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KETO COLLEGE ADVANCE PROGRAMME

23RD & 24TH MAY 2023
CROWNE PLAZA FELBRIDGE HOTEL • EAST GRINSTEAD • WEST SUSSEX

This is a practical, in depth course for experienced ketogenic teams or those who have already completed the KetoCollege e-learning modules or attended KetoCollege previously and wish to enhance their knowledge further.

After completion of this meeting, you should have further knowledge in managing ketogenic dietary therapies in specialized circumstances and in specific groups of patients. You will be able to tailor these therapies to suit the individual patient’s needs and be better equipped to deal with challenging circumstances. This should result in your increased confidence and knowledge base to enhance your practice and service to your patients.

Day 1 – TUESDAY 23RD MAY 2023

KETOCOLLEGE ADVANCE – PROGRAMME 2025
13/14 May Advance & 15 May AdvancePLUS
DAY ONE – Tuesday 13 May
CHAIR – Professor Helen Cross
Time: Topic: Speaker:
1000-1015 Welcome and Introduction Prof Helen Cross

The Prince of Wales’s Chair of Childhood
Epilepsy and Director of UCL

  • UCL Great Ormond Street
1015-1115 KDT in Infants Evidence & Practicalities Prof Helen Cross

The Prince of Wales’s Chair of Childhood Epilepsy and Director of UCL

  • UCL Great Ormond Street

Dr Elles van der Louw RD

Senior Dietitian

  • Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
1115-1200 Prediction of responders to KD based on syndrome & aetiology Dr Christin Eltze

Paediatric Neurologist/Epileptologist

  • Great Ormond Street Hospital
1200-1215 Q and A
1215-1315 Lunch
CHAIR Dr Suresh Pujar
1315-1400 KDT in Adults, the evidence Dr Mackenzie Cervenka

Professor of Neurology and Medical Director

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
1400-1430 Dietetic Practicalities of a National KD Adult Service Dr Neha Kaul RD

Senior Dietitian and Research Fellow

  • Alfred Health & Monash University Melbourne
1430-1515 KD and Neuroinflammation Prof Stephane Auvin

Child Neurologist, Full professor

  • Robert Debré University Hospital & Université Paris Cité, Paris
1515-1530 Q&A
1530-1600 BREAK
 
1600-1630		  
Glut1DS & PDH latest evidence		 Prof Joerg Klepper

Chief Physician

  • Aschaffenburg Clinic, Germany
1630-1700 Glut1/PDH Diet Practicalities Victoria Whiteley RD

Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Ketogenic Therapies

  • Manchester Children’s Hospital
1700-1715 Glut1 experience, adult, multi-carer Monica de Ruijter RD

Ketogenic Dietitian

  • SEIN, Netherlands
1715-1730 Glut 1 Q&A
1730 Close of day
1900 KetoCollege Dinner
DAY TWO – Wednesday 14 May
Chair:  Dr Natasha Schoeler RD – Senior Research Fellow, UCL Great Ormond Street
Time: Topic: Speaker:
0900-0945 Modular and Blended Ketogenic Diets Tracy Cameron RD

Ketogenic Diet Coordinator for the North of Scotland

  • Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
0945-1015 The Role of the Psychologist in the Ketogenic Team Dr Sally Willis

Clinical Psychologist

  • Great North Children’s Hospital
1015-1030 The support & resources of Matthew’s Friends charity Julie Fountain – CEO
1030-1100 Break
1100-1230 The First 12 Week Challenges: fine tuning Led by Zoe Simpson RD

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

  • Great Ormond Street Hospital
1230-1245 Q&A
1245-1345 Lunch
CHAIR Dr Anita Devlin  
1345-1430 Managing side effects of KDT – short and long-term Dr Anita Devlin

Consultant Paediatric Neurologist

  • Great North Children’s Hospital
1430-1515 Taking a KD service from ‘good’ to ‘great’! Prof Eric Kossoff

Professor of Neurology and Paediatrics

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine  
1515-1530 Q&A
1530-1600 BREAK
1600-1630 Interesting Case Studies
1630-1645 KetoStart Dr Natasha Schoeler RD

Specialist Paediatric Dietitian

  • Great Ormond Street Hospital
1645 Close of day
  FREE EVENING
 
DAY THREE – Thursday 15 May AdvancePLUS
 
CHAIR – Dr Anita Devlin
Time: Topic: Speaker:
0830-0915 KDT in Neonates Dr Marisa Armeno

Paediatrician, Specialist in Infant Nutrition

  • Buenos Airies
0915-0945 Mechanisms of the Ketogenic Diet Prof Robin Williams

Professor of Molecular Cell Biology

  • Royal Holloway University
0945-1000 Q&A
1000-1030 Break
1030-1115 Inborn errors of metabolism and mitochondrial disease Dr Sabine Scholl-Burgi

Managing Senior Physician

  • Tirol Kliniken, Innsbruck
1115-1200 Initiating KDT in Intensive Care Dr Suresh Pujar

Consultant Paediatric Neurologist

  • Great Ormond Street Hospital

Agnes Szmurlo RD

Specialist Ketogenic Dietitian

  • Great Ormond Street Hospital
1200-1215 Q&A 
1215-1245 Interesting Case Studies
1245-1345 Lunch
CHAIR Dr Christin Eltze – Great Ormond Street Hospital

Paediatric Neurologist/Epileptologist
1345-1430 Overcoming Transition Challenges for the KD Team

Interactive session		 Dr Laura Healy RD

Clinical Specialist Dietitian

  • St James’s Hospital, Dublin
1430-1530 Potential other uses of KDT

Diabetes and Obesity

 Prof Simona Bertoli

Professor of Human and Clinical Nutrition

  • University of Milan
Mental Health Helen Grossi RD

Registered Dietitian

  • University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian
Headache Disorder Dr Neha Kaul RD

Senior Dietitian and Research Fellow

  • Alfred Health & Monash University Melbourne
1530-1630 Dietetic Research Updates

Ketogenic Dietitians Research Network – overview		 Vicki Whiteley RD Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Ketogenic Therapies
QoL CORE-KDT   Zoe Simpson RD Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Pregnancy     Dr Laura Healy RD Clinical Specialist Dietitian
Ketogenic diets and the lived experience of
children and their families: a qualitative study		 Tracy Cameron RD Ketogenic Diet Coordinator for the North of Scotland
Biochemical Measures Agnes Szmurlo RD Specialist Ketogenic Dietitian
Telemedicine for KDT: State of Play and Future Perspectives within German-speaking Countries Alexander Höller RD
1630-1645 Q&A
1645-1700 Networking and refreshments to go
1700 Close of Meeting
   

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