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This is the most trustworthy and up-to-date content; ready to be delivered among neurologists, epileptologists, residents, fellows, and nurse practitioners. With the accreditation of ACCME; Epilepsy Update and Review course are comprised of lectures including major epileptic syndromes, diagnosis, and the latest treatment approaches; all written by experts to keep physicians abreast of the current advancements. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center is accredited by ACCME. Get access online or via audio to this unbiased, evidence-based content and case-based reviews; incorporate the latest guidelines into your daily practice. Earn AMA PRA Category 1 credits.   Topics covered are-

• What is Epilepsy: Definition, Diagnostic Dilemmas, and Determining Remission in Clinical Practice – Anne Berg, PhD
• Classification of Generalized and Focal “Seizures” – Prakash Kotagal, MD
• Epilepsies and Electroclinical Syndromes: Neonatal and Infantile – Elaine Wirrell, MD
• Epilepsies and Electroclinical Syndromes: Childhood – Elaine Wyllie, MD
• Distinctive Epilepsies: Neuro-cutaneous Disorders, Hypothalamic Hamartoma – Ajay Gupta, MD
• Genetic Epilepsies: Clinical Recognition and Identification – Phillip Pearl, MD
• Genetic Testing in Epilepsy: Test Selection and Interpretation – Dennis Lal, PhD
• Epilepsies and Electroclinical Syndromes: Adolescents and Adults – Jessica Fesler, MD
• AED I: Drug Interactions in Epilepsy Practice and First Generation AEDs – Ahsan Moosa Naduvil, MD
• AED II: Evidence-based Use of AEDs and Ketogenic Diet – Elaine Wirrell, MD
• AED III: Evidence-based Use of Newer AEDs and Their Interactions – Andrey S. Stojic, MD, PhD
• Immune Modulatory Therapies in Epilepsy and Autoimmune Epilepsies – Ahsan Moosa Naduvil, MD
• Semiology and Scalp VEEG Findings: Temporo-Perisylvian Epilepsies – Patrick Chauvel, MD
• Semiology and Scalp EEG Findings: Frontal and Parieto-Occipital Epilepsies – Andreas Alexopoulos, MD, MPH
• Semiology and Scalp VEEG Findings: Special Characteristics in Infants and Young Children – Ajay Gupta, MD
• Localization of Epileptiform Patterns on Scalp EEG and Role of MEG – Richard Burgess, MD, PhD
• MRI in Epilepsy: Structural and Functional MRI – Mykol Larvie, MD, PhD
• Medical Intractability and Pre-surgical Evaluation for Epilepsy: Why, When and How? – Lara Jehi, MD
• Role of Nuclear Imaging in Pre-surgical Evaluation of Epilepsy: PET and SPECT – Mykol Larvie, MD, PhD
• Post-processing Imaging Techniques (VBM, DTI, QPET), and Multimodal Co-registration – Irene Wang, PhD
• Surgical Techniques in Lesional Epilepsies – William Bingaman, MD
• Invasive EEG Evaluation: Indications, Techniques, and Cortical Stimulation Paradigms – Juan Bulacio, MD
• Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Tests: ECOG, SSEPs and Multi-modal Testing – Ajay Gupta, MD
• Stereo EEG-based Surgical Techniques, and Disconnective and Laser Ablation Surgeries – Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, PhD
• Neuro-stimulation Devices in Epilepsy – Dileep Nair, MD
• Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures: Diagnosis and Management – Jocelyn Bautista, MD
• Psychiatric Comorbidities in Epilepsy and SUDEP – Lara Jehi, MD
• Women and Pregnancy Issues in Epilepsy – Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO
• Neuropsychological Testing in Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery Candidates – Robyn Busch, PhD
• EEG Developmental Maturation, Neonatal Seizures and Neonatal Encephalopathies – Elia Pestana-Knight, MD
• ICU EEG: Encephalopathic, Periodic and Coma Patterns – Christopher Newey, DO
• Diagnosis and Evidence-based Management of Status Epilepticus – Stephen Hantus, MD