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Chairman Message

Dr. Jasem Al-Hashel

Prof. Jasem Al-Hashel

President of Kuwait Neurology Society,
Consultant at Neurology Department,
Ibn Sina Hospital, MOH, Kuwait

Welcome to The 7th Kuwait Neurology Conference 2024

It gives me an immense pleasure to invite you all to our 7th KNC Conference to be held on December 2024. This is a physical Conference organized after the Covid pandemic and we are coming back after a long period of time. This is one of the most important Conference of Neurology in the Middle East. The Conference is consisting more than 500 participants. We are thankful to The American Academy of Neurology and the speakers for being our inspiration in scheduling this conference.

We request all of you to participate in this conference and make it a great success We look forward to welcoming you all again to the KNC Conference.

Please mark your calendar for above dates and I wish you all a very successful Conference.

Yours Sincerely,

Our Committee

Prof. Jasem Al-Hashel

Conference President

Dr. Ismail Ibrahim Ismail

Organizing Committee

Dr. Asser Mabrouk

Organizing Committee

Dr. Mohammed Al Hashemi

Organizing Committee

Dr. Malak AlMojel

Organizing Committee

Dr. Lujain Alhammad

Organizing Committee

Dr. Faye AlAbdulghafour

Organizing Committee

Dr. Faisel Alrbiaan

Organizing Committee

Dr. Samar Farouk

Organizing Committee

Scientific Program

01:30PM - 02:00PM

Registration
Session: 1 Movement and Neuromuscular Disorders
02:00PM - 02:20PM

Latest advances in PD management
Dr. Mohit Bhatt
02:20PM - 02:40PM

Approach to a patient with Neuropathy
Dr. Bashar Katirji
02:40PM - 03:00PM

Approach to non-motor symptoms of PD
Dr. Amal Aldakheel
03:00PM - 03:20PM

Latest advances in MG management
Dr. Bashar Katirji
03:20PM - 03:30PM

Coffee Break
03:30PM - 03:50PM

Approach to hyperkinetic movement disorders
Dr. Mohit Bhatt
03:50PM - 04:10PM

Management of CIDP, nodal and paranodal neuropathy
Dr. Abubaker Al-Madani
04:10PM - 04:30PM

Movement disorders emergencies
Dr. Mohit Bhatt
04:30PM - 04:50PM

Approach to a patient with Myopathy
Dr. Bashar Katirji
04:50PM - 05:05PM

Discussion
05:05PM - 05:30PM

Abbvie Symposium
05:30PM - 05:55PM

Pfizer Symposium
05:55PM - 06:10PM

Lucky Draw
Session: 2 Cerebrovascular and Headache disorders
08:00AM - 08:20AM

Approach to a patient with stroke in young
Dr. Valeria Caso
08:20AM - 08:40AM

Updates in management of migraine
Dr. Meassoud Ashina
08:40AM - 09:00AM

Intracranial and Extracranial atherosclerosis: How to manage?
Dr. Athari Salmeen
09:00AM - 09:20AM

Updates in management of TTH
Dr. Messoud Ashina
09:20AM - 09:30AM

Coffee Break
09:30AM - 09:50AM

Dilemma of anticoagulants in intracerebral hemorrhage: How to manage?
Dr. Valeria Caso
09:50AM - 10:10AM

Approach to a patient with low pressure headache
Dr. Abdulrzak Albilali
10:10AM - 10:30AM

Updates in management of acute stroke
Dr. Adel Alhazzani
10:30AM - 10:50AM

Recent advances in management of MOH
Dr. Messoud Ashina
10:50AM - 11:05AM

Discussion
11:05AM - 11:30AM

Opening Ceremony
11:30AM - 01:00PM

Prayer + Lunch Break
Session: 3 Demyelinating and Autoimmune disorders / Hot topics in Neurology
01:00PM - 01:20PM

Latest advances in management of Autoimmune encephalitis
Dr. Thomas Berger
01:20PM - 01:40PM

AI for supporting clinical decision in Neurology
Dr. Patricia Pozo
01:40PM - 02:00PM

Approach to a patient with myelopathy
Dr. Thomas Berger
02:00PM - 02:20PM

Critical illness associated weakness: How to manage?
Dr. Abdullah Alsalti
02:20PM - 02:30PM

Coffee Break
02:30PM - 02:50PM

Updates in management of MS
Dr. Raed Alroughani
02:50PM - 03:10PM

Gut-Brain axis and its role in neurological disorders
Dr. Patricia Pozo
03:10PM - 03:30PM

Controversies in MS (RIS, MS in extremes of age, and when to stop DMT?)
Dr. Thomas Berger
03:30PM - 03:50PM

Advances in PD management: FUS vs DBS?
Dr. Faisal Alotaibi
03:50PM - 04:05PM

Discussion
04:05PM - 04:30PM

Satellite Symposium
04:30PM - 04:55PM

Satellite Symposium
04:55PM - 05:10PM

Lucky Draw
05:10PM - 07:10PM
Workshop: 1 Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Session: 4 Neuro-ophthalmology & Neuroradiology Session
08:00AM - 08:20AM

Approach to a patient with Diplopia
Dr. Andrew Lee
08:20AM - 08:40AM

A Neurologist's Guide to When to Order Advanced Neuroimaging Studies.
Dr. Khaled Gad
08:40AM - 09:00AM

Five neuro-ophthalmological diagnoses, a neurologist must not miss!
Dr. Raed Behbhani
09:00AM - 09:20AM

Optic neuritis: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Dr. Andrew Lee
09:20AM - 09:30AM

Coffee Break
09:30AM - 09:50AM

Suprasellar Supreastellar
Dr. Andrew Lee
09:50AM - 10:10AM

What neurologists should not miss in Spine imaging?
Dr. Lamyaa Alsarraf
10:10AM - 10:25AM

Discussion
10:25AM - 10:50AM

Satellite Symposium
Session: 5 Alzheimer's disease and other dementias / Women in Neurology
10:50AM - 11:10AM

Updates on Reversible dementias
Dr. Michael Geschwind
11:10AM - 11:30AM

MS in Pregnancy
Dr. Namareq Al-Jarki
11:30AM - 11:50AM

Updates on Rapidly progressive dementias
Dr. Michael Geschwind
11:50AM - 12:10PM

Migraine in Pregnancy
Dr. Patricia Pozo
12:10PM - 12:20PM

Coffee Break
12:20PM - 12:40PM

Updates in Alzheimer’s disease management
Dr. Haitham Altayeb
12:40PM - 01:00PM

MG in Pregnancy
Dr. Abeer Alobaidan
01:00PM - 01:20PM

Updates on Adult-onset Leukodystrophies
Dr. Michael Geschwind
01:20PM - 01:40PM

Epilepsy in Pregnancy
Dr. Fatema Abdullah
01:40PM - 02:00PM

Discussion
02:00PM - 03:00PM

Lunch Break
03:00PM - 03:25PM

Satellite Symposium
Session: 6 Epilepsy disease and related disorders
03:25PM - 03:45PM

Status Epilepticus: Updates in management
Dr. Gregory Krauss
03:45PM - 04:05PM

ASM: What to choose?
Dr. Mohamed Ashkenani
04:05PM - 04:25PM

First epilepsy: treat or not to treat?
Dr. Gregory Krauss
04:25PM - 04:45PM

Updates in non-pharmacological management of epilepsy
Dr. Gregory Krauss
04:45PM - 05:00PM

Discussion
05:00PM - 05:30PM

Lucky Draw & Closing Remarks
05:00PM - 05:30PM
Workshop: 2 Nerve Conduction Study (NCS) and Electromyogram (EMG)

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