Preliminary Program

Saturday, June 8
Education and Training Day

Session: Common Threads in FND Assessment (Chair: W. Curt LaFrance, Jr., MD, MPH)
8:00 – 8:30 am CEST Common Skills for Assessing a Patient with FND
8:30 – 9:00 am CEST Examination Skills in FND: Positive Signs for All Providers
Ingrid Hoeritzauer, SpR
9:00 – 9:30 am CEST Common Language for Diagnostic Delivery, Educational Models to Understand Symptoms
Gaston C. Baslet, MD; Dara VF Albert, DO, MEd; and Sarah C. Lidstone, MD, PhD
9:30 – 9:45 am CEST Q & A
9:45 – 10:00 am CEST Coffee
Session: Treatment Skills in FND "How To"
10:00 – 10:45 am CEST

Concurrent Tracks

Track: Physicians, Trainees, Nurses (Chair: Sarah C. Lidstone, MD, PhD)
Delivering the FND Diagnosis
Gabriela S. Gilmour, MD and Marialuisa Gandolfi, MD, PhD

Track: Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech-language Pathologists
Initial Assessment
Jennifer L. Freeburn, MS, CCC-SLP and Christian Geroin, PhD

Track: Mental Health (Chair: Gaston C. Baslet, MD)
Initial Psychological Assessment

Trudie Chadler and Marleen Tibben, drs

Track: Pediatrics (Chair: Dara VF Albert, DO, MEd)
Initial Assessment and Communication
Aaron D. Fobian, PhD; Jason David Kreuzman, OTR/L; and Kasia Kozlowska, MD, PhD

10:45 – 11:30 am CEST

Concurrent Tracks

Track: Physicians, Trainees, Nurses
Assessing Treatment Suitability/Triage

Track: Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech-language Pathologists
Treatment Principles and Mechanisms

Track: Mental Health
Common Skills Across Psychotherapy Modalities


Track: Pediatrics
Pediatrics FMD Rehabilitation

11:30 – 12:30 pm CEST Lunch
12:30 – 1:15 pm CEST

Concurrent Tracks

Track: Physicians, Trainees, Nurses
How to identify and manage psychiatric and neurological comorbidities

Track: Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech-language Pathologists
Practical application for FND (tremor, gait disorders)

Track: Mental Health

Specific skills to different modalities CBT/ mindfulness/ psychodynamic

Track: Pediatrics
Pediatrics FND Psychotherapy

1:15 – 2:00 pm CEST

Concurrent Tracks

Track: Physicians, Trainees, Nurses
Bedside strategies for treating FMD

Track: Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech-language Pathologists
Attack treatment for episodic symptoms

Track: Mental Health
Addressing barriers in psychotherapy treatment


Track: Pediatrics
Family therapy and school-related issues

2:00 – 2:30 pm CEST Coffee
Session: Bringing it Together: Treatment Planning and Barriers (Panel Discussion)
2:30 – 3:00 pm CEST What Makes a Good Therapy Candidate and Setting Up an Initial Treatment Plan
Sarah C. Lidstone, MD, PhD; Glenn Nielsen, PhD; Sepideh Bajestan, MD PhD; and Jason David Kreuzman, OTR/L
3:00 – 3:30 pm CEST Treatment Barriers: Dealing with Pain, Fatigue, Avoidance, and Fear
Aaron D. Fobian, PhD and Christian Geroin, PhD
3:30 – 3:45 pm CEST Q & A
Session: Creating Sustainability in an FND Practice (Chair: Barbara Dworetzky, MD)
3:45 – 4:05 pm CEST When Patients Do Not Get Better
Alan J. Carson, MB ChB, MPhil, MD, FRCPsych, FRCP
4:05 – 4:25 pm CEST Self-care for FND Clinicians: Importance of the Team
Mark J. Edwards, MBBS, BSc, FRCP, PhD
4:25 – 4:40 pm CEST Q & A
5:00 – 7:00 pm CEST Networking Reception

Sunday, June 9

Welcome – Functional Neurological Disorder in 2024
8:00 – 8:15 am CEST Welcome to the Conference
Mark Hallett, MD, Michele Tinazzi, MD, PhD, and Alan Carson, MD
Session: FND Seizures - Mechanisms to Therapy (Chair: Ali A. Asadi-Pooya, MD)
8:15 – 8:35 am CEST Functional Seizures: From a Unified Pathophysiological Model to Personalized Treatment
Stoyan Popkirov, PhD
8:35 – 8:55 am CEST Clinical Diagnosis Update
Dara VF Albert, DO, MEd
8:55 – 9:15 am CEST Lab Diagnosis Update
Coraline Hingray, MD, PhD
9:15 – 9:35 am CEST Treatment
Kasia Kozlowska, MD, PhD
9:35 – 10:15 am CEST Q & A
10:15 – 10:45 am CEST Coffee
Session: Joint Session FNDS + EAPM: Exploring the Range of Functional Disorders (Chairs: Barbara Dworetzky, MD and Michael Sharpe, MD, FACLP)
10:45 – 11:05 am CEST Fatigue
Michael Sharpe, MD, FACLP
11:05 – 11:25 am CEST Psychosomatic Medicine
Peter Henningsen
11:25 – 11:45 pm CEST A National Program in Denmark
Per Fink, MD, PhD, DMSc
11:45 – 12:45 pm CEST Panel Discussion
12:45 – 2:30 pm EDT Lunch and Posters
Session: Shared Issues in Therapeutic Interventions (Chair: Stefano Tamburin, MD, PhD)
2:30 – 2:50 pm CEST Pain and Fibromyalgia and Therapeutic Considerations
Tereza Serranová, MD, PhD
2:50 – 3:10 pm CEST FND Treatment in a Resource Limited Setting
Sanjay Pandey, Md, DM and Gang Wang
3:10 – 3:30 pm CEST What to do when FND Treatment Response is sub-optimal
 Michael Dilley, MD, MRCPsych
3:30 – 3:50 pm CEST The Challenge of Managing FND in GP/Primary Care
 Christopher Burton, MD
3:50 – 4:30 pm CEST Q & A
4:30 – 5:00 pm CEST Coffee
Session: Case (Co-chairs: Alex Lehn, MD)
5:00 – 6:00 pm CEST One cases illustrating topics of the day with neurology, psychiatry, allied health, and mental health
Gaston Baslet, MD; Aaron D. Fobian, PhD; Ellen J. Godena, EdM, MSW, LICSW; Wesley T. Kerr, MD, PhD; and Marcus Reuber, MD, PhD, FRCP
6:00 – 8:00 pm CEST Welcome Reception

Monday, June 10

Session: FND Motor Disorders - Mechanisms to Therapy (Chair: Anthony Lang, MD, FRCPC)
8:00 – 8:20 am CEST Pathophysiology
Selma Aybek, MD
8:20 – 8:40 am CEST Clinical Diagnosis Update
José Fidel Baizabal-Carvallo, MD
8:40 – 9:00 am CEST Lab Diagnosis Updates
Marina AJ De Koning-Tijssen, MD, PhD
9:00 – 9:20 am CEST Treatment
Glenn Nielsen, PhD
9:20 – 10:00 am CEST Q & A
10:00 – 10:30 am CEST Coffee
Session: FND and Other Conditions (Chair: Massimiliano Calabrese, MD)
10:30 – 10:50 am CEST Multiple Sclerosis
Andrew J. Solomon, MD
11:10 – 11:30 am CEST Parkinson Disease and Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders
 
11:30 – 11:50 am CEST Headache/Migraine
Jon Stone, PhD
11:50 – 12:10 am CEST Autism/ADHD
Benedetta Demartini, MD
12:10 – 12:30 am CEST Q & A
12:30 – 2:30 pm CEST Lunch and Posters
Presidential Session: Long-COVID and Other Topics in the News (Chair: Barbara Dworetzky, MD)
2:30 – 2:50 pm CEST Long COVID
Alan Carson, MD
2:50 – 3:10 pm CEST Havana Syndrome
Mark Hallett, MD
3:10 – 3:30 pm CEST What happened with the TikTokTics
Davide Martino, MD, PhD
3:30 – 4:00 pm CEST Q & A
 
4:00 – 4:30 pm CEST Coffee/Tea and Posters
Session: Case (Chair: Francesca Morgante, MD, PhD
4:30 – 5:30 pm CEST One case illustrating topics of the day with neurology, psychiatry, allied health, and mental health
Ismael Conejero, MD; Lorna Dixon, Joseph Jankovic, MD; Clare M. Nicholson, OT; and David L. Perez, MD, MMSc, FAAN
7:00 – 9:00 pm CEST Gala Dinner at Lounge Arch in Villa Brasavola de Massa
(Optional / additional cost / limited availability)

Tuesday, June 11

Session: Functional Dizziness & Functional Cognitive Disorder: Mechanisms to Therapy (Chair: Michele Tinazzi, MD, PhD)
8:00 – 8:20 am CEST Functional Dizziness: Pathophysiology
Nadine Lehnen, MD
8:20 – 8:40 am CEST Functional Dizziness: Treatment
Jeffrey P. Staab, MD, MS
8:40 – 9:00 am CEST Functional Cognitive Disorder following mTBI
Noah D. Silverberg, PhD, ABPP-CN
9:00 – 9:30 am CEST Q & A
   
Patient Session (Chair: Mark J. Edwards, MBBS, BSc, FRCP, PhD)
9:30 – 9:40 am CEST #informthedoctor
Kim Hearne
9:40 – 9:50 am CEST Creating P.E.A.C.E. in Clinical Encounters
Bridget Mildon
9:50 – 10:00 am CEST Codesigning and Delivering Training for FND Services
Katherine Gill, PhD
10:00 – 10:10 am CEST Surveying and Lobbying for FND Services
Dawn Golder
10:10 am – 10:30 am CEST Discussion
10:30 – 11:00 am CEST Coffee
11:00 – 11:30 am CEST Society Business Meeting
Alan J. Carson, MB ChB, MPhil, MD, FRCPsych, FRCP
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Research Highlights: Best of FND 2024 Posters (Chair: Alberto J. Espay, MD, MSc)
11:30 – 11:35 am CEST Poster #1
11:35 – 11:40 am CEST Poster #2
11:40 – 11:45 am CEST Poster #3
11:45 – 11:50 am CEST Poster #4
11:50 – 11:55 am CEST Poster #5
11:55 – 12:00 pm CEST Poster #6
12:00 – 12:05 pm CEST Poster #7
12:05 – 12:10 pm CEST Poster #8
12:10 – 12:15 pm CEST Poster #9
12:15 – 12:20 pm CEST Poster #10
12:20 – 12:25 pm CEST Poster #11
12:25 – 12:30 pm CEST Poster #12
12:30 – 2:15 pm CEST Lunchtime Discussion Groups
Session: Shared Concepts of Etiology and Mechanisms (Chair: Jon Stone, PhD)
2:15 – 2:35 pm CEST

Interoception
Mahinda Yogarajah, MBBS, MRCP, PhD

2:35 – 2:55 pm CEST FND is a Feminist Issue: Why Women more than Men
Caoimhe McLoughlin
2:55 – 3:15 pm CEST Affective and Autonomic Functioning
Susannah Pick, PhD
3:15 – 3:30 pm CEST Q & A
   
Closing Keynote (Chair: Jon Stone, PhD)
3:30 – 4:15 pm CEST The Guru, Bagman and the Sceptic: A story of science, sex and psychoanalysis
Seamus O'Mahony, MD
4:15 – 4:30 pm CEST Closing Notes and Farewell
Michele Tinazzi, MD, PhD and Barbara Dworetzky, MD

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