Doha: Sidra Medicine will host its second Paediatric Neuroscience Conference (PNC 2022) from September 29 to October 1 in partnership with the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida (SRHSB).
The virtual conference will feature local and international neuroscience experts from Europe, North America and the MENA region, who will share insights and best practice methodologies to understand the epidemiology and mechanisms of neurological diseases, focusing on treatable neurological and neurosurgical disorders.
Dr. Ian Pople, Division Chief of Neurosurgery at Sidra Medicine and co-chair of PNC 2022, said: “Sidra Medicine has been at the forefront in offering ground-breaking neurological and neurosurgical services for the children of Qatar and from the wider MENA region. Our annual Paediatric Neuroscience Conference is an opportunity to share life-saving insights that will help advance both the care and cure for children with neurological disorders. We look forward to sharing our best practice approaches and research agenda with our peers as well as hearing from them in what promises to be an educational and meaningful exchange of methodologies, knowledge and ideas.”
The Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida will lead the session on Day 1 with ground breaking research on Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida, while Day 2 will explore further new treatment options for these disorders. Day 3 will feature sessions on updates in the treatment of epilepsy; neurometabolic disorders such as leukodystrophies and neuromuscular disorders, including new gene therapies. Day 3 will also feature a session on precision medicine in neurological disorders.
Co-chairs of PNC 2022, Dr. Husam Kayyali, Division Chief of Neurology and Dr. Ruba Benini, Medical Director of the Neurodiagnostic Laboratory from the Department of Neurology at Sidra Medicine, said: “Our renowned epilepsy programme has helped hundreds of children, particularly those with intractable epilepsy or having structural or metabolic epilepsy disorders.”
