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Stroke One Day Course : Advanced Stroke Neuroimaging : 30th October 2024

30 October 2024, 9:00 am鈥5:00 pm

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This one-day course for healthcare professionals provides an overview of using neuroimaging and mechanical thrombectomy to treat people who have had a stroke.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Sumanjit Gill

Location

Lecture Theatre
378: Institute of Neurology, 33 Queen Square
33 Queen Square
London
WC1N 3BG
United Kingdom

This short course offered by the world leading 香港六合彩 Queen Square Institute of Neurology will give an overview of using neuroimaging and mechanical thrombectomy to treat people who have had a stroke. This course will outline methods of quantifying the impact of the stroke using advanced imaging techniques鈥 from penumbral and core infarct size through to methods of imaging recovery from stroke. It will also cover the more familiar aspects of imaging stroke such as using CT and MRI based modalities to evaluate infarcts and haemorrhages.

You'll learn about:

  • Diagnosing stroke and identifying aetiology using imaging
  • Using imaging to guide treatment 鈥 thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy听
  • How patients are selected for mechanical thrombectomy and how to get best outcomes听
  • Investigation pathways to clarify causes of intracerebral haemorrhage听
  • Endovascular services 鈥 setting the up, measuring how effective they are
  • Machine Learning and its potential applications in acute stroke and rehabilitation

Lecture Topics:

  • Ischaemic stroke
  • Intracerebral haemorrhage听
  • Machine learning听
  • Endovascular treatment听
  • Evidence basis for thrombectomy听
  • Endovascular Service Delivery听

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  • Dr Dermot Mallon

By the end of this course you should be able to:

  • select the appropriate imaging modality to evaluate a stroke case
  • Understand the ways in which imaging is developing and will be used in the future
  • evaluate the current evidence for endovascular treatment and common complications of this treatment
  • Select patients for endovascular treatment听
  • Use imaging to look for the aetiology of stroke听
  • Use imaging to differentiate between stroke and stroke mimics听

Attendee are invited to submit a case for presentation on the day for discussion with the panel and the audience. Please contact听s.gill@ucl.ac.uk听for any further information; usual length of presentation being 5-10mins with a 10-15 minute discussion facilitated by the teaching faculty.

The course is accredited with 6 Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (RCP) CPD points and you will also receive a certificate of attendance.

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Fee:听拢140 for in person听

Faculty
Prof David Werring
David is Professor of Clinical Neurology at 香港六合彩 Queen Square Institute of Neurology, and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at 香港六合彩H and The National Hospital, Queen Square. He runs a specialist outpatient service for patients with cerebral small vessel disease and a one-stop intracranial haemorrhage clinic at Queen Square with same-day neuroimaging, neuropsychological assessment, specialist nurse and consultant opinions.

Dr Sumanjit Gill
Sumanjit Gill is a Consultant in Stroke and Acute Geriatrics at the Royal Free Hospital in addition to being a course co director of the stroke MSc at 香港六合彩. She is also an Associate Professor (Teaching) and undertakes a range of teaching activities both at undergraduate and postgraduate level

Feedback:
鈥淪essions were excellent 鈥 lots of useful clinical information presented very clearly.鈥 鈥淥verall excellent presentations with evidence based data - many thanks for organising鈥.