Wednesday, December 26, 2007

9:00 AM - 9:40 AM

Registration

9:40 AM - 9:50 AM 

Tilawat (Dr Nadeem Memon)

9:50 AM - 10:00 AM

Opening remarks (Dr Nadir Syed)

Session I

Chair: Sardar Alam, Peshawar

Co-chair: Saad Shafqat, AKU, Karachi

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Naweed Syed ( Canada )

Brain-chip interfacing: From fiction to real human applications   

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tea Break

Session II

Chair: Farrukh Shohab, Liaquat National Hospital (LNH), Karachi

Co-chair: Arif Harekar, Dow University of Health Sciences

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Fayyaz Ahmed ( UK )

Unilateral headache- differential and management

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Naweed Syed ( Canada )

Does long-term anesthetic exposure affect regeneration, synapse formation and short-term memory?

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Lunch and Prayer Break

Session III

Chair: Naeem Kasuri, King Edward Medical university, Lahore

Co-chair: Alam Siddiqi, Chandka Medical College , Larkana

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Ashfaq Shuaib ( Canada )

Stroke Update

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM

Bhojo Khealani

Sleep apnea and cardiovascular risk  

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM 

Rafey Faruqui ( UK )

Acquired brain injury and personality change

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Tea and prayer Break

Session IV

Chair: Professor Nasrullah, King Edward Medical university, Lahore

Co-chair: Ismail Khatri, Shifa international Hospital, Islamabad

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Mubashira Hashmi (LNH)

Carbamazepine and Atherosclerosis: Is there any link? 

5:00 PM - 5:45 PM

Naeem Dean ( Canada )

Can we prevent a stroke?

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Session V

Chair: Nadir Ali Syed, Aga Khan University , Karachi

Co-chair: Saleem Barech, Bolan Medical College , Quetta

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Naeem Dean ( Canada )

High risk TIAs

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM 

Ashfaq Shuaib ( Canada )

Ongoing stroke trials: How Pakistani neurologists and centers can participate in international collaborative research?   

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tea  Break

Session VI

Chair: Muhammad Tariq, PIMS, Islamabad

Co-chair:  Amer Ikram, Doctors Hospital , Lahore

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM 

Fayyaz Ahmed ( UK )

Migraine prophylaxis – update

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Ayeesha Kamal (AKU)

Intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis in Asian population- prevalence and prospects

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Mohammad Akhter ( South Carolina , USA )

Neuroimaging in neurological diseases 

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Lunch and Prayer Break

Session VII

Chair: Shaukat Ali, Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center , Karachi

Co-chair:  Ather Javed, King Edward Medical University , Lahore

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM 

Tanveer Haq

Carotid stenting experience in Pakistan 

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Mubeen Rafay ( Canada )

Paediatric stroke  

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Closing remarks - Mughis Sheerani

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM 

Tea