Neurology for Primary Care: When to refer & why?

Dear Colleague,

Join us for a live fully interactive, on-line educational session based around Neurology.

This webinar is hosted by KIMS Hospital on behalf of Lycahealth, Orpington,Sevenoaks Medical Centre and the Royal Tunbridge Wells clinic.

This is an online CPD accredited event and will take place via Microsoft Teams.

The link to Microsoft Teams will be sent to you nearer to the time of the event.

Our guest speaker is:

Dr Gerry Saldanha, MA (Oxon) FRCP Consultant Neurologist

• When to refer and why?
• Any general updates relevant to primary care.

Specialist Interests are: Headache, Multiple sclerosis, Peripheral neuropathy

Dr Saldanha qualified from St Thomas Hospital London in 1989, holding a number of Specialist Registrar posts including the Brook Hospital, Guy’s Hospital, The Royal London & St Bartholomew’s Hospitals and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London.

He carried out laboratory research into basic mechanisms of neuropathic pain and migraine and is running a small clinical trial in multiple sclerosis and the use of Botox for chronic migraine within the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

He is currently Chair of the specialist training committee for the training of approximately 70 Neurology Registrars in London Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deaneries . Additionaly he is the training programme Director for South London Neurology Registrars looking after the education for approximately 40 trainees.

Dr Saldanha is a CPD advisor for The Royal College of Physicians in London. He attained a degree in Chemistry at Keble College, Oxford before completing his Medical Degree at St Thomas’s Hospital.

This online webinar is FREE to attend via Microsoft Teams, but you must register to receive the correct MS link.

The presentation will start at 1pm and will last 1 hour

Kind regards,

Francine Parker

Senior Primary Care Liaison Officer

Francine.Parker@kims.org.uk

KIMS Hospital