Epilepsy Surgery Conference - CME - 11/12/2021

Add to Calendar Epilepsy Surgery Conference - CME - 11/12/2021 11/12/2021 12:30:00 PM 11/12/2021 2:30:00 PM America/Chicago For More Details: https://vumc.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?EID=43514 Description: The Epilepsy Surgery Conference is offered on the first, third, and fifth Friday of every from 12:30 to 2:30 pm in the Sloan Conference Room in Medical Center North (MCN) VUMC. Each session provides opportunities for neurosurgeons, neurologists, fellows, and residents to examine recent cases and discuss incorporating new guidelines and research findings into practice as well as opportunities for improv... Sloan Conference Room false MM/DD/YYYY


Friday, November 12, 2021, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM, Sloan Conference Room


Specialties - Neurological Surgery, Neurology


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (2.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (2.00 hours)


The Epilepsy Surgery Conference is offered on the first, third, and fifth Friday of every from 12:30 to 2:30 pm in the Sloan Conference Room in Medical Center North (MCN) VUMC. Each session provides opportunities for neurosurgeons, neurologists, fellows, and residents to examine recent cases and discuss incorporating new guidelines and research findings into practice as well as opportunities for improvement in diagnosis and management. After participating in this CME activity, clinician participants should be able to describe and discuss strategies to identify epilepsy patients who are good candidates for epilepsy surgery, approaches to identify features of the pre-surgical evaluation which are favorable for surgical outcome and those that are unfavorable, or that deserve additional investigation, and surgical and nonsurgical treatment options for patients with intractable epilepsy.

Objective(s): 1 Strategies to identify epilepsy patients who are good candidates for epilepsy surgery 2 Approaches to identify features of the pre-surgical evaluation which are favorable for surgical outcome and those that are unfavorable, or that deserve additional investigation 3 Surgical and nonsurgical treatment options for patients with intractable epilepsy
Location: Sloan Conference Room
Specialties: Neurology, Neurological Surgery

Faculty Disclosures:
Kevin F Haas, MD (Nothing to disclose - 11/03/2021)
Monica L Jacobs, PSYD (Nothing to disclose - 10/28/2021)



Objectives
After participating in this education activity, you should be able to:

  1. Strategies to identify epilepsy patients who are good candidates for epilepsy surgery
  2. Approaches to identify features of the pre-surgical evaluation which are favorable for surgical outcome and those that are unfavorable, or that deserve additional investigation
  3. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment options for patients with intractable epilepsy