PRESENTED BY:
Ayesha Akhtar
Director of Education, Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago
You may register a maximum of 5 guests
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