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ForwardComprehensive EEG & Epilepsy Course
You are cordially invited to our very first Comprehensive EEG & Epilepsy Course. This course given at the University of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Epilepsy Center is an intensive 2.5-day course designed to introduce core clinical epilepsy and EEG competency, as well as cutting edge pre-surgical evaluation techniques for medically refractory epilepsies. During this course a series of didactic lectures will be given to provide in depth coverage of various topics in epilepsy and EEG (e.g. classification, semiology, mimickers of epilepsy, normal variants, nonepileptic abnormalities, epileptic patterns, comatose EEGs, pharmacologic and surgical epilepsy treatment, etc.)
Target Audience
This course is intended for residents, fellows, attending physicians and local community physicians in all specialties who are interested in EEG and epilepsy. This course will also provide engaging case-based reviews and discussion of pre-surgical epilepsy evaluations.
Learning Objectives
The aim of this course is to improve core clinical epilepsy and EEG competency and to provide updates on cutting edge epilepsy surgical evaluations and treatment.
Additional Information
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 Handout Instructions - EEG Course 2.13.20 (002) APPROVED (002).pdf | 273.82 KB |
EEG Findings in Pediatric Epilepsy - Course Lecture - 2-13-2020.pdf
Scheuer Pitt February 2020.pdf
Interictal epileptiform EEG patterns lecture 2020.pdf
EEG in diffuse encephalopathy 2020.pdf
Basics of Neurophysiology and EEG 2020.pdf
Benign Variants and artifact EEG course 2020.pdf
Coma post-anoxia, brain death EEG Feb 2020.pdf
Program schedule:
Thursday, February 13, 2020
8:00 - 8:05 am Introduction to EEG Course - Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, MD
8:05 - 8:45 am Neurophysiology and Basis of EEG - Niravkumar Barot, MD
8:45 - 9:30 am Normal EEG - Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, MD
9:30 - 10:15 am Benign EEG Variants and Artifacts - Niravkumar Barot, MD
10:15 - 10:30am Break
10:30 - 11:15am Nonepileptiform EEG Abnormalities - Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, MD
11:15 - 12:00pm Interictal Epileptiform EEG Patterns - Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, MD
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00-1:45 pm Common Ictal Pattern - Niravkumar Barot, MD
1:45 - 2:15 pm ACNS Standardized ICU EEG Nomenclatures - Alexandra Urban, MD
2:15 - 3:00 pm Quantitative EEG Analysis - Mark Scheuer, MD
3:00-3:15 pm Break
3:15 - 4:00 pm Brain Death, Post-Anoxic, and Comatose EEG - Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, MD
4:00 - 5:00 pm EEG Findings in Pediatric Epilepsy - Luis Fernandez, MD
5:00 pm Adjournment
Friday, February 14, 2020
8:00 - 8:45 am Introduction to Epilepsy - Anto Bagić, MD, PhD, FAES, FACNS
8:45 - 9:30 am Classification of Seizures and Epilepsies - Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, MD
9:30 - 10:15am Semiology, Lateralizing and Localizing Signs of Seizures - Alexandra Urban, MD
10:15 - 10:30am Break
10:30 - 11:15am Management of Epilepsy – AEDs Part 1 - James Castellano, MD, PhD
11:15 - 12:00pm Management of Epilepsy – AEDs Part 2 - James Castellano, MD, PhD
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 1:45 pm Neuroimaging in Epilepsy Surgical Evaluation - Joseph Mettenburg, MD, PhD
1:45 - 2:30 pm Mimicker’s of Epilepsy and Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures - Anto Bagić, MD, PhD, FAES, FACNS 4:00 pm
2:30 - 2:45 pm Break
2:45 - 3:45 pm Psychiatry and Epilepsy - Daniel Fishman, Md
3:45 pm Adjournment
Saturday, February 15, 2020
8:00 - 8:45 am Intracranial EEG - Niravkumar Barot, MD
8:45 - 9:45 am Pre-Surgical Evaluation and Treatment Options of Epilepsy - James Castellano, MD, PhD
9:45 - 10:45am Human Brain Mapping Based on Electrocorticography - Rafeed Alkawadri, MD
10:45 - 11:00am Break
11:00 -12:15pm From PMC to the Operating Room - Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, PhD FAANS
12:15 pm Adjournment
Faculty Listing
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, MD (Program Director)
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rafeed Alkawadri, MD
Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Anto Bagić, MD, PhD, FAES, FACNS Division of Epilepsy
Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Niravkumar Barot, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
James Castellano, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Luis Fernandez, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital
Department of Pediatrics
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Daniel Fishman, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry & Neurology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, PhD, FAANS
Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Department of Neurosurgery
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Joseph Mettenburg, MD, PhD
Diagnostic Radiologist
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Department of Radiology-Neuroradiology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mark Scheuer, MD
Neurologist
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alexandra Urban, MD
Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 17.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
This educational activity is approved for accredited 17.5 credits for EEG technologists.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 17.75 AAPA Category I CME
- 17.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 17.75 Attendance