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Southampton General Hospital
Lecture Theatre 1 in the South Academic Block
Tremona Road
Southampton
SO16 6YD
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OBJECTIVES
- To improve knowledge on use of neurosonography and MRI for antenatal diagnosis of fetal brain abnormalities
- To provide a multidisciplinary forum for case discussion
- To work towards an MDT approach for counselling and follow-up of brain abnormalities diagnosed antenatally
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Participants are encouraged to submit cases for discussion. Please send cases, including MRI or ultrasound if available, by November 1st. We suggest you prepare a Power Point presentation with maximum three slides, which will then form the basis for discussion.
Please email cases back to Brigitte Vollmer B.Vollmer@soton.ac.uk and CC philip.levine@bpna.org.uk.
PROGRAMME
10.15 – 10.30 Registration/Coffee and Introduction (Dr Brigitte Vollmer)
10.30 – 11.15 Fetal Neurosonography (Mr David Howe)
11.15 – 12.00 Challenging cases and outcomes (Dr Mary Gawne-Cain/Dr Harriet Joy/Dr Nicola Foulds)
12.00 – 12.15 Coffee
12.15 - 13.00 'Fetal brain abnormalities - not always developmental' (Prof Paul Griffiths)
13.00 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.15 Presentation and discussion of participants’ submitted cases
(Dr Neelam Gupta/Dr Brigitte Vollmer facilitating)
14.15 – 15.00 Session on MDT approach and how we can develop a common protocol/pathway (Led by Dr Tony Hart/Dr Rahul Singh (TBC) and midwives from Fetal Medicine, UHS)
15.00 – 15.15 Summary and closing remarks (Dr Brigitte Vollmer/Dr Tony Hart)
15.15 - 16.15 BPNA Fetal Neurology SIG business meeting (with coffee/ chaired by Dr Tony Hart)
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Target audience is: Paediatric Neurologists, Neonatal Neurologists, Paediatric Neuroradiologists, Neonatologists, Obstetricians (Fetal Medicine), Midwives, Geneticists. Level: Trainees and Consultants, Fellows
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