Program Detaıls

Scıentıfıc Program

February 17 2026, Tuesday 
 7:30-8:15 Registration and Welcome
 8:15-8:30 Course introduction Ali Zırh, Andres Lozano, Alfanso Fasano
SESSION I Chairs:  Murat Emre, Ayşe Bora Tokçaer
 8:30-9:00 How I approach and classify movement disorders Alfanso Fasano
 9:00-9:30 How I approach movement disorders in a medicine ward Francesca Morgante
 9:30-10:00 How I assess of gait and balance Alfanso Fasano
10.00-10.30 How I assess tremors and jerks Francesca Morgante
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
SESSION II Chairs: Okan Doğu, Dilek İnce Günal
11.00-11.30 How I assess oculomotion Alfanso Fasano
11.30-12.00 How I manage dysautonomia Alberto Espay
12.00-12.30 How I treat PD motor complications Francesca Morgante
KEYNOTE LECTURE
12.30-13:15 Iatrogenic Knowledge: Never-forgotten lessons learned from clinical errors. Pearls and Pitfalls in the treatment of selected movement disorders Alberto Espay
13.15-14.00 Lunch Break
SESSION III Chairs: Selçuk Çomoğlu, Gençer Genç
14.00-14.30 How I interpret MRI in movement disorders  Alexandre Boutet
14:30-15:00 How I approach drug-induced movement disorders Alberto Espay
15:00-15:30 How I examine cognition in Parkinson’s disease Murat Emre
15:30-16:00 How I manage neuropsychiatric symptoms of Parkinson’s disease Francesca Morgante
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
SESSION IV Chairs: Cenk Akbostancı, Sevda Erer Özbek
16:30-17:00 How I diagnose and treat functional movement disorders Alberto Espay
17:00-17:30 How I diagnose conditions causing iron brain deposition Mohammad Rohani
17:30-18:00 How I approach unusual and/or rare movement disorders Alberto Espay
18:00-18:30 How I diagnose conditions causing copper (Wilson’s) and calcium brain deposition Mohammad Rohani
February 18 2026, Wednesday 
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast and registration
SESSION V Chairs: Ersoy Kocabıçak, Cihan İşler
8:00 – 8:20   How I select DBS candidates when they have rare conditions Mohammad Rohani
8:20 – 8:40 How I use deep brain stimulation: What are the principles and where are the limitations? M. Yavuz Samancı
8:40 – 9:00      How I perform awake DBS with MER Ali Zırh
9:00 – 9:20 How I perform asleep DBS M. Yavuz Samancı
9:20 – 9:40 How I treat tremor with DBS Atilla Yılmaz
9:40-10:20 How I adapt DBS strategies to target and disease Andres Lozano
10:20-10:40 Coffe Break
SESSION VI Chairs: Akın Akakın, Ozan Haşimoğlu
10:40-11:00 How I use Focused Ultrasound: What are the principles and where are the limitations? Mehmet Tönge
11:00-11:40 How I adapt FUS targeting and workflow to target and disease Andres Lozano
11:40-12:00 How I asses the role of lesioning in the treatment of movement disorders? Ali Savaş
KEYNOTE LECTURE
12:00-12:40 How I assess brain machine interface studies. Where are we and where we are heading up? Andres Lozano
12.40-13.15 Fasano Fellowship / Best Case- Best Research Paper Presentations
13.15-14.00 Lunch Break
SESSION VII Chairs: Başar Bilgiç, Rezzak Yılmaz
14:00-14:30 How I approach movement disorders emergencies Alberto Espay
14:30-15:00 How I manage late-stage Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonisms Francesca Morgante
15:00-15:30 How I select advanced treatments for PD Alfanso Fasano
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
SESSION VIII Chairs: Gülay Kenangil, Yıldız Değirmenci
16:00-16:30 How I program DBS in Parkinson’s disease Alfanso Fasano
16:30-17:00 How I program DBS in tremor and dystonia Alfanso Fasano
17:00-17.30 How I use botulinum toxin Francesca Morgante
17:30-18:00 Rational Drug Use, Closing Remarks & adjourn