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Congress of the Neurological Association of South Africa

Ilanga Estate, Bloemfontein Free State

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On behalf of the organizing committee it gives me great pleasure to invite you to join us at Ilanga Estate, Bloemfontein, for our NASA 2017 congress. Bloemfontein has been listed as one of South Africa's best cities to live in. It has excellent museums, architectural icons and a nature reserve within the city limits, and is also the judicial capital of South Africa.

We are planning an exciting program, with world-renowned speakers and authors on epilepsy, movement disorders and infectious diseases already having agreed to honor us with their presence and knowledge.

We would also like to encourage local researchers and registrars to also contribute their research.

We are looking forward to welcoming you at the 2017 NASA congress!

Elmarie Janse Van RensburgConvenor NASA 2017 CongressSenior Lector/Head Clinical Unit: Neurology Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of the Free StateBloemfontein

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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACTLondocor Event ManagementKea PoultonTel: +27 11 954 5753E-mail: kea@londocor.co.za

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Prof Jerome EngelJerome Engel, Jr., MD, PhD, is Director of the Seizure Disorder Centre, The Jonathan Sinay Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and a member of the Brain Research Institute at UCLA. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, his advanced degrees from Stanford University, and completed his training in neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Engel is past president of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society , the American Epilepsy Society , and the International League against Epilepsy, and is past co-chair of the Global Campaign against Epilepsy. His bibliography lists over 1,000 publications and over 30 books, including Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook, Surgical Treatment of the Epilepsies, The Treatment of Epilepsy, and Seizures and Epilepsy. He is principal investigator on two research grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and has received numerous awards and honours, including a Fulbright Scholarship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Javits Award from the National Institutes of Health, and the Life-Time Achievement Award from the International League against Epilepsy.

Dr Geraint Fuller MA MB (hons) BS PGCME MD FRCPDr. Fuller is a practising neurologist and the author of the well-known textbook “Neurological examination made easy” and co-author of “Neurology: An Illustrated Colour Text”. Along with Phil Smith, he took over as editor from Charles Warlow of the BMJ “Practical Neurology” journal in 2011. He teaches and publishes on a variety of neurological disorders and also on clinical skills, turning “neurophobia” into “neurophilia”.

Dr Elan LouisA graduate of University of Pennsylvania (BA, 1984), Yale Medical School (MD, 1989), and Columbia University School of Public Health (MS, Epidemiology, 1995), Dr. Louis joined the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University faculty in 1995 and was for many years a Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology before being recruited to Yale University in 2015 to be Chief of the Movement Disorders Division in the Department of Neurology. Dr. Louis' principal academic interest is in degenerative diseases of the central nervous system focusing on disorders of involuntary movement. He has a particular interest in essential tremor (ET), one of the most common neurological disorders, and his research efforts have focused on a broad spectrum of issues including its epidemiology, genetics, and underlying pathology. His work on ET has been cited in the New York Times as “pioneering” and he is considered to be the leading ET scholar in the world. Through his research, Dr. Louis has challenged many of the prevailing notions about ET and has substantially re-created the dialogue in the ET field. Dr. Louis established and currently leads the Essential Tremor Centralized Brain Repository, which is a national centralized brain bank for the study of ET, and has established a large DNA bank for patients with the disorder. He collaborates with investigators in Spain, Turkey, and Mexico examining the epidemiology of ET in these populations. He has received continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 1995, as well as funding from the International Essential Tremor Foundation, the Charles A. Dana Foundation, the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, and a Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars Award from the American Federation for Aging Research. He serves on the medical advisory board of the International Essential Tremor Foundation, the Tremor Action Network, and HopeNET. Dr. Louis is the author of over 500 peer-reviewed scientific publications and book chapters and has been invited to write editorials and reviews for Annals of Neurology, New England Journal of Medicine, and Lancet Neurology. He serves on the editorial board of more than ten scholarly peer-reviewed scientific journals and is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. He is also the current editor of Merritt's Textbook of Neurology (13th Edition), the most longstanding textbook in the field of neurology. Dr. Louis is committed to the care of his patients with involuntary movements and he has been listed by Castle Connolly as one of the Top Doctors in the field of Neurology.

Invited International Faculty

Prof Ludwig KapposGrown up in Athens, Greece Ludwig Kappos obtained his M.D. and a Diploma in Clinical Psychology from the University of Würzburg, Germany, in 1980, where he went on to specialise in Neurology and Neuroimmunology, and became Deputy Chief, Division of Clinical Neurology, Max Planck Society, Clinical Research Unit for Multiple Sclerosis. In 1990 he was elected Head of the Outpatient Department, Neurology/Neurosurgery and since 2008 Chair of Neurology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Research interests include immuno-logical and molecular studies in neuroimmunological diseases, methodology and conduct of therapeutic studies mainly in the field of MS, standardisation of clinical assessment, use of magnetic resonance tomography in elucidating the pathogenesis of inflammatory CNS disease and as tool in monitoring therapeutic studies. Ludwig Kappos serves as chair or member in several steering committees and advisory boards of Clinical Trials and Organizations active in the field of MS and general Neurology. Ludwig Kappos has published more than 600 original papers, reviews and book chapters.

Prof Heinz WiendlHeinz Wiendl is professor of Neurology and chair of the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital of Muenster. In addition he is head of a research group working in the field of neuroimmunology. His research is dedicated to understand immune regulation and the functional interaction between the immune and the nervous system. He studied medicine in Germany, Switzerland and USA. He has been a research fellow at the Institute of Neuroanatomy at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology (Martinsried, Germany). Heinz Wiendl worked as a clinical and research fellow at the Department of Neurology Tuebingen, where he was awarded as a junior group leader for neuroimmunology, received his board certification and completed his habilitation. He was appointed as a professor of neurology and head of the clinical research group for MS and neuroimmunology in Wuerzburg in 2005 and acted as a vice-chair of the Department of Neurology. In 2010 he was recruited to the University of Muenster where he accepted the position as a director of the Department of Neurology – Inflammatory Diseases of the Nervous System and Neurooncology. Since 2013 he is director of the Department of Neurology in Muenster. His scientific achievements have been recognized by the Felix Jerusalem award of the German Society for Muscular Diseases (DGM, 2003), the Heinrich Pette award of the German Neurological Society (DGN, 2009), and both Sobek awards for MS research of the German Society for Multiple Sclerosis (DMSG) (young scientist's award, 2004; researcher's award, 2015).

Prof Alan Bryer Professor Alan Bryer is the Head of the Division of Neurology and of the Stroke Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town. Prof. Bryer is the chairman of the South African Stroke Society and has been instrumental in the development of the South African Stroke guideline. He has been actively involved with the wider community and Health-care sector to promote current principles of stroke care that are appropriate and applicable to different levels of the health service in South Africa. He has served on council of the College of Neurologists of South Africa and holds the Stroke portfolio of the South African Heart and Stroke Foundation. He has presented many papers at national and international neurology meetings and has published in local and international peer-reviewed journals particularly in the field of neurogenetics and stroke

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Prof Jeannine HeckmannJeannine Heckmann is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Cape Town. Her areas of research relate to neuromuscular diseases and especially aspects of these diseases which are particular to populations of South Africa. These include myasthenia gravis (MG) and motor neurone disease (MND/ALS) as well as the effects of inflamm-aging and risk factors in HIV-neuropathy in South Africans on effective anti-retroviral therapy. Her main research is focused on the molecular underpinnings of the ophthalmoplegic subphenotype of MG. This MG subphenotype, which becomes apparent as a treatment-resistant ophthalmoplegia, is almost unique to MG subjects with African genetic ancestry and is functionally disabling.

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Prof Graeme MeintjesGraeme Meintjes is a Professor of Medicine and an adult Infectious Diseases Physician based at the University of Cape Town in the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine. He obtained his PhD in 2011 for a thesis that focused on the diagnosis, treatment and immunopathogenesis of paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS). He was the lead investigator on a randomized controlled trial of prednisone for the treatment of para- doxical TB-IRIS. His other research interests include the complications of antiretroviral therapy and cryptococcal meningitis. He has collaborated with researchers from St Georges Hospital, London, on trials aimed at improving initial treatment of cryptococcal meningitis since 2005, and is currently the site PI of the NIAID-funded Cryptococcal Optimal ART Timing (COAT) trial at GF Jooste Hospital in Cape Town. He was a Wellcome Trust training fellow from 2007 until 2011, and has been awarded a 5-year Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine in 2012. He is currently undertaking a Masters in Public Health through Johns Hopkins University. He jointly established the Infectious Diseases Unit at GF Jooste Hospital in Cape Town in 2004. Since 2010 he has been an Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, and since 2004 a Senior Clinical Consultant for the Aid for AIDS managed care group.

Dr Suzaan MaraisSuzaan Marais is a Consultant Neurologist at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in Durban since February 2016. Her initial medical training was at the University of the Free State. She subsequently completed her Neurology training at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She obtained her PhD that investigated HIV-associated tuberculous meningitis in 2014 at the University of Cape Town, where she was a Senior Research Officer and a Wellcome Trust Training Fellow based within the Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative. Her research interests include Neurological infections in HIV-infected persons, in particular tuberculous meningitis.

Invited Local Faculty

Invited Local Faculty

Dr. Johan SmutsJohan Smuts is currently a neurologist in private practice at the Wilgers hospital in Pretoria and a part time senior lecturer at the department of Neurology at the University of Pretoria. He completed his undergraduate studies in 1984 and post graduate studies in 1993 both at the University of Pretoria. After specialization he completed a fellowship in electromyography with Professor Joe Jabre at the Boston University. Over the past 20 years while in private practice he participated in clinical studies, published a number of papers and presented at congresses both locally and internationally. He also completed a LLB degree in 2012 at UNISA. He is the past president of Painsa. His fields of interests are mainly movement disorders and headache as well as medico legal and ethical matters pertaining to neurology currently with specific focus on neuro-genetics.

Dr Lawrence TuckerAwaiting short bio and photo

07:00 - 11:00 Build-up for Exhibitors Con�nues Venue: Great Ilanga

13:00 - 13:30 Workshop Registra�on will open Venue: Dinaledi

13:30 - 17:30 HIV in Neurology13:30 - 13:50 Ini�a�on of an�retroviral therapy, side effects and management Dr Cloete van Vuuren13:50 - 13:55 Qeus�ons & Answers

13:55 - 14:15 New an�retroviral therapy, Dolutegravir, the future Prof Graeme Meintjes14:15 - 14:20 Qeus�ons & Answers

14:20 - 14:40 Second and third line an�retroviral therapy, when and how Dr Cloete van Vuuren14:40 - 14:45 Qeus�ons & Answers

14:45 - 15:15 TEA

15:15 - 15:35 Cryptococcus meningi�s; diagnosis, management and IRIS Prof Graeme Meintjes15:35 - 15:40 Qeus�ons & Answers

15:40 - 16:00 Tuberculous meningi�s and toxoplasmosis; diagnosis management and IRIS Dr Suzaan Marais16:00 - 16:05 Qeus�ons & Answers

16:05 - 16:25 HIV related neurological condi�ons including demen�a Prof Graeme Meintjes

16:30 - 17:00 Opening Welcoming from Organizing Commi�ee Dr E J v Rensburg

Merck stand

17:00 Congress Registra�on Opens Venue: Great Ilanga

Welcome Cocktail Func�on Venue: Great Ilanga

07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast Symposium - Sponsored by Cipla Venue: Ruma 1

Parkinson's disease stages, phases and types. Dr Riaan van Coller

07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast Symposium - Sponsored by Sanofi Venue: Ruma 2

Current and future treatment of MS: focus on novel oral treatments Prof Heinz Wiendl

Venue: Dinaledi

Chair: Prof Ahmed Bhigjee

08:30 - 09:30 Basic mechanisms of Epilepsy Prof Jerome Engel

09:30 - 10.00 Immune recons�tu�on inflammatory syndrome -when improving immunity Prof Graeme Meintjes

harms the brain

10:00 - 10:30 TEA

Venue: Dinaledi

Chair: Prof J Carr

10:30 - 11:30 The A, B, Cs and Zs of Recognizing and Diagnosing Tremors Prof Elan D. Louis

11:30 - 12:00 Topic TBC Speaker TBC

12:00 - 12:30 Stroke in Pregnancy Prof. Alan Bryer

12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH

Venue: Dinaledi

Chair:Prof. Roland Eastman

13:30 - 14:15 Back to the bedsite - rethinking the neurological examina�on Dr. Geraint Fuller

14:15 - 15:00 Transla�ng insights from Neuro-immunology into MS therapeu�cs Prof. Heinz Wiendl

15:00 - 15:30 TEA

Venue: Dinaledi

Prof Clara Schu�e

15:30 - 16:10 When then AChR an�body test comes back nega�ve… Prof. Jeanine Heckmann

16:10 - 16:30 Topic TBC Prof Lawrence Tucker

16:30 - 18:00 NASA AGM Venue: Ruma 1

19:30 Dinner Symposium - Sponsored by Merck Venue: Dinaledi

Trea�ng MS in the post-millenium era - an evidence and experience based journey! Prof. Aksel Siva

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

THURSDAY 02 MARCH 2017

WEDNESDAY 01 MARCH 2017

Session 3

Session 1

Session 2

Session 4

07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast Symposium - Sponsored by Novar�s Venue: Ruma 1

Topic TBC Prof.Ludwig Kappos

07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast Symposium - Sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim Venue: Ruma 2

Acute Stroke symposium(Angels ini�a�ve, Care and To lyse or not) Drs Duim,Rossouw&Stanley

Venue: Dinaledi

Chair: Prof Lawrence Tucker

08:30 - 09:30 Biology of Essen�al Tremor Prof Elan D. Louis

09:30 - 10:00

10:00 - 10:30 TEA

Venue: Dinaledi

Chair:Prof Alan Bryer

10:30 - 11:15 Prac�cal Acute Neurology Dr. Geraint Fuller

11:15 - 12:00 Topic TBC Speaker TBC

12:00 - 12:45 Topic TBC Prof Ludwig Kappos

12:45 - 13:45 LUNCH

Venue: Dinaledi

Chair: Prof Dali Magazi

13:45 - 14:30 Surgical treatment of epilepsy - history and update Prof Jerome Engel

09:30 - 10:00 Topic TBC Dr. James Butler

14:45 - 14:55 Abstract Presenta�ons Topics TBC Speaker TBC

14:55 - 15:05 Abstract Presenta�ons Topics TBC Speaker TBC

15:05 - 15:15 Abstract Presenta�ons Topics TBC Speaker TBC

15:15 - 15:25 Abstract Presenta�ons Topics TBC Speaker TBC

15:25 - 15:35 Abstract Presenta�ons Topics TBC Speaker TBC

15:35 - 15: 45 Abstract Presenta�ons Topics TBC Speaker TBC

15:50 - 16:20 TEA

Venue: Dinaledi

Chair:? Dr Anand Moodley

16:20 - 17:20 Poster Session

19:00 NASA 2017 Congress Dinner Venue: Dinaledi

07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast Symposium - Sponsored by Allergan Venue: Ruma 1

A Mul�-Disciplinary Team approach to trea�ng Upper Limb Post-Stroke Spas�city Dr D Giampaolo

Harrison and Partners

(Rehab Ma�ers)

Venue: Dinaledi

Chair: Prof Girish Modi

08:30 - 09:15 Neuro otology made easy Dr. Geraint Fuller

09:15 - 10:00 Biomarkers of Epilepsy Prof Jerome Engel

10:00 -10:30 TEA

Venue: Dinaledi

Chair: Prof J Heckman

10:30 - 11:15 Environmental epidemiology of essen�al tremor Prof. Elan D. Louis

11:15 - 12:00 Topic TBC Dr. Johan Smuts

12:00 Closing of congress

FRIDAY 03 MARCH 2017

SATURDAY 4 MARCH 2017

Session 5

Session 6

Session 7

Session 8

Session 9

Session 10

DISCLAIMERNeither the committee of the NASA CONGRESS 2017 nor Londocor accept liability for death, injury, any loss, cost of expense suffered or incurred by any person if such loss is caused or result from the act, default or omission of any person. In particular neither the committee of the NASA CONGRESS 2017 nor Londocor can accept any liability for losses arising from the provision or non-provision of services provided by local companies or transport operators. Nor can the committee of the NASA CONGRESS 2017 or Londocor accept liability for losses suffered by reason of war, including threat of war, riots and civil strife, terrorist activity, natural disaster, weather, fire, flood, drought, technical, mechanical or electrical breakdown within any premises visited by delegates and/or partners in connection with the NASA CONGRESS 2017, industrial dispute, governmental action, regulations or technical problems which may affect the services provided in connection with the NASA CONGRESS 2017. Neither the committee of the NASA CONGRESS 2017 nor Londocor is able to give warranty that any particular person will appear as a speaker or panelist. Right of admission is reserved. Trade companies, who do not exhibit at NASA CONGRESS 2017, may not enter the Conference-or exhibition area

SOCIAL EVENTS

Wednesday 01 March17:00 Welcome Cocktail Function

Thursday 2 March19:00 Merck Sponsored Dinner Symposium

Friday 3 March19:00 Congress Dinner

Entertainment by the talented Swing CityAfter party DJ Duane Rockwell

Friday 3 March19:00 Congress Dinner

Entertainment by the talented Swing CityAfter party DJ Duane Rockwell

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REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES Admission to all scientific sessions for the duration of the congress Breakfast and dinner symposia Congress bag Programme and abstract book and other congress material Luncheons and teas Welcome cocktail function NASA 2016 Congress Dinner

CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATIONNotice of cancellation must be given in writing. Any cancellations received before 30 January 2017 will be charged a penalty fee of R350.00. Any cancellations received after this date will result in a 100% cancellation fee. Visit the website for all registration information or see the enclosed registration form.www.mynasa.co.za

TERMS & CONDITIONSIn keeping with the South African Code of Marketing, kindly note the following important notifications: Your spouse/partner or children may accompany you at your own cost. All spouse/ partner flight and transfer costs will be for your own account. All spouse/ partner accommodation, lunch, golf, spa and other incidental costs will be charged directly to your room, payable by you, on departure. No spouse/partner programme has been arranged and spouses/partners will be at leisure during the academic sessions. Due to the fact that this is a academic Congress, unfortunately no partners / spouses or children will be allowed inside the Exhibition area or Scientific Sessions. Total cost for partner or spouse to attend the R550.00 (this cost will cover Social Functions only admin to the Cocktail function and Congress Dinner). Unfortunately no children are allowed to attend these Social functions.

CPD ACCREDITATIONThe congress, as well as the pre-congress workshop and trade sponsored symposia, will be CPD accredited.To access your NASA Congress CPD Certificates please visit Or contact Med-Bay www.med-bay.comTel: +27 11 201 2265

LANGUAGEThe congress will be conducted in English. No translation service will be available.

PERSONAL INSURANCEPlease note that all delegates are responsible for their own travel insurance, medical insurance and cancellation fees.

FLIGHTSShould you require any flight reservations, please contact Club Travel Karen Ashley (Travel Consultant) Tel: +2711 760 1660 or E-mail karena@clubtravel.co.za

COMPLIMENTARY SHUTTLE SERVICESPlease note that a daily complimentary shuttle service will only be available from the listed Hotels to Ilanga Estate

AIRPORT TRANSFERSTo confirm your Airport Transfer, please contact Mothebe Shuttle Services on Tel: 083 660 8364 or E-mail david@mothebe.co.za (Complimentary transfers are for delegates only, a fee will apply for partners / spouses)

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