Neurology Update Meeting 2014
Friday, October 3rd
The Merrion Room, RDS, Dublin 4
Neurology Update Meeting 2014
Friday, October 3rd
The Merrion Room, RDS, Dublin 4
Dr Raymond Murphy, Dean of the IICN, will direct
the 2014 IICN Neurology Update Meeting. The
meeting will take place in the Merrion Room, RDS,
Dublin on Friday October 3rd 2014.
The aim of this one day meeting, is to provide up-to-date information on neurological
conditions, with emphasis on the latest treatments. The meeting is intended to be of interest to
senior clinicians who manage neurological disease as part of their daily practice. The content
will be appropriate for neurologists, neurosurgeons, general physicians, care of the elderly
physicians, general practitioners and other disciplines, and for trainees in all of the above areas.
The Institute is pleased to welcome eminent speakers, each of whom is acknowledged as expert
in their specialist area. The format of the meeting is designed to facilitate questions and
discussion with delegates to the meeting.
CME
The meeting has been awarded 6 Continuing Medical Education Credits by the RCSI.
Key note Lecture
The Key Note Lecture will be delivered by Professor Michael Farrell,
Consultant Neuropathologist, Beaumont Hospital who will speak on
“Neuropathology’s changing interface with neurology and neurosurgery
over the last 30 years”.
Dr Farrell graduated from medicine from the Royal College of
Surgeons in Ireland and interned at the Richmond Hospital.
Following completion of the MRCPI, Dr Farrell began his training in Pathology at St Vincent’s
Hospital, Dublin and later at the Westminster Hospital in London. Following completion of the
MRCPath, Dr Farrell began a career in Neuropathology at the University of Western Ontario,
Canada where he also undertook a fellowship in Neuroimmunology. Later, Dr Farrell succeeded
Dr John Dinn and Professor Paddy Bofin as Neuropathologist to the Richmond Hospital, moving
to the new Beaumont Hospital in 1987. Dr Farrell was appointed as the first Professor of
Clinical Neurological Sciences at RCSI in 1996. Later, he became Dean of the Institute of Irish
Clinical Neuroscience and was also Chairman of the Neuroscience Cogwheel at Beaumont
Hospital. His interests include all aspects of clinical neuroscience but with particular interest in
epilepsy and mitochondrial disease. He is a member of the American Association of
Neuropathologists and the British Neuropathological Society as well as the International Society
of Neuropathology.
Neurology Update Meeting 2014
Friday, October 3rd
The Merrion Room, RDS, Dublin 4
Programme
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08.30 – 09.00
Registration, tea and coffee
09.00 – 09.10
Introduction and Welcome
Session 1
09.10 – 10.00
Recent Advances in Autoimmune Neurology: the good, the bad
and the ugly
Dr. Oliver Tobin
10.00 – 10.45
Inherited Neuropathies
Dr. Sinead Murphy
10.45 – 11.00
Questions
11.00 – 11.15
Tea and Coffee
Session 2
11.15 – 12.15
Key note Lecture
“Neuropathology’s changing interface with neurology and
neurosurgery over the last 30 years”.
Professor Michael Farrell, Beaumont Hospital
12.15 – 13.15
Lunch
Session 3
13.15 – 14.00
Neurosurgical Updates
Mr. Steve McNally, Beaumont Hospital
14.00 – 14.45
Diagnosis and Management of Myasthenia and Related Disorders
Dr. John McConville, Ulster Hospital
14.45 – 15.00
Questions
15.00 – 15.15
Tea and Coffee
Session 4
15.15 – 16.00
Some Observations on Art, Artists and Vision.
Dr. Roderick Galvin, Cork University Hospital
16.00 – 16.30
Questions and Answers
17.00
Close of Meeting
Neurology Update Meeting 2014
Friday, October 3rd
The Merrion Room, RDS, Dublin 4
Registration Form
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Registration fee.
Registration fee for the meeting is €50 (£45 Sterling).
Please make cheque payable to Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience.
Alternative methods of payment are bank draft or postal order.
Unfortunately there is not a facility to take credit card payments.
The registration fee may be paid at the meeting provided the registration form is
received in advance by email or fax.
 Receipts will be issued at the meeting.
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Please complete and forward registration on or before Friday, September 26th
to: Ms. Colette Fitzpatrick, Administrator, IICN, PO Box 351, Limerick. Tel: 061 622652. Email:
info@iicn.ie
Neurology Update Meeting 2014
Friday, October 3rd
The Merrion Room, RDS, Dublin 4
Venue and Directions
Enter the RDS from the Merrion Road entrance. Access to the Merrion room is through the
Members' entrance, to the right of the Main Hall.
Public Transport
The Merrion road entranct to the RDS is serviced by bus routes numbers: 27X, 4, 45, 4A, 5, 7,
7A, 8, 18
The closest DART (local Dublin Rail) station (approx. 5 minute walk) to the RDS is Sandymount.
From the Sandymount Dart Station: Follow the Exit signs and turn right onto Sandymount
Avenue. Continue until you reach the traffic lights (Bewley’s Hotel and the Four Seasons Hotel
will be directly in front of you). Turn right onto Merrion Road and the RDS Main Complex is
situated on the left hand side (Merrion Road).
Car Parking
Car parking is available for delegates at the RDS at a charge of €6 per day. The car park is open
from 07.30 – 18.00