Programme
Friday 20 November 2026, 09:30 – 17:00 (UK time)
Organiser: Dr Lara Prisco
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09:30 – 09:40
Welcome and Introduction
Dr Lara Prisco
Oxford University Hospital, UK
Session 1 | Neuro Anaesthesia
Session Chair: Dr Lara Prisco
09:40 – 10:10
Perioperative management of Parkinson’s disease: the new
guideline
Dr Jernej Drobez
University College London Hospitals, London, UK
10:10 – 10:40
Paediatric neuroanaesthesia: what the occasional practitioner
needs to know
Prof Girija Rath
AIIMS, New Delhi, India
10:40 – 11:10
GLP-1 receptor agonists and (neuro)anaesthesia
Mr Dimitri Pournaras
North Bristol NHS Trust, UK
11:10 – 11:30
Morning Break
Session 2 | Neurocritical Care
Session Chair: Dr Lara Prisco
11:30 – 12:00
TBI 2026: guidelines, variation, and what’s changed
Assoc Prof Virginia Newcombe
University of Cambridge, UK
12:00 – 12:30
Management of intracranial hypertension: hyperosmolar
therapy
Dr Samuel Tsan
Kuching, Malaysia
12:30 – 13:00
Sodium and the injured brain
Prof Aarti Sarwal
VCU Health, Richmond, USA
13:00
Lunch Break
Session 3 | Lightning Rounds: Neuromonitoring
Session Chair: Dr Gemma Nickols
14:00 – 14:20
Processed EEG: beyond the number
Prof Joana Berger-Estilita
Bern, Switzerland
14:20 – 14:40
Multimodal monitoring on the neuro ICU
Dr Jonathan Rhodes
University of Edinburgh, UK
14:40 – 15:00
IONM for the anaesthetist: MEPs, SSEPs and what to do
when they change
Mr William McDevitt
North Bristol NHS Trust, UK
15:00
Afternoon Break
Session 4 | Keynote
Session Chair: Dr Gemma Nickols
15:15 – 15:45
TOP-TBI
Mr Angelos Kolias
University of Cambridge, UK
Session 5 | How I Do It
Session Chair: Dr Gemma Nickols
15:45 – 16:05
The OAA/NACCS Chiari malformation guideline
Dr Helen Johnson
North Bristol NHS Trust, UK
16:05 – 16:25
How I do it: troubleshooting the awake craniotomy
Dr Joe Sebastian
Salford Royal Hospital, UK
16:25 – 16:45
How I do it: managing status epilepticus
Prof Carolina Maciel
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
16:45 – 17:00
Closing remarks
Dr Gemma Nickols
NACCS Honorary Secretary
Educational content: 5.5 hours (excluding welcome, closing remarks and breaks).
Each talk includes time for questions