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SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2009
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14:00 – 18:00 Satellite Course 1
Interpretation of EEGs
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Co-Directors: Solomon L. Moshe, Bronx, NY, USA
Uri Kramer, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
14:00 EEG: THE FIRST PERFECT LOOK AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACH
Solomon L. Moshe, Bronx, NY, USA
14:55 EPILEPTIC EEG: TYPES, FOCAL V’S GENERALIZED, LOCALIZATION,
SPECIFIC TYPES: ROLANDIC FOCUS, HYPSARRYTHMIA
Uri Kramer, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
15:35 Coffee Break
16:05 ICTAL EEG: FOCAL, REGIONAL, BILATERAL AND GENERALIZED,
PROPAGATION, CORRELATION WITH SEMIOLOGY
Nathan Watemberg, Kfar Saba, ISRAEL
16:45 HOW TO LEARN TO LOVE AND NOT HATE THE NEONATAL EEG
Solomon L. Moshe, Bronx, NY, USA
17:40 CONCLUDING COMMENTS
Uri Kramer, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
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14:00 – 18:00 Satellite Course 2
Update: Treatment and Management of Cerebral Palsy
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Co-Directors: Tatjana Dolenc Velickovic, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Luba Zuk, Tel Aviv, Israel
14:00 INTRODUCTION
Milivoj Velickovic Perat, Ljubljana, Slovenia
14:10 WHEN TO TREAT
Tatjana Dolenc Velickovic, Ljubljana, Slovenia
HOW TO TREAT: THE TEAM APPROACH
14:40 RECURRENT SPASTIC DIPLEGIC MUSCLE CONTRACTURES
FOLLOWING SELECTIVE DORSAL RHIZOTOMY: CAN THEY BE
AVOIDED?
R. Paul Jordan, New York, NY, USA
15:10 CHANGING THE TRADITIONAL PERCEPTION OF SPASTICITY:
SIMULATED SPASTIC GAIT IN NON-CP PATIENTS, RELEVANCE TO SDR
Roy M. Nuzzo, Summit, New Jersey, USA
15:40 Coffee Break
16:10 THE ROLE OF THE PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Sarah Capelovitch, Rehovot, Israel
16:25 THE ROLE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Vardit Kindler, Jerusalem, Israel
16:40 THE ROLE OF THE SPEECH THERAPIST
17:00 FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY AND PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE
Tatjana Dolenc Velickovic, Ljubljana, Slovenia
17:30 PANEL DISCUSSION
Chairpersons: Milivoj Velickovic Perat, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Luba Zuk, Tel Aviv, Israel
Participants: Sarah Capelovitch, Rehovot, Israel
Tatjana Dolenc Velickovic, Ljubljana, Slovenia
R. Paul Jordan, Long Island, NY, USA
Roy M. Nuzzo, Summit, New Jersey, USA
Vardit Kindler, Jerusalem, Israel
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SYMPOSIUM OPENING CEREMONY
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MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2009
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08:00 – 09:20 Session 1
TheTreatmentofSpasticity
Chairpersons: Memet Ozek, Istanbul, Turkey
Hila Ben Pazi, Jerusalem, Israel
08:00 THE MEDICAL APPROACH TO SPASTICTY
Aviva Fattal-Valevski, Tel Aviv, Israel
08:20 THE GREEK EXPERIENCE IN BOTOX TREATMENT
Antigone Papavasiliou, Athens, Greece
08:40 NEUROSURGICAL APPROACH TO SPASTICITY:
HOW TO CHOOSE AND WHAT METHOD (BACLOFEN PUMPS, RHIZOTOMY)
Rick Abbott, New York, NY, USA
09:00 MECHANICAL (ORTHOPAEDIC) ISSUES THAT SIMULATE SPASTICITY –
HOW TO FIX THEM
Roy M. Nuzzo, Summit, NJ, USA
09:20 NEUROSURGICAL TREATMENT OF UPPER EXTREMITY SPASTICITY
A. Leland Albright, Madison, WI, USA
09:50 Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and visit the exhibition
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10:10 – 11:10 Session 2
White Matter Disorders
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Chairpersons: Robert Ouvrier, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Eli Shahar, Haifa, Israel
10:10 APPROACH TO DIAGNOSIS AND CURRENT TREATMENT OF
INHERITED WHITE MATTER DISEASES
Bruria Ben-Zeev, Tel Aviv, Israel
10:30 NEURO-IMAGING
Liat Ben-Sira, Tel Aviv, Israel
10:50 OPTIC NEURITIS IN CHILDREN
Anat Kesler, Tel Aviv, Israel
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11:10 – 12:40 Session 3
Peripheral & Neuromuscular Disorders
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Chairpersons: Bernard Echenne, Montpellier, France
Yehuda Shapira, Jerusalem, Israel
11:10 MENTAL ASPECTS OF GAIT
Nir Giladi, Tel Aviv, Israel
11:30 NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS UPDATE
Victor Dubowitz, London, UK
12:10 APPROACH TO PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIES
Robert Ouvrier, Sydney, NSW, Australia
12:40 Lunch
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13:40 – 15:45 Session 4
Movement Disorders
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Chairpersons: Zamir Shorer, Beersheva, Israel
N. Paul Rosman, Boston, MA, USA
13:40 TICS AND TOURETTE
Harvey S. Singer, Baltimore, MD, USA
14:20 PAROXYSMAL MOVEMENT DISORDERS IN CHILDREN
Naomi J. Lubarr, New York, NY, USA
14:50 CHILDHOOD DYSTONIA
Susan Bressman, New York, NY, USA
15:20 UPDATE ON DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR TORSION DYSTONIA
Ron Alterman, New York, NY, USA
15:45 Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and Visiting the Exhibition
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16:10 – 17:00 Session 5
Vascular Diseases in Children
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Chairpersons: Charles Raybaud, Toronto, ON, Canada
Harry Z. Rappaport, Petach Tikva, Israel
16:10 NEURO-VASCULAR DISEASES IN CHILDREN
Walter J. Molofsky, New York, NY, USA
16:35 INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGY IN CHILDREN
Shimon Maimon, Tel Aviv, Israel
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17:00-18:30 Session 6
“Potpourri”
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Chairpersons: William Logan, Toronto, ON, Canada
Nathan Zelnik, Haifa, Israel
17:00 APPROACH TO METABOLIC DISORDERS
John H. Menkes, Los Angeles, CA, USA
17:30 MEDICAL INFORMATICS
David A. Stumpf, Chicago, IL, USA
18:00 HARMONY IN PEDIATRIC NEUROSCIENCE
Shizuo Oi, Tokyo, Japan
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2009
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