2015 Seminar Speakers

Andres Kanner, M.D.

Andres Kanner, M.D.
University of Miami Health System
Date: December 15, 2015
Title: Psychiatric Complications of Epilepsy Surgery: Can They be Predicted and Prevented?
Location: George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room TBA
Time: 8 a.m. E.S.T.
Video On Demand


Amy Brooks-Kayal, M.D.

Amy Brooks-Kayal, M.D.
Childrens Hospital, Colorado
Date: November10, 2015
Title: The Challenge and Promise of Developing Disease Modifying Therapies for Epilepsy
Location: George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room TBA
Time: 8 a.m. E.S.T.
Video On Demand


Shlomo Shinnar, M.D., Ph.D.

Shlomo Shinnar, M.D., Ph.D.
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Date: October 13, 2015
Title: Consequences of Prolonged Febrile Seizures in Childhood
Location: George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room TBA
Time: 8 a.m. E.S.T.
Video On Demand


Frances Jensen, M.D., FACP

Frances Jensen, M.D., FACP
University of Pennsylvania
Date: September 8, 2015
Title: Cognitive Consequences of Epilepsy: Shared Mechanisms with Epileptogenesis
Location: George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room 307
Time: 8 a.m. E.S.T.
Video On Demand


David Labiner, M.D.

David Labiner, M.D.
University of Arizona
Date: August 11, 2015
Title: Epilepsy, Pregnancy and the Child
Location: George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room 309
Time: 8 a.m. E.S.T.
Video On Demand


Gregory Krauss, M.D.

Gregory Krauss, M.D.
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Date: July 14, 2015
Title: Epilepsy and the Aging Brain
Location: George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room 308
Time: 8 a.m. E.S.T.
Video On Demand


Steve Schachter, M.D.

Steve Schachter, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Date: June 9, 2015
Title: Epilepsy and the Creative Mind: Art as Windows into Complexity and Comorbidities of Epilepsy
Location: George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room 301
Time: 8 a.m. E.S.T.
Video On Demand


Gregory Cascino, M.D.

Gregory Cascino, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Date: May 12, 2015
Title: Surgical Treatment for Epilepsy: The Changing Patient Population and Challenges
Location: George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room 308
Time: 8 a.m. E.S.T.
Video On Demand


Carl Stafstrom, M.D., Ph.D.

Carl Stafstrom, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Date: April 7, 2015
Title: Beyond Excitation and Inhibition: Novel Mechanisms for Seizures and Epilepsy
Location: George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room 308
Time: 8 a.m. E.S.T.
Video On Demand


Bassel Abou Khalil, M.D.

Bassel Abou Khalil, M.D.
Vanderbilt University
Date: March 17, 2015
Title: Rational Polytherapy in the Management of Epilepsy
Location: George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room 308
Time: 8 a.m. E.S.T.
Video On Demand


Bill Gaillard, M.D.

Bill Gaillard, M.D.
Children's National Health System, Washington, D.C.
Date: February 10, 2015
Title: Variability and Plasticity of Language Networks in Human Focal Epilepsy
Location: George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room 308
Time: 8 a.m. E.S.T.
Video On Demand


Helen, Scharfman, Ph.D.

Helen, Scharfman, Ph.D.
New York University Langone Medical Center and The Nathan Kline Institute
Date: January 13, 2015
Title: Diverse Roles of Adult Neurogenesis in Epilepsy
Location: George Washington University, Marvin Center, Room 308
Time: 8 a.m. E.S.T.
Video On Demand