Teaching courses
Thursday 3 September 2026 – Teaching courses
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Thursday 3 September 2026, Scottish Event Campus (SEC), Glasgow.
Teaching courses commence: 10.00am with registration and refreshments from 09.00 am.
Fees: Standard rate £60.00 + vat, AHPs, Trainee Neurologists and Speciality Registrars £30.00 + vat.
10:00 - 12.30 Teaching Course 1: Secondary Care Neurology Training Session
Chairs: Dr. Krishna Dani, Institute of Neurological Sciences and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. Dr. Callum Duncan, Consultant Neurologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland
10:00 - 10:30 Headache Management in Acute Medicine
Dr Mireia Moragas, Consultant Neurologist in Edinburgh, Scotland
10:30 - 11:00 Eyes and Headache
Dr Michael Lowe, Birmingham Neuro-ophthalmology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
11:30 - 12:00 Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias
Dr Diana Wei, Consultant neurologist at King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas, UK
12:00 - 12:45 Difficult Treatment Decisions in Migraine
Dr Callum Duncan, Consultant Neurologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland
Dr. Krishna Dani, Consultant Neurologist at Institute of Neurological Sciences and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow
12:45 - 13:00 Panel Discussion
12:30 - 13:30 Networking Lunch for Teaching Course attendees
10:00 - 12.30 Teaching Course 2: Beyond pain in migraine from bench to bedside
Chairs: Dr Philip Holland, King’s College, London. Dr Nazia Karsan, King’s College, London, UK
10:00 - 10:05 Introduction & Overview
Dr Philip Holland, King’s College, London
10:00 - 10:25 Premonitory Symptoms
Dr Nazia Karsan, King’s College, London
10:25 - 10:45 The hypothalamus and non-pain symptoms
Dr. Kuan-po Peng, University of Hamburg, Germany
10:45 - 11:05 Migraine and the Clock
Dr Philip Holland, King’s College, London
11:05-11:20 Panel Discussion
(with first three speakers)
11:20 - 11:40 Migraine and Vascular Risk
Prof. Antoinette Maassen van den Brink, Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, Netherlands
11:40 - 12:00 Migraine and Vertigo
Dr. Maria Villar Martinez, King’s College, London
12:00 - 12:20 Migraine Aura
Dr. Else Tolner, Leiden University Medical Centre, Netherlands
12:20 - 12:30 Panel Discussion
(last three speakers)
12:30 - 13:30 Networking Lunch for Teaching Course attendees
10:00 – 12:15 Teaching Course 3: Morning Session: Headache Diagnosis and Migraine Management
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome and Introduction:— setting the scene for a clinically integrated day.
Dr Kay Kennis, Bradford and Airedale CCG and Migraine Trust, UK
10:10 – 10:40 Assessing the Patient with Headache in Primary Care Connections puzzle; Red and amber flags; Using incidence data to aid clinical decision-making; Why migraine is so commonly missed.
Dr David PB Watson, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland
10:40 – 11:00 Diagnosis in Practice — Interactive Case Discussions.
Dr Kay Kennis, Bradford and Airedale CCG and Migraine Trust, UK
Dr David PB Watson, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland
11:00 – 11:40 Migraine Management — From Science to Practice Neurophysiology of migraine; Acute treatments; Medication overuse headache (MOH); Preventive strategies.
11:40 – 12:15 A Holistic Approach to Migraine Lifestyle, patient self-management, shared decision making and the primary care team.
12:15 - 13:00 Teaching course 3 lunch
13:00 -16:55 Teaching Course 3: Afternoon Session: Deep Dive into Migraine and Other Headache Disorders
13:00 - 13:45 Headache in Children and Adolescents Diagnosis, management and communication with young patients and families.
13:45 - 14:30 Migraine and Women's Health Menstrual migraine, hormonal contraception, pregnancy, perimenopause and HRT.
Dr. Rebecca Walker, Exeter Medical, Exeter, UK
14:30 - 15:15 Migraine Co-morbidities Depression, anxiety, sleep disorders ,chronic pain — recognising and managing the whole patient.
15:15 - 15:30 Afternoon Break
15:30 - 16:15 Beyond Migraine: a clinical tour of our headaches: Cluster headache, Exertional Headache, Trigeminal Neuralgia and beyond.
Dr. Peter Miller, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, UK
16:15 - 16:45 Migraine Management — Interactive Case Discussions.
Dr Lauren Wellburn, East Park Medical Centre Leeds and Bradford Community Neurology Service, UK
Dr David PB Watson, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland
16:45 – 16:55 Meeting Summary, Connections Answer and Close
Dr Kay Kennis, Bradford and Airedale CCG and Migraine Trust, UK
Dr David PB Watson, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland
10:00 - 12.30 Teaching Course 4: MDT support around the headache. A good idea?
10:00 - 10:05 Introduction & Overview
Ms Stefania Maniataki, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
10:05 - 10:30 View from a Headache Nurse
10:30 - 10:55 View from a Research Nurse
10:55 - 11:20 View from a Physiotherapist
Mrs Sonya Thomson, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland, UK
11:20 - 11:45 View from a Pharmacist
Mrs Deborah Clark, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
11:45 - 12:10 View from a Psychologist
Dr Sarah Barker, King’s College London, UK