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PUBLIC INFORMATION
Name of Charity: The Sydney Driscoll Neuro-Science Foundation
Registered Office: 7 Winckley Square, Preston, Lancashire PR1 3JD
Registered Company Number: 6606603
Registered with the Charity Commission under number: 1129387
NEWS
News Update: See below;
When: Sunday 31 July 2011, from 11:00am, Opening Bat 12 noon.
Where: Euxton Cricket Club, Belshaw Lane. Belshaw Park. Southport Road. Euxton PR7 6DD
What: Charity Cricket Match
Entrance Fee: £2, includes free draw. Children Free.
Detail: Further details for this (now) Annual Event. Mr Nihal Gurusinghe, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Preston, will once again lead a team to play against a team of Consultants and staff from Euxton Hall hospital and surrounding area, led by Mr Mohideen Jameel, Vascular surgeon Wigan Infirmary, at the Euxton Cricket Club. Mr Nihal Gurusinghe Neurosurgeon and Mr Mohideen Jameel, Vascular surgeon are organising the event. This year the fund raising is being shared with the Northern Cleft Foundation, which is a charity that conducts annual surgical camps in India. Some of the main people involved work in Wigan and Euxton Hospitals.
During Lunch time there will be some entertainment provided by the 30 man Coppul and Standish Brass Band.
There will be; Barbecues, Children activities, Stalls, a Tombola, Ice cream and a small band of cheer leaders, plus a Paramedic with Ambulance.
Planning for a fund-raising dinner and raffle at the end of the day is progressing, with a group of Indian dancers from Preston who will perform at the
dinner, which, it is hoped, will be at a nearby Indian Restaurant.
Look out for articles in the local newspapers and on th eradio.
If you have any ideas for further fund-raising during thus event, please contact Mr Nihal Gurusinghe. We have been asked to find out if anyone knows any Morris Dancing group - to make contact.
The match WILL be played for a SYDNEY DRISCOLL TROPHY or SHIELD for the first time this year, and will be played for annually between Wigan, Preston and the Euxton Cricket Club.
If you would like to help advertise the event, use this link to download a colourful poster(316k), which you can print off and display in a suitable location.
As of 23rd November 2010, all the Research papers submitted since 2008 for the Sydney Driscoll Foundation Award are now available for download on-line. The two research Papers submitted for 2006, and joint award winners, are still available from the Library in Hard-copy form only.
When: Tuesday 10 November 2009 1700hrs
Where: Royal Preston Hospital, Ward 2C, Glasshouse Conservatory
What: Opening of new, state-of-the-art Neurosurgery Theatres
Detail: The two theatres feature the most up-to-date and advanced brain navigation equipment funded by a generous contribution from the Sydney Driscoll Neuroscience Foundation. The evening included the presentation from the Sydney Driscoll Neuroscience Foundation to Stuart Heys, Chairman, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the brain navigation equipment and an opportunity to see the equipment being used during a live operation. Tea and coffee were served.
The event started, for the invited attendee's, with a tour of the Audio/visual Suite and viewing of a live operation, followed by a presentation from Andrew Ferguson Chairman, and Nihal Gurusinghe Trustee, The Sydney Driscoll Neuroscience Foundation, to Stuart Heys Chairman, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Photographs and details of the opening ceremony for the two New Brain Surgery Theatres
INFORMATION FOR MEDICAL STAFF
Current and Previous Neuroscience Foundation Submissions
| Year | Submission | Title of Paper | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cherith Sutton, Medical Student | P-gP and MRP Immunostaining in Gliomas. Does P-gP and MRP expression correlate with chemosensitivity? | PDF available to download |
| Malabika Ghosh | A study examining the role of Executive Functions to predict functional performance following acquired brain injury. | Word Document available to download | |
| Vino Apok | Microsurgery of intracranial tumours in a developing nation - a Bosnian perspective. | Word Document available to download | |
| 2008 | Dr David Paling, SpR in Neurology | A prospective study on the outcome of tilt table testing and carotid sinus massage in 290 consecutive elderly adults with syncope or unexplained falls, and of treatment of 135 of these patients with proven neurocardiogenic syncope with midodrine. | PDF available to download |
| Costas Elefteios Fantis | Facial nerve schwannoma: case presentation, review and differentials | Word Document available to download | |
| Jonathan Knibb | Making sense of progressive non-fluent aphasia: an analysis of conversational speech. | Available to download as three PDF's Pt.1, Pt.2, Pt.3 | |
| Muhammad Imran Bhatti | The role of phase contrast MRI scanning in selecting normal pressure hydrocephalus patients for V-P shunting. | Word Document available to download | |
| 2007 | No Applicants | ||
| 2006 | Dr Rajiv Mohanraj | Pharmacogenomics in Epilepsy: Role of Sodium Channel Gene Polymorphisms in Determining Response to Antiepileptic Drug Treatment. | Hard-copy only, from the Sydney Driscoll Library |
| Mr R V Iyer, Neurology | A Feasibility Study of Chemosensitivity Testing in Primary Cultures. | Hard-copy only, from the Sydney Driscoll Library | |
Current and Previous Neuroscience Foundation Award Winners
| Year | Winner | Subject | Ongoing Study |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cherith Sutton, Medical Student | P-gP and MRP Immunostaining in Gliomas. Does P-gP and MRP expression correlate with chemosensitivity? | |
| 2008 | Dr David Paling, SpR in Neurology | A prospective study on the outcome of tilt table testing and carotid sinus massage in 290 consecutive elderly adults with syncope or unexplained falls, and of treatment of 135 of these patients with proven neurocardiogenic syncope with midodrine. | Now studying for a Ph.D in the department of Neuroinflammation at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Queen Square, London. The award money is helping towards the Ph.D fees. The title of his thesis is "Development of novel MRI techniques to investigate brain perfusion, oxygen utilization, and metabolism in patients with multiple sclerosis". The project is for three years. |
| 2007 | No Applicants | ||
| 2006 | Dr Rajiv Mohanraj | Pharmacogenomics in Epilepsy: Role of Sodium Channel Gene Polymorphisms in Determining Response to Antiepileptic Drug Treatment. | Further educational experience National Hospital Queens Square London in Sept 08 |
| Mr R V Iyer, Neurology | A Feasibility Study of Chemosensitivity Testing in Primary Cultures. | With prize money went to University of California, San Francisco for 4 weeks to study under Prof Mitchell Berger | |
| £1,500 prize money was given to each entrant as the Trustees decided that both submitted excellent manuscripts. | |||
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