Epilepsy Symposium Agenda
Epilepsy Symposium Agenda
| 8:15 am | Welcome and Introductions | Amir Arain, MD |
| 8:20 am | Pre-Test | |
| 8:30 am | Classification of Epilepsies, Seizures, Epidemiology of Epilepsy, Mortality of Epilepsy | Amir Arain, MD |
| 9:00 am | Neuromodulation for Epilepsy | Ben Shofty, MD |
| 9:30 am | Neuroimaging in Epilepsy | Tyler Richards, MD |
| 10:00 am | Psychogenic Nonepileptic Spells | Brian Johnson, MD |
| 10:30 am | Break and Exhibits | |
| 10:45 am | Epilepsy in Women | Katie Krulisky, MD |
| 11:15 am | Management of Status Epilepticus | Angela Peters, MD |
| 11:45 am | Lunch and Exhibits | |
| 12:30 pm | Presurgical Assessment for Epilepsy Surgery and Changing Concepts | Shervin Rahimpour, MD |
| 1:00 pm | Differential Diagnosis of Epilepsy | Blake Newman, MD |
| 1:30 pm | Memory and Cognitive Dysfunction in Epilepsy | Spencer Liebel, PhD |
| 2:00 pm | Break and Exhibits | |
| 2:10 pm | Starting, Choosing, Mixing, and Stopping Antiseizure Medications | Sindhu V. Richards, MD |
| 2:55 pm | Co-Morbidities in Epilepsy | Brian Johnson, MD |
| 3:25 pm | Epilepsy in Elderly/Patients with Intellectual Disability | Matt Jensen, MD |
| 3:55 pm | Post-Test | Amir Arain, MD |
| 4:00 pm–4:30 pm | Case Presentations and Discussion | Amir Arain, Angela Peters, Blake J. Newman, Sindhu V. Richards, Brian Johnson, Katie Krulisky, Awais Riaz, Shervin Rahimpour, and Ben Shofty |
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