F A C U L T Y

Anne BERG, Research Professor, Epilepsy Centre, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, and Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

Nicolas GASPARD, Associate Professor and Head of Neurology Department; Master Clinician Scientist of the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS) Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine; Université Libre de Bruxelles - Hôpital Erasme; Bruxelles, Belgium

Sita JAYALAKSHMI (Chairperson), Consultant Neurologist and Epileptologist, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India

Deepak LACHHWANI, Staff Pediatric Epileptologist, Epilepsy Centre, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland OH, USA.

Soheyl NOACHTAR, Head, Epilepsy Centre, University of Munich Hospital; Professor of Neurology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Piero PERUCCA, Consultant Neurologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital & Alfred Health; Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Sangeeta RAVAT (Chairperson), Professor and Head, Dept of Neurology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India

Torbjorn TOMSON, Senior Professor of Neurology and Epileptology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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C O U R S E D I R E C T O R SDr Roop Gursahani, Dr Sudhir Kothari

D A T E S Friday, April 12 to Sunday, April 14, 2019

L O C A T I O NThe Gokulam Grand Hotel & Spa, 115, BEL Circle, HMR Layout, Gokula Extension, Mathikere, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560054, Phone: 080 4300 1000

C O U R S E D E T A I L S • Covers almost all the requirements of practicing neurologists • Current Epilepsy diagnostics and therapeutics • Combination of lectures, 'how-I-do-it' and case scenarios• Lively and interactive lectures and discussions ALL YOU NEED TO PRACTICE EPILEPSY

R E G I S T R A T I O N A N D I N F O R M A T I O N Dr Roop Gursahani, 2101 Hinduja Clinic, Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai - 400016 Phone : Ms. Vaishali on 022 24447127 / 24447128 | email : roop_gursahani@hotmail.com

Dr Sudhir Kothari, 1206 A/13, Shirole Road, Pune - 411004.Phone : Pratap on 7350042211 | email: sudhirkothari@gmail.com

C O U R S E F E E S Consultants: Rupees Three Thousand only (Rs. 3000/-), Residents: One Thousand Five Hundred only (Rs. 1500/-); payable by crossed cheque (add Rs. 100/- for outstation cheques) / DD to ‘Forum for Indian Neurology Education, Pune’. Course fees include two nights accommodation for one person on a twin-sharing basis and all meals. (Without accommodation: Consultants Rs 2000/-, Residents Rs 1000/-).

L A S T D A T E F O R R E G I S T R A T I O N Monday, April 1, 2019

FINE WEEKEND EPILEPSY COURSE 2019

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1. PAEDIATRIC EPILEPSIES10.45-11.00 Introduction, Lamp lighting11.00-11.30 Recent advances in the Management of West syndrome and LGS- an update | D LACHHWANI11.30-12.00 Genetics of Focal Epilepsies | P PERUCCA12.00-12.30 Clinical expression and course of Early life Epilepsies: implications for diagnosis and management | A BERG12.30-13.00 Cases13.00-13.45 Lunch

2. CLINICAL CHALLENGES13.45-14.15 Clinical challenges: Non-convulsive seizures | N GASPARD14.15-14.45 All that shakes is not epilepsy: differential diagnosis of epilepsy | S NOACHTAR14.45-15.15 Epilepsy Classification, Terminology and Diagnosis: looking into the future | A BERG15.15-15.45 Cases15.45-16.15 Tea

3. COMPLICATIONS IN EPILEPSY16.15-16.45 Refractory and Super Refractory Status Epilepticus – controversies and guidelines in the management | N GASPARD16.45-17.15 Mortality, injuries and accidents in Epilepsy | T TOMSON17.15-17.45 NORSE, FIRES, and Refractory Status Epilepticus of unknown cause: the nature of the problem | N GASPARD17.45-18.15 Cases

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4. EPILEPSY TREATMENT I09.00-09.30 AED selection for generalized tonic-clonic seizures | T TOMSON09.30-10.00 AED withdrawal in various medical epilepsy syndromes | A BERG10.00-10.30 Treatment of epilepsy in pregnancy | T TOMSON10.30-11.00 Cases11.00-11.30 Tea

5. EEG MONITORING11.30-12.00 EEG monitoring and Seizures in the critically ill patient | N GASPARD12.00-12.30 High-frequency oscillations | P PERUCCA12.30-13.00 Invasive EEG monitoring | S NOACHTAR13.00-13.30 Cases13.30-14.15 Lunch

6. SEIZURE SEMIOLOGY14.15-14.45 Paediatric Temporal Lobe Epilepsy | D LACHHWANI14.45-15.15 Frontal lobe epilepsies | S NOACHTAR15.15-15.45 Parietal and Occipital Lobe Epilepsy in Young Patients ...... D LACHHWANI15.45-16.15 Cases16.15-16.45 Tea

7. RESISTANT EPILEPSY16.45-17.15 How to decide for epilepsy surgery | D LACHHWANI17.15-17.45 Pharmaco-resistant Epilepsy: Epidemiology, consequences and the impact of successful treatment | A BERG17.45-18.15 Evaluation and Optimal Selection of Paediatric Patients for Epilepsy Surgery | D LACHHWANI18.15-18.45 Cases20.00 hrs Meet the faculty

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8. BEHAVIORAL & PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES09.00-09.30 Psychiatric co-morbidities of epilepsy: diagnosis and management | P PERUCCA09.30-10.00 Pseudo-seizures, NEAD | S NOACHTAR10.00-10.30 Behavioural health and Cognitive impairments in PWE: sources of morbidity and implications for treatment and management | A BERG10.30-11.00 Cases11.00-11.30 Coffee

9. TOPIC11.30-12.00 Non-adherence in epilepsy: occurrence and consequences | T TOMSON12.00-12.30 Autoimmune epilepsies: Identification and management | N GASPARD12.30-13.00 Adverse effects of AEDs: prevention and management | P PERUCCA13.00-13.30 Cases Lunch

PROGRAMME

We are grateful to Sun Pharmaceutical Laboratories for providing an unrestricted educational

grant for this course. This grant includes scholarships that will cover the following: (a) Round trip

travel fare to Bengaluru by Air (Economy class)/Train (2T AC)/Bus (Luxury/Volvo Class); Transport

from residence to course venue; (b) Twin Sharing accommodation at Gokulam Grand Hotel,

Bengaluru; (c) Breakfast, lunch & dinner from Fri, 12 Apr to Sunday 14 Apr, 2019; (d) A 'Meet the

Faculty over Dinner' program on Saturday 13 Apr 2019.