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2009 Program

"Life is short,
the art is long."
- Hippocrates

 


2009 SEEEG Meeting Program

Program Objectives

  • To discuss viable alternatives to WADA in the pre-surgical work-up of epilepsy.
  • To investigate the significance of mood disorders as co-morbidities of epilepsy.
  • To better understand the relationship between migraines and epilepsy.
  • To identify safety issues that arise in the epilepsy monitoring unit.
  • To examine means to improve hospital quality and safety measures in the epilepsy monitoring unit.

Agenda

Friday, March 27th
6:30 - 9:00 pm Welcome Reception and Debate: Are there viable alternatives to replace the WADA (sodium amobarbital) test for assessing both language and memory?

Saturday, March 28th
7:00 - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
Exhibits and Poster Presentations
8:00 - 12:00 pm Symposium I
12:00 - 1:00 pm Epilepsy Fellow's Program
Boxed lunch will be available
1:00 - 6:00 pm Free-time
6:00 - 6:30 pm Cocktails
6:30 - 8:00 pm Dinner

Sunday, March 29th
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast Buffet
8:00 - 12:00 pm Symposium II


Welcome Reception and Debate
Friday, March 27th

6:30 - 9:00 pm Are there viable alternatives to replace the Wada (sodium amobarbital) test for assessing both language and memory?

Moderator: Terrence Lagerlund, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Pro: Bill Gaillard, MD, Children's National Medical Center and Professor of Neurology at Georgetown University

Con: Rebecca Rausch, MD, UCLA


Symposium I

Saturday, March 28th

Co-morbidity and Associations of Epilepsy

Chair: Bill Malzone, MD
Moderator: Richard Andrews, MD
 
8:00 - 8:10 am Introduction
8:10 - 8:50 am Mood Disorders - Depression
John Barry, MD, Stanford University
8:50 - 9:00 am Discussion
9:00 - 9:40 am

Psychosis
Kenneth Alper, MD, NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

9:40 - 9:50 am Discussion
9:50 - 10:00 am Break
10:00 - 10:50 am

Migraines
Dave Dodick, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona

10:50 - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 - 11:40 am

Death
Frank Gilliam, MD, Columbia University

11:40 - 11:50 am Discussion
11:50 - 12:00 pm Break / Boxed Lunches
12:00 - 1:00 pm

Fellow's Program
Moderator: Susan Palac, MD, Emory School of Medicine



Symposium II

Sunday, March 29th

Current Topics in Epilepsy

Chair: Joe Drazkowski, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona
Moderator: Paul Garcia, MD, University of California, San Francisco
 
8:00 - 8:40 am Ictal Oxygenation/Hypoxia
Lisa Bateman, MD, University of California at Davis
8:40 - 8:50 am Discussion
8:50 - 9:30 am Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Safety
Katherine Noe, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona
9:30 - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 - 9:50 am

Break

9:50 - 10:30 am Hospital Quality & Safety Measures for EMU's
Richard Zimmerman, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona
10:30 - 10:40 am Discussion
10:40 - 11:30 am Panel discussion of the results from site measures survey, in addition to attendee questions/concerns/suggestions to improve clinical practice
11:30 - 12:00 pm Closing Statements from the SEEEG President
Completion of CME Materials


In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support, the faculty for this activity has been asked to complete a Conflict of Interest Disclosure form. Disclosure is required to be provided in writing to attendees or participants.

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