Course Agenda

 

Thursday September 26, 2024 

7:30 am – 8:00 am   REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
8:00 am – 8:25 am

1

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF EPILEPSY
8:25 am – 9:15 am

2

CLASSIFICATION OF SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY
9:15 am – 10:05 am

3

HISTORY, EXAMINATION, AND SEMIOLOGY
10:05 am – 10:30 am

BREAK

10:30 am – 11:20 am

4

MECHANISMS OF EPILEPSY
11:20 am – 12:20 pm

5

NORMAL EEG (INCLUDING AMBULATORY AND VIDEO-EEG)
12:20 pm – 1:05 pm

LUNCH

1:05 pm – 1:55 pm

6

INTERICTAL AND ICTAL EPILEPTIFORM PATTERNS
1:55 pm – 2:40 pm

7

ELECTRO-CLINICAL SYNDROMES AND OTHER EPILEPSIES
2:40 pm – 3:05 pm

BREAK

3:05 pm – 4:15pm

8

OTHER EPILEPSY SYNDROMES AND EPILEPSIES OF UNKNOWN CAUSES
4:15 pm – 4:40 pm

9

NON-EPILEPTIC PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS IN ADULTS
4:40 pm – 5:05 pm

10

NON-EPILEPTIC PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS IN PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP
5:05 pm – 5:35 pm

 

!! JEOPARDY !!
5:35 pm

ADJOURN


 

Friday September 27, 2024

7:30 am – 8:00 am

 

REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
8:00 am – 8:50 am

11

ENCEPHALOPATHIC PATTERNS AND ICU EEG
8:50 am – 9:40 am

12

STATUS EPILEPTICUS
9:40 am – 10 am

13

HYPSARRHYTHMIA AND PEDIATRIC STATUS EPILEPTICUS SYNDROMES
10:00 am – 10:20 am

BREAK

10:20 am – 10:45 am

14

IMAGING I (CHOICE OF STRUCTURAL IMAGING)
10:45 am – 11:10 am

15

IMAGING II (MEG)
11:10 am – 11:45 am

16

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING (PET, SPECT, FMRI, DTI)
11:45 am – 12:10 pm

17

NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
12:10 pm – 12:55 pm

LUNCH

12:55 pm – 1:20 pm

18

SPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS AND CHEMICAL AND METABOLIC SCREENING
1:20 pm – 1:45 pm

19

GENETIC ANALYSIS
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm

20

PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
2:45 pm – 3:05 pm

BREAK

3:05 pm – 3:30 pm
Extra 10 min 

21

GENDER ISSUES IN EPILEPSY – add hormonal therapies and give to Dr. Meador
3:30 pm – 3:55 pm

22

COMORBIDITIES
3:55 pm – 4:45 pm

23

PSYCHOSOCIAL MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS-BASED ISSUES
4:45 pm – 5:15 pm

 

!! JEOPARDY !!
5:15 pm

ADJOURN


 

Saturday September 28, 2024

7:30 am – 8:00 am

 

REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
8:00 am – 8:50 am

22

ASM I
8:50 am – 9:40 am

23

ASM II
9:40 am – 10:30 am

24

ASM III
10:30 am – 10:50 am

BREAK

10:50 am – 11:40 am

26

DIET THERAPIES, HORMONAL THERAPIES, AND ALTERNATIVE/COMPLIMENTARY THERAPIES
11:40 am – 12:30 pm

27

INDICATIONS FOR REFERRAL TO SURGERY AND SURGICAL EVALUATION (WITH CASE PRESENTATION)
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm

LUNCH

1:15 pm – 2:05 pm

28

INVASIVE EEG RECORDING
2:05 pm – 2:55 pm

29

NEUROMODULATION IN EPILEPSY (VNS, RNS, DBS)
2:55 pm – 3:15 pm

BREAK

3:15 pm – 4:05 pm 

30

EPILEPSY SURGERY
4:05 pm – 4:30 pm

31

COMPLICATIONS OF SURGERY
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm

 

!! JEOPARDY !!
5:05 pm

ADJOURN