Google Translate Limitations Disclaimer

The electronic translation service on the brainXchange website is hosted by Google Translate, an external translation service. The brainXchange does not guarantee or warrant the reliability, accuracy or completeness of any translated information. The basic translation goal is to capture the general information of the original English website content. If any questions arise related to the accuracy of the information contained in the translated website, please refer to the English version of the website.

Home > Events > Archived Webinars & Events > 2023 > Frontotemporal Dementia Update: Pearls and Pitfalls of Diagnosis and Management Recommendations

Frontotemporal Dementia Update: Pearls and Pitfalls of Diagnosis and Management Recommendations

Event Date: Oct 04, 2023

Recording | Related Resources

The objectives of this webinar are:

To review the current diagnostic criteria and approach for FTD, with a focus on bvFTD.
To understand the key differential diagnosis in patients being evaluated for possible bvFTD.
To improve health care providers distinction between bvFTD and phenocopies
To highlight current best practices in the management of FTD.

This integrated KTE webinar event is brought to you by brainXchange in partnership with the Alzheimer Society of Canada and the Canadian Consortium of Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA).

Presenter(s):

Dr. Elizabeth Finger, Professor, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University

Dr. Elizabeth Finger is a cognitive neurologist and Professor in the Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences at the Schulich School of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario. As a clinician-scientist, her research program is focussed on understanding and treating the emergence of changes in behaviour and emotion in Frontotemporal Dementias and related disorders.

Dr. Finger's current research is funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Weston Foundation, and the Physician Services Incorporated Foundation.