11^th February 2005 (Friday)

8.00 am onwards                    Registration

8.30 – 10.30 am                      Sleep Medicine and Neurologists
 

Chairpersons:                    DC Jain, CS Aggarwal

8.30 – 8.50 am                         Neurophysiology of Sleep                    V. Mohan Kumar

8:50 – 9.15 am                         Functional Neuroanatomy of sleep        S Chokroverty

                                                and general introduction

9.15- 9.35 am                          Neurobiology of respiratory                  R Thomas

                                                control                         

9.35 – 10.00 am                       Approach to a patient with                    S Chokroverty

sleep disorders

10.00 – 10.20 am                     Sleep Medicine in India –                      M Bhatia

                                                a neurologist’s perspective

10.20 – 10.30 am                     Discussion

10.30 – 10.45 am                    Coffee break

10.45am- 1.00 pm                   Sleep related breathing disorders

Chairpersons:                     S Venkatraman, KK Singh

10.45 –11.15 am                      Diagnosing sleep related                       R Thomas

breathing disorders

11.15 – 11.45 am                     Management of Obstructive sleep         R Thomas

                                                apnoea syndrome

11.45 am – 12.10 pm               Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome      K Prasad

- implications in cerebrovascular

disease

12.10 – 12.35 pm                    Sleep disordered breathing and

                                                cardiovascular disease                           R Thomas

12.35 – 1.00 pm                      Discussion

1.00 – 1.30 pm                        Lunch

1.30 – 3.30 pm                        Insomnia & sleep disorders of circadian rhythm

Chairpersons:                     M.Behari, V Puri

1.30 – 1.55                              Insomnia – a Neurologist’s approach                M Partinen

1.55 – 2.20                              Insomnia – Management – Current                   M Partinen

                                                understanding

2.20 – 2.30                              Discussion

2.30 – 2.55                              Primary circadian dysrhythmias,                        W Hening

                                                diagnostic challenges and the role

                                                of Actigraphy and polysomnography

2.55 – 3.20                              Secondary circadian dysrhythmias and              R Thomas

                                                Management of the circadian sleep disorders

3.20- 3.30                                Discussion

3.30-3.45                                                                  Tea break

Chairpersons:                     M C Maheshwari, M M Mehndiratta 

3.45 – 4.15                              The Sleep study – Technology and scoring        M Hirshkowitz

4.15 - 5.30                               Interesting cases and videos

February 12^th 2005 (Saturday)

8.30-10.30                                                              Restless legs syndrome

Chairpersons:                     M Gupta, S Jain

8.30 – 8.55                              Diagnostic evaluation of RLS                            W Hening

8.55 – 9.20                              Management of RLS and problems                   W Hening

                                                encountered in treatment

9.20-9.45                                 Periodic leg movement syndrome                      M Hirshkowitz

9.45-10.10                               Restless legs syndrome – Indian scenario           M Bhatia

10.10- 10.30                            Discussion

10.30 – 10.45                          Coffee break

10.45 – 1.00                            Parasomnias (including REM behavioral disorder)

Chairpersons                      M Gourie Devi, M Behari

10.45 – 11.10                          The REM Behavioral disorder – recognizing                 W Hening

                                                it and its relevance to neurologists

11.10 – 11.35                          Motor dysfunctions in sleep in patients with                   M Behari

                                                Parkinson’s disease and other Parkinsonian

                                                syndromes

11.35- 12.00                            REM physiology and effects of REM sleep                    BN Mallick

                                                deprivation

12.25 – 12.50 pm                    Parasomnias in children                                                  M Partinen

12.50 – 1.00 pm                      Discussion

1.00 – 1.30                              Lunch

1.30 – 3.30                              Narcolepsy & EDS

Chairpersons:                     P.K Sethi, K Prasad

1.30 – 1.55                              Sleep related problems in medical disorders                  M Hirshkowitz

1.55 – 2.20                              Excessive daytime sleepiness – association with            MV Padma Srivastava

                                                neurological disorders and their treatment

2.20 – 2.55                              Narcolepsy – recent advances                                      M Partinen

2.55 – 3.15                              Narcolepsy – phenotypic variants                                  M Partinen

3.15 – 3.30                              Discussion

3.30 – 3.45                              Tea break

Chairpersons                      S Chokroverty , G.K Ahuja

3.45 – 4.15                              Setting up of a Sleep laboratory                                R Thomas

4.15 – 5.30                              Interesting cases

                                                Questions and answers