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Event Details
The Stroke Clinical Trials Network Ireland (SCTNI) 2019 annual conference will take place on 22nd November 2019. Focused on New Advances in Stroke Treatment, the SCTNI Conference has an excellent mix of domestic and international speakers, and has become a highlight in the year for training and research in clinical neurovascular medicine.
The conference will be held in the Richard Carmichael Lecture Theatre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. The Richard Carmichael Lecture Theatre can be accessed through the main entrance to the hospital, turn to the left in the lobby area and left again for the entrance to the lecture theatre.
Please see below for the full conference schedule (or download a PDF version here).
The conference qualifies for 5 CPD points.
The conference is free to attend, however prior registration is required. Please register your attendance here.
New Advances in Stroke Treatment 2019
Friday 22nd November 2019
Registration: 10.00-10.30
Session 1: Emergency stroke treatment
10.30 -11.00 Current update on endovascular therapy Dr Sarah Power (RCSI Ireland)
11.00 – 11.30 Re-organising stroke systems to prioritise thrombectomy for large artery strokes. The UK experience Prof Philip White (Newcastle, UK)
11.30 – 12.00 What next for acute treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage? Prof Nikola Sprigg (Nottingham, UK)
Break: 12.00-12.15
Session 2: Cognition and recovery
12.15 – 12.30 Current research on stroke recovery in Ireland – Prof. Frances Horgan on behalf of the SCTNI recovery group
12.30 – 12.45 Functional mobility and gait outcomes in stroke at the NRH. A retrospective review – Dr Olive Lennon on behalf of the SCTNI recovery group
12.45 – 13.15 What causes dementia after minor stroke and TIA? Prof Sarah Pendelbury (Oxford)
Lunch: 13.15-14.15
Lunchtime poster session – lessons for stroke treatment. Stroke team SpRs and/or consultants.
(13.20-14.00 Side-meetings – Clinician’s Operating Group, Recovery Operating Group)
Session 3: Stroke prevention and ‘minor’ stroke
14.15 -14.45 Lipids, atherosclerosis, and stroke Prof Pierre Amarenco (Bichat University Hospital Paris)
14.45 – 15.15 Antiplatelet treatment strategies following non-cardioembolic TIA & ischaemic stroke Prof Dominick McCabe AMNCH-TUH/Trinity College Dublin
15.15 – 15.30 Inflammation as a target for stroke prevention – Dr Sarah Coveney (SCTNI Fellow, Mater/UCD)
15.30 – 16.00 Practical management of anticoagulation and bleeding in acute stroke Prof Fionnuala Ni Ainle/Prof Sean Murphy (Mater/UCD Ireland)
16.00 – 16.20 Emergency treatment of ‘minor’ stroke Prof Shelagh Coutts (University of Calgary)
16.20 Meeting close Prof Peter Kelly, Prof David Williams
Sponsors
Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd provided financial support for this meeting.
The SCTNI are grateful for the support from the following sponsors:
