Journal article
Highlights From AES2020, a Virtual American Epilepsy Society Experience
Epilepsy currents, v 21(4), pp 303-303
01 Jul 2021
PMID: 33998298
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Abstract
Due to COVID-19 a live, in-person meeting was not possible for the American
Epilepsy Society in 2020. An alternative, virtual event, the AES2020, was held
instead. AES2020 was a great success with 4679 attendees from 70 countries. The
educational content was outstanding and spanned the causes, treatments, and
outcomes from epileptic encephalopathy to the iatrogenicity of epilepsy
interventions to neurocognitive disabilities to the approach to neocortical
epilepsies. New gene therapy approaches such as antisense oligonucleotide
treatment for Dravet syndrome were introduced and neuromodulation devices were
discussed. There were many other topics discussed in special interest groups and
investigators’ workshops. A highlight was having a Nobel prize winner speak
about memory processing. Human intracranial electrophysiology contributes
insights into memory processing and complements animal work. In a special COVID
symposium, the impact of COVID on patients with epilepsy was reviewed.
Telehealth has been expanded rapidly and may be well suited for some parts of
epilepsy care. In summary, the epilepsy community was alive and engaged despite
being limited to a virtual platform.
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- Title
- Highlights From AES2020, a Virtual American Epilepsy Society Experience
- Creators
- Barbara C. Jobst - Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical CenterKelly R. Conner - Wake Forest UniversityDouglas Coulter - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaItzhak Fried - UCLA HealthShanna Guilfoyle - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterLawrence J. Hirsch - Yale UniversityR. Edward Hogan - , MO, USAJennifer L. Hopp - University of Maryland Medical CenterDean Naritoku - University of South AlabamaMadona Plueger - Barrow Neurological InstituteCatherine Schevon - Columbia UniversityGigi Smith - University of CharlestonIgnacio Valencia - St. Christopher's Hospital for ChildrenWilliam Davis Gaillard - Children's National
- Publication Details
- Epilepsy currents, v 21(4), pp 303-303
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000654371000001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85105949953
- Other Identifier
- 991020785744104721
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