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56th Annual Irish Neurological Association Meeting Programme

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Programme

Thursday October 1st 

12.30     Log-in to virtual INA meeting via IICN website link

12.45     Opening and Welcome to First virtual INA Meeting – Professor Tim Lynch, INA President 2020

13.00     Session I- Multiple Sclerosis

14.00     Session II – Epilepsy

15.40     Session III – Virtual Poster Tour I 

16.00     Session IV – Cognition and Neurodegeration

17.00     Session V – Irish Neurological Association Business Meeting

Friday October 2nd

08.00     Session VI – Neurology and COVID-19 Symposium 

09.00     Session VII – Neuroinfection

10.20     Session VIII – Virtual Poster Tour II

11.00     Session IX – Neurosurgery and Cerebrovascular

14.00     Session X – Noel Callaghan Guest Lecture

15.00     Session XI – General Interest

16.15     Announcement of Prizes

16.45     Close of Meeting

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vINA Meeting Programme

  • Session I - Multiple Sclerosis
    O113.00Hypometabolism in the brain and retina occurs in multiple sclerosis and is a marker of disease severity: a study using novel non-invasive imaging techniques.
    Murphy OC, Kalaitzidis G, Vasileiou E, Filippatou A, Lambe J, Sotirchos ES, Dewey B, Liu Y, Prince JL, Lu H, Calabresi PA, Saidha S.
    O213.13Preliminary validation of static posturography as a disability outcome measure in progressive multiple sclerosis.
    Yap SM, Etzelmueller M, O’Keeffe C, Gaughan M, Reilly RB, McGuigan C.
    O313.26Lymphocyte response in standard and extended interval dosing of natalizumab
    Rafee S, Kennelly L, McGuigan C.
    O413.39Early factors associated with later conversion to multiple sclerosis in patients presenting with isolated myelitis
    Murphy OC, Mukharesh L, Salazar-Camelo A, Pardo CA Newsome SD.
  • Session II - Epilepsy
    O514.00Everolimus as a precision medicine for epilepsy due to pathogenic variants in DEPDC5
    Kearney H, M. Doyle P. Moloney, R. Carton, K. Benson, G.L. Cavalleri, N. Delanty
    O614.13Identification of potential surgical epilepsy cases in a non-specialist centre. What happened to those 18 patients previously identified in 2015? Are we doing any better?
    Noor S, Flynn C.
    O714.26An Audit of Medical Admissions for Seizures in a Model Three Hospital in Ireland.
    Bradley M, Nursing M, Chalissery A.
    O814.39Prescribing Patterns of Medicinal Cannabis for Epilepsy in the Republic of Ireland
    Gilligan M, Widdess-Walsh P.
    O914.52Audit of the in-patient referral system for adult EEGs at St Vincent’s University Hospital.
    O’Brien E, Bjerke A, Connolly S.
    O1015.05Association between social deprivation and the incidence of first seizures, new diagnosis of epilepsy and seizure mimics.
    Maloney EM, Corcoran P, Costello DJ, O'Reilly EJ.
  • Session III - virtual Poster Tour 1
    Tour A15.40Multiple Sclerosis
    Tour B15.50Neurovascular
    Tour C15.40Neurogenetics
    Tour D15.50Cognitive Impairment
  • Session IV - Neurocognitive and Neurodegeneration
    O1116.00Seeing the Woods for the Trees? Dementia with Lewy Bodies presenting as Posterior Cortical Atrophy
    Kelly MJ, O'Dowd, S
    O1216.13The Utilisation of 18-FDG PET Brain Imaging in the Neurocognitive Clinic of a Tertiary Referral Unit and its Impact on Clinical Care
    Wrigley S, Liddy s, Killeen R, Kinsella J.
    O1316.26Four more years? The price of patience in early primary lateral sclerosis
    Finegan E, Chipika RH, Li Hi Shing S, Doherty MA, Hengeveld JC, Vajda A, McLaughlin RL, Hardiman O, Bede P.
    O1416.39Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
    Chaity D, Kelly E, Alexander M, Austin N, O’ Byrne J, Pastores G, Merwick A, Saif M, O’ Dowd S.
  • Session V - INA Business Meeting
    17.00Irish Neurological Association Business Meeting
  • Session VI - Neurology and COVID-19 Symposium
    08.00Round Table Discussion - COVID-19 and its neurological manifestationsProf. Patrick Mallon, UCD Professor of Microbial Diseases and Associate Dean, Research & Innovation, University College Dublin
    Dr. Patricia McNamara, Locum Consultant Neurologist, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square and Northwick Park Hospital.
    Dr. Maria Gaughan, Aspire MS Clinical and Research Fellow, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin
  • Session VII - Neuroinfection and Neuroinflammation
    O1509.15Brain Morphometric Changes in Non-Cirrhotic Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection
    Ferguson D, Strahan O, Bergin C, McKiernan S, Norris S, Doherty CP.
    O1609.28Clinical and radiological features of twenty patients diagnosed with MOG demyelinating syndrome.
    Gaughan M, McGuigan C.
    01709.41Clinical improvement of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy following pembrolizumab infusion.
    Togher Z, Fullam S, Gunko A, Tubridy N, Feeney E, McGuigan C.
    O1809.54Single centre analysis of patients with H1N1 vaccine-related narcolepsy and sporadic narcolepsy presenting over the same time period.
    Ferguson D, Wrigley S, Purcell E, Keane S, McGinn B, O’Malley S, Lynch B, Crowe C
    O1910.07The many faces of neurosarcoidosis: a clinico-radiological case series
    Moloney P, Llamas Y, O’Rourke K, Smyth S, Lynch T.
  • Session VIII - virtual Poster Tour 2
    Tour E10.20Movement Disorders
    Tour F10.30Clinical Neurophysiology/Neuromuscular
    Tour G10.20 Neuroinfections
    Tour H10.30Toxic / Metabolic and General Interest
  • Session IX - Neurosurgery and Cerebrovascular
    O2011.00Strokes in the young: TOAST classification and main risk factors.
    Kennedy J, Rafee S, Lockhart A, O Connor R, McGuigan C.
    O2111.13A rare neurological complication of undiagnosed hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia.
    Monaghan B, Gilligan M, Ni Choileain O, Lavin M, Lee M, O’ Brien E, McAdam B, Power S, Costelloe L.
    O2211.26von Willebrand factor antigen, von Willebrand factor propeptide and ADAMTS13 activity and their relationship with cerebral micro-embolic status in patients with carotid stenosis
    Murphy SJX ; Lim ST; Hickey F; Kinsella JA; Smith DR; Tierney S; Egan B; Feeley TM; Murphy SM; Collins DR; Coughlan T; O’Neill D; Harbison JA; Madhavan P; O’Neill SM; Colgan MP; O’Donnell JS; O'Sullivan JM; Hamilton G; McCabe DJH
    O2311.39Audit of road traffic accidents and whiplash injuries in medical legal practice
    Phillips J.
    O2411.52A descriptive study of fractures of the cervical spine managed by the Neurosurgery Department at Cork University Hospital
    Mulcahy C, Ming-Sheng Lim, O’Sullivan M.
    O2512.05Silicone allergy mimicking shunt infection
    Leer M, Simms HN
    O2612.18Management, complications and neurological outcomes of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in elderly patients
    Cheng PH, Simms HN, Abouharb A.
  • Session X - Noel Callaghan Guest Lecture
     Noel Callaghan Guest Lecture
    14.00The revolutionary Rx for PD that almost got away: the levodopa story
    Prof. Stanley Fahn,
    H. Houston Merritt Professor of Neurology and Director Center for PD and Other Movement Disorders. Department of Neurology Columbia University Medical Center. The Neurological Institute. New York, New York.
  • Session XI - Movement Disorders
    O2715.00Inherited cerebellar ataxias: 5-year experience of the National Ataxia Clinic in Ireland
    Bogdanova-Mihaylova P, Hebert J, Moran S, Murphy M, Ward D, Walsh RA, Murphy SM.
    O2815.13Undiagnosed Neuropathology In Fallers: Findings from a 10-year Autopsy Series.
    Fearon C, Hunt C, Brett FM, Lorigan J, Beausang A, Cryan J, Farrell MA.
    O2915.26The initial experience of a deep brain stimulation service in Ireland
    Laffan A, Walsh R, Lynch T.
    O3015.39Dysphagia: Junior Doctors' Knowledge and Perceptions.
    Ryan M, Trimble G, Dynan J, Hughes S.
  • Presentation of vINA Meeting Awards

Poster Categories

  • Posters A - Multiple Sclerosis
    A1Alemtuzumab-related thyroid disease in people with multiple sclerosis is associated with age and brainstem phenotype at disease onset Yap SM, Dillon M, Crowley RK, McGuigan C.
    A2Co-incident Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (SPG4) – a Case Report.Boucher J, Counihan T.
    A3New diagnoses of Multiple Sclerosis in Sligo University Hospital - a 1 year audit.Joyce E, Waters Á, McPartland G, Mansoor S, Murphy K, Kelly S.
    A4‘Reportedly’…: An Analysis of the Coverage of Multiple Sclerosis in the Irish Print Media.O'Donnell M, Redmond J.
    A5PLEX in pregnancy: A Viable Option for Treatment of Resistant MS. [Withdrawn]O'Flynn O, Reynolds A, Kinirons P, Higgins J, Merwick A.
    A6Numb chin syndrome as a multiple sclerosis mimic in a patient with disseminated malignancySmyth M, Hennessy, M.
    A7Diversity in CNS autoimmune encephalitides: Multiple antibodies; differing clinical phenotypes.Lockhart A, Boers P.
  • Posters B - Neurovascular
    B1The change in management of Vertebrobasilar Strokes in an Irish Model 3 Hospital; a comparison of 2 time-periods.Fullam S, Togher Z, Crowley P, Cotter P.
    B2Neurovascular conflict causing nervus imtermedius neuralgia.Hannon C, Hurley A, O’Dowd S.
    B3Evaluation of the lipids and follow up after ischemic stroke- a retrospective cohort study in Cork University Hospital.Nikola C, Khashab A, Gunko A, Ryan A.
    B4Atherosclerotic stroke and neutrophil lymphocyte ratios in a young stroke cohort.Tierney C, Rafee S, McGuigan C.
    B5Fingolimod Increases Regulatory T Cells in a Mouse Model of Permanent Brain Ischaemia.Malone K, Diaz Diaz A, Shearer J, Moore AC, Waeber C.
    B6Now you see me, now you don’t! – Rapid spontaneous resolution of aqueductal obstruction.
    Togher Z, Walsh MC, Fullam S, O’Riordan C, Cotter P, Crowley P.
  • Posters C - Neurogenetics
    C1An unusual presentation and basal ganglia calcification: is there a link?
    Rafee S, Dudley A, Tubridy N.
    C2Variant Ataxia Telangiectasia with a cavernoma and extensive white matter signal abnormalities.
    Buckley C, Byrne D, Llamas Osorio Y, Kavanagh E, Lynch T.
    C3First report of simultaneous haematological and immunological involvement in DeSanto-Shinawi Syndrome.
    Darcy S, Bogdanova-Mihaylova P, Tuohy E, Niall Conlon N, Murphy SM.
    C4A multi-disciplinary approach to the management of classical ataxia-telangiectasia for the adult neurologist.
    McKenna MC, Cox F, Roche S, McDonald I, Fahy R, Conlon N, Edgar JD, Redmond J.
    C5Genes or proteins: clinching the diagnosis in an era of genetic variants of uncertain significance.
    Menon, PJ, Bogdanova-Mihaylova P, Walsh RA, Taylor M, Murphy SM.
    C6Hereditary Diffuse Leukoencephalopathy with Axonal Spheroids (HDLS) caused by a mutation in the CSF1R gene.

    O’Donnell L, Murphy K, Buckley C, Farrell MA, Fearon C, Llamas Y, Lynch T.
  • Posters D - Cognitive Impairment
    D1A Survey of the Use of CSF Analysis in the Investigation and Diagnosis of Dementia Disorders in Munster.Gleeson K, Fitzgerald P, Costello D, Munteanu T, Kinirons P.
    D2Severe Amnestic Syndrome as a consequence of Theophylline Toxicity.Joyce E, Olszewska DA, Counihan T.
    D3Rapidly progressive haemolysis-elevated liver enzymes-low platelet counts (HELLP) syndrome and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.Lyons S, Bartels HC , O’Malley S, Asad M, O’Meara Y, Ni Ainle F, Geary M, O’Rourke K
    D4Acute confusion and large frontal mass.
    Rafee S, Killeen R, Tubridy N.
  • Posters E - Movement Disorders
    E1An audit of advanced care planning in outpatients with idiopathic Parkinson’s
    Disease.
    McKenna MC, Erica Walsh, David Bradley.
    E2Sleep, Depression, and Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Disease: An Investigation Using a Combination of Subjective and Objective Sleep Assessment Methods.
    Mulryan P, Affonso S, O’Keeffe GW, Sullivan AM.
    E3An Assessment of Sleep Quality in an Irish Parkinson’s Disease Cohort Using a Combination of Subjective and Objective Measures.
    Mulryan P, Affonso S, O’Keeffe GW, Sullivan AM.
    E4A Relapsing Ataxia with GQ1b Antibodies in CSF but not serum; Further Evidence for anti-ganglioside mediated CNS disease?Lockhart A, Mills J, Boers P.
  • Posters F - Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular
    F1Distal axonopathy in paraplegin deficiency: peripheral neuropathy is not a common feature in SPG7-associated spastic ataxia.Bogdanova-Mihaylova P, Gorman C, Alexander M, McHugh J, Richard Walsh R, Murphy SM.
    F2Retrospective analysis of Neurophysiological and MRI findings in a cohort referred for Brachial Plexopathy.Gunko A, Haider S, Brian McNamara B.
    F3Lucky man: a case of musicogenic epilepsy.Lyons S, Khalil M, Williams J, Widdess-Walsh P, O’Rourke K.
    F4Bilateral Forearm Compartment Syndrome as a presenting feature of McArdle Disease.Gailani G, Bermingham N, Ryan A.
    F5When You Cannot ‘Keep Your Chin Up’: An Unusual Case of Head Drop.
    O’Donnell M, Hunt I, MC, Armstrong C, Flynn C, Leonard N, Cryan J, Langan Y, Redmond J.
    F6Mitochondrial cytopathy masquerading as an inflammatory myopathy.Fives C, Jansen M, Blakely EL, Gorman GS, Taylor RW, McNamara B, Sweeney B, Bermingham N.
  • Posters G - Neuroinfectious Diseases
    G1Hypervirulent Klebsiella Pneumoniae presenting with Community Acquired Meningitis – A Case Report from Ireland.
    Bradley M, O’Murchadha L, Tacheva A, Morris B, Gileece A, Tun T, Chalissery A.
    G2Quadriplegia following Herpes Zoster.Gilligan M, Doyle M, Widdess-Walsh P.
    G3NMDA encephalitis, Cryptococcal Meningitis and Immunocompetency- The Chicken and the Eggs. Hunt I, McKenna MC, N, O’Rourke A, Langan Y, Conlon N, Merry C, Redmond J, Hutchinson S.
    G4COVID-19 encephalopathy mimicking autoimmune encephalitis in a patient with mild COVID-19 infection. Gaughan M, Connolly S, O’Riordan S, McGuigan C, Tubridy N, Kinsella J.
    G5Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy – Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (PML-IRIS): a diagnostic muddle.Almobaied M, Chaila E, Gadir A, Birmingham N, O’Connell S.
    G6The story continues: narcolepsy spectrum occurring several years post-H1N1 vaccination in young Irish siblings.Ferguson D, Slattery L, Lynch B, O’Malley S, Crowe C.
    G7Progressive Multifocal Leucoencephalopathy as a tumour mimic in an apparently immunocompetent man.Fives C, Jansen M, Wyse G, Mohammed W, Healy L, Bermingham N.
    G8Patients’ experiences of virtual outpatient clinics in a Neurology Department during the COVID-19 pandemic.McKenna MC, Al Hinai M, Bradley D, Doran E, Hunt I,Hutchinson S, Langan Y, O’Rourke D, Qasem R, Redmond J, Stanila RL, Troy E, Doherty CP.
    G9Cytomegalovirus – Not So (H)armless.
    Togher Z, Higgins E, Gunko A, Doyle M, Fullam S, Tubridy N, Connolly S, Feeney E, McGuigan C.
  • Posters H - Toxic / Metabolic
    H1Perceptions of medicinal cannabis among patients with epilepsy.
    Gilligan M, G. Burke, White M, Delanty N, P. Widdess-Walsh.
    H2Food for thought; D-lactic acidosis, a rare cause of recurrent encephalopathy.
    Asad M, Smyth S, Leyden J.
    H3An evaluation of optimal tutorial methodologies for neurology teaching at an undergraduate level.
    Togher Z, Fullam S, Callanan I, Kearney H, Tubridy N.
    H4Observations on a decade of electronic neurology referrals.
    Togher Z, Fullam S, Tubridy N.

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