Cleveland Clinic Specialty Review

A comprehensive CME program designed to improve the assessment and care of patients with major epileptic syndromes.

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Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Update & Review Course provides state-of-the-art updates on major epileptic syndromes, diagnosis, and the latest treatment approaches. This in-depth CME program includes case-based lectures on topics like epilepsies and electroclinical syndromes, genetic epilepsies, genetic testing in epilepsy, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, women and pregnancy issues, psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy, etc. It will help you to better:

• Review the essential pathophysiology and classification of the epilepsies
• Evaluate the pharmacology and action of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)
• Illustrate major epileptic syndromes across the age spectrum
• Discuss epilepsy management in women of childbearing age
• Outline surgical treatment procedures for patients with medically refractory epilepsy
• Interpret EEG in the ICU and treatment of status epilepticus

• What is Epilepsy: Definition, Diagnostic Dilemmas, and Determining Remission in Clinical Practice – Anne Berg, PhD

• Classification of Generalized and Focal “Seizures” – Prakash Kotagal, MD

• Epilepsies and Electroclinical Syndromes: Neonatal and Infantile – Elaine Wirrell, MD

• Epilepsies and Electroclinical Syndromes: Childhood – Elaine Wyllie, MD

• Distinctive Epilepsies: Neuro-cutaneous Disorders, Hypothalamic Hamartoma – Ajay Gupta, MD

• Genetic Epilepsies: Clinical Recognition and Identification – Phillip Pearl, MD

• Genetic Testing in Epilepsy: Test Selection and Interpretation – Dennis Lal, PhD

• Epilepsies and Electroclinical Syndromes: Adolescents and Adults – Jessica Fesler, MD

• AED I: Drug Interactions in Epilepsy Practice and First Generation AEDs – Ahsan Moosa Naduvil, MD

• AED II: Evidence-based Use of AEDs and Ketogenic Diet – Elaine Wirrell, MD

• AED III: Evidence-based Use of Newer AEDs and Their Interactions – Andrey S. Stojic, MD, PhD

• Immune Modulatory Therapies in Epilepsy and Autoimmune Epilepsies – Ahsan Moosa Naduvil, MD

• Semiology and Scalp VEEG Findings: Temporo-Perisylvian Epilepsies – Patrick Chauvel, MD

• Semiology and Scalp EEG Findings: Frontal and Parieto-Occipital Epilepsies – Andreas Alexopoulos, MD, MPH

• Semiology and Scalp VEEG Findings: Special Characteristics in Infants and Young Children – Ajay Gupta, MD

• Localization of Epileptiform Patterns on Scalp EEG and Role of MEG – Richard Burgess, MD, PhD

• MRI in Epilepsy: Structural and Functional MRI – Mykol Larvie, MD, PhD

• Medical Intractability and Pre-surgical Evaluation for Epilepsy: Why, When and How? – Lara Jehi, MD

• Role of Nuclear Imaging in Pre-surgical Evaluation of Epilepsy: PET and SPECT – Mykol Larvie, MD, PhD
  

• Post-processing Imaging Techniques (VBM, DTI, QPET), and Multimodal Co-registration – Irene Wang, PhD

• Surgical Techniques in Lesional Epilepsies – William Bingaman, MD

• Invasive EEG Evaluation: Indications, Techniques, and Cortical Stimulation Paradigms – Juan Bulacio, MD

• Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Tests: ECOG, SSEPs and Multi-modal Testing – Ajay Gupta, MD

• Stereo EEG-based Surgical Techniques, and Disconnective and Laser Ablation Surgeries – Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, PhD

• Neuro-stimulation Devices in Epilepsy – Dileep Nair, MD

• Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures: Diagnosis and Management – Jocelyn Bautista, MD

• Psychiatric Comorbidities in Epilepsy and SUDEP – Lara Jehi, MD

• Women and Pregnancy Issues in Epilepsy – Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO

• Neuropsychological Testing in Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery Candidates – Robyn Busch, PhD

• EEG Developmental Maturation, Neonatal Seizures and Neonatal Encephalopathies – Elia Pestana-Knight, MD

• ICU EEG: Encephalopathic, Periodic and Coma Patterns – Christopher Newey, DO

• Diagnosis and Evidence-based Management of Status Epilepticus – Stephen Hantus, MD

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Review the Essential Pathophysiology and Classification of the Epilepsies
• Review the pharmacology and action of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)
• Describe major epileptic syndromes across the age spectrum
• Discuss epilepsy management in women of childbearing age
• Describe surgical treatment options and procedures for patients with medically refractory epilepsy
• Interpret EEG in the ICU and treatment of status epilepticus

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for adult and pediatric neurologists and epileptologists, residents, fellows and nurse practitioners.