CME Course
Muscle & Peripheral Nerve Pathology
18-20 March 2009
Rostock, Germany

The 12th Euro-CNS CME Course, this time on Muscle & Nerve Pathology, will be held from 18-20 March at the Neuroscience Campus of the Medical Faculty Rostock in Rostock, Germany. The same course was held in 2003, in Vienna. The updated course will be in English, and consist of lectures with an emphasis on teaching. Practical (microscope-based) sessions are part of the course. The registration fee, including catering but excluding travel expenses, hotel costs and meals, is €775 for Euro-CNS members*, and €875 for non-members.

This three-days course and workshop will provide practising (neuro)pathologists, clinicians and researchers with up-to-date reviews of the classification and the diagnostic problems in muscle and peripheral nerve pathology. The course consists of alternate lectures and slide sessions.

Topics include:

• general muscle pathology
• histochemistry
• immunohistochemistry
• enzyme histochemistry
• muscular dystrophies
• mitochondrial myopathies
• congenital myopathies
• inflammatory myopathies
• toxic and metabolic neuropathies
• demyelinating neuropathies
• hereditary neuropathies
• inflammatory neuropathies.
  

Participants will receive a richly illustrated work manual of the histopathology of the most common muscular disorders.

Program:
Download the Preliminary Program (updated 26 December 2008)

Grants
A limited number of grants of € 475 is available for young trainees in neuropathology. Download the application form in MS Word format (427 Kb) or PDF (101 Kb).

Course organization
Jens Pahnke, local organization
DirkTroost, course director

Registration form:
Download registration form in MS Word -format (426 Kb)
Download registration form in PDF- format (93 Kb)
Note: Registrations will be accepted until the maximum number of participants has been reached.

Course location and accommodation
The course will take place at the Neuroscience Campus of the Medical Faculty, Gehlsheimer Strasse 20, 18147 Rostock, Germany. Special hotel rates will be given by the Hotel Sonne ****. 81 Euro for a single room, 98 Euro for a double room. The rate includes breakfast. If you wish to stay at Hotel Sonne, please mention that you will be there for the ' Euro-CNS Course'. Click here for all accommodation options.


Sponsors


Contact:
For local information including transportation options please contact the local host, Prof Jens Pahnke.

For registration and grant information please contact Mrs. Astrid van Schendel:

EURO-CNS Executive Office
Academic Medical Center (AMC)
Department of Neuropathology
H0-120, P.O. Box 22660
1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: + 31 20 566 5649
Fax: + 31 20  566 9522

*) You are a member of Euro-CNS if your national/regional society is affiliated with Euro-CNS. For a listing, click here.