Geriatrics
Update
On site
Online

Date
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Time
08:00 – 08:45
Duration
45 min
Credits
1 Credit
Language
English
Objectives
Offer a diagnostic approach to neurological gait disorders in which the presenting signs are taken as the starting point for a focused differential diagnosis and a tailored search into the underlying neurological syndrome.
Provider
Klinik Barmelweid
On site
Online
As a webinar on geriatrics-update.com. We will send you the link by email a few days before the event.
Assoc. Prof. Jorik Nonnekes,
Consultant in rehabilitation medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands (NL)
Dear colleagues,
dear friends and supporters of geriatric medicine,
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the continuation of our Geriatrics Seminar Series. With the 2026 annual program, we once again set new standards — scientifically, didactically, and in terms of content — while continuing our mission to further develop geriatrics as an academically grounded, interdisciplinary, and forward-looking field. Geriatrics operates at the intersection of medicine, technology, and society — and it is precisely here that we aim to build bridges, connecting clinical excellence, research, and education. Geriatrics exemplifies the medicine of the future: complex, interconnected, and profoundly human.
With international participation, innovative formats, and a clear scientific focus, we are creating a space for reflection, exchange, and progress. A major milestone is the new interactive platform geriatrics-update.com — a digital knowledge network that links continuing education, research, and clinical practice. It enables direct dialogue between clinical care, science, and society, and is unique in its form in Switzerland.
The 2026 program reflects the breadth and depth of modern geriatric medicine: from longevity and muscle health to delirium management, digitalization and artificial intelligence, geriatric oncology, empathy, and ethical leadership. These topics mirror the evolution of a discipline that extends far beyond daily clinical work, touching on fundamental questions of quality of life, meaning, and sustainability.
Our aspiration remains unchanged: We combine scientific excellence with compassionate care — and actively shape the future of healthy aging. My heartfelt thanks go to all speakers and participants whose expertise and enthusiasm make the Barmelweid Geriatrics Seminar Series recognized far beyond Switzerland’s borders as a place of learning, encounter, and innovation.
Yours sincerely,
PD Dr. med. Mathias Schlögl,
Chefarzt Geriatrie, Klinik Barmelweid
Jorik Nonnekes is an Associate Professor and consultant in rehabilitation medicine at the Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He studied medicine (cum laude) at the Radboud University Nijmegen. Both his clinical and scientific work focuses on neurological gait impairments, with specific emphasis on gait impairments in Parkinson’s disease, rare and inherited movement disorders, and upper motor neuron lesions (eg stroke). Jorik leads his own research group and has published more than 150 papers in international peer-reviewed journals.