neuroradiology update and refresher course

NEURORADIOLOGY UPDATE AND REFRESHER COURSEA BIR event in association with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Venue: Etc. venues Marble Arch, LondonCPD: 10 CREDITS

18–19JUNE 2015

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• Room1Primers for the non-specialistsSessionorganisedbyDrDavid

Wilson,ConsultantInterventional

MSKRadiologist,OxfordUniversity

HospitalsNHSTrust

• Room2Radiation protection — current issues in molecular imaging and radiotherapySessionorganisedbyMrAndy

Rogers,HeadofRadiationPhysics,

NottinghamUniversityHospitals

NHSTrust

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• Room1Clinical hybrid imaging inoncologySessionorganisedbyDrGopinath

Gnanasegaran,Consultant

PhysicianinNuclearMedicine,

StThomas’Hospital

• Room2Emergency radiology — advances in trauma imaging and Essentials for the radiology traineeSessionorganisedbyDrHardi

Madani,RadiologyRegistrar,Royal

FreeLondonHospitaland

DrAusamiAbbas,Cardiothoracic

RadiologyPostCCT

Day 2Day 1

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Programme DAY 1–18 JUNE

09:00 Registration and refreshments

09:30 Welcome and introduction DrAdamWaldman

09:45 Ischaemic stroke DrAmrishMehta

10:15 Intracranial haemorrhage DrKyriakosLobotesis

10:45 Refreshments

11:15 Group A – Workshop Group B – Interactive session

12:00 Group A – Interactive session Group B – Workshop

12:45 Lunch

13:45 CNS infection DrFarahAlobeidi

14:15 Neurooncology/tumours DrAdamWaldman

14:45 Refreshments

15:15 Group A – Workshop Group B – Interactive session

16:00 Group A – Interactive session Group B – Workshop

16:45 Questions and discussion

17:00 Close of day

19:00 Conference dinner at Vinoteca (for those that have pre-registered)

DAY 2–19 JUNE

09:00 Registration and refreshments

09:30 Neuroinflammatory disease DrBrynmoreJones

09:50 Neurodegenerative disease DrAdamWaldman

10:10 Epilepsy DrOlgaKirmi

10:30 Refreshments

11:00 Group A – Workshop Group B – Interactive session

11:45 Group A – Interactive session Group B – Workshop

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Pituitary and skull base DrManeeshPatel

14:00 Trauma DrOlgaKirmiandDrNeilRane

14:30 Refreshments

15:00 Group A – Workshop Group B – Interactive session

15:45 Group A – Interactive session Group B – Workshop

16:30 Questions and discussion

16:45 Close of event

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FACULTY

Dr Farah AlobeidiConsultantNeuroradiologist,ImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrust

Dr Iain ColquhounConsultantNeuroradiologist,ImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrust

Dr Brynmor JonesConsultantNeuroradiologist,ImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrust

Dr Olga KirmiConsultantNeuroradiologist,ImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrust

Dr Kyriakos LobotesisConsultantNeuroradiologist,ImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrust

Dr Amrish MehtaConsultantNeuroradiologistandClinicalLead,ImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrustDr Maneesh PatelConsultantNeuroradiologist,ImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrust

Dr Neil RaneConsultantNeuroradiologist,ImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrust

Dr Abhinav SinghConsultantNeuroradiologist,ImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrust

Dr Adam WaldmanConsultantNeuroradiologistandImagingResearchDirector,ImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrust

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Speaker profiles

Dr Farah AlobeidiConsultant Neuroradiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

FarahAlobeidiqualifiedfromCambridgeUniversityandcompletedhergeneralradiologytrainingatImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrustwithasubspecialisationinneuroradiologyatCharingCrossHospital.ShewentontocompleteformalneuroradiologytrainingonthepanLondonfellowshipprogramme,trainingatTheNationalHospitalforNeurologyandNeurosurgery,King’sCollegeandGreatOrmondStreetHospitals.SheundertookasecondneuroradiologyfellowshipattheUniversityofToronto,atStMichael’sandSunnybrookHospitals,beforereturningtoImperialwheresherestartedasaDiagnosticConsultantNeuroradiologist.Hersubspecialityinterestispaediatricneuroradiology.

Dr Iain ColquhounConsultant Neuroradiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

ConsultantInterventionalandDiagnosticNeuroradiologistatCharingCrossHospital,ImperialHealthcareNHSTrust,Londonfrom1990.

Dr Brynmor JonesConsultant Neuroradiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

DrJonesdidhisgeneralradiologytrainingatImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrustbeforeundertakingthepanLondonDeaneryNeuroradiologyfellowshipwhereheworkedattheNationalHospitalforNeurologyandNeurosurgery,King’sCollegeHospitalandGreatOrmondStreetHospital.HewasappointedasaConsultantDiagnosticNeuroradiologistatImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrustin2010.Hismajorsubspecialtyinterestispaediatricneuroimaging.HehasfurtherinterestsinadultinflammatoryandinfectiveCNSdisordersaswellasspinalintervention.

Dr Olga KirmiConsultant Neuroradiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

DrOlgaKirmi,cametoUKfromGreece,studiedasanundergraduateatGuy’sandStThomas’HospitalswheresheundertookaneurosciencesBSclookingatexpressionofmoleculeswhichinfluencenerveregenerationpostinjury.ShecompletedherbasicradiologytraininginOxford.ShecompletedhersubspecialityneuroradiologytraininginthepanLondontrainingscheme,whichincludedCharingCross,King’sandNationalHospitalforNeurologyandNeurosurgery,aswellastheNationalUniversityHospitalandNationalNeurosciencesInstitute,inSingapore.SheisnowaConsultantNeuroradiologistatImperialCollegeHealthcareNHStrust.

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Dr Kyriakos LobotesisConsultant Neuroradiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

DrLobotesisisaConsultantNeuroradiologistwithaparticularinterestinneurointervention.HewasappointedasaConsultantatImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrustin2011andiscurrentlyNeurointerventionalLead.HecompletedhisgeneralneuroradiologytraininginCambridgepriortocommencingtheBostonScientificNeurointerventionalFellowshipinNewcastle-upon-Tyne.HealsoworkedasaPraticienattachéattheHôpitalGuideChauliac,Montpellier,France,withaparticularinterestinneurointerventionforoverayear.Beyondhisclinicalresponsibilities,DrLobotesisisanHonoraryClinicalSeniorLectureratImperialCollegeLondon.Heisinvolvedinanumberofresearchtrials,withcollaborativelinksnationallyandabroadandsubsequentlyhasproducedasteadystreamofpeerreviewedpaperstodate.

Dr Amrish MehtaConsultant Neuroradiologist and Clinical Lead, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

DrAmrishMehtahasbeenaConsultantNeuroradiologistatImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrustsince2005.HeistheHeadofSpecialtyforNeuroradiologyandtheClinicalLeadforStrokeImaging.Heistheauthorofnumerouschaptersonthesubjectandhasanationalreputationinthefield.

Dr Maneesh PatelConsultant Neuroradiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

DrPatelhasbeenaConsultantNeuroradiologistatImperialfor15years.Hissub-specialistinterestsincludeENTandskullbaseradiologyandneurointervention.HetrainedinradiologyatAddenbrooke’sHospital,andneuroradiology(includingENT)atManchesterRoyalInfirmary,withshorterplacementsinSheffield,HospitalforSickChildren,Toronto,andHopitalLaribiosiere,Paris.

Dr Neil RaneConsultant Neuroradiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

NeilRanequalifiedinmedicinefromCambridgeUniversityin2005followingabachelorsinneuroscience.AfterjuniorrotationsatAddenbrooke’sandPapworthHospitalsheenteredintoradiologyatOxfordandsubspecialisedearlyintoneuroradiology.Thisledtoafellowshipininterventionalanddiagnosticneuroradiology.WhilstinOxfordhewasamemberoftheAMICIgroupworkinginacutestrokeresearch.Followingqualification,hegainedfurtherexperienceasaConsultantNeuroradiologistattheDepartmentofClinicalNeurosciences,Edinburgh.Hewasthe2014CodmanNeurointerventionalFellowatRoyalMelbourneHospital.HerehegainedexperienceatamajortraumacentreinadvancedneurointerventionaltechniquesincludingacutestrokeinterventionaspartoftheEXTEND-‐IAtrial.HewasappointedasConsultantInterventionalNeuroradiologistatImperialin2015.

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Dr Abhinav SinghConsultant Neuroradiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

DrAbhinavSinghisaConsultantInterventionalNeuroradiologistatImperialHealthcareNHSTrust.AgraduatefromBart’s&theLondon,hetrainedinradiologyatAddenbrooke’sHospital,Cambridge,followingcompletionofbasicsurgicaltraininginLondon.HetrainedindiagnosticandinterventionalneuroradiologyontheLondonneuroradiologyfellowshipprogramme,havingalsoundertakenaMScininterventionalneuroradiologyattheUniversityofOxford.

Dr Adam WaldmanConsultant Neuroradiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

AdamWaldmangainedaPhDandundertookpost-doctoralresearchinbiophysicsbeforetraininginmedicineatCambridge.HetrainedinradiologyatUniversityCollegeHospitalsandsubsequentlyinneuroradiologyattheNationalHospitalforNeurologyandNeurosurgery,QueenSquare,London.

DrWaldmanhasbeenaConsultantNeuroradiologistatImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrust(formerlyHHNT)since2001.Since2006hehasbeendepartmentalacademicleadasResearchDirectorforRadiology,andhasalsofoundedanacademictrainingprogrammeinclinicalradiology.

Hewasawardedthe2009RoyalCollegeofRadiologistsRoentgenProfessorshipandmedal,andholdshonorarysenioracademicappointmentsatImperialCollegeLondon.Hismainresearchinterestsareinquantitativeandphysiologicalneuroimaging,particularlyasappliedtoneuro-oncologyandneurodegenerativedementiasandneuroinflammatorydisease.

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Abstracts (where supplied)

Ischaemic strokeDr Amrish Mehta

Thistalkwillpresentthecurrentevidencebehindandguidanceonimagingstrategieswithinthefirst6hoursfollowinganacutestroke.

Intracranial haemorrhageDr Kyriakos Lobotesis

Intracerebralhaemorrhagesareacommonoccurrenceinadults.Differentiatingbetweenthevarioustypesandaetiologiescanbechallenging.Wewillevaluatetypicalpatternsandcharacteristicimagingfeaturesofhaemorrhagesandlookatwhatcanhelptodifferentiatethem.Wewillalsolookatpossiblemimicsandconsiderwhentomentiontheminreports.Theinformationwillbeintheformofdidacticandcasepresentation.

CNS infectionDr Farah Alobeidi

Infectiousdiseasesofthebraincontinuetoposeconsiderablediagnosticchallengesdespiteadvancesinneuroimaging.Althoughtherearewellestablishedimagingpatternsofthebroadcategoriesofinfectiousdisease,thereissignificantoverlapbothwithintheinfectiousdiseaseentitiesandbetweentheseandotherCNSpathologies,namelymalignancy,posingdiagnosticuncertaintyforradiologists.Globalisationandtheincreasingnumberofpatientsonimmunosuppressivetherapyaddstothecomplexityasweencounterinfectionsfromfurtherafieldandpatientswithalteredhostresponsesthatexperienceagreaterfrequencyofinfectionsandwhonolongerexpressanexpectednormalpatternofinjury.

Thistalk,togetherwiththeinteractivesessionandworkshop,aimstounravelsomeofthesediagnosticconundrums,topromptthereportingradiologisttoconsiderinfectionintheirdifferentialdiagnosisandtoprovideaframeworkforthegeneralapproachtoCNSinfections.

Learningobjectives:• ReviewcommonclinicalpresentationsofCNSinfectionsandtheirradiological

manifestations• DevelopaframeworkforageneralapproachtoCNSinfectionswithaparticular

emphasisonthebroadcategoriesofinfectiousdisease• IdentifythesalientdifferentiatingimagingfeaturesofcommonCNSinfections

encounteredindailymodernpractice• Toconsiderthediagnosticchallengesassociatedwithimmunocompromised

patients• Recognisetheimportanceoftheclinicalinformationandserialimagingin

increasingdiagnosticaccuracyforatypicalcases

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Neurooncology/tumours Dr Adam Waldman

Characteristicappearancesanddifferentiatingfeaturesinintra-axialandextraaxialprimaryandsecondaryCNStumourswillbediscussed,withreferencetonon-malignantlesions.Recommendedprotocolsandmanagementstrategiesforlowandhighgradelesionswillbedescribed.Keylearningpointsfromthelecturewillbeaugmentedandfurtherillustratedintheinteractivesessionandcase-basedworkshop.

Neuroinflammatory diseaseDr Brynmore Jones

DifferentiatingbetweenmultifocalwhitematterlesionsintheCNScanbedifficult.WewillevaluatetypicalpatternsofwhitematterlesionsinthecommonCNSinflammatorypathologiesandlookatwhatcanhelptodifferentiatethemfromsmallvessel(microangiopathic)processes.WewilllookatMSmimicsandconsiderwhentomentiontheminreports.Wewillconsiderthedifferentcausesoflongsegmentmyelitis.Theinformationwillbepresentedinashortdidacticlecture,interactivebestanswerresponsequestionsandinaworkshop.

Neurodegenerative diseaseDr Adam Waldman

Theroleofimagingintheinvestigationofdementiaandotherneurodegenerativedisorderswillbediscussed,includingkeyimagingfeaturesofcommondementiasandextrapyramidaldisorders.Appropriateimagingmodalitiesandprotocolswillbedescribedindifferentclinicalscenarios.Lecturematerialwillbesupplementedbytheassociatedworkshopandinteractivesession.

EpilepsyDr Olga Kirmi

Epilepsyisacommonneurologicalcondition.Whilstspecificseizuretypes,specificsemiologyandspecialisedMRprotocolincreasestheprobabilityofidentifyingtheepileptogeniclesion,themajorityofthetimeMRimagingwillbebegative.

ThisshortlectureaimstodemonstrateastructuredapproachtoMRimaging,giveguidancetopaediatricandadultprotocols,reviewtheimagingfeaturesofepileptogeniclesionsandprovidebackgroundknowledgealongwithkeydifferentialdiagnoses.

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TraumaDr Olga Kirmi and Dr Neil Rane

Theimagingofneurologicaltraumacanbeachallengetoallradiologists.Detectionofmajorfindingscanbetime-criticalfromatraumaandneurosurgicalperspectiveandhavesignificantimpactonthemanagementofthepatient.Assessmentoftraumaimagingrequiresexperienceandexpertise.Subtlefindingscanbeeasilymissedandcanbecruciallyimportant.

Learningobjectives:• Reviewmajormechanismsofinjuryinrelationtoneuroradiologicalfindings• Discussoptimisationofimagingparametersforneurologicaltrauma• Reinforceschemaforsystematicanalysisofneurologicaltrauma• Useradiologicalfindingsinneurologicaltraumaasthebasisfor

understandingimagingprinciples• Understandtheneurosurgicalperpectiveofmajorneurologicaltrauma

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