Epilepsy Care at the Cutting Edge
- Due to concerns with COVID-19, UTHealth Neurosciences will reschedule the Epilepsy Care at the Cutting Edge Symposium. Please check back soon for updates.
“Epilepsy Care at the Cutting Edge” is an educational symposium whose aim is to educate health care professionals from all areas of epilepsy care—neurologists, neurosurgeons, advanced practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, scientists, first responders and others who are involved in the treatment of patients with epilepsy.
This year’s course will expand attendees’ knowledge and understanding of epilepsy and will demonstrate how to offer top quality epilepsy care to patients. The course will be held in the Texas Medical Center, and will include a day of focus on neurology and a day of focus on neurosurgery.
Some of the many exciting highlights include:
- An exploration of new technologies in the management of intractable epilepsy
- A lecture and discussion around SUDEP
- A patient experience session, where attendees will hear a patient’s perspective on their journey
through epilepsy diagnosis and treatment - An interactive lab that presents cases to simulate different issues and surgical solutions
Details to come. For more information, please email neuro.events@uth.tmc.edu.
Program
DAY ONE (Thursday, October 15, 2020)
7 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration
8 a.m. Welcome remarks
A.M. Session 1: Natural History and Incidence of Epilepsy
Scale of the problem; diagnosis, medical treatment
8:05 a.m. The incidence, prevalence and prognosis of epilepsy in the 21st century
8:30 a.m. Classifying epilepsy and epileptic seizures
8:55 a.m. Seizure tracking: Unravelling patterns of epilepsy
9:20 a.m. Treatment conundrums: Who and when to treat
9:45 a.m. Break – Exhibit Hall Open
A.M. Session 2: Intractable Epilepsy
Definition, biology, medical management
10:15 a.m. Diagnosing intractability and what to do about it
10:40 a.m. Modern antiepileptic drugs – A new hope?
11:05 a.m. Cannabinoids in epilepsy
11:30 a.m. Ketogenic diet – the meat of it
Noon Lunch – Exhibit Hall Open
P.M. Session 1: The Evaluation of Intractable Epilepsy
1 p.m. When is genetic testing helpful?
1:25 p.m. Neuroimaging in epilepsy – what to look for
1:50 p.m. Long-term EEG monitoring for intractability
2:15 p.m. Using informatics and big data for epilepsy
2:40 p.m. Break – Exhibit Hall Open
P.M. Session 2: The morbidity, co-morbidity and mortality of epilepsy
3:10 p.m. Managing epilepsy well in women
3:35 p.m. Comorbidities in epilepsy – impact and management
4 p.m. Status epilepticus – advances in treatment
4:25 p.m. Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
5 p.m. Adjourn
DAY TWO (Friday, October 16, 2020)
7 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration
A.M. Session 1: Amalgamating New Technologies with Tradition in the Management of Intractable Epilepsy
8 a.m. Semiological analysis of seizures – how far have we come?
8:25 a.m. Electromagnetic source imaging of epilepsy
8:50 a.m. High strength MRI scans
9:15 a.m. The underutilization of epilepsy surgery – is that changing?
10 a.m. Break – Exhibit Hall Open
A.M. Session 2: New Technologies in the Management of Refractory Epilepsy
10:30 a.m. Stereotactic electroencephalography (SEEG) – how to do it
10:55 a.m. Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT)
11:20 a.m. Responsive Neural Stimulation (RNS) – how it works
11:45 a.m. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
12:20 p.m. VNS Talk and Lunch – Exhibit Hall Open
P.M. Session 1: Hands-on Learning
1:30 p.m. Temporal lobe and temporal plus surgery
1:55 p.m. Frontal and opercular resections
2:20 p.m. Insular surgery
2:45 p.m. Hemispherectomies and disconnection procedures
3:10 p.m. Break – Exhibit Hall Open
P.M. Session 2: Hands-on Learning
Invasive evaluation and surgical planning
3:40 p.m. Planning SEEG implantations
4:05 p.m. Implementing SEEG and interpreting data
4:30 p.m. LITT – Demonstration
4:25 p.m. RNS – Monitoring and managing
5 p.m. Evaluations & Adjourn
Hotel Information
InterContinental Hotel Medical Center
6750 Main St
Houston, TX 77030