International Society of Neuropathology (ISN)

International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO)

Outreach Teaching Workshop of the ISN and a course in

Neuropathology for Neurologists
Lagos, Nigeria, 22-24 March 2019

Organised by the ISN

Sub-Committee on Neuropathology Training & Development

In cooperation with:
International Brain Research Organisation, Paris, France
Universities of Ibadan and Lagos, Nigeria

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Tentative Host Contacts:

Prof Adesola Ogunniyi, Dr Rufus Akinyemi, Dr. AO Salami
Departments of Pathology and Medicine, University College
Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Venue: State University of Lagos, Medical Research Complex, Ikeja, Lagos

Accommodation: L'eola hotel, 15 minutes from conference Centre

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Friday 22 March 2019: Meet the instructors

17:00 – 18:00 Welcome and Introduction: Needs for Neuropathology in Africa

Hosts: A Ogunniyi (Nigeria), Raj Kalaria (UK)

19:00 – 22:00 Dinner with the Faculty

Saturday 23 March 2019: Tumours, Neurodegeneration and Epilepsy

MORNING SESSION
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Chair: R Kalaria (UK)

09:15 - 09:45 Neuropathology Services in sub-Saharan Africa: Overview

Babatunde J Olasode (Ile Ife, Nigeria)

09:45 – 10:30 WHO 2016 Update on Pathology and Genetics of Tumors

Sebastian Brandner (London, United Kingdom)

10:30 – 11:00 Patterns of CNS Tumors in Ibadan: A review

A Salami (Ibadan, Nigeria)

11:00 – 11.30 COFFEE BREAK

11:30 – 12:00 Pathology of Astrocytic Neoplasms in Nigerians

Gabriel O Ogun (Ibadan, Nigeria)

12:00 – 12.45 Neurodegeneration I

Herbert Budka (Vienna, Austria)

12:45 – 14.15 LUNCH BREAK

AFTERNOON SESSION

Moderators: A Salami (Nigeria) and S Brandner (UK)

14:15 – 15:00 Surgical Neuropathology of Epilepsy

Adenkule M Adesina (Houston, Tx, USA)

15:00 – 15:45 Neuropathology of Epilepsy: Update

Raj Kalaria (Newcastle, UK)

15:45 – 16:45 Rotating case discussion groups chaired by the morning faculty members

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Free Evening (Informal Faculty Dinner)

Sunday, 24 March 2018: Neurodegeneration, Infections, Cerebrovascular Disorders

MORNING SESSION

Chair: H Budka (Austria)

09.00 – 09.45 Neurodegeneration II

Sebastian Brandner (London, UK)

09:45 – 10:15 Traumatic Brain Injury in Nigeria: The Silent Epidemic

Babatunde J Olasode (Ile Ife, Nigeria)

10:15 – 11:00 Infectious Diseases

Herbert Budka (Vienna, Austria)

11:00 – 11.30 COFFEE BREAK

11:30 – 12:15 Cerebrovascular Disorders

Raj Kalaria (Newcastle, UK)

12:15 – 12:45 Brain Banking in Africa

Rufus Akinyemi (Ibadan, Nigeria)

12:45 – 14:15 LUNCH BREAK

AFTERNOON SESSION

Moderators: Raj Kalaria (UK), Adesola Ogunniyi (Nigeria)

14:15 – 15:15 Digital Pathology Interactive Seminar

Sebastian Brandner (London, UK)

15:15 – 16.00 Case Discussions. Rotating case discussion groups chaired by the morning
faculty members; Q&A and General Discussion on Research Opportunities

16:00 – 16.45 Neuropathology in the 21st Century

Herbert Budka (Vienna, Austria)

16:45 – 17.00 Closure: Concluding Comments by Chairs

Dinner Invitation (organised by Hosts)

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Faculty and Instructors:

Professor BJ Olasode (Nigeria). Professor of Anatomic

Pathology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife Osun State.
Director Ife Ijesha Cancer Registry Nigeria. His major research
interest and expertise is in central nervous system tumors.

Dr Gabriel O Ogun (Nigeria). Pathology Services, UCH,

University of Ibadan, Nigeria (to be populated)

Dr A Salami (Nigeria). Pathology Services, UCH, University of

Ibadan, Nigeria (to be populated)

Dr Rufus Akinyemi (Nigeria). Neurology Services, UCH and Neuroscience

and Ageing Research Unit, IAMRAT, College of Medicine, University of
Ibadan. He’s PI, Ibadan Brain Bank Project and NIH- funded African
Neurobiobank ELSI Project. He plays a leading role in the genomics and
biorepository core of the NIH – funded SIREN Study, currently the largest
study of stroke in Africa.

Prof. Sebastian Brandner (United Kingdom). Neuropathologist at Medical

Research Council Prion Unit at the Unuversity College of London Institute of
Neurology and Chair of Neuropathology and Head of the Division of
Neuropathology at Queen Square, one of the largest academic neuropathology
departments in the UK. He has a major leadership role in capacity building in
neuropathology nationally and is Training Programme Director for London. His
major interests are brain cancer research and prion diseases.

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Prof. Herbert Budka (Austria). Professor emeritus of Neuropathology at

the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, and past Senior
Neuropathology Consultant at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
He has been practising diagnostic neuropathology for more than 45 years
and is Past President of the International Society of Neuropathology (ISN).
His main interests in research are neurodegenerative disorders including
prion diseases; infectious diseases of the nervous system, in particular virus
diseases; and neuropathological characterisation of peculiar types of
neurological diseases.

Prof. Raj Kalaria (United Kingdom). Director of the Neurovascular

Research Group in the Institute of Neuroscience, Campus for Ageing
Vitality, at the old Newcastle General Hospital site and a Professor of
Pathology (Cerebrovascular Diseases) at Newcastle University. He is the
current chair of the Sub-committee on Training and Development of the
International Society of Neuropathology (ISN).