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2009 Program

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

 


2010 SEEEG Annual Meeting Program

Program Objectives

  • To discuss current treatments and concerns in the management of epilepsy.
  • To investigate the significance of alternative therapies in the management of epilepsy.
  • To better understand the relationship between AED's selection, formulations, routes of treatment and options for status epilepticus.
  • To identify the mechanisms of status epilepticus.
  • To examine methods used in identifying status for the purpose of improving patient prognosis.

Agenda

Friday, June 4th
5:30 - 6:00 pm On-site Registratin
6:00 - 9:00 pm Welcome Reception, Dinner, and Discussion: AED's and Suicidality: Is there an association? (Vanderbilt Terrace)

Saturday, June 5th
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast Buffet (Coolidge)
8:00 - 12:00 pm Symposium I (Eisenhower)
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch (Vanderbilt Terace)

Sunday, June 6th
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast Buffet (Coolidge)
8:00 - 12:00 pm Symposium II (Eisenhower)
12:00 - 12:30 pm Boxed Lunches


Welcome Reception and Discussion
Friday, June 4th

Moderator: Sue Palac, MD
5:30 - 6:00 pm On-site Registration
6:00 - 9:00 pm Welcome Reception and Discussion:
AED's and Suicidal Causality

Dale Hesdorffer, PhD, Columbia University


Symposium I

Saturday, June 5th

New Treatments for Epilepsy

Moderator: Ruben Kuzniecky, MD
 
8:00 - 8:10 am Introduction
8:10 - 8:50 am Latest and Future AED's
Edward Faught, MD, Emory School of Medicine
8:50 - 9:00 am Discussion
9:00 - 9:40 am Nostrums, Potions and Energy Fields: "Alternative" Treatment of Epilepsy
Victor Dostrow, MD, University of Mississippi
9:40 - 9:50 am Discussion
9:50 - 10:00 am Break
10:00 - 10:50 am Direct Brain Therapies for Epilepsy
Ruben Kuzniecky, MD, NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
10:50 - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 - 11:40 am Radiosurgery for Epilepsy: An Evidence-Based Approach
Robert Knowlton, MD, UAB Epilepsy Center
11:40 - 11:50 am Discussion
11:50 - 12:00 pm Break
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch Buffet


Symposium II

Sunday, June 6th

Status Epilepticus

Moderator: Sue Palac, MD
 
8:00 - 8:40 am Mechanisims of Status Epilepticus
Thomas Bleck, MD Medical Director of Critcal Care, Rush University Medical Center
8:40 - 8:50 am Discussion
8:50 - 9:30 am EEG in Status Epilepticus
Susan Herman, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
9:30 - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 - 9:50 am Break
9:50 - 10:30 am Advances in the Treatment of Seizure Emergencies
James Cloyd, PharmD, University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy
10:30 - 10:40 am Discussion
10:40 - 11:30 am Treatment, Comparison, and Prognosis
Jane Boggs, Wake Forest, University Baptist Medical Center
11:30 - 11:40 am Discussion
11:40 - 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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