot: Peripheral tumours – to operate or not
4.30 Michelle Farrar: My approach to hereditary neuropathy
5.00 Richard Macdonell: The training of Clinical Neurophysiology
6.30 for 7.00 Delegate Dinner at Glass Restaurant – sponsored by Biogen
Tuesday September 29
8.45-9.30
Invited Lecture:
Chair: Matthew Kiernan
Michel Kliot: Advances in neurosurgical management of peripheral nerve trauma
09.30 Richard Macdonell: TMS and the diagnosis of epilepsy
10.00 Jeremy Shefner: Designing a Clinical Trial
10.30-11.00
Coffee
11.00-12.30
Varia
Chair: Rick Adams
11.00 Steve Tisch: The role of laryngeal EMG
11.30 Michel Kliot: Peripheral nerve MRI and DTI
12.00 Arun Krishnan: My approach to Bell’s palsy
12.30-1.30
Lunch and Poster Viewing
1.30-2.30
Poster Discussion – Jeremy Shefner and Michel Kliot
2.30-5.00
Neuromuscular Ultrasound Workshop
Instructors: Dr Neil Simon, Dr Michel Kliot, Dr Yu-Ichi Noto
2.30 Nerve ultrasound technique and hands-on demonstration
3.20 Muscle ultrasound technique and hands-on demonstration
4.10 Ultrasound-guided procedures technique and hands-on
demonstration
4.30-5.00
Coffee (Trade demonstrations)
7.00 for 7.30 Dinner
Wednesday September 30
9.00-10.30
MDSA
Chair: John O’Sullivan
9.00 Neil Mahant: Intraoperative monitoring for DBS
9.35 Victor Fung: Neurophysiology of dystonia and tremor
10.10 Michael Hayes: Practical aspects of botulinum toxin
therapy
10.45-11.15
Coffee
11.15 – 12.30 MDSA
Chair: Andrew Evans
11.15 James Colebatch: The phenomenology of movement
disorders
11.50 Simon Lewis: Non-motor features of PD
12.30-1.30
Lunch
1.30-3.30
MDSA
Chair: Simon Lewis
1.30 Kishore Kumar: Genetics of Parkinson’s disease
2.15 Sam Kim: Parkinson plus disorders
3.00 Andrew Evans: Advanced therapies for PD
3.30 pm
Closing Drinks
THIS REGISTRATION FORM IS FOR PAYMENT BY CHEQUE
Please make cheques for registration payable to "Clinical Neurophysiology Workshop"
For on-line registration by credit card: https://anzan.org.au
REGISTRATION FORM and TAX INVOICE
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGISTS
(ABN 2200 722 1301)
SHERATON MIRAGE RESORT, SOUTHPORT, QUEENSLAND
September 27-30, 2015
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Name: .....................................................................................
Address: .....................................................................................
.....................................................................................Postcode:………………………………………
Telephone:..........................................................................……Fax:……………………………………………
E-mail:……………………………………………
1.
Registration
Late Registration (after 31st August 2015)
$750 (GST inclusive)
$800 (GST inclusive)
2.
Attendance at barbeque – Sunday, 27 September at 6.30 pm
Table wines to be purchased by consumers.
Yes/No
3.
Attendance at official dinner – Tuesday, 29 September
at 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm.
Table wines to be purchased by consumers.
Partner attendance:
Yes/No
Yes/No
4.
Do you agree to your name, city and state being included in a list for distribution to sponsors
(e.g., John Smith, Melbourne, Vic)
Yes/No
5.
Please notify accommodation requirements but do not send money for accommodation
Discount rate of $245/night (includes GST):
Standard Room
Yes/No
Children: nil/one/two
In:……………………………..
Out:…………………………….
You must book accommodation with the Resort yourself at
http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/ANZAN2015
Forward with completed registration form to:
Ms Mary Sweet
Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Unit
Medical Foundation Building – K25
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
Telephone: (02) 9036 3091 or Fax: (02) 9036 3092
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF REGISTRATION PAYMENT IS 31ST AUGUST 2015 AND FOR ABSTRACTS
IS 31ST JULY 2015