Proposed epilepsy topics

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  • Can psychogenic seizures be reliably diagnosed by observing behavior or should continuous EEG always be required? Debate to be followed by videos with audience voting on diagnosis for second half of the session.   
  • Can we rely upon fMRI to localize verbal memory when planning epilepsy surgery? 
  • When using combination antiepileptic drug therapy, should we preferentially prescribe drugs with different mechanisms of action, or is mechanism of action irrelevant to outcome? 
  • Is there an advantage to continue trying new antiepileptic drugs indefinitely in refractory patients?
  • Do antiepileptic drugs increase the risk of depression or suicidality or are we just witnessing the natural history of mood disorders in epilepsy when depression occurs? 
  • Should we preferentially use vagus nerve stimulation early in patients with both seizures and depression? 
List of invited speakers
 
Ettore Beghi, Italy 
Ilan Blatt, Israel 
Martin Brodie, UK 
Alla Guekht, Russia 
Martin Holtkamp, Germany 
Joanna Jedrezjcak, Poland 
Elinor Ben Menachem, Sweden 
Zeljka Petelin Gadze, Croatia
Ivan Rektor, Czech Republic
Michael Sperling, USA 
William Theodore, USA 
Manjari Tripathi, India