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Contact:

Ayesha Akhtar

Director of Education, Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago

Phone: (312) 939-8622 ext. 224
Email: aakhtar@epilepsychicago.org

When

Saturday November 10, 2018 from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM CST

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Where

Crowne Plaza West Loop 
733 W. Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60661
 

 
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CONFERENCE AGENDA

8:30–9:30am    REGISTRATION / BREAKFAST / EXHIBITS

9:30–9:45am WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS: EFGC

9:45–10:00am WELCOME: PRESENTING SPONSOR, NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE (Stephan Schuele, MD)

10:00–11:00am KEYNOTE ADDRESS: EPILEPSY & GENETICS (Elizabeth Gerard, MD and John Millichap, MD)

11–11:40am SNACK BREAK / ASK THE DOC / EXHIBITS OPEN /

  MINI-BREAKOUT A: DIAGNOSTICS - WHAT TO EXPECT (Doug Nordli, MD)

11:45–12:15pm MEDICAL CANNABIS UPDATE (Julia Henry, MD and Patty Ogden, RN)

12:15–1:40pm LUNCH / EXHIBITS OPEN

1:00-1:40pm  ASK THE DOC /  MINI-BREAKOUT B: TREATMENT OPTIONS: EXPLORING RNS (Jaishree Narayanan, MD)

**LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION FOR THE OPEN PANEL**

1:45-3:00pm OPEN PANEL DISCUSSION: EPILEPSY TREATMENT OPTIONS: LASER ABLATION (Peter Warnke, MD)

SURGERY (Katie Bandt, MD)

GENETICS TESTING (Lubov Romantseva, MD)

DIET THERAPY (Robyn Blackford, RDN)

DIAGNOSTICS (Douglas Nordli, MD)

WOMEN'S HEALTH (Esmerelda Park, MD)

3:00pm CLOSING REMARKS