TIME: 13:30 – 17:00
COURSE TITLE: NEUROIMMUNOLOJGY
CREDIT: 2 CREDITS

1-RECOMMENDED FOR: NEUROLOGY RESIDENTS AND SPECIALISTS, ACADEMICS

2-OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE:
- To discuss the clinical pictures related to the use of check-point inhibitors that are used in our daily practice and getting more important.
- To inform about vaccines and their mechanisms amid the pandemic.
- To assess COVID pandemic and its relation with immune system.
- To exchange experience about patients and management of their diseases during COVID pandemic.

3-WHAT WILL BE THE LEARNING OUTCOMES THAT THE PARTICIPANTS WILL ACQUIRE AT THE END OF THE COURSE?
- Likelihood that neuroimmunologic concepts may be reflected in the clinical practice.
- Mechanism of action of check-point inhibitors and neurological problems faced in clinic.
- COVID pandemic and its immunologic/neuroimmunologic implications.

4-PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED TO: LISTEN, SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES, GET ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS

5-COURSE PROGRAM

Moderators:
Canan Yücesan (Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Dpt.)
Aysun Soysal (Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Neurology Clinic )

Speakers and Topics:

• Basic Principles of Vaccines and New Vaccine Technologies

Selim Badur
(İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Dpt.)

• Immune Check Point Inhibitors and Associated Neurologic Autoimmunities

Gülşen Akman Demir
(İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Dpt. – Retired Faculty Member)

• Discussion

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break

• Neuroimmunological Pictures Developing After Covid Infection: Covid Induced or Not?

Aysun Soysal
(Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Neurology Clinic)

• Approach to Neuroimmunological Diseases amid the Covid Pandemic

Sedat Şen
(Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Dpt.)

• Discussion