Programme

21st November 2025 SWIPE Meeting

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09:15Venue Open / Refereshments
10:00Welcome and Introduction
Dr Hayley King, Consultant General Paediatrician, UHBW & Dr Ravi Poorun, NIHR Clinical Lecturer, UoE
10:10The role of genetic testing in rare epilepsy disorders
Dr Sam Amin, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, UHBW
10:55Epilepsies with variable diagnostics
Dr Thiloka Ratnaike, Paediatric Neurology Trainee, UHBW
11:25Refreshment break
11:45Outcome prediction in paediatric vagal nerve stimulation therapy: what does the evidence tell us?
Mr Will Singleton, Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, UHBW
12:35Paediatric Neurosurgical Research Talk
Dr Oliver Sluijters, Neurosurgical Trainee, NBHT
13:00Lunch
13:45Interesting Snippets from Exeter
Exeter Paediatric Epilepsy Team
14:35Neurophysiology: some tricks of the trade
Sona Janackova, Neurophysiologist, UHBW
15:00Refreshment break
15:20CESS Updates and new technological and research developments within the network
Mr Mike Carter, Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, UHBW
16:00Case presentations TBC
16:20Feedback, wrap-up.