RTC Nicosia, Cyprus, 2022
Regional Teaching Course Nicosia, Cyprus, 2022
March 11-13, 2022
Organiser:
Panagiotis Zis, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Cyprus
Panagiotis Bargiotas, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Cyprus
Georgios M. Hadjigeorgiou, Professor of Neurology, University of Cyprus
Location:
Shakolas Educational Centre for Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Cyprus, Palaios Dromos Lefkosias Lemesou No.215/6, 2029, Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus
Registration: The maximum number of participants is 100. Please send an e-mail to mailto:neurophy(at)ucy.ac.cy
The Regional Teaching Course is planned as in-person meeting. The organisers are monitoring the health situation in the country closely and inform about restrictions and measures in due course. Please find more information about the regulations in Cyprus here.
Programme: You can download the final programme here.
Final Programme
Peripheral Neuropathy
Day 1: March 11, 2022
09:15 Opening ceremony
Panagiotis Zis (Cyprus)
Georgios Hadjigeorgiou (Cyprus)
Panagiotis Bargiotas (Cyprus)
09:30 Classification of peripheral neuropathies
Panagiotis Zis (Cyprus)
10:15 Diagnostic approach of hereditary peripheral neuropathies
Mary Reilly (United Kingdom)
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 GBS/CIDP
Rob Hadden (United Kingdom)
12:05 Break
12:15 Other immune-mediated axonal neuropathies (Gluten neuropathy/ Vasculitic neuropathy)
Marios Hadjivassiliou (United Kingdom)
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:45 Interactive workshops
3 groups will rotate from workshop to workshop
Main Hall: Differential diagnosis of hereditary peripheral neuropathy
Mary Reilly (United Kingdom)
Teaching Room A: Differential diagnosis of patients with neuropathic symptoms
Rob Hadden (United Kingdom)
Teaching Room B: Differential diagnosis of sensory ataxia
Marios Hadjivassiliou (United Kingdom)
14:00 – 14:45 Workshops
14:45 – 15:00 Break and change of session rooms
15:00 – 15:45 Workshops
15:45 – 16:00 Break and change of session rooms
16:00 – 16:45 Workshops
Neurophysiology of the peripheral nervous system
Day 2: March 12, 2022
09:15 Nerve conduction studies
Eleftherios Papathanasiou (Cyprus)
10:00 Single fiber EMG
Erik Stalberg (Sweden) – virtual
10:40 Coffee break
11:10 Neurophysiology of the autonomic nervous system
Walter Struhal (Austria)
11:50 Nerve Ultrasound
Eleni Bakola (Greece)
12:30 RRFS lecture for neurologists in training
Francesco Di Lorenzo (Italy)
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:45 Interactive workshops
3 groups will rotate from workshop to workshop
Main Hall: Autonomic Nervous System evaluation
Walter Struhal (Austria)
Teaching Room A: Sensory nerve conduction studies
Ptolemaios Sarrigiannis (United Kingdom)
Teaching Room B: Motor conduction studies
Eleftherios Papathanasiou (Cyprus)
14:00 – 14:45 Workshops
14:45 – 15:00 Break and change of session rooms
15:00 – 15:45 Workshops
15:45 – 16:00 Break and change of session rooms
16:00 – 16:45 Workshops
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A social event for the participants of the course will be held on day 2 after the EAN Educational programme and will be funded by the
Deputy Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Cyprus.
Pain
Day 3: March 13, 2022
09:00 Differential diagnosis of neuropathic pain
Claudia Sommer (Germany)
09:40 Diagnostic approach of small fiber neuropathy and live demo
Jordi Serra (United Kingdom)
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Treatment of neuropathic pain
Athina Vadalouka (Greece)
12:00 Sleep and pain interactions
Panagiotis Bargiotas (Cyprus)
12:30 Quiz
13:15 Lunch break
14:00 Closing ceremony