EAN News

Residents and research fellows discover the VUmc This year’s annual hospital visit on Sunday 25th of June 2017 brought 80 residents and research fellows from all over the world to the impressive VU University Medical Center Amsterdam (VUmc) located in the southwestern part of Amsterdam, close to the campus of VU University. The RRFS hospital visit was organised in collaboration with the Dutch Junior Neurology Association.

We congratulate the winners of the Investigator Awards to their presentation during the
3rd EAN Congress in Amsterdam 2017! The Prize consists of an Award certificate and free registration to the Lisbon Congress.   All winners’ presentations were filmed –… Continue Reading

The special session of the Residents and Research Fellow Section (RRFS) took place on Sunday 25.06.2017 during the EAN congress 2017 in Amsterdam. This year the special session was held in a novel format with the aim to create a more informal environment between juniors and senior researchers and clinicians.

Symposium 6: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) as a model of interaction between cognition, behaviour and motor impairment Chairpersons: 
Albert C. Ludolph, Ulm, Germany
Yolande A.L. Pijnenburg, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, The Netherlands The neuropathology of ALS… Continue Reading

Memories from the 3rd EAN Congress in Amsterdam find yourself, a colleague or a friend in the Amsterdam photo-gallery        Amsterdam 2017: Memories from the 3rd EAN Congress – view the photo gallery was last modified: July 31st,… Continue Reading

the understanding or treatment of MS. David B. Vodušek (DBV): Can you tell us about your training and how you ended up looking after neurological patients with MS and pursuing research in MS? Per Soelberg Sorensen (PSS): When I was a young doctor, I was fascinated by neurology because of the way the neurologist would deduct where the lesion in the nervous system was located based on the history and objective examination. This was before the appearance of scanners.

eter Van den Bergh (PVdB): Peripheral neuropathies are common neurological disorders. In the annual EAN congresses, they are an important topic which the Scientific Panel Neuropathies strives to integrate in the scientific and in the educational Program. I would like to introduce the Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) of which you are the president to the EANpages readership. Can you please explain what the PNS stands for and what its objectives and aims are to the readers of the EANpages? Mary Reilly (MR): The Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) is an international organisation of physicians and scientists working together to develop and provide the best treatments for people who have peripheral nerve diseases.

European Neurology has lost one of its great pioneers: Franz Gerstenbrand, emeritus Professor of Neurology at Innsbruck University, Past President of the EFNS and Honorary Member of the EAN passed away on June 30, 2017 at the age of 92.

Chairpersons:
Bernard Uitdehaag, Guenther Deuschl, Paul Boon
during the Highlight session the most prominent topics of the congress were given special recognition: Stroke
Veerle De Herdt, , Belgium Multiple Sclerosis
Rogier Q. Hintzen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Degenerative disorders including dementia… Continue Reading

ESO/EAN symposium 7: uncommon cerebrovascular diseases Chairpersons:
Stefan Engelter, Basel, Switzerland
C.J.M. (Karin) Klijn, AMERSFOORT, The Netherlands Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: how to recognise it?
Anne Ducros, Montpellier, France Cervical artery dissection: where are we now?
Stefan Engelter, Basel, Switzerland… Continue Reading

CME TOPICAL SYMPOSIUM: Spinal muscular atrophy Chairperson
Ulrike Schara, Essen, Germany
Enrico Bertini, Roma, Italy Diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy
W.Ludo Van Der Pol, Utrecht, The Netherlands Clinical aspects of spinal muscular atrophy
Ulrike Schara, Essen, Germany Therapy and management… Continue Reading

The third Women in Neurology Session: is the landscape really changing with respect to the gender gap? The “Challenges in for Women in Neurology” lunch session took place for the third time at EAN 2017 and featured three successful practitioners… Continue Reading

ILAE-CEA/EAN: Recent and upcoming new drugs and devices for the treatment of epilepsy CHAIRPERSONS: Meir Bialer, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL Paul Boon, GHENT, BELGIUM 25 years new anti-epileptic drugs – did they make a difference?
Eugen Trinka, SALZBURG, AUSTRIA New anti-epileptic drugs… Continue Reading