2020 Epilepsy Update
Virtual Conference, Nov. 2, 2020
Morning Sessions
8:00:
Welcome and Introductions
Deborah Holder, MD & David Millet, MD
8:00-8:40:
New Medications:
1. Epidiolex – what have we learned since approval who responds/what dose/side effects
2. Fenfluramine – how to dose, side effects, efficacy
3. Rescue nasal sprays – who and when
Joseph Sullivan, MD
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Center
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
8:40-9:20:
Old Medications:
Is there still a place for the older medications, who and when
John Stern, MD
Director, Epilepsy Clinical Program
Co-Director, Seizure Program
Professor, Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of Southern California
9:20-10:00:
Diet Therapy for Epilepsy:
Updates for 2020, how to treat epilepsy with a diet that has become mainstream
Eric Kossoff, MD
Director, Child Neurology Residency Program
Medical Director, Ketogenic Diet Program
Professor of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University
10:00-10:30:
Live Q&A
10:30-10:40:
BREAK
10:40-11:20:
VNS: Update on new features: How to maximize therapy with auto-stimulation, day/night programming and duty cycle
Deborah Holder, MD
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
11:20-12:00:
RNS: What have we learned since approval: patient selection and programming
Martha Morrell, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
12:00-12:30:
Live Q&A
12:30-1:00:
LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon Session
Hot Topics
1:00-1:40:
Laser Ablation for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Are we ready to replace resection with ablation
Dan Curry, MD
Director, Functional Neurosurgery and Epilepsy Surgery
The John S Dunn Foundation Endowed Chair of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Division of Neurosurgery
Texas Children’s Hospital
1:40-2:20:
Neuroimaging in Epilepsy: Is normal really normal
David Millett, MD
Director, Epilepsy Program
Hoag Hospital
2:20-3:00:
Mental Health Co-Morbidities: Depression/Anxiety/ADD/ADHD what to treat, when to refer and who can help
Amanda Risen. PsyD
Pediatric Psychologist
Division of Neurology
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
3:00-3:20:
BREAK
3:20-4:00:
Treatment of Autoimmune Epilepsy: An algorithm of treatment escalation to guide therapy
Matt Lallas, MD
Comprehensive Epilepsy Team
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
4:00-4:40:
Epilepsy Genetics: Who, When and Why to test
Colin Roberts, MD
Director Doernbecher Childhood Epilepsy Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology
School of Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University
4:40-5:00:
Q&A
5:00:
Adjourn