Epilepsy Update & Review 2018

Topics And Speakers:

Epilepsy Update & Review 2018

• WHAT IS EPILEPSY: DEFINITION, DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMAS, AND DETERMINING REMISSION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE – ANNE BERG, PHD
• CLASSIFICATION OF GENERALIZED AND FOCAL “SEIZURES” – PRAKASH KOTAGAL, MD
• EPILEPSIES AND ELECTROCLINICAL SYNDROMES: NEONATAL AND INFANTILE – ELAINE WIRRELL, MD
• EPILEPSIES AND ELECTROCLINICAL SYNDROMES: CHILDHOOD – ELAINE WYLLIE, MD
• DISTINCTIVE EPILEPSIES: NEURO-CUTANEOUS DISORDERS, HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA – AJAY GUPTA, MD
• GENETIC EPILEPSIES: CLINICAL RECOGNITION AND IDENTIFICATION – PHILLIP PEARL, MD
• GENETIC TESTING IN EPILEPSY: TEST SELECTION AND INTERPRETATION – DENNIS LAL, PHD
• EPILEPSIES AND ELECTROCLINICAL SYNDROMES: ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS – JESSICA FESLER, MD
• AED I: DRUG INTERACTIONS IN EPILEPSY PRACTICE AND FIRST GENERATION AEDS – AHSAN MOOSA NADUVIL, MD
• AED II: EVIDENCE-BASED USE OF AEDS AND KETOGENIC DIET – ELAINE WIRRELL, MD
• AED III: EVIDENCE-BASED USE OF NEWER AEDS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS – ANDREY STOJIC, MD, PHD
• IMMUNE MODULATORY THERAPIES IN EPILEPSY AND AUTOIMMUNE EPILEPSIES – AHSAN MOOSA NADUVIL, MD
• SEMIOLOGY AND SCALP VEEG FINDINGS: TEMPORO-PERISYLVIAN EPILEPSIES – PATRICK CHAUVEL, MD
• SEMIOLOGY AND SCALP EEG FINDINGS: FRONTAL AND PARIETO-OCCIPITAL EPILEPSIES – ANDREAS ALEXOPOULOS, MD, MPH
• SEMIOLOGY AND SCALP VEEG FINDINGS: SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN – AJAY GUPTA, MD
• LOCALIZATION OF EPILEPTIFORM PATTERNS ON SCALP EEG AND ROLE OF MEG – RICHARD BURGESS, MD, PHD
• MRI IN EPILEPSY: STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL MRI – MYKOL LARVIE, MD, PHD
• MEDICAL INTRACTABILITY AND PRE-SURGICAL EVALUATION FOR EPILEPSY: WHY, WHEN AND HOW? – LARA JEHI, MD
• ROLE OF NUCLEAR IMAGING IN PRE-SURGICAL EVALUATION OF EPILEPSY: PET AND SPECT – MYKOL LARVIE, MD
• POST-PROCESSING IMAGING TECHNIQUES (VBM, DTI, QPET), AND MULTIMODAL CO-REGISTRATION – IRENE WANG, PHD
• SURGICAL TECHNIQUES IN LESIONAL EPILEPSIES – WILLIAM BINGAMAN, MD
• INVASIVE EEG EVALUATION: INDICATIONS, TECHNIQUES, AND CORTICAL STIMULATION PARADIGMS – JUAN BULACIO, MD
• INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC TESTS: ECOG, SSEPS AND MULTI-MODAL TESTING – AJAY GUPTA, MD
• STEREO EEG-BASED SURGICAL TECHNIQUES, AND DISCONNECTIVE AND LASER ABLATION SURGERIES – JORGE GONZALEZ-MARTINEZ, MD, PHD
• NEURO-STIMULATION DEVICES IN EPILEPSY – DILEEP NAIR, MD
• PSYCHOGENIC NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT – JOCELYN BAUTISTA, MD
• PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITIES IN EPILEPSY AND SUDEP – LARA JEHI, MD
• WOMEN AND PREGNANCY ISSUES IN EPILEPSY – NANCY FOLDVARY-SCHAEFER, DO
• NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING IN EPILEPSY AND EPILEPSY SURGERY CANDIDATES – ROBYN BUSCH, PHD
• EEG DEVELOPMENTAL MATURATION, NEONATAL SEIZURES AND NEONATAL ENCEPHALOPATHIES – ELIA PESTANA-KNIGHT, MD
• ICU EEG: ENCEPHALOPATHIC, PERIODIC AND COMA PATTERNS – CHRISTOPHER NEWEY, DO
• DIAGNOSIS AND EVIDENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT OF STATUS EPILEPTICUS – STEPHEN HANTUS, M