Epilepsy Comprehensive Update and Board Review

May 8-9, 2024
Westin Houston Medical Center | 1709 Dryden Rd. | Houston, Texas 77030

The Epilepsy Comprehensive Update & Board Review is an educational symposium whose aim is to educate neurologists, APPs, neurology residents, and epilepsy fellows involved in the treatment of patients with epilepsy.
This year’s (in-person only) course will expand attendees’ knowledge and understanding of epilepsy and will demonstrate how to offer top quality epilepsy care to patients. The event will include a series of lectures designed to prepare attendees for the Epilepsy Boards.

Some of the many exciting highlights include:

  • Focused lectures on all aspects of epilepsy care, including pharmacologic therapies, diagnostic testing, and surgical therapies.
  • Discussion of etiology and electroclinical syndromes in both adult and pediatric patients.
  • A lecture and discussion around SUDEP.

For more information, email tirn.events@uth.tmc.edu.

Hina Dave, MD
Course Co-Director
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Jay Gavvala, MD, MSCI
Course Co-Director
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Picture of Samden Lhatoo
Samden Lhatoo, MD
Director, Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Co-Director, Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies
Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Neurology
John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
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Nitin Tandon, MD
Co-Director, Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Co-Director, Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies
Professor, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
BCMS Distinguished Professor in Neurological Disorders and Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify clinical features that support a diagnosis of epilepsy and specific epilepsy syndromes.
  2. Recognize normal, abnormal and epileptiform EEG patterns.
  3. Appropriately choose antiseizure medications for patients with epilepsy based on clinical history, comorbidities and epilepsy subtype.
  4. Identify appropriate diagnostic testing in persons with epilepsy including testing in drug resistant epilepsy patients.

Accreditation Statement/Credit Designation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Antidote Education Company and UTHealth Houston Neurosciences. Antidote is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Antidote designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston Faculty Speakers

  • Jay Gavvala, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
  • Katherine Harris, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
  • Nuria Lacuey Lecumberri, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
  • Samden Lhatoo, MD, FRCP, Professor and John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair and Executive Vice Chair, Director, Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Co-Director, Texas Institute of Restorative Neurotechnologies, Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
  • Sandipan Pati, MD, Associate Professor, Director, Epilepsy Fellowship Program, Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
  • Nitin Tandon, MD, FAANS, Professor, Vice President, Strategy and Development, Co-Director, Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Co-Director, Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
  • Gretchen von Allmen, MD, Professor, Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Chief, Pediatric Epilepsy, Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Program, Co-Director, West Syndrome Center of Excellence, Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Invited Faculty Speakers

  •  Bassel Abou-Khalil, MD, Clinical Director, VUMC Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Program Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, Professor, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Jennifer DeWolfe, DO, Director, UAB Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Director, Sleep Center at the Birmingham VA Medical Center Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Gloria Diaz-Medina, MD, Co-Director, Ketogenic Diet Program, Texas Children’s Hospital Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics-Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Roohi Katyal, MD, Co-Director, Adult Epilepsy, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, LSU Health Shreveport
  • Brandy Ma, MD, MPH, Neurologist and Epileptologist Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurology, Stanley H. Appel Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist and Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Fábio Nascimento, MD, Neurologist Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Shilpa Reddy, MD, MMHC, Associate Program Director, Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy Fellowships, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Sarah Schmitt, MD, Associate Professor Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Stephan Schuele, MD, MPH, Chief of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Professor, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Elaine Seto, MD, PhD, Medical Director, EEG, Texas Children’s Hospital Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics-Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Deepa Sirsi, MD, Associate Program Director for Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy Fellowship Program Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Accommodations

Guests can stay at the Westin Houston Medical Center.  Booking details soon to come…

Parking Information

Valet for this event is $18 per car, and is located at the hotel entrance on Dryden Street.

Self-parking options near the hotel include:

  1. Rice BRC Annex Lot: 6611 Travis St
    $10/day, credit card only
    (Preferred parking option)
  2. Scurlock Parking Garage: 6560 Main St
    $15 per 7.5 – 24 hours, credit card only
  3. TMC Public Parking, Garage 1: 6519 Fannin St
    $15 per 6 – 10 hours, credit card only

 

Educational Program

3:20 pm: Adult Etiology and Electroclinical Syndromes —Brandy Ma, MD

Day 1
7:00 am: Registration and Breakfast
AM Session
Basics of EEG and Epilepsy Classification
8:00 am: Welcome Remarks
Adult EEG
8:10 am: Electrophysiologic Basis of EEG and Normal EEG—Fabio Nascimento, MD
8:30 am: Normal Variants—Fabio Nascimento, MD
8:50 am: Interictal EEG—Brandy Ma, MD, MPH
9:10 am: Ictal EEG—Jay Gavvala, MD
9:30 am: Q&A
9:40 am: Break
Pediatric EEG
9:55 am: Neonatal—Elaine Seto, MD, PhD
10:15 am: Children—Gretchen von Allmen, MD
10:35 am: ICU EEG—Sarah Schmitt, MD
10:55 am: Q&A
Epilepsy Classification
11:05 am: Adult—Stephan Schuele, MD, MPH
11:25 am: Pediatric—Deepa Sirsi, MD
11:45 am: Semiological Case Studies—Stephan Schuele, MD, MPH
12:15 pm: Q&A
12:30 pm: Lunch
PM Session
Epilepsy and Nonepileptic events and Care of Persons with Epilepsy
1:15 pm: The Care of Women with Epilepsy—Jennifer DeWolfe, DO
1:35 pm: Safety Considerations with Epilepsy—Jennifer DeWolfe, DO
1:55 pm: Genetics in Clinical Practice: When to order testing and how to interpret results—Dennis Lal, PhD
2:25 pm: The Neuropsychiatry of Epilepsy—Yosefa Modiano, PhD
2:55 pm: Q&A
3:05 pm: Break
Etiology and Electroclinical Syndromes
3:20 pm: Adult Etiology and Electroclinical Syndromes —Brandy Ma, MD
3:50 pm: Pediatric/Neonatal—Elaine Seto, MD, PhD
4:20 pm: Organic and Psychogenic Nonepileptic Events—Michael Watkins, MD
4:40 pm: Closing the Loop – the Pathology of Epilepsy—Meena Bhattacharjee, MD
5:10 pm: Q&A
5:20 pm: Adjourn
5:30 pm: Welcome Reception — All are invited
Day 2
7:30 am: Registration and Breakfast
AM Session
Antiseizure Medication Considerations and Epilepsy Comorbidities
8 am: Status Epilepticus (Semiology and Treatment) Therapy Update—Sarah Schmitt, MD
8:20 am: Special Considerations in Pediatric Drug Therapy —Gloria Diaz-Medina, MD
8:50 am: Antiseizure Medication Properties and Role in Therapy, Part 1—Bassel Abou-Khalil, MD
10 am: Break
10:15 am: Antiseizure Medication Properties and Role in Therapy, Part 2—Bassel Abou-Khalil, MD
11:20 am: Practicalities of ASM Usage: Drug Therapy Considerations in Systemic Illnesses—Roohi Katyal, MD
11:50 am: Comorbidities /Adverse Outcomes of Epilepsy—Nuria Lacuey, MD, PhD
12:20 pm: Q&A
12:30 pm: Lunch
PM Session
Workup/Management of Drug Resistant Epilepsy and Board Review
Surgical Therapy
1:15 pm: Presurgical Workup—Jay Gavvala, MD
1:45 pm: Intracranial EEG/SEEG Including Cortical Mapping—Samden Lhatoo, MD
2:15 pm: Neuromodulation—Sandipan Pati, MD
2:45 pm: SEEG and Minimally Invasive Approaches (Surgical Therapy)—Nitin Tandon, MD
3:15 pm: Q&A
3:25 pm: Break
3:40 pm: Board Review Questions—Katherine Harris, MD, and Shilpa Reddy, MD
5:40 pm: Adjourn


For more information, email tirn.events@uth.tmc.edu.