09.30-10.00

Registration

10.00-10:15

Welcome from SIG Chair

A/Prof Samford Wong

Session 1: ISCoS SIG Project Showcase

Moderator: A/Prof Shashi Hirani, Reader in Behavioural Medicine, City St George’s, University of London

10:15-10:30

Research (nutrition) Priority Setting 

A/Prof Marijia Glisic, Co-group leader, cardiometabolic and respiratory research, Swiss Paraplegic Research, Switzerland.

10:30-10:45

ISCoS Nutrition Dataset

Dr Priya Iyer, Accredited Practising Dietitian & Lecturer, Dietetics and Food Science, University of Sydney.

10:45-11:00

Q&A/Discussion

11:00-11:15

Short break

Session 2: Acute SCI

Moderator: A/Prof Samford Wong

11:15-11:35

Gut-Friendly Nutrition After Spinal Cord Injury

A/Prof Ceren Yarar-Fisher, Director of Clinical Research, Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.

11:35-11:55

Soft tissue changes in spinal cord injury: focus on muscle and fat

A/Prof Yannis Dionyssiotis, Head of 2nd PMR Department, National Rehabilitation Centre EKA, Athens, Greece.

11:55-12:10

Dysphagia and SCI An overview and impact on nutritional management

Sharon Leigh, Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK.

12:10-12:40

Nutritional support in chronic neurological conditions

Prof Alastair Forbes, Professor of Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia.

12:40-12:55

Q&A/Discussion

12:55-13:40

Lunch break

Session 3: Nutrition intervention to improve clinical outcomes after SCI

Moderator: Emil Moga, SIG Industry Liaison, Charge Nurse, National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK.

13:40-14:00

Bone management in people with spinal cord injury

A/Prof Yannis Dionyssiotis, Head of 2nd PMR Department, National Rehabilitation Centre EKA, Athens, Greece.

14:00-14:40

Weight / cardio-metabolic disease management

14:00-14:10

Dietary needs and energy balance 

Hanne Bjørg Slettahjell, Lead Dietitian Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Norway and PhD candidate at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine, Norway.

14:10-14:20

Weight management. From knowledge to action: educational strategies in weight management.

Anna Wahl, Dietitian, Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic, Linköping

Line Trine Dalsgaard, RN, MSc (Educational Psychology)

Anna-Carin Lagerström, physiotherapist (MSc)

14:20-14:35

Cardiometabolic prevention, identification, and management

Assistant Prof Gary Farkas, The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.

14:35-14:50

Anti-obesity medication / Bariatric surgery

A/Prof Samford Wong, City St George’s, University of London /Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK.

14:50-14:55

Short break

Moderator: Firas Sarhan, SIG Education Officer, Education Lead, National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK.

14:55-15:10

Neurogenic bladder/bowel management

Veronica Geng, Manfred-Sauer-Foundation, RN, MHSc/MNSc, Lobbach, Germany.

Firas Sarhan, Clinical Education Transformation Lead National Spinal Injury Centre NHS England

15:10-15:40

Pressure injuries (nutrition) management + case report presentation

Anthony Twist, Specialist Dietitian, Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries, Oswestry, UK.

Mr Wail Ahmed, Consultant in Spinal Cord injury, National Spinal Injuries Centre, Aylesbury, UK.

15:40-15:50

Q&A/Discussion

15:50-15:55

Closing remarks from SIG Chair

15:55-16:00

Group photo

17:30-18:30

Networking Drinks at the Meeting venue

19:30-onwards

ISCoS Nutrition SIG Networking Dinner

Venue to be announced.