Webinars

Speaker: Phillip Pearl When: Saturday; March 29, 2025 Time: 09 AM EST

Speaker: Pr Seraphin Nguefack When: Thursday, March 20, 2025 Time: 4 pm (CET) About Topic: Psychomotor delay is a frequent reason for consultation in paediatric neurology. The causes can be acquired or innate and be responsible for fixed or progressive psychomotor delay. One of the primary aetiologies of psychomotor delay in our context is perinatal asphyxia with anoxo-ischemic encephalopathy. Access to genetic and molecular investigations still remains difficult in our context. Management is essentially symptomatic. Prevention is the key to treatment for preventable causes Learning Objectives: o Define psychomotor delay in children o Describe...

Speaker: Juliana Gurgel Giannetti When: Saturday, March 8, 2025 Time: 09:00 AM Eastern Time ( US/ Canada ) About Topic: Over the last decade, several therapeutic approaches have been developed for different Neuromuscular disorders, and SMA5q is the main example in this field. In the past, SMA5q was considered one of the most common lethal genetic disorders in childhood. Currently, there are three medications for SMA5q approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and in several countries (Nusinsersen, Onasemnogene Abeparvovec and Risdiplam), which can change the natural history of this disorder with the...

Speaker: Tipu Sultan When: Saturday, February 8, 2025 Time: 09:00 AM Eastern Time ( US/ Canada ) About Topic: Central nervous system inflammatory disorders are always diagnostic challenges due to wide differential diagnosis. Newly recognized anti-neuronal antibody-mediated disorders such as anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDA) encephalitis have become an important diagnostic consideration in children presenting with severe newly acquired neuropsychiatric symptoms. The clinical course of anti-NMDA-receptor antibody encephalitis is preceded by a nonspecific prodromal stage leading to psychiatric symptoms or abnormal movements. Prompt recognition and treatment may reverse the condition, hastening recovery and limiting neurological morbidity....

Speaker: Audrius Plioplys MD, FRCP Topic: Neurologic Diseases of Great Painters Date: Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025

Dr. Alison Christy, Clinical Director for Pediatric Neurology, Providence Health and Services, Portland, Oregon; Neurology Through Art and Time

Jonathan W. Mink, MD PhD Child Neurologist and Consultant, University of Rochester (Retired) Talk Summary: Tic disorders, including Tourette Syndrome, are perhaps the most common movement disorders occurring in children. While tics may be transient in the majority of children with tics, 3% of children or more have a chronic tic disorder and approximately 1% have Tourette Syndrome. The majority of children with chronic tic disorders have at least one co-occurring condition that can including ADHD, OCD, anxiety, a learning disability, or a combination. Thus, appropriate management of tic disorders must take...

Speaker- Rajesh Ramachandran Nair, MD, DNB, DM, FRCP, FRCPCH, FAES, FRCPC. Professor of Pediatrics at McMaster University and an epileptologist & neurologist at the McMaster Children's Hospital. Talk information: The ketogenic diet (KD) is a widely used therapeutic option for individuals with medically refractory epilepsy. As the diet’s name implies, ketosis is a historically important component of the diet, but it is not well understood how important ketosis is for seizure control. The classic KD, with its high proportion of fat and limited carbohydrate intake, can be restrictive for patients with epilepsy. Recently, there has been experience with...

Pr Azzedine MEKKI Alger, Algérie Chef de service de Pédiatrie au CHU Hussein-Dey , Alger Neuropédiatre Professeur des universités à la faculté de médecine d’Alger Responsable du groupe Neurologie pédiatrique et maladies du métabolisme à la société Algérienne de pédiatrie Coordinateur national des maladies rares Vice-président de la ligue Algérienne pour la prise en charge de l’épilepsie Investigateur principal de plusieurs essais cliniques Auteur de nombreux articles et publications

Speaker:  Dr Jill Zwicker Professor Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy University of British Columbia