Agenda

Monday, September 21, 2020 (All listed times in US Eastern Daylight Time)

5:00 pm	Welcome and Introductions Ajay Gupta, MD
5:05 pm	Classifying "Seizures" and "Epilepsies": Semiological and the ILAE Classifications Prakash Kotagal, MD
5:40 pm	Epilepsies and Electroclinical Syndromes: Neonatal and Infantile Elaine Wirrell, MD
6:15 pm	Epilepsies and Electroclinical Syndromes: Childhood Elaine Wyllie, MD
6:50 pm	Break
7:10 pm	Professor Phillip Pearl: Keynote Speaker Introduction
7:15 pm	Diagnosing Genetic Epilepsies-Impact on Treatment - Keynote Presentation Phillip Pearl, MD
7:50 pm	Distinctive Epilepsies Due to Neuro-cutaneous Disorders and Hypothalamic Hamartoma
8:25 pm	Epilepsies and Electroclinical Syndromes: Adolescents and Adults Jessica Fesler, MD
9:00 pm	Genetic testing and Interpretation of genetic results in Epilepsy Dennis Lal, PhD
9:35 pm	Adjourn

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 (All listed times in US Eastern Daylight Time)

5:00 pm	Localization of Epileptiform Discharges on Scalp EEG and Role of MEG Richard Burgess, MD, PhD
5:35 pm	Brain MRI, PET, SPECT, Post-processing Tools and Multimodal Co-registration in Pre-surgical evaluation Irene Wang, PhD
6:10 pm	Anti Seizure Drugs, Lecture I: Principles: Selecting, Starting, Mixing, and Stopping ASDs Deepak Lachhwani, MD
6:45 pm	Break
7:05PM	Professor Michael Sperling, MD: Keynote Speaker Introduction
7:10 pm	Seizure Detection Devices and Risk Assessment for SUDEP - Keynote Presentation Michael Sperling, MD
7:45 pm	Anti Seizure Drugs, Lecture II: Evidence Based Use of ASD Ahsan Moosa Naduvil, MD
8:20 pm	Anti Seizure Drugs, Lecture III: Evidence Based Use of ASD, and Ketogenic Diet Elaine Wirrell, MD
8:55 pm	Anti Seizure Drugs, Lecture IV: Evidence Based Use of Newer ASD and Their Interactions Vineet Punia, MD
9:30 pm	Adjourn

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 (All listed times in US Eastern Daylight Time)

5:00 pm	Classical Electroclinical Features of Partial (surgically-amenable) Epilepsies Andreas Alexopoulos, MD
5:35 pm	Unique Characteristics of Pre-surgical evaluation in infants and young children Ajay Gupta, MD
6:10 pm	Medical Intractability and Pre-surgical Evaluation for Epilepsy: Why, When and How? Imad Najm, MD
6:45 pm	Break
7:05PM	Professor Eishi Asano, MD, PhD: Keynote Speaker Introduction
7:10 pm	Cortical Stimulation and Function Mapping in Extra- and Intra- operative Epilepsy Surgeries - Keynote Presentation Eishi Asano, MD , PhD
7:45 pm	Invasive EEG Evaluation: Indications and Techniques for SEEG and Other Invasive Modalities Juan Bulacio, MD
8:20 pm	Surgical Resection Types and Techniques in Epilepsy Surgery: An Overview William Bingaman, MD
8:55 pm	Neuromodulation in Refractory Epilepsy: VNS, RNS and DBS Systems Dileep Nair, MD
9:30 pm	Adjourn

Thursday, September 24, 2020 (All listed times in US Eastern Daylight Time)

5:00 pm	Psychiatry Comorbidities and Long-term Outcomes of Epilepsy Treatment Lara Jehi, MD
5:35 pm	Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures: diagnosis and evidence based treatment Jocelyn Bautista, MD
6:10 pm	Women and Pregnancy Issues in Epilepsy Nancy Foldvary‐Schaefer, DO
6:45 pm	Break
7:10 pm	Neuropsychological Testing in Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery Candidates Kayela Arrotta, PhD
7:45 pm	EEG in neonatal seizures and neonatal encephalopathies Elia Pestana-Knight, MD
8:20 pm	ICU EEG: Encephalopathic, Periodic and Coma Patterns Christopher Newey, DO
8:55 pm	Diagnosis and Evidence-based Management of Status Epilepticus Stephen Hantus, MD
9:30 pm	Wrap-up and Closing Remarks Ajay Gupta, MD
9:35 pm	Adjourn