Northwestern Medicine 9th Annual Advances in Epilepsy and EEG 2025

Date & Location: Friday, May 2, 2025, 1:00 PM – Saturday, May 3, 2025, 5:00 PM, Prentice Conference Center, Chicago, IL
Specialties – Neurology, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, Pediatrics, Physician Assistant
Professions – Genetic Counselor, Non-Physician, Nurse, Physician, Physician Assistant, Social Worker, Technician
Overview
Join Northwestern and Chicago-area faculty as they welcome both locally and nationally renowned guest speakers to participate in two days of engaging and thoughtful discussion. The purpose of this activity is to update community and pediatric neurologists, as well as other healthcare providers working in epilepsy centers across the country, on challenging areas of epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. Hot topics include AI, genetics of focal epilepsy and multidisciplinary care models. All are invited to our Friday evening cocktail reception.

Epilepsy is a rapidly evolving field. Specifically, in the last few years, artificial intelligence has changed our approach to diagnostic testing using EEG and MR Imaging. Genetic testing is now available not only for pediatric but also adult patients with epilepsy advancing our understanding of genetic etiologies and potential avenues for precision medicine. Lastly, functional neurosurgery continues to evolve offering more minimally invasive techniques to explore the epileptogenic zone or to target deeper structures for neuromodulation or disconnection procedures.

Objectives
Discuss the use of artificial intelligence in the interpretation of EEG and MR Imaging.
Identify patients who may benefit from minimally invasive epilepsy surgery.
Discuss the risk and benefits of minimally invasive epilepsy surgery compared to a conventional approach.
Describe the correlation of EEG biomarkers in genetic or metabolic epilepsies of childhood.

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Friday, May 2

Minimal Invasive Epilepsy Surgery Chairs: Jason K. Hsieh, MD, and Stephan U. Schuele, MD, MPH

1:00 pm Registration and Welcome Reception

1:50 pm Welcome and Introduction

2:00 pm Future of SEEG Francesco Pucci, MD

2:30 pm Laserablation Peter C. Warnke, MD, Dr. med., FRCS, FCNS

3:00 pm Endoscopic Surgery Sandi K. Lam, MD, MBA

3:30 pm Thermocoagulation Laura Tassi, MD, PhD

4:00 pm Break

4:15 pm Thalamic Implantation Jason K. Hsieh, MD

4:45 pm Thalamic Stimulation David E. Burdette, MD

5:15 pm Cases Lydia Wolkiewicz, MD, and Teona Munteanu, MD

6:00 pm Adjournment

6:15-8 pm Cocktail Reception – D4 Irish Pub & Café (345 E. Ohio Street)

Saturday, May 3

Advanced MR Imaging Chairs: Graham R. Huesmann, MD, PhD, and Vasileios Kokkinos, PhD

7:50 am Breakfast

8:25 am Session Introduction

8:30 am Postprocessing in Nonlesional Epilepsy Travis Stoub, PhD

9:00 am AI in Epilepsy Imaging David Carmichael, PhD (Virtual)

9:30 am Brain Connectivity and Surgical Outcome Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht, MD, PhD

10:00 am Break

AI EEG Chairs: Aaron F. Struck, MD, and James Tao, MD, PhD

10:15 am Score AI Routine EEG Sándor Beniczky MD, PhD, FEAN, FACNS (Virtual)

10:45 am Salient Features on Surface EEG James Tao, MD, PhD

11:15 am Intracranial EEG Birgit Frauscher, MD, PhD

11:45 am Open Panel: AI in Epilepsy

12:00 pm Lunch

EEG Biomarkers of Genetic Epilepsies Chairs: Elizabeth E. Gerard, MD, Linda C. Laux, MD, and Cody L. Nathan, MD

1:00 pm X-Linked Chromosomal Abnormalities Cody L. Nathan, MD

1:30 pm Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy (PME) Jayant N. Acharya, PhD

2:00 pm Cases: X-Linked and PME Varun Kumar, MD, and Yajing Xiong, MD

2:45 pm Break

3:00 pm Neonatal Encephalopathies (Channel, MCD) Rachel A. Pauley, MD

3:30 pm Early Onset Metabolic Disorders Douglas R. Nordli, Jr., MD

4:00 pm Cases: Metabolic/Neonatal Daniel T. Kashima, MD, PhD, and McKinnon (Mac) Garrett, MD

4:45 pm Closing Comments

5:00 pm Adjournment