12th Danube Teaching Course

Preliminary programme of the 12th Danube Teaching Course
(by Professor Zbigniew Stelmasiak and Professor Konrad Rejdak)

Date:22-24th June, 2016;
Place:Kazimierz Dolny

Thursday (23th June, 2016)
08:00 – 08:15 OPENING CEREMONY
L. Vecsei (Hungary), Z. Stelmasiak, K. Rejdak
08:15 – 10:15 DANUBE LECTURES
L. Vecsei (Hungary) – Research activity in the field of Multiple Sclerosis in the
Department of Neurology in Szeged
H. P. Hartung (Germany) (to be confirmed)
K. Selmaj – Immunologic MS therapy
P. Nowacki – Extra plaque white matter changes in SPMS. Neuropathological aspects
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:00 M. Litwin – Disphagia in patients with organic nervous system diseases - diagnostics
and nutrition
11:00 – 13:00 MS SESSION
K. Rejdak – Long term effects of immunomodulatory treatment in MS
Z. Maciejek – Immunosupression – past or still present therapy
J. Losy – Treatment of aggressive form of MS
H. Bartosik-Psujek – The role of Vitamin D in MS
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30 HOT TOPICS IN NEUROLOGY
Chairmen: T.M. Domżał, A. Szczepańska-Szerej
A. Szczepańska-Szerej – Botulinum toxin and the treatment of headache - new
perspectives
W. Kozubski – The most frequent errors in treatment of headache
A. Stępień– New horizons in MS
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 18:15 CHILD NEUROLOGY
B. Steinborn – Migraine aura in children – clinical signs and differential diagnosis
K. Mitosek-Szewczyk – Actual treatment of MS in children
M. Mazurkiewicz-Bełdzińska – Semiology of epileptic fits in children
S. Jóźwiak – New trends in treatment of epilepsy in children
T. Kmieć– PKAN, MPAN (NBIA Hallevorden-Spatz disease) – video case studies

PARALEL SESSION
14:00 – 16:00 NEUROLOGY UPDATE

PARALEL SESSION
14:00 – 16:00 NEUROSONOLOGY UPDATE
Neurosonological Section of Polish Neurological Society Polish Stroke Society
Chairmen: Grzegorz Kozera, Marta Skrowrońska
Dalius Jatusis (Wilno, Litwa) – Stenosis of intracranial artery: etiology, diagnostics and
treatment (30 min)
Radosław Kaźmierski (Poznań, Poland) – Standards in neurosonology – update (20
min)
Grzegorz Kozera (Bydgoszcz, Poland) – Right-to-left shunt examination by
transcranial Doppler (20 min)
Joanna Wojczal (Lublin, Poland) – Non stenosing carotid thrombi – diagnostics,
follow-up and empirical treatment (15 min)
Tomasz Tomczyk (Poznań, Poland) – Intraarterial carotid clot during rivaroxaban
treatment (15 min)
Discussion 20 min
16:00 – 17:00 Workshops
Chairmen: Grzegorz Kozera, Tomasz Tomczyk, Joanna Wojczal

Friday (24th June, 2016)
07:30 – 09:00 NEUROREHABILITATION
Chairmen: Z. Stelmasiak, B. Tarnacka
T. Nehrycz (Ukraine) – Rehabilitation of MS patient with GB syndrome plus PRES
after Fingolimoid therapy
E. Stelmasiak – Health & Wellness Coaching for patients with chronic illnesses an
evidence-based approach
B. Tarnacka – Diffuse brain lesions and rehabilitation
09:00 – 11:00 EPILEPSY SESSION I
Chairmen: K. Rejdak, J. Majkowski, D. Ryglewicz
I. Blatt (Israel) – Epilepsy classification in clinical practice
G. Bauer (Austria) – Hypoxic encephalopathies: electroencephalography and
treatment
D. Ryglewicz – Autoimmune limbic epilepsy
J. Jędrzejczak – Anxiety syndrome in patients with epilepsy
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:15 EPILEPSY II(Pharmaco-therapy)
Chairmen: J. Czuczwar, J. Sławek, K. Rejdak
K. Rejdak – Ion channel blockers in epilepsy treatment
M. Mazurkiewicz-Bełdzińska – Basic mechanisms and epilepsy therapy
12:15 – 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 – 14:00 J. Czuczwar – Are antieptileptic drugs neuroprotective?
B. Błaszczyk – Drug interactions in patients with epilepsy
J. Sławek – Movement disorders mimicing epilepsy
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 18:00 EPILEPSY III
EPILEPSY CASE STUDIES
Chairmen: K. Rejdak, Z. Stelmasiak, A. Rysz
B. Chmielewska, I. Halczuk, A. Rysz
18:00 – CLOSING REMARKS