Epilepsy Demystified: Updates and Advances

Epilepsy Demystified: Updates and Advances

Le Bristol Hotel
Beirut

Saturday November 23, 2019


This event is postponed. New dates will be communicated in due time.


Program

8:00 - 9:00 Registration & Coffee Break
9:00- 9:10 Opening Remarks

Michel Mawad, MD
Dean, Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

Abeer Hani, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

Session I: Updates in the Diagnosis and Genetics of Epilepsy

9:10 - 9:30 Updates on the New Classification of Seizures and Epilepsy
9:30 - 9:50 Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies in Children: An Overview of Diagnostic Challenges
9:50 - 10:10 Recent Advances in the Genetics of Epilepsy
10:10 - 10:20 Q&A Session
10:20 - 10:40 Coffee Break

Session II: Updates in pharmacologic treatment of epilepsy

10:40 - 11:00 Updates on Pharmacologic Treatment of Epilepsy
11:00 - 11:20 Advances in the Treatment of Epileptic Encephalopathies
11:20 - 11:40 Time to Stop and Start AEDs in Childhood Epilepsies
11:40 - 11:50 Q&A Session
11:50 - 13:00 Lunch

(12:30 - 13:00 INDUSTRY SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM)

Session III: Updates in the Surgical Management of Epilepsy

13:00 - 13:20 Surgical Treatment Options in Epilepsy
13:20 - 13:40 Use of VNS in Epilepsy
13:40 - 14:00 Management of Medically-resistant Epilepsy
14:00 - 14:10 Q&A Session
14:10 - 14:30 Coffee Break

Session IV: Living with Epilepsy and Current Challenges

14:30 - 14:50 Updates on Comorbidities in Adult Epilepsies
14:50 - 15:10 Updates on Cormorbidities in Childhood Epilepsy
15:10 - 15:30 Living with Epilepsy - Physician’s Perspective
15:30 - 16:00 Q&A Session
16:00 - 16:15 Closing Session