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The SNS office will be closed from 23 December 2024 to 5 January 2025.

The Swiss Neurological Society (SNS) has published a Swiss statement on family planning for people with multiple sclerosis.

Our new practice exchange is now available to our members.

Prof. Dr. med. Susanne Wegener, Associate Professor at the University of Zurich, Head Physician at the USZ and member of the SNS and WIN Board, is being honoured with the Robert Bing Prize 2024 for her translational research into the pathophysiology and treatment of strokes.

The CAS in Brain Health at the University of Bern, starting in December 2024, focuses on equipping professionals with advanced skills in promoting brain health.

> The registration is possible until 31 October 2024.

Prof. Bassetti impressively demonstrated to the Members of the European Parliament how important it is to take immediate measures within the current mandate to counter the burden of neurological and mental brain diseases.

Women in Neurology (WIN) was founded on 12 February 2020 and since then has been actively promoting the interests of female doctors in further training to become specialists in neurology as well as female neurologists who are already practising. The aim is to support and strengthen equal opportunities and career opportunities for women in neurology.

In the Reports & Media section of our website, you will find our annual reports, newsletters and videos, which give you an insight into our activities and developments.

The Swiss Brain Health Plan implements the Swiss Brain Health Strategy in line with the EAN Brain Health Strategy, which was launched in 2022 by the WHO and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN). The common goal is to raise awareness of the importance of brain health and initiate prevention programmes.

The new SNS annual report 2023 was presented at the SNS general meeting 2024 and displayed after the meeting.

Media release from the SFCNS Swiss Brain Health Plan

" Everyone has a toothbrush in their hands in the morning... Most people do. Everyone knows that you have to brush your teeth in the morning. It is often neglected that you should do something for your brain every day", quote from Prof. Dr Claudio Bassetti, Head of the Swiss Brain Health Plan Committee.

We bid farewell together and remember our esteemed deceased honorary member.

With its new mission statement, the Swiss Neurological Society is focussing on interprofessionalism and is now also enabling non-medical specialists to actively participate with immediate effect. Find out more about this milestone as a pioneering step and the new opportunities for associate membership of the SNS.

It is with great pleasure and pride that we would like to introduce two outstanding personalities who were appointed as our honorary members at the SNS General Assembly 2024: Prof. Dr med. Hans Jung and PD Dr med. Andrea Humm. Both have made an extraordinary impact on our field through their tireless commitment and significant contributions to the SNS.

You are all cordially invited to this years' Networking Event of the Women in Neurology WIN, which takes place during the SNS Annual Meeting 2024 in Basel.

On Thursday, 6 June 2024, the 4th Symposium Interprofessional Neurology: NeuroCare will take place as part of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Neurological Society at the Congress Center Basel. The interactive programme of this top-class event will allow participants to filter by day and person and engage intensively with the topic of "Inflammation in the nervous system".

We kindly ask you to register yourself at the European Academy of Neurology EAN in order to benefit from the advantages of an associate membership with the SNS.

In the run-up to this year's European Stroke Organization Conference in Basel, a public event will be held on the topic "Stroke - what comes after? Why Switzerland needs a patient organization".

In 2024, the SNS will award two prizes worth CHF 5,000 each for scientific work in clinical research and in applied basic/translational research in the field of neuroscience.

The 4th Symposium Interprofessional Neurology: NeuroCare will take place on Thursday, 6 June 2024, as part of the Joint Annual Meeting of the SNS at the Congress Center Basel. The symposium is aimed at all carers and therapists who are interested in specialist neurological topics.

Today, on February 29, 2024, the International Rare Disease Day is observed worldwide to raise awareness about rare diseases and show solidarity with people affected by these often under-researched and misunderstood conditions.

Since 1 January 2024, insured persons in Switzerland have had to pay a higher co-payment of 40% on medication if a cheaper alternative is available. However, this only applies if substitution is medically unproblematic - and, according to the Epilepsy League, not for the treatment of epilepsy.

The SAMS is awarding the Stern-Gattiker Prize for the fourth time. This honours women in academic medicine and is intended to motivate young female scientists. The prize is endowed with CHF 15,000. It is named after two female doctors: Lina Stern, the first female professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Geneva, and Ruth Gattiker, one of the first female professors at the Faculty of Medicine in Zurich.

The second Swiss Brain Health Plan Stakeholder Meeting will take place on 5 December 2024 at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern. Save the date today!

Prof. Barbara Tettenborn will take over the presidency of the Highly Specialised Medicine Committee on 19 April 2024. Among other things, the specialist body defines the quality requirements that hospitals must fulfil in order to receive a service mandate in highly specialised medicine (HSM). Barbara Tettenborn succeeds Prof. em. Martin Fey, who has chaired the specialist body since March 2017.

If you ask doctors why they chose their profession, the answer is usually "To help people." This is confirmed by representative surveys. In fact, doctors throughout Switzerland care for their patients every day - and thus form an important pillar of society.

The annual meeting of the Swiss Neurological Society (SNS) will take place in Basel from 06-07 June 2024, together with the two guest societies Swiss League Against Epilepsy SEL and Swiss Society for Behavioural Neurology SSBN. The motto of the conference is: Quo vadis Neuroinflammation? From pathophysiological advances to new treatment strategies.

At the SNS General Assembly during the joint annual meeting of the SNS and SGNC, Prof. Dr. med. Urs Fischer was elected as the new SNS President.

Media release

The SFCNS Swiss Brain Health Stakeholder Kick-off Meeting will take place on 22 November 2023 at the Kunsthaus Zürich. The event is open to the public and admission is free of charge. The media conference will take place in the morning.

This year's joint annual meeting of the Swiss Neurological Society (SNS) and the Swiss Society of Neurosurgery (SSNS) will be held November 23-24, 2023 Zurich under the theme 'Therapeutic Revolutions'.

"Here we have the opportunity to answer these questions with research projects." - Prof. Dr Urs Fischer

Do you work with patients and would you like to share your experience? Fill in the questionnaire at www.scohpica.ch. This national project examines the well-being and needs of health professionals in order to improve working conditions.

We are very pleased to invite you to the first Networking Event of the Women in Neurology (WIN), which takes place during the Joint Annual Meeting of the SNS and the SSNS in Zurich.

The immediate measures initiated by the Federal Social Insurance Office (FSIO) on 14 April 2023 should continue to apply. This is to continue to ensure that the affected families do not incur any additional costs and that the necessary treatments and examinations continue to be paid for in full by the IV.

Registration is open for this year's joint annual meeting of the Swiss Neurological Society (SNS) and the Swiss Society of Neurosurgery (SGNC), November 23-24, 2023, in Zurich.Joint Annual Meeting SNS and SGNC | Nov. 23-24, 2023

In response to the EAN Brain Health Strategy launched by the WHO and the European Academy of Neurology EAN in 2022, the Federation of Clinical Neuro-Societies SFCNS is initiating the Swiss Brain Health Plan. The overall goal of this plan is to raise awareness of brain health as a whole, launch prevention and education programs.

Ziel des WIN-Mentoring Programmes ist die Schaffung eines Netzwerkes unter Frauen in der Schweizer Neurologie und die Unterstützung von zukünftigen Neurologinnen in der Weiterbildung und Karriereplanung.

Es sind zwei Formen des Mentorings möglich: Traditionelles Mentoring «One-to-One» und Peer Mentoring.

Wir möchten Kolleginnen in der Schweiz ausdrücklich motivieren, sich zu bewerben. Erfahren Sie mehr über unser Mentoring-Programm der WIN.

High-quality scientific programme on 24 – 26 May 2023 in Munich

European Stroke Awareness Day | 9 May 2023

We would like to cordially invite you to take part in the ‘Second Taster Days in Neurology Practice’.

The SNS Executive Board has decided to invest in young researchers and to relaunch the concept of research awards.

The 21st Sponsorpool Project of the Swiss Neurological Society to the 9th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) will take place in Budapest from July 01-04, 2023.

The 11th module of the «SNS Academy» will take place at the University Hospital Zurich from June 15 - 17, 2023.

The Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society is awarding a research prize for the first time ever. The award has been presented to two neurologists who both work at Basel University Hospital.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) – particularly relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) – has become a treatable disease in recent decades, and immunotherapies can now influence the long-term progression of the disease.

The Robert Bing Prize 2022 has been awarded to three outstanding researchers: Cristina Granziera and Mira Katan Kahles (both Professors of Neurology at Basel University Hospital), and Johannes Gräff (Professor at EPFL).

The SCOHPICA project aims to better understand the careers and experiences of health professionals and informal caregivers and to identify ideal conditions for high-quality professional practice and supporting informal caregivers.

Female self-employed medical doctors earn 25 % less than their male colleagues in Switzerland.

Switzerland’s first-ever digital Children With Rare Diseases (CWRD) knowledge platform for professionals and parents!

The Altea association networks people suffering from long COVID and professionals. Michael Schlunegger (President) and Lara Diem (neurologist) explain why the network is needed and how professionals can help patients.

The FMH has created a revised living will. It has been available both online and in paper form since October. Discuss this with your patients too.

The Rare Disease Action Forum (RDAF) would like to draw attention to the fact that the planned revision to the Health Insurance Ordinance (HIO) is a threat to healthcare provision for patients with rare diseases and is therefore not constructive. Patients without satisfactory alternative treatment options should still be able to access drugs that are not available or reimbursed in Switzerland.

For the first time ever, the Research Recognition Award from the Swiss League Against Epilepsy has gone to two projects headed up by women. Both are young scientists – one from Lausanne, the other from Geneva. Their projects investigate the use of scientific methods to improve the diagnosis of status epilepticus and of non-epileptic seizures to enable more targeted treatment. The award is worth CHF 25,000 in total.

Women in Neurology (WIN) is part of the Swiss Neurological Society.

With the Stern-Gattiker Prize – launched in 2018 – the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) is raising the profile of female role models in academic medicine to encourage young women to pursue an academic career.

There are numerous further and advanced training events in the field of neurology.