On Monday, 15 September 2025 from 5 PM – 6 PM CEST, we will have an ESMINT Webinar on: Dialogue and consent – Dos, don’ts and pitfalls when speaking with patients and relatives.
Speakers of the webinar are Rebecca Middleton (UK) and Christophe Cognard (France). The webinar will be moderated by Jan-Hendrik Buhk (Germany).
What is the webinar about?
This webinar addresses how to effectively communicate about aneurysms. It offers professional insights from the perspectives of patients, relatives, and physicians, focusing on how to establish an appropriate and meaningful dialogue.
About the speakers & moderators
Our distinguished speakers and moderators bring together a wealth of clinical expertise and personal experience to provide valuable insights.
Rebecca Middleton
Rebecca Middleton is the founder and CEO of Hereditary Brain Aneurysm Support (HBA Support), a UK first patient centred charity supporting families and individuals living with brain aneurysms.
She founded HBA Support after losing her mum and grandmother to brain aneurysms and being diagnosed with one herself that was eventually treated endovascularly. Through her diagnosis she faced a lack of balanced information and support. HBA Support now supports patients and families through their diagnosis, is a patient partner in world leading research into brain aneurysms and the genetics of the disease, works with UK policy officials to improve care pathways and works hard to raise awareness of the condition and its life-changing impact.
As a PR and Communications Director with over 20 years of international experience, a former broadcast journalist, and an experienced patient advocate, Rebecca also brings her strategic communications view to her work, as well as her lived experience as a brain aneurysms patient and mum of two young girls.
Prof. Christophe Cognard
Prof. Christophe Cognard is the Chairman of the Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, University Hospitals Purpan and Rangueil since Dec. 2002 at University Paul Sabatier of Toulouse, France. Prof. Christophe Cognard will also moderate the session.
Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Buhk
Jan-Hendrik Buhk is head of Neuroradiology at the Asklepios Hospitals in Hamburg, Germany.
Learning objectives
- Understand the other’s perspective
- Use this understanding to create both empathetic and effective communication
- Communication pitfalls to be avoided
- Usage of standardized communication tools
This webinar will be an interactive live transmission. All participants will be able to ask questions in real-time via the online chat.
There will be a recording of the webinar.
