2023 American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting
University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurology Participation
FULL AES ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM
Friday, December 1
AES-ASSFN Resident Epilepsy Surgery Course | Invitation Only (Day 1)
EEG Basic Principles; Indications for Inpatient Video EEG and Initiation of Surgical Workup
7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: W224 E, Level 2
Faculty: Thandar Aung
Professional Development | Career Pathways: Research Emphasis Panel
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Location: WF2, Tangerine Ballroom, Level 2
Faculty: Page Pennell
SIG | Stereoelectroencephalography (sEEG): The SEEG Methodology Applied to Pre-Frontal Epilepsies
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Location: WF1, Tangerine Ballroom, Level 2
Faculty: Patrick Chauvel
Saturday, December 2
SIG | Professional Wellness in Epilepsy Care: Of Hearth and Home: Professional Wellness After Hours
Sleep Health: Harnessing the Power of Sleep for Physician Excellence
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Location: W313, Level 3
Faculty: Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse
AES-ASSFN Resident Epilepsy Surgery Course | Invitation Only (Day 2)
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: W224 E, Level 2
Faculty: Thandar Aung
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Site-PI, CAPES Epilepsy Multicenter Study
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Location: TBD
Faculty: Anto Bagić
POSTER | 1.128 Epilepsy Secondary to Encephalomalacia Is Electrographically Distinct from Epilepsy Secondary to Malformations of Cortical Development in Adults
Poster Session 1
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: James Castellano
POSTER | 1.137 Hippocampal Barques and 14&6/sec Positive Spikes During Sleep
Poster Session 1
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Anto Bagić, Alexandra Urban
POSTER | 1.419 Hypothalamic Hamartoma (HH) as a bystander of epileptogenicity – case study with stereo-EEG and neurostimulation
Poster Session 1
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Carolina Cuello-Oderiz, Thandar Aung, Anto Bagić, Alexandra Urban
POSTER | 1.492 Clinician Response to EEG Findings in Patients on Cefepime
Poster Session 1
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty, Resident, Staff: Conor Kelly, Rishabh Jain, Rafeed Alkawadri, James Castellano, Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, Lori Shutter, Alexandra Urban, Anto Bagić, Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse
POSTER | 1.493 Ability of time to prerandomization seizure count design to measure safety of perampanel for primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures
Poster Session 1
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Wesley Kerr
PLATFORM SESSION | C.05 Characterization of estradiol, estrone, and progesterone concentrations in subpopulations of pregnant patients with epilepsy on lamotrigine
Platform C | Clinical Research
3:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Orange County Convention Center, West Concourse, W312 A-C, Level 3
Faculty: Page Pennell
12th Annual AES Wine Tasting and Silent Auction
Speaking as AES Grant Recipient
7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
W340 A, Sunburst A, Level 3
Faculty: Wesley Kerr
Sunday, December 3
Neurosurgery Symposium | Surgical Controversies in Temporal Lobe Epilepsies
What is Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Location: W415 C/D, Valencia, Level 4
Faculty: Patrick Chauvel
POSTER |2.1 Sequencing of High-frequency Oscillations as a Refined Biomarker to Delineate Epileptogenicity
Poster Session 2
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Alexandra Urban, Anto Bagić
POSTER | 2.147 Characterization and Surgical Outcomes in Drug-Resistant Post-Traumatic Epilepsy
Poster Session 2
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: James Castellano
POSTER |2.191 Fetal Exposure-Dependent Effects at Age 4.5 Years-Old in Children of Mothers with Epilepsy in the MONEAD Study, (original submission number: 1556514)
Poster Session 2
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Page Pennell, Anto Bagić
POSTER | 2.235 Determinants of Premature Brain Aging in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Poster Session 2
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Anto Bagić
POSTER | 2.294 Comparative Effectiveness of Cenobamate in Reducing Hospitalizations in Ptients with Focal Seizures: A Retrospective Claims-Based Analysis
Poster Session 2
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Alexandra Urban
POSTER | 2.471 Expert Agreement on Identification and Characterization of Electrographic Seizures
Poster Session 2
Time: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty & Staff: James Castellano, Rishabh Jain, Thandar Aung, Maria Baldwin, Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, Lazarus Mayoglou, Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, Alexandra Urban, Anto Bagić
POSTER | 2.256 Increasing challenges to trial recruitment and conduct over time
Poster Session 2
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Page Pennell, Wesley Kerr
POSTER | 2.296 Increased incidence of comorbidities in patients with uncontrolled epilepsy
Poster Session 2
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Wesley Kerr
POSTER | 3.226 Characterization of Estradiol, Estrone, and Progesterone Concentrations in Subpopulations of Pregnant Patients with Epilepsy on Lamotrigine *Selected for presentation at the Broadening Representation and Inclusion by Growing Diversity and Equity (BRIDGE) poster session at the American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting
Time: 5:15 – 6:15 p.m.
Location: Tangerine Ballroom, West Hall F (WF4), Level 2
Faculty: Page Pennell
Monday, December 4
National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) Annual Meeting
Representing: University of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (UPCEC)
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Location: TBD
Faculty: Anto Bagić
Platform D | Epilepsy Therapies
03: Time to Prerandomization Seizure Count Demonstrated Efficacy of Levetiracetam, Lacosamide, Lamotrigine, and Brivaracetam with Less Placebo Exposure
3:15 – 5:30 p.m.
Location: W311 B-D, Level 3
Faculty: Wesley Kerr
POSTER | 3.092 Using Dynamic Network Models of Routine Scalp EEG to Diagnose Epilepsy
Poster Session 3
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Anto Bagić
POSTER | 3.156 Enhancing Epilepsy Surgery Decision Making with a Seizure Matching System
Poster Session 3
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Alexandra Urban
POSTER | Prognostic value of SSEPs for patients with post-anoxic myoclonus
Poster Session 3
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Wesley Kerr
POSTER | 3.224 Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant Women with Epilepsy
Poster Session 3
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Page Pennell
POSTER | 3.226 Characterization of estradiol, estrone, and progesterone concentrations in subpopulations of pregnant patients with epilepsy on lamotrigine
Poster Session 3
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: Page Pennell
POSTER | 3.421 EEG-Derived Insights into Pharmacokinetics: Mapping Neural Dynamics to Drug Levels
Poster Session 3
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Faculty: James Castellano
Tuesday, December 5
Merritt-Putnam Symposium | Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals and Breakthrough Applications in Epilepsy
Fundamentals and Principles of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning
8:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Location: W415 C/D, Valencia, Level 4
Faculty: Wesley Kerr
Clinical Skills Workshop | Intracranial Electrode Studies
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
12:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Location: W311 C/D, Level 3
Faculty: Thandar Aung
