Course Programme

Four days of comprehensive vestibular education

Day One

The Diagnostic Approach for Dizziness and Imbalance

8:30 AM
Registration / Coffee / Tea
Morning Session – The Diagnostic Approach
9:00 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Doris

9:15 AM

Overview of the Diagnostic Approach for Dizziness and Imbalance

Doris / Raj Nandi

9:45 AM

Anatomy and Physiology of the Balance System – The Essentials

Surangi

10:15 AM

Clinical Examination of the Patient with Vertigo and Imbalance

Rohani

10:45 AM
Coffee / Tea Break – 15 mins
11:00 AM

The Vestibular Test Battery and How to Use It + Pitfalls

Patricia

11:45 AM
Lunch
Afternoon Session – Common Vestibular Presentations and Management
1:30 PM

Acute Vertigo

Nezhat / Mo

2:00 PM

Migraine: Presentations and Management

Prof Manjit Matharu / Peter Goadsby / David Morena

2:30 PM

Vestibular Migraine

Louisa Murdin

3:00 PM
Coffee / Tea Break
3:30 PM

Meniere's Disease

Nish / Joe / Hala

4:15 PM

Chronic Dizziness and PPPD

Jeffrey Staab / David Herdman / Diego

4:50 PM
Day Close

Day Two

Vestibular Presentations and Management

8:30 AM
Registration / Coffee / Tea
Morning Session – Vestibular Disorders
9:00 AM

BPPV – Diagnosis and Treatment

TBC

9:45 AM

Bilateral Vestibular Hypofunction

Raymond van de Berg / Nils Guinand / Herman Kingma

10:30 AM
Coffee / Tea Break
11:00 AM

Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence and Third Window Syndromes

Prof Saeed / Hala / Gerard Gianoli / Eugen Ionescu

11:45 AM

Vestibular Perception and Spatial Orientation

Adolfo Bronstein

12:45 PM
Lunch
Afternoon Session – Managing Dizziness in Children and the Elderly
1:30 PM

Dizziness in Children and Adolescents: Assessment and Management

Waheeda / Chrysa

2:15 PM

Elderly Care and Multifactorial Causes of Dizziness

Adolfo / Richard / Diego

2:45 PM
Coffee / Tea Break
3:30 PM

Presbyvestibulopathy – Diagnostic Criteria and Current Research

Mans Magnusson / Yuri Agrawal

4:15 PM

Holistic Management of Dizziness, Imbalance and Falls in the Elderly

Jo Lawson / Doris / Daniel Sommer

5:00 PM
Day Close

Day Three

Holistic Approach to Dizziness and Imbalance

8:30 AM
Registration / Coffee / Tea
Morning Session – Holistic Approach
9:00 AM

Overview of Psychiatric Disorders and the Vestibular Patient: The Psychologist's Perspective

Dr Florian Vogt

9:45 AM

Functional Movement Disorders

Jon Stone / Panayiota Panachilos / Gary Price

10:30 AM
Coffee / Tea Break
11:15 AM

Neuro-ophthalmology and Nystagmus in Patients with Dizziness and Imbalance

Fion Bremner / Ailbhe Burke

11:45 AM

Autonomic Dysfunction in the Dizzy Patient

Nick Gall / Valeria Iodice

12:15 PM
Lunch
Afternoon Session – Specialist Topics
1:00 PM

Radiology

Susan Jawad

2:15 PM

Parkinson's Plus Syndromes / Central Vestibular Disorders / Neurodegenerative Syndromes / Ataxia and Vestibulopathy / CANVAS

Diego / Paola Giunti / Andrea Cortese

3:00 PM
Coffee / Tea Break
3:30 PM

Mal de Débarquement Syndrome

Professor Yoon-Hee Cha

4:15 PM

Technological Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Vestibular Patients

Doris

5:00 PM
Day Close

Day Four

Innovation, Research and Practical Sessions

8:30 AM
Registration / Coffee / Tea
Morning Session – 250 Euston Education Department
9:00 AM

Vestibular Physiotherapy

Marousa Pavlou

9:45 AM

Long COVID and Dizziness

Jessica Eccles / Mike Zandi

10:30 AM
Coffee / Tea Break
11:15 AM

Neuroanatomical Correlates of Unconscious Sensorimotor Control: Implications for Balance Disorders

Qadeer Arshad

11:45 AM

Outcome Measures in Vestibular Clinic

John Chan

12:15 PM
Lunch
Afternoon Session – Practicals at RNENTH
Afternoon

OR Cases and Round Robin Sessions

3-4 rotating groups led by faculty panel (AVM / Physio / Audiology)

5:00 PM
Course Close

Note: Programme is subject to change. Speaker confirmations pending. Additional backup topics include Hypermobility / EDS / Neurodivergence.

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