10th GCC Neurology Meeting
24th Saudi Neurology Society Meeting
08-10 February 2018
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DAY 2 – Friday (09 February 2018)
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Session 5: Stroke
Chairpersons: Drs. Waleed Khoja, Ali Alkhathami, Adel Al-Hazzani
- 08:00am – 08:20am Update on Atrial Fibrilation Management. Dr Saeed Alghamdi (Jeddah – KSA)
- 08:20am – 08:40am Reperfusion in Acute Ischemic Stroke Dr Fahmi Alsenani (Riyadh – KSA)
- 08:40am – 09:00am Carotid Stenosis Management. Dr Abdullah Kutbi (Jeddah – KSA)
- 09:00am – 09:20am “SITS” MENA Registry / Angelus Initiative. Dr. Suhail Alrukn (Dubai – UAE)
- 09:20am – 09:40am Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Origin. Dr Nasser Alotaibi (Riyadh – KSA)
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Symposium
- 09:40am – 10:10am Symposia (Merck)
- Optimizing benefit-risk of DMD choice. Dr. Mohammed Al-Jumaah
- Chairperson: Dr. Abdelgader Al-Daif
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10:10am – 10:30am
BREAK
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Session 6: Critical Care Neurology
Chairpersons: Drs. Ayman Qasas, Abdulrahman Altahan, Hussain Al Qahtani
- 10:30am – 10:50am The Unconscious patient – The Neurologist Perspective. Dr Faisal Alswaidan (Riyadh, KSA)
- 10:50am – 11:10am CNS related infections. Dr Tariq Maghrabi (Jeddah – KSA)
- 11:10am – 11:30am The flaccid patient in the ICU. Dr Omar Ayoub (Jeddah, KSA)
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11:30am – 01:00pm
Friday Prayer and Lunch
Followed by SNS Business Meeting
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Symposium
- 01:00pm – 01:30pm Symposia (ALLERGAN)
- Botulinum Toxin and Chronic Migraine. Andrew Blumenfeld, Germany
- Chairperson: Dr. Jasem Alhashel
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Session 7: Neuromuscular
Chairpersons: Drs. Areej Bushnaq, TalalAlHarbi, Aysha Shareef
- 01:30pm – 01:50pm Duschenne muscular dystrophy in Saudi ArabiaDr Abdulaziz AlSamman (Riyadh, KSA)
- 01:50pm – 02:10pm Neuromuscular Variant of CIDP. Dr Abubaker Al Madani (Dubai, UAE)
- 02:10pm – 02:30pm Updated in Management of MG. Dr Mazen Dimachkie (USA)
- 02:30pm – 02:50pm Spinal Muscular Athropy – Local Experience. Dr Hani AlKhaldi (Alkhobar, KSA)
- 02:50pm – 03:10pm Neuromuscular Registry. Dr. Ali Shehri (Riyadh, KSA)
- 03:10pm – 03:30pm Plasma Exchange in Neurology. Dr Mazen Dimachkie (USA)
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Symposium
03:30pm – 04:00pm Symposia (Biologix)
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy – Standards of Care and Emerging Treatments. Dr. Eduardo Tixzano, Spain
- Chairperdon: Dr. Mohammed Al-Jumaah
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Session 8: FREE COMMUNICATION
Chairpersons: Drs. Bander Aljefen, Majed AlOtaibi, Yousef Al-Khalaf
- 04:00pm – 04:10pm The effect of vitamin D on multiple sclerosis relapses and functional disability: A systematic review. Fawzi Babtain, Waleed Al Shahrani (King Khalid University, Abha)
- 04:10pm – 04:20pm The Relationship Between Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO), Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) And Systemic Autoimmunity. Ashwaq Alshahrani (KFSH – Riyadh)
- 04:20pm – 04:30pm 1-Year follow-up efficacy of Fingolimod in the treatment of Relapsing-Remitting multiple sclerosis (RR-MS) among Saudi Patients. Alaa Hijji, Waleed Khoja (PSMMC – Riyadh)
- 04:30pm – 04:40pm Treatment adherence and satisfaction among Multiple Sclerosis patients, CORSS Sectional Study, Saudi Arabia. Adel Alhazzani, Noof Alamri, Mohammed Saeed Alqahtani, Mohammed Alahmari, LeenSarhan, ShahadAlkhashrami, MuhannadAsiri, Adel Alfaifi (College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia)
- 04:40pm – 04:50pm Natalizumab treatment for Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: The Experience from Saudi Arabia. Hussein Algahtani1, Bader Shirah2, Hind Abobaker3, Nebras Alghanaim3, Fatemah Kamel4 (King Abdulaziz Medical City/ King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah)
- 04:50pm – 05:00pm Clinical Association and Biological Risk Factors of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis. Saba Naser Sairafi, A. Alabdulwahab, O. Basheir, A. Abdullah, A. Alamri (Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University)
- 05:00pm – 05:10pm Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Case Series at King Fahad Medical City: Exploring Treatment Safety and Efficacy of Direct Oral Anticoagulants. AsaadBafaraj, Abdullah Badahman, SoudaElSheikh, Rana Al Dosary, Mukhtar AlOmar, NaimKajtazi, Mohammed AlHazzaa, Fahmi Al Senani, Mohammed AlSheef (KFMC – Riyadh)
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Symposium
- 05:10pm – 05:40pm Symposia (HEKMA)
- Perampanel: A new anticonvulsant with noval mechanism of action . Dr. Ahmad Beydoun, Lebanon
- Chairperson: Dr. Salah Albaz
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END OF DAY 2
07:30PM GALA DINNER
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