RTC in Chisinau, Moldova
Regional Teaching Course in Chisinau, Moldova
April 25-27, 2024
Organiser:
The Society of the Neurologists from the Republic of Moldova
Diomid Gherman Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Contact: Dr. Oxana Grosu (nicolenco.oxana(at)gmail.com)
Location:
Mi Piace Park Residence, 4 Trandafirilor street, Chișinău, Moldova
Registration:
Please click here to register: https://forms.gle/NqLktmfkRrYod3RN8
Programme
- Multiple Sclerosis and related diseases
- Autoimmune Encephalitis and related diseases
- Neuromuscular and peripheral nervous system diseases
Multiple Sclerosis and related diseases
Day 1: 25 April 2024
09:00 - 09:30 Opening
09:30 - 10:15 Diagnosing MS: current guidelines and clinical practice
Prof. Rodica Balasa, Romania
10:20 - 11:05 Update on NMOSD (Neuromyelitis Optica spectrum disorders)
Prof. Thomas Berger, Austria
11:05 - 11:20 Coffee break
11:20 - 12:05 Imaging and management algorithms in MS
Prof. Tjalf Ziemssen, Germany
12:10 - 12:55 Aggressive forms of Multiple Sclerosis
Prof. Vitalie Lisnic, Moldova
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 17:20 Interactive workshops
(including Coffee breaks)
14:00 - 15:00 Differential diagnosis of MS (mimics and chameleons)
Prof. Rodica Balasa, Romania
15:10 - 16:10 Liquid and digital biomarkers
Prof. Tjalf Ziemssen, Germany
16:20 - 17:20 Starting, switching and stopping MS therapies
Prof. Thomas Berger, Austria
18.00 – 20.00 Social Programme with welcome reception
Autoimmune Encephalitis and related diseases
Day 2: 26 April 2024
09:00 - 09:45 Basic clinical introduction to autoimmune encephalitis
Dr. Bryan Ceronie, UK
09:50 - 10:35 Autoimmune Encephalitis: diagnosis and treatment
Prof. Maarten Titulaer, The Netherlands
10:35 - 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 - 11:35 Neuropathological aspects and work – up in antibody – mediated encephalitis
Prof. Romana Höftberger, Austria
11:40 - 12:25 Autoimmune epilepsy syndromes
Acad. Stanislav Groppa, Moldova
12:30 - 13:00 New info on possibilities for Neurologists in Training & grants
Dr. Maria Dumanscaia, Moldova
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 17:20 Interactive workshops
(including coffee breaks)
14:00 - 15:00 How to pick up specific patterns of autoimmune encephalitis based on the clinical phenotype and imaging findings
Dr. Bryan Ceronie, UK
15:10 - 16:10 When to suspect AIE and what we can learn from the neuroimmunological mechanisms?
Prof. Maarten Titulaer, The Nethrelands
16:20 - 17:20 What the neurologist needs to know in choosing the right assay for autoantibody testing
Prof. Romana Höftberger, Austria
Evening is free/spare time for participants
Neuromuscular and peripheral nervous system diseases
Day 3: 27 April 2024
09:00 - 09:45 Update on the care management of CIDP
Prof. Yann Pereon, France
09:50 - 10:35 Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy
Prof. Walter Struhal, Austria
10:35 - 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 - 11:35 Update on autoimmune movement disorders
Prof. Cristian Falup-Pecurariu, Romania
11:40 - 12:25 Update on Myasthenia Gravis management
Prof. Mihail Gavriliuc, Moldova
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
14:00-15:00 Exam
15:15 Closing ceremony (hand out of certificates)