7th SAUDI MOVEMENT DISORDERSCONFERENCE

Agenda

  • DAY Ⅰ
  • DAY Ⅱ

Friday, 5 December

Morning Parallel Sessions

Botulinum Toxin Injection (Hands-On) Workshop Topics: Facial and cervical muscles, upper and lower extremities dystonia and tremor

Movement Disorders Review Topics: Phenomenology, How to think like a movement disorders specialist

Lunch & Prayer Break (12:00 PM – 2:00 PM)

Afternoon Session: Parkinson's Disease

Updates on PD Diagnosis and Pathology

Management of Early PD

Management of Motor Fluctuations

Questions & Break ( 20 min )

Advanced PD

Non-Motor Complications and Holistic Care

Questions and Closing

Saturday, 6 December

Morning Parallel Sessions

Levodopa Intestinal Gel, Apomorphine Pump, DBS

The Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program

↪︎ Introduction: Why Is Genetics Important?

↪︎ The Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2)

↪︎ Monogenic Disease: State of the Field

↪︎ Complex Genetics: State of the Field

↪︎ Genetic Testing in the Clinic: Who Should We Test and What Should We Tell Our Patients, The Challenges of Working in Underrepresented Populations

↪︎ Lessons from Monogenic PD and Atypical Parkinsonism Studies

↪︎ Genetics-Based Therapeutics: Now and Future

↪︎ Wrap up on why genetics research is important, priorities

Lunch & Prayer Break (12:00 PM – 1:30 PM)

Afternoon Session: Other Movement Disorders

Dystonia

Pediatric Movement Disorders

Questions & Break ( 15 min )

Updates on Tics and Ataxia

Functional Movement Disorders

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Questions and Closing