Agenda

The Role of SEEG After Failed Epilepsy Surgery: When, Why and How

Epilepsy Surgery Dissection Workshop

 

Wednesday, September 10 All times in Eastern Time
Moderator: Dileep Nair
4:30 pm	Registration/Continental Breakfast/ Exhibits/Sign on
5:00 pm	Welcome and Opening Remarks Juan Bulacio
5:10 pm	SEEG Failure: Scope of the Problem Juan Bulacio
5:50 pm	Understanding Epilepsy Surgery Failure: Patterns and Mechanisms Imad Najm
6:30 pm	Q & A Course Faculty
6:45 pm	Adjourn
Welcome Reception

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Thursday, September 11 All times in Eastern Time
7:30 am	Continental Breakfast / Exhibits/Sign on
Presurgical Approach After Failed Epilepsy Surgery Moderator: Ahsan Moosa Naduvil Valappil
8:00 am	Seizure Semiology Post-Surgery: What Happens When It Does or Doesn’t Change? Patrick Chauvel
8:45 am	How to Approach Patients with Failed Epilepsy Surgery: The Role of Multimodal Evaluation Andreas Alexopoulos
9:30 am	Q & A Course Faculty
9:45 am	Break/Exhibits
10:00 am	Hands-on SEEG Analysis Sessions Group discussion: Phase I. Non-invasive data analysis. Preimplantation hypothesis. Drs. Alexopoulos, Bulacio, Chisholm, Galla, Kheder, Khoury, Moosa, Murakami, Nair, Najm, Parfyonov, Parikh, Perven, Raghupathi, Shaker, Tsai (available for in-person attendance only)
12:30 pm	Lunch/Exhibits
1:30 pm	SEEG Implantation and Robotic-Assisted SEEG William Bingaman, Richard Rammo, Demitre Serletis, Stephen Harasimchuk
2:15 pm	Plenary Discussion Phase I. Preimplantation map Moderators: Patrick Chauvel and Jean Khoury Drs. Alexopoulos, Bingaman, Bulacio, Chisholm, Galla, Kheder, Khoury, Moosa, Murakami, Nair, Najm, Parfyonov, Parikh, Perven, Raghupathi, Rammo, Serletis, Shaker, Tsai
5:00 pm	Break / Exhibits
Redrawing the map with MEG Moderator: Irene Wang
5:30 pm	MEG when surgery doesn’t control the seizures Hiroatsu Murakami
6:15 pm	Adjourn

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Friday, September 12 All times in Eastern Time
When Surgery Fails: SEEG as a Tool for Second-Chance Success Moderator: Jessica Fesler
7:30 am	Continental Breakfast / Exhibits / Sign on
8:00 am	Unraveling Surgical Failure through Precision: SEEG-Informed Surgery and Data-Driven Insights Demitre Serletis
8:45 am	Artificial Intelligence in Epilepsy Surgery Balu Krishnan
9:30 am	Q&A Course Faculty
9:45 am	Break/Exhibits
10:00 am	Hands-on SEEG Analysis Sessions Group Discussion on SEEG Analysis, Cortical Stimulation Findings, and Proposed Plans Drs. Alexopoulos, Bulacio, Chisholm, Galla, Kheder, Khoury, Moosa, Murakami, Nair, Najm, Parfyonov, Parikh, Perven, Raghupathi, Shaker, Tsai (available for in-person attendance only)
12:30 pm	Lunch/Exhibits
Neurophysiology after Failed Surgery Moderator: Ajay Gupta
1:30 pm	The Pitfalls of Interpreting SEEG After Failed Epilepsy Surgery: Advantages and Limitations Jason Chisholm
2:15 pm	Plenary Discussion SEEG findings and Proposed Plan Moderators: Juan Bulacio and Jason Chisholm Drs. Alexopoulos, Bingaman, Bulacio, Chisholm, Galla, Kheder, Khoury, Moosa, Murakami, Nair, Najm, Parfyonov, Parikh, Perven, Raghupathi, Shaker, Tsai
4:30 pm	Break/Exhibits
Rethinking the Treatment Pathway Moderator: Richard Rammo
5:00 pm	Navigating the Challenges and Approach After Epilepsy Surgery Failure William Bingaman
5:40 pm	When Resective Epilepsy Surgery is Off the Table: The Path Forward Dileep Nair
6:20 pm	Panel Discussion Moderator: William Bingaman Drs. Alexopoulos, Gupta, Nair, Najm, Serletis and Rammo
6:45 pm	Adjourn
7:10 pm	Cleveland Guardians Baseball Game

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Saturday, September 13 (Non-CME) All times in Eastern Time
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast/Exhibits/Sign on
8:30 am	Discussion with Case Presentations Moderator: Ahsan Moosa Naduvil Valappil Panel: Drs. Alexopoulos, Galla, Kheder, Nair, Najm, Parikh
10:00 am	Discussion with Case Presentations Moderator: Hussam Shaker Panel: Drs. Gupta, Najm, Perven, Punia, Raghupathi
12:00 pm	Adjourn

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Thursday, September 11 All times in Eastern Time
Hilton Garden Inn
5:00 pm	Registration
5:30 pm	Welcome William Bingaman
5:45 pm	History of Epilepsy Surgery Imad Najm
6:30 pm	Tech Summit: Nuances of the Intracerebral Electrode William Bingaman, Richard Rammo and Demitre Serletis
8:30 pm	Adjourn

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Friday, September 12 All times in Eastern Time
Lutheran Hospital
7:30 am	Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 am	Temporal Lobe Surgical Anatomy Nehaw Sarmey
8:30 am	Hippocampal Function Bradley Lega
9:00 am	Cortico-amygdalo-hippocampectomy Jason Hsieh
9:30 am	Laser Ablation Alexandar Whiting
10:00 am	Strategies for Re-Operative Epilepsy Surgery William Bingaman
10:30 am	Break/Exhibits
10:45 am	Stereoelectroencephalography Theory Juan Bulacio
11:15 am	Stereoelectroencephalography Surgery and RFTC Demitre Serletis
11:45 am	Group Photo/Lunch/Exhibits
1:00 pm	Surgical Lab I: Temporal Lobectomy All Course Faculty
4:00 pm	Localizing and Preserving the Language System in Epilepsy Surgery Nitin Tandon
4:30 pm	Adjourn
7:10 pm	Cleveland Guardians Baseball Game

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Saturday, September 13 All times in Eastern Time
Lutheran Hospital
7:30 am	Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 am	Vegas Nerve Stimulation Therapy for Epilepsy Francesco Pucci
8:30 am	Responsive Neurostimulation for Epilepsy Patrick Karas
9:00 am	Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy Richard Rammo
9:30 am	Hemispheric Surgery for Epilepsy William Bingaman
10:00 am	Keynote Presentation Russell Lonser
11:00 am	Surgical Lab II: Hemispherectomy Lab All Course Faculty
3:00 pm	Adjourn

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All presentations include a 5-minute question and answer period.