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