WCN 2019 Teaching Courses

  • All Teaching Courses are included as part of the Congress registration fee and do not have an additional cost. 
  • There is no need to register for these courses. Attendance is on a first-come-first-served basis.
  • In the weeks leading up to the Congres, the educational presentations submitted by the invited speakers are published ahead of the congress for the participants' benefit.
TC 01

NEUROINFECTIOUS DISEASE/TROPICAL NEUROLOGY

  CSF EVALUATION ON NEURINFECTIONS Raad Shakir DOWNLOAD
CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS IN TROPICAL AREAS Chandrashekhar Meshram DOWNLOAD
NEUROLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS Marco Medina DOWNLOAD
APPROACH TO NEURO TUBERCULOSIS,  THE GREAT CHAMELEON Mona Thakre DOWNLOAD
DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF NEUROBRUCELLOSIS Riadh Gouider DOWNLOAD
FROM THE INFECTED BRAIN CELLS TO SEIZURES Amadou Gallo Diop DOWNLOAD
TC 02

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND OTHER DEMYELINATING DISEASE

 

KEY MANAGEMENT FACTORS IN MS IN 2019

EARLY TREATMENT Smail Daoudi
EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF NON-RESPONDERS Xavier Montalban
FIGHT AGAINST TREATMENT INERTIA Xavier Montalban

PERSONALIZED MEDICINE IN MS

IDENTIFYING PROGNOSTIC FACTORS Ron Milo DOWNLOAD
HIGHLY EFFICACIOUS DRUGS Xavier Montalban
BIOLOGICAL BIOMARKERS FOR DIAGNOSIS /PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT RESPONSES Samia Khoury DOWNLOAD
TC 03

SLEEP NEUROLOGY

  MANAGEMENT OF SLEEP DISORDERS IN PARKINSONIAN SYNDROMES Aleksandar Videnovic DOWNLOAD
MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER (RBD) AND OTHER DISORDERS WITH DREAM-ENACTMENT Carlos Schenck DOWNLOAD
DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF SLEEP APNOEA IN STROKE PATIENTS Claudio Bassetti DOWNLOAD
THE SPECTRUM OF PARASOMNIAS OTHER THAN RBD - CLASSIFICATION AND VIDEO Carlos Schenck DOWNLOAD
TC 04

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND OTHER DEMYELINATING DISEASES

 

NEW WAYS OF MANAGING MS

MS CO-MORBIDITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES Helen Tremlett DOWNLOAD
DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR MS AND NMO Alan Thompson
MANAGEMENT OF MS IN PREGNANCY Kerstin Hellwig DOWNLOAD

HOT TOPICS

RADIOLOGICALLY ISOLATED SYNDROME Aksel Siva DOWNLOAD
WHEN TO STOP TREATMENT Alan Thompson
PROGRESSIVE MS FROM PATHOGENESIS TO TREATMENT Samia Khoury DOWNLOAD
TC 05

BEHAVIOURAL NEUROLOGY

  CLINICAL APPROACH TO PREFRONTAL LOBE FUNCTIONS Morris Freedman DOWNLOAD
BEHAVIOURAL AND MOOD CHANGES IN PREFRONTAL LOBE VERSUS PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Ennapadam Krishnamoorthy
SOCIAL COGNITION AND THEORY OF MIND: THE CONTRIBUTION OF FRONTAL LOBE Stefano Cappa DOWNLOAD
DIAGNOSIS OF FRONTO-TEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATIONS  Maria Benabdeljlil DOWNLOAD
PREFRONTAL DISORDERS IN BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES Eileen Joyce
FRONTAL COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY David Sharp
TC 07

MOVEMENT DISORDERS

 

THE BASICS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE

CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF PD PATIENTS Amaal Aldakheel DOWNLOAD
HOW TO START THERAPY IN EARLY PD   Ryosuke Takahashi DOWNLOAD
USE OF IMAGING IN PD Gesine Respondek DOWNLOAD
THERAPIES IN ADVANCED PD Rahmani Mounia DOWNLOAD

APPROACHES TO HYPERKINETIC DISORDERS

APPROACH TO DYSTONIA Hyder Jinnah DOWNLOAD
APPROACH TO TREMOR/MYOCLONUS Maria Stamelou
APPROACH TO CHOREA Mona Obaid DOWNLOAD
APPROACH TO TICS Mishal Abu Al-Melh DOWNLOAD
TC 08

EPILEPSY

 

THE SEMIOLOGY OF EPILEPSY

SEMIOLOGY OF TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY  Hassan Hosny
SEMIOLOGY OF EXTRATEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY Naim Haddad
SEMIOLOGY OF ELECTROCLINICAL SYNDROMES OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE Ahmad Beydoun
STATUS EPILEPTICUS
STATUS EPILEPTICUS: DIAGNOSIS AND PREHOSPITAL TREATMENT Samuel Wiebe DOWNLOAD
TREATMENT OF ESTABLISHED, REFRACTORY AND SUPER-REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS Eugen Trinka
STATUS EPILEPTICUS: TREATING THE SEIZURES VS THE ETIOLOGY Byung In Lee DOWNLOAD
TC 09

MANAGEMENT OF STROKE ON STROKE UNITS

  DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPY OF INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE IN ISCHEMIC STROKE Erich Schmutzhard DOWNLOAD
MANAGEMENT OF HYPERPYREXIA, HYPERGLYCAEMIA, AND HYPERTENSION IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE Bart Van der Worp DOWNLOAD
MANAGEMENT OF INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES Daniel Hanley
ICH RELATED TO DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS Selma Kestaoui DOWNLOAD
OVERVIEW OF STROKE UNIT CARE Michael Brainin DOWNLOAD
INTRAVENOUS THROMBOLYSIS Faouzi Belahsen DOWNLOAD
THROMBECTOMY Bruce Campbell DOWNLOAD
DIFFICULT DECISIONS IN ACUTE STROKE Selma Kestaoui DOWNLOAD
TC 10

WFN-AAN NEUROLOGY FORUM

  INTRODUCTION AND APPROACH TO ADVOCACY Mohammad Wasay DOWNLOAD
ADVOCACY IN AN INSTITUTION Javier Cardenas DOWNLOAD
ADVOCACY IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS  Wolfgang Grisold DOWNLOAD
AUTONOMIC DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE BRAIN INJURY Alejandro Rabinstein DOWNLOAD
ADVOCACY FOR PATIENTS Janis Miyasaki DOWNLOAD
ADVOCACY PROJECT AND PRESENTATION Walter Struhal DOWNLOAD
THE QUALITIES OF HUMAN RELATIONS: RESILIENCE Tissa Wijeratne
ADVOCACY CONTENT AND PRESENTATION Javier Cardenas DOWNLOAD
ADVOCACY PROJECTS AND ACTION PLANNING ROUNDTABLE Tissa Wijeratne
TC 11

NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY

  ACUTE VISUAL LOSS Gordon Plant
AN APPROACH TO PAPILLEDEMA Prem Subramanian DOWNLOAD
AN APPROACH TO DIFFERENT OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS Caroline Tilikete DOWNLOAD
INFECTIONS AND NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY Dan Milea DOWNLOAD
AN APPROACH TO MEDICAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA Vivek Lal DOWNLOAD
BASICS OF CORTICAL VISUAL DISORDERS Jason Barton DOWNLOAD
TC 12

NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES

 

HOW TO DIAGNOSE A HEREDITARY MUSCLE DISORDER? PATTERN RECOGNITION AND GENETICS

CLINICAL PHENOTYPES OF PATIENTS WITH HYPERCKEMIA  Marianne De Visser DOWNLOAD
DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO MUSCLE CHANNELOPATHIES Edward Cuplar
APPROACH TO GENETIC MUSCLE DISORDERS  Rafai Mohammed Abdoh DOWNLOAD

DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HEREDITARY NEUROPATHIES AND MOTOR NEURON DISEASE

GENETIC AND CLINICAL APPROACH TO INHERITED NEUROPATHIES  Mary Reilly DOWNLOAD
EARLY RECOGNITION OF AMYLOID NEUROPATHY Violaine Planté-Bordeneuve DOWNLOAD
UPDATE ON THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS IN ALS  Matthew Kiernan DOWNLOAD

ADVANCES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF IMMUNE-MEDIATED NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS

STATE-OF-THE-ART TREATMENT OF IMMUNE NEUROPATHIES Abubaker Al Madani DOWNLOAD
THE ROLE OF AUTO-ANTIBODIES IN IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES  Kristl Claeys DOWNLOAD
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS: SUBGROUP CLASSIFICATION AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES Mazen Dimachkie DOWNLOAD
TC 13

HEADACHE

  ICHD 3 - WHAT'S NEW?    Deeb Maxwell Kayed
MIGRAINE: ACUTE AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TREATMENTS Anne Ducros DOWNLOAD
MIGRAINE: PREVENTATIVE THERAPY     Richard Stark DOWNLOAD
NERVE BLOCKS & INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES Jasem Al-Hashel DOWNLOAD
MIGRAINE IN WOMEN: MENSTRUAL MIGRAINE + IMAGING & MEDICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY Patricia Pozo-Rosich
CLUSTER HEADACHE AND OTHER TACS Shuu-Jiun Wang DOWNLOAD
TC 14

PALLIATIVE CARE IN NEUROLOGY

  ETHICAL ASPECTS OF CARE IN NEUROLOGY – HOW DO WE DISCUSS AND MANAGE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS Idris Baker DOWNLOAD
CULTURAL ASPECTS OF CARE – COPING WITH DIVERSITY Omar Shamieh
ADVANCE CARE PLANNING – HOW DO WE FACILITATE PATIENT DECISION MAKING Sheila Payne DOWNLOAD
COLLABORATION BETWEEN NEUROLOGY AND PALLIATIVE CARE – HOW, WHEN, WHERE? David Oliver DOWNLOAD
HOW DO WE PROVIDE PALLIATIVE CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH MOVEMENT DISORDERS? Janis Miyasaki DOWNLOAD
THE ROLE OF PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE CARE OF PEOPLE WITH STROKE Peter Eastman DOWNLOAD
TC15

NEUROCRITICAL CARE

  OPTIMAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT AFTER ENDOVASCULAR STROKE THERAPY Alejandro Rabinstein DOWNLOAD
TREATMENT OF INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE: THE PRESENT AND FUTURE  Daniel Hanley
PRACTICAL PEARLS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE Erich Schmutzhard
PROGNOSIS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: USING CLINICAL ASSESSMENT, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, BIOMARKERS AND STRUCTURAL IMAGING Bryan Young DOWNLOAD
NOVEL THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS FOR SUPER-REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS Eugen Trinka
TC 18

NEURO-ONCOLOGY

  MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL AND NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS IN BRAIN TUMOR PATIENTS  Patrick Wen DOWNLOAD
WHO CLASSIFICATION OF BRAIN TUMORS AND APPROACH TO LOWER GRADE GLIOMAS  Martin Van den Bent DOWNLOAD
STANDARD OF CARE IN GLIOBLASTOMAS  Michael Weller DOWNLOAD
APPROACH TO NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF IMMUNOTHERAPIES AND OTHER NOVEL CANCER THERAPIES  John Degroot
DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF METASTASES TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM  Emilie Le Rhun
APPROACH TO NEW TUMOR LIKE LESION(S) ON MRI  Lakshmi Nayak
TC 19

DEMENTIA: ATYPICAL AND TYPICAL PRESENTATIONS OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE

  DEMENTIA IN ARAB COUNTRIES  Mustapha El Alaoui Faris DOWNLOAD
DEMENTIA IN AFRICA Adesola Ogunniyi DOWNLOAD
DEMENTIA IN ASIA  Ennapadam Krishnamoorthy
AMNESIC ALZHEIMER DISEASE  Mouna Ben Jebara
PRIMARY  PROGRESSIVE APHASIA  Stefano Cappa DOWNLOAD
POSTERIOR CORTICAL ATROPHY  Masud Husain DOWNLOAD
TC 20

NEURO-OTOLOGY: THE DIZZY PATIENT

  HISTORY TAKING AND KEY SYMPTOMS Thomas Brandt DOWNLOAD
WHICH ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENT-BASED TESTS ARE NECESSARY? Konrad P. Weber DOWNLOAD
ACUTE PERIPHERAL VERSUS ACUTE CENTRAL VESTIBULOPATHY Ji Soo Kim DOWNLOAD
CEREBELLAR OCULAR MOTOR AND VESTIBULAR DISORDERS Caroline Tilikete DOWNLOAD
IMAGING VESTIBULAR FUNCTION AND DISORDERS Marianne Dieterich DOWNLOAD
THE CHRONIC DIZZY PATIENT Adolfo Bronstein DOWNLOAD
TC 21

NEUROLOGY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE

  MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHIES AND NEUROPATHY Mary Reilly DOWNLOAD
INTOXICATIONS AND NEUROLOGIC DISEASE Adnan Awada DOWNLOAD
NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF RHEUMATOLOGICAL DISEASE Eslam Shosha DOWNLOAD
NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF CARDIAC DISEASE AND CARDIAC SURGERY Alejandro Rabinstein DOWNLOAD
VITAMINS AND MINERALS AND NEUROLOGIC DISEASE Steven Lewis DOWNLOAD
NERVOUS SYSTEM COMPLICATIONS OF HIV Najeeb Qadi DOWNLOAD
TC 24

NEUROIMAGING

  DIAGNOSIS OF MS Massimo Filippi DOWNLOAD
IMAGING OF STROKE: HIGHLIGHTS Steven Warach
CONTRIBUTION OF MRI FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA Federica Agosta DOWNLOAD
MOLECULAR IMAGING FOR DIFFERENTIAL DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS Joseph Masdeu DOWNLOAD
TC 25

AUTOIMMUNE NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS

 

ASPECTS OF AUTOIMMUNE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES

AUTOIMMUNE MOVEMENT DISORDERS Russell Dale
THE RATIONALE USE OF IMMUNOTHERAPIES IN CHILDREN Elaine Wirrell DOWNLOAD
CEREBRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULITIS Hichem El Otmani DOWNLOAD

IMMUNE MEDIATED DISORDERS OF THE CNS: PHENOTYPES, TREATMENT AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

THE AUTOANTIBODY- MEDIATED BRAIN DISEASES Sarosh Irani
AUTOIMMUNE SPINAL CORD DISORDERS Sean Pittock DOWNLOAD
THE STIFF PEOPLE SYNDROMES AND THEIR PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Claudia Sommer DOWNLOAD
TC 26

CHILD NEUROLOGY: PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO DIAGNOSIS OF CHALLENGING PROBLEMS IN CHILD NEUROLOGY

  APPROACH TO CHILD WITH ACQUIRED DEMYELINATING DISORDERS  Russell Dale
APPROACH TO MUSCLE CRAMPS, EXERCISE INTOLERANCE AND RECURRENT MYOGLOBINURIA  Ingrid Tein DOWNLOAD
OVERVIEW AND CLINICAL APPROACH TO CONGENITAL MYOPATHIES  Haluk Topaloglu