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Announcement from 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology


(Update: Feb 1st, 2002)
  1. Date: Jun 27th - 29th, 2002
  2. Venue: Sendai International Center (Sendai, Japan)
    http://www.sira.or.jp/english/i_center/index.html
  3. Main Theme
    "Do the science on the brains and minds of children"
  4. Special programs
    Jun 27th, Thursday
    Symposium I (9:00-11:30)
    To foster the brain - proposals to child neurologists (Chairpersons: Yukuo Konishi and Makiko Osawa)
    Keynote Lecture: Masao Ito: Why is it now "developing brains"?
    Gen Matsumoto: "Love develops brain" - a message from a scientist
    Hideaki Koizumi: Science of learning and education: approach by brain functional imaging
    Teruhisa Miike: Connection between brain and education: information from children's fatigue and learning disability
    Yukuo Konishi: Invitation for developmental neurology: Information from a baby
    Luncheon Seminar I (Chairperson: Kazuyoshi Watanabe) (12:00-13:00)
    John M. Pellock: Use of new antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of childhood epilepsy
    Luncheon Seminar II (Chairperson: Nobuo Sakuragawa) (12:00-13:00)
    Kazuhiko Yanai: Role of positron CT on human psychopharmacology
    Luncheon Seminar III (Chairperson: Makiko Osawa) (12:00-13:00)
    Kyoichi Nomura: Up to date on treatment of Guillain-Barre syndrome
    Presidential Lecture (Chairperson: Akihisa Mitsudome)(13:15-13:55)
    Kazuie Iinuma: Development of non-invasive examination of the brain function, and child neurology
    Special Lecture I (Chairperson: Eiji Oka)(13:55-14:55)
    Atsushi Yamadori: Human memory function, from a viewpoint of brain injury
    Educational Lecture I (Chairperson: Yoshikatsu Eto)(15:00-15:40)
    Yoshimitsu Fukushima: Genetic counseling of pediatric neurological diseases
    Educational Lecture II (Chairperson: Kousaku Ohno)(15:00-15:40)
    Noriko Osumi: Molecular mechanism of neuronal generation
    Jun 28th, Friday
    Symposium II (9:00-11:15)
    Medical approaches to improve quality of life of disabled children (Chairpersons: Akira Ohnuma and Takahiro Nara)
    Eiji Kitazumi: Medical, educational and social care for severely disabled children
    Masao Kumode: Nutritional management for disabled children
    Shigehiko Yoshida: GER in disabled children
    Kazutoshi Takahashi: Respiratory problems in disabled children
    Kazuhisa Udagawa: School for handicapped children, as a center for disabled children
    Yasuo Takeda: Grief care
    Special Lecture II (Chairperson: Shigehiko Kamoshita)(11:20-12:00)
    Susumu Wakai: Life and death of children - price of the life
    Luncheon Seminar IV (Chairperson: Mariko Momoi) (12:00-13:00)
    Russell A. Barkley: ADHD: diagnosis and management
    Luncheon Seminar V (Chairperson: Shizuo Ohi) (12:00-13:00)
    Nobukazu Nakasato: Epileptic surgery and magnetoencephalography: recent advances
    Luncheon Seminar VI (Chairperson: Kenji Nihei) (12:00-13:00)
    Tetsuyuki Kitamoto: Prion diseases: variant type of Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease in England
    Invited Lecture I (Chairperson: Yoshiyuki Suzuki)(15:15-16:05)
    Gary D. Clark : The classification of cortical dysplasias through molecular genetics
    Invited Lecture II (Chairperson: Kazuie Iinuma)(16:05-16:55)
    Cesare T. Lombroso : The gap between laboratory and clinic about the injurious effects of neonatal seizures
    Evening Workshop I (19:00-20:00) Out from therapeutic orphan - importance of guideline of diagnosis and treatment
    Status convulsive and midazolam (Chairpersons: Ken-ichiro Kaneko and Makiko Osawa)
    Kitami Hayashi: Previous reports
    Kimio Minagawa: Treatment with midazolam 1
    Hideto Yoshikawa: Treatment with midazolam 2
    Shin-ichiro Hamano: Treatment with midazolam 3
    Evening Workshop II (20:00-21:00)
    ADHD and methylfenidate (Chairpersons: Makiko Kaga and Shinya Miyamoto)
    Tasuku Miyajima: Results of questionnaire
    Yushiro Yamashita: Treatment with methylfenidate 1 - outline
    Tatsuya Koeda: Treatment with methylfenidate 2 - from an educational point of view
    Yasuko Kanbayashi: Treatment with methylfenidate 3 - from a psychiatric point of view
    Jun 29th, Saturday
    Luncheon Seminar VII (Chairperson: Osamu Kanazawa) (12:00-13:00)
    Hideo Shigematsu: Intractable epilepsy: QOL point of view
    Symposium for Citizens (13:15-16:15)
    ADHD: Children, Parents, and Society (Charpersons: Yoshiko (Nagae) Takahashi and Hiroyuki Yokoyama)
    Keynote Lecture: Russell A. Barkley: Recognizing and raising the child with ADHD
    Akihiro Yasuhara: As a medical doctor
    Yasuko Kanbayashi: As a psychiatrist, secondary disability
    Keiko Takayama: As a support group
    Yoshikichi Abe: As an educator
    Yuko Takekawa: As a parent
    Yumi Kataoka: As a regional health
If you need further information, please feel free to contact us!
44th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Child Neurology
Secretariat: Dr. Kazuhiro Haginoya
Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University School of Medicine
Tel: 81-22-717-7666, Fax: 81-22-717-7290
URL: http://square.umin.ac.jp/jscn2002/index-e.html