Programme at a Glance: 19-20 November 2024

Day 1

*Programme subject to changes

08:45-09:00 Welcome & Opening Speech – Dr Ronald Reeves, Chair of ISCoS Education Committee, and Associate Professor of PM&R at Mayo Clinic, USA and Klemen Grabljevec, President of European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ESPRM), Slovenia

09:00-10:00 Session 1: Definition, Anatomy & Clinical Assessment of SCI

• Prof Andrei Krassioukov – Professor and Endowed Chair at the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Canada
• Q&A

10:00-10:30 Coffee and Tea Break

10:30-11:30 Session 2: Rehabilitation Care for Persons with SCI

• Acute care after SCI and role of PRM – Dr Eimear Smith, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine at the National Rehabilitation & Mater Misericordiae University Hospitals, Dublin, Ireland
• Scope of SCI Nursing – Lisa Beck Assistant Professor of Nursing, College of Medicine Mayo Clinic, USA
• Q&A

11.30-12:30 Session 3: Bladder and Bowel – Wellspect Session

• Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction (NLUTD) during acute and chronic phase – Dr Christina-Anastasia Rapidi, PRM Physician, Secretary of International Spinal Cord Society – ISCoS and Chair of Special Interest Scientific Committee for SCI of the European Society of PRM (ESPRM)

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

13:30-15:00 Session 4: Other Secondary Health Conditions after SCI

• Autonomic dysfunction – Prof Andrei Krassioukov Professor and Endowed Chair at the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Canada
• Pain – Dr Daiana Popa, Recovery, Physical Medicine and Balneology (RMFB), Rehabilitation Hospital Felix Spa, Romania
• Upper extremity – Dr Francois Theron, Chair of the ISCoS Affiliated Societies & Networks Sub Committee and Orthopaedic Surgeon, South Africa
• Changes body composition – Dr Yannis Dionyssiotis, Vice Chair of Prevention Committee of International Spinal Cord Society (ISCOS), Chair of ISCOS’s SIG of Climate and Health, Greece
• Q&A

15:00-16.00 Session 5: Workshop Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Care

• Workshop Interdisciplinary rehabilitation care – Dr Ana Saksida MD, Janez Špoljar, Physiotherapist, Petra Grabner, Occupational Therapist – University Rehabilitation Institute Republic of Slovenia Soča (URI Soča)
• Q&A

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee & Tea Break

16:30 – 17:30 Session 6: SCI in Europe; What Did the InSCI Survey Teach Us

• SCI in Europe; What Did the InSCI Survey Teach Us – Dr Diana Pacheco, University of Lucerne’s Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Switzerland 
• Panel discussion – Debate for European network – Dr Yannis Dionyssiotis, Dr Daiana Popa, Christina–Anastasia Rapidi and Dr Rutger Osterthun, ESPRM Executive Committee, Rijndam Rehabilitation Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands
• Q&A

End of Day 1

Day 2

09:00-10:00 Session 7:

• Ukrainian Experiences  – Dr Volodymyr Golyk, National Professional Officer, Disability and Rehabilitation, Ukraine
• Peer Support Programmes Slovenia, Ljubljana – Matej Verbajs, The Slovenian Paraplegic Association, Slovenia
• Q&A

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00 Session 8: Pressure Ulcers, Prevention and Seating Workshop

• Pressure Ulcers, Wound Care, Prevention and Seating Workshop – Ana Saksida MD, Dr Neža Majdič MD, PRM specialist, Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Sabina Osolnik, Nurse.
• Keira McNair, Clinical Faculty Within the Rutgers University Occupational Therapy Doctorate Programme, USA
• Q&A

12:00 – 13:00 Session 9: Workshop Spasticity

• Spasticity Workshop – Klemen Grabljevec, President of European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Slovenia and Dr Klara Birk, University Rehabilitation Institute Republic of Slovenia Soča (URI Soča), Slovenia
• Q&A

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 – 15:30 Session 10: Workshop Ageing in SCI; Bone and Muscle

• Workshop Ageing in SCI, Including Bone and Muscle – Dr Yannis Dionyssiotis, Vice Chair of Prevention Committee of International Spinal Cord Society (ISCOS), Chair of ISCOS’s SIG of Climate and Health, Greece
• Q&A

15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break

16:00 – 17:00 Session 11: Stimulation and Stem Cell Therapy; Is There A Cure for SCI?

• Stimulation – Dr Stefano Carda, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
• Mesenchimal Stem Cell Therapy in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury – From Hope To Reality – Dr Marko Jug, CEO, University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Q&A

17:00 – 17:15 Closing Remarks

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