22nd European Federation of Autonomic Societies (EFAS)

Meeting
in conjunction with
10th International
Movement Disorders Teaching Course

Day 1 – Thursday 25th November 2021

TIME LECTURE

07:00 – 08:45 Registration

Session 1

09:45 – 10:00 Welcome words

10:00 – 10:25 Axial symptoms in Parkinson’s disease: early detection and management

Caroline Moreau/France

10:25 – 10:50 From Levodopa related complications to continuous dopaminergic

administration with device-aided therapies and examples of emerging
therapies

David Devos/France

10:50 – 11:15 Oral health in Parkinson’s disease

Silvia Rota/Italy

11:15 – 11:40 Neuropsychological assessment of PD patients

Gabriella Santangelo/Italy

11:40 – 11:50 Coffee Break

Session 2

11:50 – 12:15 Improving Speech, Swallowing and Saliva problems in patients with
Movement Disorders

Elina Tripoliti/UK

12:15 – 12:40 Sexual dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease

 David Vodusek/Slovenia

12:40 – 13:05 TBD

Carlo Alberto Artusi/Italy

13:05 – 13:30 Digital technologies in movement disorders: updates

Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro/Spain

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

Session 3

14:30 – 14:55 Tics – diagnoses and treatment

Christos Ganos/Germany

14:55 – 15:20 The Role of Multidisciplinary Care and Rehabilitation Therapies in

functional movement disorders

Michele Tinazzi/Italy

15:20 – 15:45 Apathy in Parkinson’s disease

Lăcrămioara Perju-Dumbravă/Romania

15:45 – 16:10 Gait disturbances in movement disorders

Vinod Metta/UK

16:10 – 16:30 Coffee Break

Session 4

16:30 – 16:55 Deep brain stimulation: beyond Parkinson’s disease

Ashkan Keyoumars/ UK

16: 55 – 17:20 TBD

Elena Moro/France

17:20 – 17:45 TBD

Marie Vidailhet/France

17:45 – 18:15 Eduardo Tolosa Lecture

19:30 Dinner
 Day 2 – Friday 26th November 2021
Session 5

09:00 – 09:25 COVID-19 and movement disorders

Pille Taba/Estonia

09:25 – 09:50 Sweating disorders in movement disorders

Valentina Leta/UK

09:50 – 10:15 Non motor symptoms fluctuations – focus on autonomic features

Alexander Storch/Germany

10:15 – 10:40 Guidelines in advanced Parkinson’s disease

Dafin Mureșanu/Romania
10:40 – 11:05 Continuous dopaminergic stimulation - updates

Peter Jenner/UK

11:05 – 11:30 Coffee break

Session 6

11:30 – 11:55 Pipeline treatments in PD

Fabrizio Stochi/Italy

11:55 – 12:20 Selection of patients for advanced PD

Per Odin/Sweden

12:20 – 12:45 TBD

12:45 – 13:10 Apomorphine in advanced PD

Tove Henriksen/Denmark

13:10 – 14:10 Lunch

Session 7

14:10 – 14:35 TBD

 K Ray Chaudhuri/ UK

14:35 – 15:00 Autonomic features in late Parkinson’s disease

TBD

15:00 – 15:25 TBD

Angelo Antonini/Italy

15:25 – 15:50 Dystonia treatment

Carlo Colosimo/Italy

15:50 – 16:15 TBD

16:15 – 16:30 Coffee break

Session 8

16:30 – 18:30 Video session

Day 3 – Saturday 27th November 2021

EFAS School: Diagnosis and management of autonomic disorders
Bedside approaches to ANS disorders

Session 9

Opening session: Roland Thijs/the Netherlands – EFAS President

08:00 – 08:25 Autonomic history taking

Cristian Falup-Pecurariu/Romania

08:25 – 08:50 Basic autonomic physiology

Isabel Rocha/Portugal

08:50 – 09:15 Cardiovascular autonomic function tests and ABPM

Walter Struhal/Austria

09:15 – 09:40 Pure autonomic failure: really that pure?

 Alessandra Fanciulli/Austria

09:40 – 10:05 Diagnosis and treatment of autonomic dysfunction in PD and MSA

Anne Pavy- Le Traon/France

10:05 – 10:30 Urogenital dysfunction in PD

Jalesh Panicker/UK

10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break

Session 10

10:45–11.30 Space medicine and ANS

Jens Jordan/Germany

11.30-11.55 Autonomic dysfunction in MS and NMOSD

Mario Habek/Croatia

11:55-12:20 Stroke and ANS Dysfunction

Max Hilz/Germany

12:20-12:45 ANS and sleep

Giovanna Calandra Buonaura/Italy

12:45-13:10 Blitz presentations – Young investigators

13:10 – 14:10 Lunch & Poster session

Session 11

14:10-14:35 MDS MSA new criteria

Iva Stankovic/Serbia

14:35-15:00 Differential diagnoses of transient loss of consciousness (TLOC)

Valeria Iodice/UK

15:00-15:25 Tilt table testing

Roland Thijs/the Netherlands

15:25 – 15:50 Small fibers neuropathies

Astrid Terkelsen/Denmark
15:50-16:05 Coffee break

Session 12

Autonomic subtype of PD
Session organized by MDS Non-motor symptoms Study Group

16:05 – 16:30 Imaging the autonomic nervous system in Lewy body disorders
Per Borghamer/Denmark

16:30 – 16:55 Biomarkers

Daniele Urso/Italy

16:55 – 17:20 Subtype specific treatment

Lucia Batzu/UK

17:20 – 17:55 Prodromal autonomic features in PD

TBD

17:55 – 18.10 Closing remarks